BLOOMINGTON JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL

'Thomas Jefferson Senior High School' (more commonly known as 'Bloomington Jefferson High School' or 'Jefferson High School') is one of two public high schools located in Bloomington, Minnesota (located on the city's west side). Named after former president Thomas Jefferson, it was opened in 1970^[1] and was the third and final high school to be built in Bloomington. Through 2006, it was the home of the Minnesota High School Speech State Tournament.

Contents

Athletics

Notable alumni

Construction and Original Curriculum

External links

References

Athletics

Bloomington Jefferson is part of the Lake Conference in the Minnesota State High School League. The 2000-2001 boys hockey team is the subject of the 2003 book ''Blades of Glory'' by John Rosengren.

State Championships
Season	Sport	Number of Championships	Year
Fall	Tennis, Girls	3	1993, 1995, 1996
	Soccer, Boys	1	2004
	Soccer, Girls	3	1980, 1982, 1984
	Cross Country, Girls	1	1999
Winter	Debate	1	1994
	Alpine Skiing, Boys	5	1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992
	Nordic Skiing, Boys	2	1985, 1986
	Hockey, Girls	1	2001
	Hockey, Boys	5	1981, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994
	Swimming and Diving, Boys	2	1980, 1994
	Basketball, Girls	4	1978, 1993, 1994, 1998
	Basketball, Boys	4	1976, 1982, 1986, 1987
Spring	Tennis, Boys	2	1994, 1996, 1999
'Total'		34

Notable alumni

★ Thomas E. Burnett Jr. - One of the passengers aboard United Flight 93 on September 11th, 2001^[2]

★ Ben Clymer - Left Wing, Washington Capitals

★ Mike Crowley - Retired NHL Defenceman^[3]

★ Tom Gilbert - Defenceman, Edmonton Oilers

★ Ben Hendrickson - Pitcher, Milwaukee Brewers^[4]

★ Lane Kiffin - Head Coach, Oakland Raiders

★ Tom Kurvers - Retired NHL Defenceman, 1984 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winner^[5]

★ Mark Parrish - Right Wing, Minnesota Wild

★ Toby Petersen - Right Wing, Edmonton Oilers^[6]

★ Dan Trebil - Retired NHL Defenceman^[7]

Construction and Original Curriculum

Bloomington Jefferson High School was constructed to support a new curriculum offering. This curriculum used a 'mod' approach to scheduling, based loosely on a lecture attendance and test attendance policy. Students were required to attend a certain number of class lectures a week, as well as test-times.
This approach called for a number of large 'lecture hall' type rooms, which could be subdivided if necessary.
Due to community outcry, the 'mod' approach was canceled after the 1979 school year, leaving a school ill-constructed for a more traditional subject-based classroom. In response, many of the large rooms were repartitioned into smaller class-rooms with thin, somewhat flexible walls. These walls did not block noise well, but created a perception of smaller classrooms, and were in use at least until the late 1990s.
Many of the teachers who came to Jefferson on its inception to be part of the new curriculum stayed on as it transitioned to a more traditional approach.

External links

★ Thomas Jefferson Senior High School Official Website

★ Bloomington Public Schools Official Website

References

1. School Built and Opened
2. Reference for Burnett
3. Reference for Crowley
4. Reference for Hendrickson
5. Hobey Baker Memorial Award
6.
Reference for Clymer, Kurvers, Parrish, and Petersen
7. Reference for Trebil