Independence day at school!
On Friday, we will be celebrating Mexico’s Independence Day at school.
This is one of the greatest and proudest days on the Mexican calendar, and our school is no exception!
This is one of the greatest and proudest days on the Mexican calendar, and our school is no exception!
The celebration, ‘El Grito’ (the call for independence) as it is known, traditionally recreates the moment in 1810 that Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla launched the fight that led to Mexico’s independence and freedom from Spanish rule after 300 years.
Thousands of indigenous and local people heard Hidalgo’s speech that night, and they joined Hidalgo’s army and marched to Mexico City to start the war.
At JFK, we will not be having a war, but we certainly will be having our own recreation of El Grito. The High School students have been working hard to prepare this celebration and will be leading a parade across the school to our flag ceremony, where they will repeat Hidalgo’s famous speech. This moment always generates a great feeling of the warmth, patriotism, and passion so symbolic of the culture of Mexico.
We all look forward to not only remembering the importance of this moment in Mexico’s history, but also joining the celebrations, the costumes, music, and food that accompany this day.
Our flag ceremony will be very crowded that day, but if you are new to Mexico, or even to the JFK, I invite you to come and see and join us for this event.
“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875)
Adrian Leece
General Director
Mexican Independence Day Parade
We will celebrate the Mexican Independence on Friday, September 14th. This is an internal event, and the school schedule will be normal from 8:00-12:45 for all students. Please come in a typical Mexican outfit or with the colors of the flag (white, red and green).
Positive Discipline Workshop for Parents
Sign ups are open at the JFK cashier’s office for our 7 week Positive Discipline Workshop for Parents. Classes begin on September 24th (7:00-9:00 PM) or September 25th (8:00-10:00 AM). This is a great way to learn how to make your home life flow a little better, learn more about how we work here at school and get to know some new friends.
PYP Coffee Talk- Assessment
We would like to invite you to a coffee talk on assessment in the PYP which will be held on September 18th at 8:00 AM or September 19th at 7:00 PM.
Preschool Principal
PowerSchool update
Teachers are now comfortable in uploading homework and taking attendance. This week, students will receive their logins and passwords. Parents, you can take a look at the homework with your child using their password. Soon, you will receive the tutorial and instructions for parent logins.
On a different subject, the Elementary School Student Council 2018-2019 was elected. Congratulations to all the candidates who were brave enough to stand in front of their peers and give speeches.
On a different subject, the Elementary School Student Council 2018-2019 was elected. Congratulations to all the candidates who were brave enough to stand in front of their peers and give speeches.
The Student Council is:
4a representative: Iñigo Belmont
4b representative: Valentina Prado
4c representative: Isabel Sepúlveda
4d representative: Samantha Chávez
Treasurer: Cassandra Gutiérrez
Secretary of State: Isabella Brocchi
Vice-President: Julia Lorenzo
President: Felipe Rubio
4b representative: Valentina Prado
4c representative: Isabel Sepúlveda
4d representative: Samantha Chávez
Treasurer: Cassandra Gutiérrez
Secretary of State: Isabella Brocchi
Vice-President: Julia Lorenzo
President: Felipe Rubio
Mark Dunn
Elementary School Principal
New school year...new projects
New projects to help to improve habits and to serve the community.
During this school year, we will be implementing a new program within Social Service to organize and administer our Lost and Found. The purpose of this project is to encourage care of personal objects and avoid unnecessary expenses at home to replace these items.
A team of 7th grade student volunteers will be working with Miss Paola to carry out this project. Students will still have the opportunity to look for lost items in an organized manner, once a week. The project is fascinating as students will be able to collect data about lost and found items, to improve habits and to serve the community.
During this school year, we will be implementing a new program within Social Service to organize and administer our Lost and Found. The purpose of this project is to encourage care of personal objects and avoid unnecessary expenses at home to replace these items.
A team of 7th grade student volunteers will be working with Miss Paola to carry out this project. Students will still have the opportunity to look for lost items in an organized manner, once a week. The project is fascinating as students will be able to collect data about lost and found items, to improve habits and to serve the community.
Thanks, Miss Paola!
Camille Casses
Middle School Principal
Student council leadership team 2018-2019
I would like to announce and celebrate our Student Council Leadership Team for the 2018-2019 school year!
President: Lilian Mendez Bolaños Cacho
Vice President: Javier LaFuente
Secretary: Cynthia García Jiménez
Treasurer: Cristina Quintanilla Cinta
As part of our leadership training for all students participating in Student Council, both Mr. Jacob and I modeled how to create team values based on shared commitments and recognition of individual styles. Leaders of Student Council also received training on how to create shared and collaborate agendas in Google Docs in preparation for carrying out future leadership tasks!
This year, our President Lilian and our Secretary Cynthia are working with a group of 32 other students in our Events Committee to design fun activities for students based on cooperation that unify our four high school generations. For their first event, the Events Committee chose a fellow high school student with the most Mexican spirit and pride to represent Miguel Hidalgo during the schoolwide flag ceremony on Friday and are organizing an Independence Day celebration on the high school patio. Congratulations to the Events Committee for getting everything organized so quickly!
Our Vice-President Javier and our Treasurer Cristina are working with a 10,000 pesos budget to design and implement a project to make the high school patio more creative, collaborative, and comfortable for students. This past week, they began discussing “pain points” in Design Thinking in the development of future empathy maps.
I feel very proud of the work of our Student Council this year and embracing new ways of working!
President: Lilian Mendez Bolaños Cacho
Vice President: Javier LaFuente
Secretary: Cynthia García Jiménez
Treasurer: Cristina Quintanilla Cinta
As part of our leadership training for all students participating in Student Council, both Mr. Jacob and I modeled how to create team values based on shared commitments and recognition of individual styles. Leaders of Student Council also received training on how to create shared and collaborate agendas in Google Docs in preparation for carrying out future leadership tasks!
This year, our President Lilian and our Secretary Cynthia are working with a group of 32 other students in our Events Committee to design fun activities for students based on cooperation that unify our four high school generations. For their first event, the Events Committee chose a fellow high school student with the most Mexican spirit and pride to represent Miguel Hidalgo during the schoolwide flag ceremony on Friday and are organizing an Independence Day celebration on the high school patio. Congratulations to the Events Committee for getting everything organized so quickly!
Our Vice-President Javier and our Treasurer Cristina are working with a 10,000 pesos budget to design and implement a project to make the high school patio more creative, collaborative, and comfortable for students. This past week, they began discussing “pain points” in Design Thinking in the development of future empathy maps.
I feel very proud of the work of our Student Council this year and embracing new ways of working!
Bob Callahan
High School Principal
Parent Talks: Tolerancia desde casa.
Tomorrow, September 12th at 8:30 am.
Clarisa Montes de Oca
MS Counselor
Firefighters campaign
As we do every year, the JFK community does a great job as it is the only school that collects items for the pantries of all Queretaro fire stations. So next week, from September 17 to September 21, this corresponding articles will be collected by each group:
We will be collecting your donations at the school entrance.
We thank you as always, for your support to continue with this annual campaign!
* Important Note: Do not bring donations to the classroom as we do not have staff to pick it up there. Thank You!
We thank you as always, for your support to continue with this annual campaign!
* Important Note: Do not bring donations to the classroom as we do not have staff to pick it up there. Thank You!
Luz Arredondo
Environmental program coordinator
Download our new JFK app
We invite you to know and download our new app in 4 simple steps. You will be able to read the bulletins, newsletters, school calendar and receive important school notifications.
Mónica Duarte
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Marketing and Communications Coordinator