The 2023-2024 edition of the yearbook has been sent to press, but the staff is hard at work producing our SPRING SUPPLEMENT, so you'll be able to see coverage of the Spring Musical, Cross-Town Kicks Soccer, and loads of other spring events that happened after the yearbook deadline.  We expect delivery near the end of May, beginning of June.  We will have SOME extra copies available for cash/check, but the only way to guarantee your copy is to PRE-ORDER!  Head over to www.yearbookforever.com to make your online purchase today!

On Thursday, April 25 the LJMS Battle of the Books team defeated teams from 14 other middle schools to bring home the 2024 Cross-County Championship, using their speed, agility, and lightning quick recall to surge ahead of the competition during the relay race portion of the event.  Congratulations to these fantastic scholar athletes, as well as their coaches, Mr. Hassett, Mr. McLellan, and Ms. Gresham.

On Friday, April 26, LJMS hosted players from Kilmer, Thoreau and Longfellow Middle Schools for the 2^nd Annual Cross-Town Kicks Soccer Tournament.  Each school sent four teams to compete in a 16 team, single elimination bracket.  The championship game ended up being a matchup between two Jackson teams, with “AC Melon” taking the victory in penalty kicks.  For the second year in a row, the trophy with stay at Jackson!

Congratulations to Ms. Uriona, Ms. Carroll and Mr. Taft, who spent the past few months preparing our kids for the tournament, and coaching them on Friday night.  Jackson athletes competed with honor and integrity, and were fantastic representatives of LJMS.  Also a huge thanks to all of the after-school staff and security staff, as well as our student volunteers from the Falls Church HS Sports Leadership Class who came together to make this event fun and safe for all athletes and spectators.

The LJMS Chapter of Technology Student Association showed up big at "Technosphere" (TSA's State Competition) this past weekend in Hampton, VA.  In total, LJ had 12 teams scored as finalists (top 12 in their event) and nine teams place in the top three.  Congratulations to all of these TSA students who competed so admirably and successfully, and also a big thank you to club sponsors, Ms. Breza, Mr. Kim, and Ms. Parker for their leadership and guidance throughout the year!

LJMS 2024 Technosphere Results:

Achieved Semi-Finalist in the following events:

Off the Grid-Team 1

Junior Solar Sprint-Team 1

Achieved Finalist in the following events:

Biotechnology-Team 1

Children’s Stories-Team 2

Coding-Team 3

Construction Challenge-Team 1

Cybersecurity-Ethan You

Forensic Technology -Team 2

Inventions and Innovations-Team 1

Mechanical Engineering -Team 1

Off the Grid-Team 2

Systems Control-Team 1

VEX Robotics-Team 1

Video Game Design-Team 1

Achieved 3^rd place in the following events:

Coding-Team 2

Cybersecurity- Tiger Deng

Forensic Technology -Team 1

Microcontroller Design-Team 1

Achieved 2^nd place in the following events:

Children’s Stories-Team 1

Coding-Team 1

Digital Photography-Zymaia Mendes

Technology Bowl

Website Design-Team 1