Our Jaguar
As we all know, the Jaguar has been the school mascot since very early on in the school’s history. The word ‘mascot’ comes from a French word meaning ‘lucky charm’ and our Jaguar has brought luck to our sports teams over the years.
Many school mascots have a much bigger role in school than just to be associated with the school sports teams. Recently our jaguar has been getting involved in more events and with a closer association to us all in the community. We often call ourselves ‘Jaguars’ for example!
We had some complications with our first jaguar model that we were selling in the Jaguar Shop. After selling the complete first consignment, we were unable to get more produced and many students were still asking for them. However, we have now overcome this problem with a new model; like a ‘teddy bear’ with a fresh design and colors that we can now reproduce to sell for many years to come. It comes in different sizes, some with a built in ‘roar’, and all with ‘baby safe’ eyes and a cute smile.
At Jaguar Day tomorrow we will be having a special moment, introducing our new Jaguar to the students. But no wonder it is nervous, it doesn’t even have a name! So, like with our pets, we need to find a good name, one to make it proud. We will be announcing a competition for all the students to name our Jaguar, a name to be used for many years to come. Once we have a name then we can slowly bring it to life…. building a character for him to act learning moments for younger students, to be formed in to a cartoon character to give health advice and guidance about school values and about how to be a proud JFK student. The Sports teams will be taking our Jaguar to tournaments with them, and the Jaguar will be issued a special passport to collect memories of all its trips and those teams, and each section will also have their own jaguar to use in school events, trips and as they wish. And of course, we hope that we all have one in a special place in our homes!
Our Jaguar helps build a school identity, a sense of unity and pride. With the help of everyone, we can now really bring our Jaguar to life and make it a very special part of our school life!
Many school mascots have a much bigger role in school than just to be associated with the school sports teams. Recently our jaguar has been getting involved in more events and with a closer association to us all in the community. We often call ourselves ‘Jaguars’ for example!
We had some complications with our first jaguar model that we were selling in the Jaguar Shop. After selling the complete first consignment, we were unable to get more produced and many students were still asking for them. However, we have now overcome this problem with a new model; like a ‘teddy bear’ with a fresh design and colors that we can now reproduce to sell for many years to come. It comes in different sizes, some with a built in ‘roar’, and all with ‘baby safe’ eyes and a cute smile.
At Jaguar Day tomorrow we will be having a special moment, introducing our new Jaguar to the students. But no wonder it is nervous, it doesn’t even have a name! So, like with our pets, we need to find a good name, one to make it proud. We will be announcing a competition for all the students to name our Jaguar, a name to be used for many years to come. Once we have a name then we can slowly bring it to life…. building a character for him to act learning moments for younger students, to be formed in to a cartoon character to give health advice and guidance about school values and about how to be a proud JFK student. The Sports teams will be taking our Jaguar to tournaments with them, and the Jaguar will be issued a special passport to collect memories of all its trips and those teams, and each section will also have their own jaguar to use in school events, trips and as they wish. And of course, we hope that we all have one in a special place in our homes!
Our Jaguar helps build a school identity, a sense of unity and pride. With the help of everyone, we can now really bring our Jaguar to life and make it a very special part of our school life!
Adrian Leece
Main Office
"Hablando desde el corazón" Comunicación no violenta
Date: October 24
Place: Elementary School Multipurpose Room
Time: 8:30 am
Time: 8:30 am
Speaker: Xavier Rocha Macías
- We have places for:
- Preschool: Yoga Monday and Wednesday, Yoga Tuesday and Thursday,Business Kids Monday, Wednesday and Friday,Pre-Ballet II (with previous instructions) Tuesday and Thursday.
- Elementary School: Karate Monday and Wednesday,Creative journalism Tuesday and Thursday, Musical Theatre Playhouse Monday and Wednesday, Art Monday and Wednesday, Art Tuesday and Thursday, German 1 Monday and Wednesday, French 1 Tuesday and Thursday.
- Middle School and High School: Rock Band (advanced with instrument rental) Tuesday and Thursday / 14:45 to 15:45, Art Monday and Wednesday 15:00 to 16:00, Art Tuesday and Thursday / 15:00 to 16:00, German Tuesday and Thursday 15:00 to 16:30.
- Parents and Staff: English Tuesday and Thursday15:15 a 16:45, Toddler Time (for parents with babies 2 years old) Tuesday and Thursday / 17:00 to 18:00.
Fé del Carmen García
Extended Learning Coordinator
- Flag Football: Come and meet this new sport within our sports program.
- Training shows next Wednesday, October, 2
6:00 p.m. Categories 2008-2009
7:00 p.m Categories 2005-2007
7:00 p.m Categories 2005-2007
Animate and try something different!
Fernando López
Sports JFK
- Jaguar Day. This Thursday we will build school spirit by celebrating Jaguar Day! There will be special sporting events in the morning and school assembly after recess so all students should come in uniform. After school activities will be held as usual.
- Tri-Association Conference. Five teachers from Preschool had the great opportunity to attend the Tri-Association International Conference, last week in Monterrey, where we learned more about how to create an empathetic school culture. We will be sharing our learnings with our colleagues and planning for implementation.
- Open Classes. We are excited to invite you to our first open class of the year. Be sure to arrive punctually and come in comfortable clothes in order to participate in the mommy and me physical education class. All classes will be held from 8:00-9:00 AM.
K1A Oct 2
K1B Oct 1
K1C Sep 27
K1D Oct 8
K2A Oct 9
K2B Oct 10
K2C Oct 11
K2D Oct 15
K3A Oct 16
K3B Oct 17
K3C Oct 18
K3D Oct 22
Debra Cortney
Preschool Principal
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Our JFK Reads Program for the 2019- 2020 school year already started!-Go to www.jfkreads.com
-Keep in mind that your username is your email address and the password is the same as in previous years. In case you forgot it you can always reset your password clicking on the "Forgot your password?" button
Mark Dunn
Elementary School Principal
- Middle School pictures are on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
- The National Junior Honor Society will begin it’s first service project for the year, collecting rice, beans, and sugar. Thank you to Miss Gaby and Miss Maribel for showing our students how to lead!
- MiddleMUN, our Model UN club, will have 22 delegates and 13 chairs participating in the upcoming event, Union & Peace XI. Good luck delegates in preparing your Position Papers. We wish all veteran and new delegates a great experience. Thank you to Miss Tania and Miss Ana for all the preparation and guidance you give our delegates.
- The West House is our September winner! We will have many activities and a House Day soon to see if West can keep the cup or it changes hands after the month of October. Good luck to all!
- We have a PD Day this Friday. Have a nice long weekend!
Camille Casses
Middle School Principal
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JFK College Fair - October 9th - Over 100 International and National Universities!
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JFK College Fair Gala - October 8th - A smaller group of international and national recruiters will be on campus in the afternoon for more private conversations with students and families. More information coming this week!
Bob Callahan
High School Principal