Monthly Archives: March 2016

JFKS students win Berlin-wide “Jugend forscht” competition

JFKS students Max Hentges and Leopold Aschenbrenner won the Berlin-wide “Jugend forscht” competition with the best interdisciplinary project. They developped a system for the surveillance, warning and prediction of fine dust in Berlin. It measures the exposure in real-time through

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Känguru Math Competition / March 18, 2016

During first and second hour the high school students worked on the challenges of the Känguru Math Competition; during 5th and 6th hour the elementary school students followed. The problems were in English and German. 5th and 6th graders working

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8th Grade Ski Trip 2016 – Update III

As our trip nears its end, we look back to the great memories we have shared over the past two weeks.  After some great skiing over the weekend, the students enjoyed another ski free day on Monday during which they

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JFKS Gymnasts Win Gold in Berlin Gymnastics Competition

25-26 Feb 2016 — Congratulations to the JFKS Gymnastics teams. At the competition “ Turnwettkämpfe der Berliner Grundschulen 2016” they placed: 1st place (grades 4-6) — Ella D., Finley R., Cristina S., and Konstantin T. (Jonah R. was sick) 9th

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8th Grade Ski Trip 2016 – Update II

We have completed our first week of the 8th grade ski trip and it has been a wonderful week!  The students have now skied a total of 4 days and enjoyed one “ski free day” during which they had a

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JFKS 8th Grade Ski Trip 2016 Update

3 March 2016 For the 41st time the JFKS ski trip is unterwegs. Day 1 – Travel Day: Berlin to Zillertal, Austria Two buses, 127 students and a handful of ski instructors left a rainy Berlin Sunday morning at 8

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8th grade Ski Trip – students and teachers arrived in Bruck/Austria yesterday 6 p.m.

On Sunday, 6 March 2016 at 6 p.m. the buses arrived in Bruck am Ziller in Austria. More news will follow.

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Congratulations to our Badminton Team WK III

Congratulations to our Badminton Team WK III – they won the Berlin Championships and are now going to represent the state of Berlin at the Bundesfinale in April! Caelin, Henry, Rosalia, Laszlo, Oskar Anna, Serafina, Feline, Rebecca

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