Curriculum Night 2025 Introductory Video

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a regional Governor's school in Northern Virginia, offers seven years of computer science. Our goal is to provide a world class computer science education to our students and to disseminate curriculum materials to other academic institutions.

• CS Information for Rising 9th Graders
• Computer Science (CS) Readiness Assessment Information - The readiness assessment is for students who want to take Data Structures as their first Computer Science course at TJ. 
  • The date for this year’s readiness assessment will be announced in the spring and the assessment will take place before the end of the school year.
  • Incoming students not currently enrolled at TJ who have already scored a 5 on the AP Computer Science A exam (this is rare) may enroll in Data Structures without also taking the TJ readiness assessment. 
  • The assessment is a written test made up of multiple choice and free response questions. It is entirely in Java. The topics covered include: Object Oriented Programming, inheritance, loops, Strings, arrays, ArrayLists, recursion, sorting algorithms(selection and insertion sort), conversion between number systems(binary, hexadecimal, decimal), and Boolean algebra.
  • Those interested in taking the assessment will complete a CS Readiness Test Verification Form, Sample Program, and a Parental Verification. These will all be available once the date of the assessment is published in the spring.
  • If you pass the Readiness Assessment, you should complete the Java exercises in CodingBat and be prepared to show your Data Structures teacher the work on the first day of class.  
  • Any questions, please email Math/CS assistant division leader, JeanMarie Stewart, at @email
• Flow Chart for Computer Science Courses

Courses

Below are Computer Science courses offered at TJHSST.

The division leader for Math and Computer Science is Karilee Schmitt 

The assistant division leader for Math and Computer Science is JeanMarie Stewart 

The division administrator for Math and Computer Science is Chrystal Benson