JFK Times Blog

On November 27th we celebrate Security Guard Day. Many thanks to this great team that works daily to make our campus a safe place for our community. ------------------------------ El 27 de noviembre celebramos el Día del guardia de seguridad. Agradecemos a este gran equipo que trabaja diariamente para hacer de nuestro campus un lugar seguro para nuestra comunidad.

As an IB world school, we strive to educate open minded and knowledgeable students who can solve real world problems with empathy and intercultural understanding. Model United Nations is an educational simulation activity in which students engage in debates and discussions and address global issues from the perspective of an assigned country. MUN delegates have the opportunity to work together to find solutions to real world problems. In recent years, MUN programs have been growing in popularity in educational settings worldwide.   As advisors of the MiddleMUN Club at JFK, we can testify to the vast array of skills our students develop in MUN. We have seen  them improve their public speaking, research, negotiations and critical thinking skills dramatically, as well as their understanding of international affairs and diplomacy.   Some people think MUN Club is only for high achieving students, but in our experience throughout the years of running our MUN Club, we ha...

What is Bullying?  A person is being bullied when he/she is exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons, and he or she has difficulty defending himself or herself. Negative action is when a person intentionally inflicts injury or discomfort upon another person, through physical contact, through words or in other ways. Bullying includes both overt and covert behaviors.   What are the three components of bullying? 1. Bullying is aggressive behavior that is done on purpose. The person who bullies tries to hurt someone on purpose. It could be through physical actions, through words, by leaving someone out intentionally, or by posting mean comments or embarrassing photos online. 2. Bullying usually happens more than once. While bullying usually happens again and again, it may be hard for adults to know if an aggressive act is just a “one time” problem or a pattern of abusive behavior. Adults should always take action when ...

On September 7Tth, our Middle School Psychologists, Rocío Aguirre and María Fernanda Covarrubias, gave conference for the 6th grade parents titled “Parents in adolescence: building bridges of communication.”  With the objectives to be identify by them and, to support them in this new beginning. We’d like to share with you a brief article prepared by them, about the most relevant points of their talk.   Conversations with teenagers At around age eleven, kids begin the normal and necessary work of pulling apart from their parents. As they set their feet on the long path to adulthood, the first and most important thing they do is to establish their own identity.  This means figuring out who they are apart from you. It is a time where young people take a chance to figure out their own styles, values, interests, and beliefs. It is difficult for parents because it can still feel like rejection and it is natural that you´ll want to protect and support them through it a...

  Throughout the school year, our College Counseling Department has been in constant contact with different institutions and universities from Mexico and abroad to reinforce our academic relationships; so that we can offer the best and most updated university opportunities and scholarships to our senior students. Especially this week our college counselor participated in different events with national universities with whom we have special agreements. On May 16th, our school participated in the 10th Anniversary of Universidad Mondragón where our State Governor, Mauricio Kuri was present as well as different academic personalities coming from Spain. On the same day our school participated in a reconnection college counselor event with Universidad de las Américas de Puebla, who shared an update on all their new university and master programs. On May 18th, we were also very happy to receive 16 welcome kits for the future Universidad Anáhuac stud...