Thomas Jefferson Elementary is among 92 schools being recognized by the Virginia Board of Education as a "Title I Distinguished School". The honor is presented annually to schools that raise the academic achievement of economically disadvantaged students. The awards are based on student achievement on state assessments during 2010-2011 and the previous school year.

The month of March brought official news that Mount Daniel and Thomas Jefferson Elementary have been authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) to all students in our school community. After several years of striving to attain this goal, we can all take pride in the many commendations reported by authorization teams that visited each school during the past December.