JFK students continue to be recognized for their exceptional work using the STEM Project Lead the Way curriculum. In 2021, two 7th graders were recognized for their excellent work in the Robotics program. This year, the 8th grade App Creator curriculum also saw successes from our wonderful students. Lucy Platte was awarded the Industry Recognized...
Category: JFK Middle School
JFK Drone Program Takes Flight
In the fall of 2019, JFK Tech Guys John Crescitelli and Jack Dembkowski received an NEF grant to advance the STEM program at JFK. Working with the Northampton Education Foundation, Eduporium, and Droneblocks , February 2020 was an exciting time when 10 drones and all accompanying materials showed up at JFK. Then Covid hit, and...
JFK Students Experience Adaptive Cycling
Elodie Chicoine, Head Teacher in the JFK GOALS Program, always strives to bring her students new experiences. In cooperation with Karen Foster and All Out Adventures, JFK Goals students spent a beautiful, sunny day riding adapted cycles around Look Memorial Park in Florence, MA. Karen and the All Out Adventures staff met Elodie and her...
JFK Student named Poetry Finalist
Trey Rivera, 2019 Poetry FinalistRiver of Words International Poetry and Arts Contest“Youth Art and Poetry Inspired by the Natural World” Diana Ajjan, 7th grade English teacher here at JFK Middle School, inspired her students by combining a study of Greek Mythology with a ROW field trip to the Mill River. She submitted a batch of wonderfully...
JFK 7th Graders win PLTW Mass STEM Hub Challenge
Mass STEM Hub winners Bryan Leyton and Jayden Rivera with Mr. Dembkowski display their accomplishments.
Upcoming Events
First Annual JFK Family/Student/Staff BINGO NIGHT Thursday, November 21 5:30 – 7:00 pm JFK Cafeteria Bingo is FREE of charge! There will be pizza, cookies, and drinks available for purchase. Students can use cash or BLUE TICKETS! LOTS of fun Prizes! Come join the FUN! Northampton High School’s Romeo & Juliet gets a new look...
Caregiver Chromebook End of Year Survey
Students at JFK Middle school completed a year of having individually assigned chromebooks issued to them. As caregivers, we would like your feedback on the program. Thank you for taking a moment to answer the questions on the Google Form below: Click Here to take the Caregiver Survey in ENGLISH Click Here for the Caregiver...
JFK’s Scrabble Club makes the News
Students at Northampton join community members at the Lily Library for Scrabble games–this time, Connecting Point featured an article about them. Evan, mentioned in the news clip, and JFK teammates, Gordon and Robbie just competed in the two-day North American School Scrabble Championship in Philadelphia at the end of April. Teacher, Ben Greenwood, was asked...