Jefferson School Mascot

The Tiger

The tiger is the mascot of Jefferson Elementary School.  Over the last one hundred years history of Jefferson, no one can say when the tiger became our school symbol.  We do know for sure that the last twenty plus years the tiger has been our official mascot. 

Mascot - symbol of good luck: a person, animal, or thing that is believed to bring good luck, usually one that becomes the symbol of a particular group, especially a team.

The tiger is presently listed on the “ENDANGERED” species list.  Endangered species means that there are so few of the tigers left in the world that they are in danger of dying out.  If that happens there will be no more tiger in the world.

Definitions

Tiger –

1.   a large striped feline: a carnivorous Asian cat, the largest member of the family, that has a tawny coat and black stripes.  Latin name: Panthera tigris

2.   Somebody fierce: somebody who is fierce, brave, or forceful.  Noun

Symbol

1.   Something that represents something else: something that stands for or represents something else, especially an object representing an abstraction.

2.   Sign with a specific meaning: a written or printed sign or character that represents something in a particular context, for example, an operation or quantity in mathematics or music.

(Definitions come from the Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved).