Category: JFK Middle School

JFK After School Program Session 2 Registration Open!
January 2, 2018January 2, 2018
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JFK After School Program Session 2 Registration Open!

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...

JFK students are changing the future with an Hour of Code
December 11, 2017January 2, 2018
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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​ ​7​th​ ​Grade​ ​Students
December 8, 2017December 8, 2017
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J.F.K.​ ​Middle​ ​School Informational​ ​Meeting​ ​for Parents​ ​&​ ​Guardians​ ​of​ ​Prospective New​ ​7​th​ ​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...

October 18, 2017October 18, 2017
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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
October 2, 2017October 2, 2017
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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
May 19, 2017August 22, 2017
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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...