{"id":528750,"date":"2025-11-19T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/?p=528750"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:52:32","slug":"meet-mike-mukai-the-new-principal-of-thomas-jefferson-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/family\/education\/2025\/11\/19\/meet-mike-mukai-the-new-principal-of-thomas-jefferson-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Mike Mukai, the New Principal of Thomas Jefferson High School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology retains the No. 1 spot on our <a href=\"https:\/\/northernvirginiamag.com\/news\/2025\/11\/19\/northern-virginia-top-25-high-schools-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top High Schools list in 2025<\/a>. The magnet school serves students from Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Arlington counties and the City of Falls Church. Principal Mike Mukai, who stepped into the role this year, discusses what makes TJ the No. 1 school in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-you-re-a-tj-graduate-how-does-it-feel-to-be-leading-the-school-now\">You\u2019re a TJ graduate. How does it feel to be leading the school now?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I was in that first class that went here. [I] started in 1985 and graduated in 1989. The promise was made 40 years ago to open a place where students could do something different, something new and amazing. If I am really doing what I\u2019m supposed to do as principal, then I need to give that same opportunity now. I am so excited to see that teachers and staff and kids continue to find new paths and new opportunities that are leading to a future I could not possibly imagine. 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