Jefferson Forest High School opened its doors on Perrowville Road in 1972. Here's a look at a selection of our archive photos of the school and its Cavaliers through the years.
1975-05-04 Performance Set
May 4, 1975 - Performance Set - Among members of Jefferson Forest Spanish Singers and Dancers to perform during "Fiesta Mexicans and Variety Show" at 7:30 p.m. Friday in school auditorium are, from left, Kim Fain, Steve Calloway, Tom Bell and Teresa McFall.
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May 13, 1976 - Band Awards - Honored at Second Annual Band Banquet Monday night at Jefferson Forest High School were band members, from left to right, Larry Lipscomb, most dedicated; Kathy Snell, outstanding senior; Ronald Spinner, most improved, and Cindy Gunnoe, U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Musicians Award.
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Sept. 19, 1978 Around and Around at Jefferson Forest - That's what new earth-moving equipment is doing as it grades into shape a track and athletic field at Jefferson Forest High School at Forest. The Bedford County school board voted in July to pay Falwell Asphalt and Excavating Co. of Rt. 2, Concord, $310,000 to prepare the outdoor track, the school's first, and playing field. The field is expected to become the site for a new football field in about a year.
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Sept. 13, 1979 - Seating installed - Workmen install metal bleachers at new athletic field at Jefferson Forest High School. Bleachers, with seating capacity of 1,500, will be augmented by concrete structure which will add 500 seats. Although work on bleachers is expected to be completed this week, school officials have been forced to reschedule Friday night's football game with Nelson County High School. Game will be played at 1 p.m. Saturday at Liberty High School in Bedford.
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May 4, 1980 - Jefferson Forest play rehearsal - From left, Bill Roseveare, Michelle Dolfini and Sarah Link of Jefferson Forest High School, rehearse for "Arsenic and Old Lace," three-act comedy to be presented at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in school's auditorium. Tickets are $2, and $1 for children under 12.
1980-05-16 JF Band practice
May 16, 1980 - Here comes the band - Members of the Jefferson Forest High School Band step high during practice session held outdoors at school in recent balmy spring weather.
1980-11-30 - JF Glen Styles
Nov. 30, 1980 - Coach Glen Styles pulled out his handkerchief to wipe his eyes after his team lost Saturday. Jefferson Forest fell to Giles 30-21 in Group AA semifinals.
1981-01-24 JF girls basketball
Jan. 24, 1981 - Jefferson Forest basketball coach Homer Wooldridge stoically watches another defeat for his girls. Players Michelle Oliver, 30, and Debbie Moore, 44, keep interest during team's 49th loss.
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Feb 3, 1982 - Water from leaking roof is mopped in one of about seven vacant classrooms.
1983-06-10 Flag feature
June 10, 1983 - Breezy - Near the end of the graduation ceremonies at Jefferson Forest High School on Thursday night, the wind began to pick up. Bradley Douglas Carter, who was on the stage holding the flag, seemed chagrined that he was unable to keep Old Glory from wrapping around him. The school's 110 graduating seniors bid farewell to Principal John Thompson.
1983-06-10 John Thompson JF
June 10, 1983 - Principal John Thompson gets a hug from Marie Bonnie Turner at Jefferson Forest's graduation Thursday night.
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October 10, 1987 - The lowdown - Gilbert Harris prepares for practice with the rest of Jefferson Forest High School marching band. He and cohorts will be in competition tonight.
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August 15, 1989. Bill Miluszusky of Lynchburg keeps in shape by running laps at Jefferson Forest High School Monday. Forecasts for the next few days call for daytime highs in the 80s with variable cloudiness, nighttime lows in the 60s and a chance of showers.
1991-12-05 JF bonfire
Dec. 5, 1991 - Jefferson Forest Cheerleaders rally the crowd at Thursday night's bonfire.
1992-02-14 JF play
Feb. 14, 1992 - 'Anne of Green Gables' - Jefferson Forest High School students rehearse scene from school's coming production of 'Anne of Green Gables.' Suitcase in hand, Anne Shirley (Amy McEwan) arrives at the Cuthberts surprising, from left, Gilbert Blythe (Dan Klein) Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert (Brian Hampton and Edwina Wilson) when they find the mail-order farm helper is not a boy.
1992-06-12 Graduation
June 12, 1992 - Three-year-old Robert Mears Jr. helped escort his aunt, Danielle Rowlette, to her graduation at Jefferson Forest High School on Thursday.
1992-08-28 JF band
Aug. 28, 1993 - Twenty-seven members of the Jefferson Forest High School band play at the Ericsson GE plant on Candlers Mt. Road, Friday, as part of a celebration of an international standards certification allowing products made here to be marketed in foreign countries that have adopted the standardization.
1993-09-21 Marching to their own beat
Sept. 21, 1993 - Marching to their own beat - The marching Cavaliers of Jefferson Forest High School take the field for an exhibition performance at the Fifth Annual Bedford County Invitational Marching Band Competition held last Saturday. As one of the sponsors, they did not compete.
1994-09-06 Ready for Fall?
