The JFK Middle School After School Program is ready to start the second session of the school year. The second session will run from Tuesday, January 9th thru Thursday, March 1 with activities running on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This session will run a total of seven weeks. Activities are filled on a first come...
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Screenagers in the Northampton High School Auditorium, January 4th, 2018 Thursday 7pm – 9pm
Join us as we screen “Screenagers” and lead a moderated discussion on the topic of social media, video gaming, and technology use in our age of instant-gratification and how these things impact our pre-teens and teens and our families. Learn how the brain is impacted and how families can work toward achieving a balance between...
JFK students are changing the future with an Hour of Code
We live in a world surrounded by technology. And we know that whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly depend on understanding how technology works. That’s why the students at JFK Middle School joined in on the largest learning event in history: The Hour of Code,...
J.F.K. Middle School Informational Meeting for Parents & Guardians of Prospective New 7th Grade Students
Thursday, December 14th, 2017, 9:00-10:30 am Parents & guardians of prospective new J.F.K. students who will be entering grade seven in September 2018 are encouraged to attend. This session will be hosted by Ms. Chiarello and Ms. Toohey from the Guidance Department. The presentation is designed to introduce parents and guardians to...
JFK After School Program Begins
The JFK Middle School After School Program is ready to start the first session of the current school year. The first session will offer activities on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This session will run a total of seven weeks. Activities are filled on a first come first served basis. Attached, you will find the registration...
The Puppet Casters: Middle-Schoolers Learn Balinese ‘Wayang Kulit’ Shadow Puppetry
JFK Middle School eighth graders Lucy Bernhard, center, and Benjamin Gollis-Pedelaborde, right, perform their own shadow puppet play in the school’s community room after a workshop on the Balinese tradition of puppetry known as Wayang Kulit on Friday, September 8, 2017, in Florence. At left, providing accompaniment is Putu Rekayasa of Indonesia, who, along with...
Bringing STEM to life: In cross-pond collaboration, JFK students team up with counterparts in England on water quality projects
NORTHAMPTON — Seventh-graders in the community room of JFK Middle School scoot their chairs toward the front of the room as three uniformed boys appear on a large screen. “Hello! Hello! Hola!” pipe voices from the screen. The American students wave in slow circles to their U.K. counterparts, and the uniformed boys in England mirror...