The ES collected a vast amount of non-perishable food items and had fun competing for most creative words created with the donations.
6th grade created the words with the most ‘z’ and ‘q’ and earned the movie afternoon. 3rd and 5th were a close 2nd but what really matters is all the food we collected! ES Student Council really appreciates all the contributions from different classes, especially EC-2nd grade.
At this time, the Cub Scouts group is looking for volunteers to help distribute the food.
The information from the Scouts contact is below:
The Cub Scouts made 173 grocery bags of food. It was quite a lot!
If anyone from JFKS would like to participate in passing out the grocery bags, they are requested to come to American Church Berlin, Dennewitzplatz, around 3:30 pm. Both this Friday, the 9th and probably the 16th too. Until they’ve all been handed out.
Please send an email to Ms. Williams () if you can help so she can forward it to the Scouts. Thank you.
Wir laden Euch ein, täglich ein Türchen im Lese-Adventskalendar ein Türchen aufzumachen. In diesem Adventskalender finden Grundschüler, Lehrer, Erzieher und Eltern jeden Tag einen Buchtipp von SchülerInnen oder SchulbibliothekarInnen.
Auf lesefoerdern.de gibt es die täglichen Lesetipps unter dem Menüpunkt Adventskalender 2022.
The December School Bulletin has been sent out to all parents via email to the addresses we have on file. If you have not received the message and attachment and would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact the secretaries at:
OR
You can also download the copy in the password-protected PARENTS section of the website. Contact the secretaries for the password.
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Das Schul-Bulletin für Dezember wurde an alle Eltern per E-Mail an die uns vorliegenden Adressen verschickt. Falls Sie die Nachricht und den Anhang nicht erhalten haben und in die Verteilerliste aufgenommen werden möchten, wenden Sie sich bitte an die Sekretärinnen unter:
ODER
Sie können das Bulletin auch im passwortgeschützten ELTERN-Bereich der Website herunterladen. Wenden Sie sich an die Sekretariate, um das Passwort zu erhalten.
The John F. Kennedy School, along with the American Church in Berlin and the Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral) will present a service of Advent and Christmas music at the Dom on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 19.00 (Berlin time).
Featured will be the Choirs and Orchestra of the John F. Kennedy School under the direction of Mrs. Jaques and Dr. Curtis.
We hope to “see” you there. In addition to the livestream, the program will be available for viewing for 1 week after the event (through December 7).
Congratulations to the JFKS Swim Club, the Bear-a-cudas, for their outstanding performance in last weekend’s EFSL Long Distance Championship meet in Lignano, Italy!
While most of us were recovering from Thanksgiving dinner, our swimmers were in the pool with 17 other teams from across Europe, swimming hard and fast, and bringing home a number of ribbons and medals!
Three countries, ten clubs, 19 teams, and one motivated and enthusiastic school: In October 2022 the SC JFKS Rams were proud to represent the John-F-Kennedy School with our U14 boys team at the annual Scheider Cup in Frankfurt am Main, and with it a sport that still is an integral part of the Native Americans’ and North American history and culture.
Lacrosse is one of the world’s oldest team sports. It was created in the 1100s by Native American tribes based in the northeast and plain states of present-day Canada and the USA. The original version of lacrosse involved hundreds of players, sometimes over days and territories that were miles long. These very physical games were played by the Native American tribes for a variety of reasons, including settling tribal disputes, fitness, recreation, and religious reasons among others. Since it was such a tough game the Six Nations Tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy called it „Baggataway – The little brother of war“. They also referred to it as the medicine game for its healing powers, as well as the Creator’s game. The name “La Crosse” came from a French missionary, Jean de Brébeuf, who watched a game by the Iroquois in the 1630s. He thought the stick they used looked much like a hooked bishop’s staff, or a crosier – a cross.
From as early as the 1800s, Lacrosse started to be played at Canadian colleges and universities in the northeast United States. It was an Olympic sport, in 1904 and 1908, and it is planned to return to the Olympics in 2028!
Lacrosse is fun to play, fun to watch, and is quickly blossoming into the fastest growing sport on Earth. 79 Nations, including the Haudenosaunee (How-den-oh-shaw-nee: the national team of the Iroquois nations), play the sport and have built leagues in their countries – each currently teaching and training lacrosse players of all ages. In Germany, Lacrosse has been played since the early Nineties.
We, the John-F-Kennedy School in Berlin, as a German-American school, are proud to teach teams not only the sport of Lacrosse itself, but also its history. Our vision is to build a program for all ages that can be sustained for years to come with the chance to let little players grow from Entrance Class up to high school and enjoy the game.
Our goal is to have fun, to let the players run wild on the field and challenge themselves, to learn from each other, build friendships, and build a community. We travel Germany playing against other young teams – like we did at the Scheider Cup in October! – and we are very much looking forward to the Scheider Cup 2023 – maybe with you?!
Join the girls and boys Lacrosse teams of the SC JFKS Rams!
The November School Bulletin has been sent out to all parents via email to the addresses we have on file. If you have not received the message and attachment and would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact the secretaries at:
OR
You can also download the copy in the password-protected PARENTS section of the website. Contact the secretaries for the password.
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Das Schul-Bulletin für November wurde an alle Eltern per E-Mail an die uns vorliegenden Adressen verschickt. Falls Sie die Nachricht und den Anhang nicht erhalten haben und in die Verteilerliste aufgenommen werden möchten, wenden Sie sich bitte an die Sekretärinnen unter:
ODER
Sie können das Bulletin auch im passwortgeschützten ELTERN-Bereich der Website herunterladen. Wenden Sie sich an die Sekretariate, um das Passwort zu erhalten.
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