The Reflector's coverage of the activities of teachers and students at the Jefferson School indicated the presence of meaningful scholastic and extracurricular activities. "Jefferson School Notes" reported on unit themes, student clubs, plays, speakers, and general happenings. "Jefferson School Notes" also indicated specific examples of community support for Jefferson School in the form of participation in school activities and contributions to scholarship campaigns..
"Jefferson School Notes" reported the presence of varied educational activities at Jefferson School. Topics mentioned in The Reflector included "Home and School Appreciation," "Self Appreciation," "Music Appreciation," "Literature Appreciation Week, and "A Century of Progress." As indicated by articles in The Reflector, students in Jefferson School frequently held community wide programs that consisted of songs, acts, and students presenting various forms of writing. The "Jefferson School Notes" documented an active school environment conducive to African American progress.
 (This section is from the February 24, 1934, Issue No. 29 of The Reflector.) |
Jefferson School Notes from January 20, 1934 Jefferson School Notes from January 27, 1934 Jefferson School Notes from February 17, 1934 Jefferson School Notes from February 24, 1934 Jefferson School Notes from April 21, 1934 Jefferson School Notes from June 9, 1934 |
In addition to links to various columns of the "Jefferson School Notes," two articles concerning teachers (one a poem written by a teacher and "the other an interview of highly regarded teacher at Jefferson School) and a brief description of the Jefferson School in the Phelps- Stokes Papers have been included to add depth to our coverage of life at the Jefferson School.
| Jefferson School Play |
Covered a school play at Jefferson School entitled "No
Account David." |
| Among Our Lodestars |
Praised the career
of a fifth grade teacher at Jefferson School, Mrs. Margaret L. Terry.
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| A Teacher's Soliloquy |
This article, written by a teacher at Jefferson School (Rebecca J.
Hailstalk), expressed reflections on teaching. |
| Phelps-Stokes Papers |
Initated in 1911, the Phelps-Stokes papers were a
sociological project designed to analyze aspects of African American
life in the Charlottesville area. Phelps-Stokes fellows from the
Universitiy of Virginia conducted research on aspects of African American
life and published their accounts in the Phelps-Stokes papers. The
papers were funded with the hopes of "improving the condition of the
Negro." The linked excerpt was from the 1929-1930 series.
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