Sept. 6, 1994 - Ready for Fall? - Jefferson Forest students in grades eight through 12 got their first taste of fall Sept. 1 at the high school's open house. Students, some accompanied by their parents, got a chance to meet teachers, pay fees and sign up for lockers and parking permits. Incoming students, above, receive their schedules from volunteers.
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Sept. 6, 1994 - Special education teacher Larry Beer, right, greets students in the hallway as he waits for parents to bring their children to his classroom.
1996-08-17 Grass cutting
Aug. 17, 1996 - Not what most would think of as an administrative job, but Jefferson Forest athletic director and assistant principal Harold Jones was cutting the grass on the school's football field Friday.
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June 5, 1997 - Jefferson Forest High School students work to complete the annual repainting of a mural on a wall at the school. Brad Siwek puts the finishing touches on a flag that appears in the mural.
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June 8, 1997 - Danielle Webber, left, and Leslie Hawthorne look for their parents as they wait for the procession to begin at Jefferson Forest's graduation Saturday.
2007-03-19 mock crash
Emily Jones is assisted by rescue squad and firefighters during a mock car crash at Jefferson Forest High School. Jefferson Forest High School created a mock car crash scenario in which the students were on their way to JFHS for a dance after a pre-dance party involving alcohol on March 10, 2007.
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April 2007 - Inside the new Jefferson Forest High School gym, workers install piping in the ceiling.
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April 2007 - Principal Tony Francis walks the halls of the new wing of Jefferson Forest High School.
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April 2007 - Construction crews work at Jefferson Forest High School Friday morning. The walls of the gymnasium were torn down Wednesday in preparation for the renovations.
2007-8-13 jf construction
Jefferson Forest High School finished renovations in Math and Science wing of building on August 13, 2007.
2008-07-31 Sermon on the Mound: Bringing God to the ballgame
July 2008 - Jefferson Forest High School pitcher Zack Folger says his performance improved after he began kneeling and praying before each inning. Folger threw a no-hitter in the NABF World Series held in Lynchburg recently.
2010-3-18 clue
Student dress rehearsal of JF's production of "Clue the Musical" at Jefferson Forest High School in Forest on March 18, 2010.
2010-11-5 London Mayor Visit
Catherine Longworth, former Lord Mayor of Westminster, waves goodbye to students in the cafeteria at Jefferson Forest High School after presenting the band with an invitation to attend the New Year's Day Parade in London, November 4, 2010.
2010-12-21 JF student collects items to send to troops overseas
December 2010 - Sam Kese, a sophomore at Jefferson Forest High School, has collected 25 boxes worth of food and other items to send to soldiers overseas in time for the holidays. She puts the boxes together in the basement of her home in Goode.
2011-11-07 Teaching tolerance
Teacher Ameka Cruz leads students in a math lesson at Jefferson Forest High School in Forest on November 1, 2011. Cruz recently was selected to service on an advisory board for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project.
2011-12-14 Jefferson Forest High School band prepares for London trip
December 2011 - Ryan Sexton holds his cymbals high as he practices with the Jefferson High School marching band.. The band was to travel to England to perform in the 2012 London New Year's Day Parade.
2012-04-29 FJ Play Wigs
Students in Jefferson Forest's upcoming play "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" try on new wigs specially made by the hair supervisor of "The Lion King" on Broadway at Jefferson Forest High School in Forest on April 29, 2012.
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Jefferson Forest High School teacher David Webb smiles in front of his band class after being informed that he was named regional teacher of the year, one of eight finalists in the state, in Forest on September 13, 2012.
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April 2015 - Katy McKenzie, a member of the Key Club, sorts through donated shoes for Funds2Orgs, which handles the donations, so they can raise money for Project Eliminate at Jefferson Forest High School.
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May 2015 - Casey Roginski spends time with fellow graduates before the graduation ceremony for Jefferson Forest High School at the Vines Center on Saturday. Roginski hopes to go to Liberty University for the neonatal program in the fall.
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August 2015 - Spencer White of Jefferson Forest High School works on costumes and props for the Forest Middle School's production of Lion King Jr.
2015-10-17 JF AMH Football 02
October 2015 - Jefferson Forest's Navy Jones catches a pass from a teammate during a game at Jefferson Forest High School.
2016-03-01SPED coffee sales 3
March 2016 - Dana Koenig works with student Dorothy DeJong on making change at Jefferson Forest High School as part of a coffee shop run by high-needs students at the school.
2016-03-14 Distinguished Young Women 03
March 2016 - Kyla Hull of Jefferson Forest High School hugs loved ones after being declared the Distinguished Young Woman of Virginia of 2016 during the Distinguished Young Women of Virginia and West Virginia competition at Brookville High School on Sunday.
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August 2016 - Elvis impersonator Taylor Rodriguez signs autographs after a show at Jefferson Forest High School.
2016-09-24 JF Tech Desk 02
Jefferson Forest High School students participating in the Cavalier Tech internship work on computers at the Help Desk inside the school's library on Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. The internship has students with an interest in computers and technology work at a Apple Genius Bar-styled help desk inside the library to assist staff and students with their technology needs.
