Jefferson Trivia
In the auxiliary gym.
For over a decade, this wise next-door neighbor guided Cory, Shawn, and Topanga through middle school, high school, and college on Boy Meets World.
Mr. Feeny
Coined by Carol Dweck, this 2-word phrase describes the belief that a student's abilities and intelligence can be developed through dedication and hard work.
Growth Mindset
In 1979, this legendary rock band declared "We don't need no education" and "Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!" in their hit song Another Brick in the Wall.
Pink Floyd
This iconic tri-colored Halloween treat was originally called "Chicken Feed" when it was invented in the 1880s because corn wasn't considered a food for humans yet.
Candy Corn
Name the 2 principals before Mr. Shrank and Mr. Rundall.
Tina Fey wrote and starred as Ms. Norbury, a highly stressed math teacher and calculus coach, in this iconic 2004 teen comedy movie.
Mean Girls
This 3-letter educational buzzword requires teachers to adjust their instruction, materials, and assessments to match the unique learning needs of different students.
DI-Differentiated Instruction
This pop princess caused a massive stir in 1998 when she danced down school hallways in a stylized school uniform for her debut music video ...Baby One More Time.
Britney Spears
Before pumpkins became the standard, people in Ireland and Scotland traditionally carved creepy faces into this common, round root vegetable to ward off evil spirits.
Turnips
Name any 3 teachers who were Jefferson graduates.
Upchurch, Graczyk, Davis, Horvat, Johnson, Rutlin, Rosales
This mockumentary-style sitcom follows a group of dedicated, underfunded educators in a Philadelphia public elementary school.
Abbott Elementary
This 4-letter acronym describes the instructional framework where teachers provide temporary, structured support to students as they learn a new concept, gradually removing it as they gain independence.
Scaffolding
This 1972 classic rock anthem by Alice Cooper is blasted by teachers and students alike on the absolute final day of the academic calendar.
School's Out
This novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett became a permanent Halloween anthem after it topped the music charts in October of 1962.
Monster Mash
What school was previously the original Jefferson High School.
Played by Robin Williams, John Keating inspired his students to "Carpe Diem" and stand on their desks in this 1989 classic film.
Dead Poets Society
Often used in project-based learning, this 5-letter term describes the highest level of Bloom's Taxonomy, where students put elements together to form a functional whole.
Create
Hot for Teacher
This classic, slow-moving monster was introduced to the literary world in 1818 by a 20-year-old author named Mary Shelley.
Frankenstein's Monster-Frankenstein
How old was Mamma J-Hawk when she retired?
75
Long before she was a strict Transfiguration professor and Head of Gryffindor House, this actress won an Oscar playing an eccentric Scottish schoolteacher in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Maggie Smith
This popular instructional strategy involves breaking a topic down into small pieces and assigning a different piece to each student in a group to master and teach to the others.
The Jigsaw Method
On her 2019 Lover album, Taylor Swift released this track about high school nostalgia, using the metaphor of a scoreboard and school walls to describe a relationship.
Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince
Halloween is rooted in an ancient 2,000-year-old Celtic festival called Samhain (pronounced SOW-in), which marked the end of the harvest and the start of the new year in this modern-day European country.
Ireland