JFK Times Blog

For the second consecutive year, I have enhanced a project based on service-learning that addresses the inclusion and acceptance of people with diverse abilities (disabilities). This inspired me to share my experience with new ways to change society. On May 30th, I had the opportunity to introduce a new concept to first-year students in the Elementary Multipurpose Room. I established a fair focused on change (Fair for Change), presenting two characters of my own creation. I then guided the students to understand: What is a disability? Why shouldn’t we use the term disability? Why is it better to use diverse abilities? and other related questions. The students engaged in activities based on one of three diverse abilities: blindness, amputation, or dyslexia, and then identified solutions to the challenges they might encounter when performing activities with certain restrictions. Before finishing their time at the fair, they wrote in a sentence, phrase, or words the concepts they had ...

Last week our NHS students organized a ping pong tournament for a cause. We are very proud to promote integration, participation, and solidarity through play and fun in our community. Thank you very much to all the teachers and students who made this competition possible. All proceeds will be donated to the Querétaro Food Bank. Verónica Díaz, CAS Coordinator ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- La semana pasada nuestros estudiantes de NHS, organizaron un torneo de ping pong con causa. Nos sentimos muy orgullosos de que se fomente la integración, participación y solidaridad, a través del juego y la diversión en nuestra comunidad. Muchas gracias a todos los maestros y alumnos que hicieron posible esta competencia. Verónica Díaz, Coordinadora CAS

We want to thank everyone who joined the dress a child and donate toy 2023 campaign, we were able to collect 4,056 pieces of clothing and 2,249 toys, sharing all this with 4,307 people (babies, boys, girls, women and adults). On December 1st we made the first delivery with a group of volunteer mothers, kindergarten and elementary students in the town of Bomintza, covering 5 schools from the communities of Las Peñitas, Mesa de Chagoya, Mesa de Ramirez and Puerto Blanco. On December 13, we made the second delivery where high school (social service and eco club) students, an alumnus, volunteer moms, elementary school teachers and the institutional development team attended. We arrived at two schools located in Casa Blanca and La Campesina where 9 more schools from the communities of Casa Blanca, Los González, Shaminal, El Jabalí, El Ciprés, La Villita and El Cesado attended. It was an unforgettable experience for all of us who went to the JFK school. They welcomed us into the school...

Our 9th grade students organized a visit to the Concá Shelter, to carry out a Christmas party and bring moments of joy and surprises to the 23 children who live there. There were games, piñatas, gifts and a visit from the Grinch, who filled them with excitement when he arrived. We want to thank the 10 students who led the project, the entire 9th grade generation and their families, for making this possible thanks to their donations, we took a gift box for each child with: school notebooks, pens, Christmas boot with candy, teddy bear, stamps, legos, block game, play doh, barbies, magic sand and Christmas stockings. As a school, we also donated sports balls, puzzles, stories, jump ropes, pencils, erasers and general purpose pens. JFK also donated a TV screen and 7 computers for their classroom. It was an emotional experience, which filled us with joy, empathy and reflection on the feeling of gratitude for the opportunity to share our time with warmth and affection in this Chris...

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.

National Honor Society (NHS) was founded in the United States in 1921, hoping to create an organization that recognized and encouraged young people with four main purposes. “Create enthusiasm for academic achievement, stimulate the desire to serve, promote leadership, and develop character in students.” Now, after 102 years, NHS has become a prestigious, high-ranking organization among administrators, teachers, students, parents and residents of school communities. Its reputation for excellence is the result of years of commitment by everyone involved. Through service activities, NHS members must maintain and expand the qualities for which they were chosen. Candidates were selected by a faculty council and now all must respect the ideals and values ​​of NHS to maintain membership status and graduate with honours. The John F. Kennedy School joined the National Honor Society in 2010 and since then, our goal is to combat hunger through the Querétaro Food Bank. Each school year, our ...