left wing for the Montreal Canadiens Tom Gilbert – 11 year NHL defenseman Julia Hart - Professional wrestler Rina Heisel – award-winning PBS documentary producer Caleb Herbert – forward (ice hockey), South Carolina Stingrays Ben Hendrickson – former MLB pitcher Christine Jax – former Commissioner of Education for the state of Minnesota Lane Kiffin – Head Coach, Ole Miss Rebels football Tom Kurvers – retired NHL defenseman, 1984 Hobey Baker Memorial Award Winner Lloyd Lee – former NFL coach Nik Lentz – Minnesota State Champion wrestler; professional Mixed Martial Artist, currently for the UFC Kevin Lynch – retired NBA forward Dr. Robert McDonald, MD, PhD -- Neuroradiologist and Biophysicist, Mayo Clinic Frank Moe - Minnesota state legislator and educator Mark Parrish – retired NHL forward, KFAN initial's game star; high school hockey coach Tom Pederson – retired NHL defenseman Toby Petersen – right wing, Dallas Stars Mod Sun – singer, rapper, and songwriter; birth name Derek Smith Tom Ruud – former NFL linebacker, 19th pick in 1975 NFL Draft Dan Trebil – retired NHL defenseman Joe Stansberry – Professional Golfer, PGA Tour, Senior PGA Tour and European Senior Tour. Construction and original curriculum Thomas Jefferson High School in Bloomington was constructed to support a new curriculum offering. This curriculum used a Modular Scheduling approach to scheduling, based loosely on a lecture attendance and test attendance policy. Students were required to attend a certain number of class lectures a week, as well as test-times. This approach called for a number of large 'lecture hall' type rooms, which could be subdivided if necessary. The 'mod' approach was cancelled, beginning with the 1979–1980 school year, leaving a school ill-constructed for a more traditional subject-based classroom. In response, many of the large rooms were repartitioned into smaller class-rooms with thin, somewhat flexible walls. These walls did not block noise well, but created a perception of smaller classrooms, and were in use at least until the late 1990s. Many of the teachers who came to Jefferson on its inception to be part of the new curriculum stayed on as it transitioned to a more traditional approach. In 2011–2012 Jefferson switched from a traditional block schedule to a new 6 period schedule on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and 3 periods on Wednesday, and Thursday. This new schedule offers students the opportunity to take early bird classes that commence before school starts, 6:50–7:41. In the 2014–2015 school year,