This weekend, while a lot of families were traveling to the ski slopes or sunny beaches for Winterferien, 8 swimmers from JFKS’ Bear-a-cudas swam in the Rhineland Divisional Championships meet in Frankfurt.

Despite being one of the smallest teams there, they won the trophy for highest points per swimmer in a team. Furthermore, officials from across the division all commented on how much they love the Bear-a-cudas swimmers because of the exemplary leadership and sportsmanship they all demonstrate in their interactions with the team and their competitors.

Congrats to swimmers and parents alike!

Dear JFKS Community,

The Elementary School is looking forward to students participating in KINDNESS WEEK next week. Many classes are organizing special activities and challenges for the week.

We are celebrating SPIRIT WEEK at the same time and look forward to students dressing up as follows: 

Monday: Wear Yellow to SHINE BRIGHT WITH KINDNESS!

Tuesday: TIE DYE – Peace, Love & Kindness

Wednesday: JFKS Kids are Kind – Wear JFK Gear or colors

Thursday: Hats off for Kindness – Hat Day

Friday: Dreaming of Kindness – Wear your PJs to school day!

We learnt from alumna Petra Rose about the recent passing of her lovely mother Enid Kretschmer who taught at JFKS from 1966 until 1980.

Before starting to teach at our school, Mrs. Kretschmer enrolled her second eldest daughter in the first pre-school class in 1960, thus being well acquainted with the very beginnings of JFKS.

For the JFKS 50th Anniversary brochure she wrote: „The parents of those children had all experienced the Second World War in some form and all were keen to encourage anything that promoted peace and international understanding. We spent hours helping to assemble equipment and discussing what we expected from the school and how it was to function. After one year, most people were confident that this was a worthwhile project.“

She could not know at that point in time that „this worthwhile project“ would become a continuous part of her life: for not only her own children attended JFKS but also her grandchildren and great-grandchildren to whom we all would like to express our sincere condolences.

Members of the Board – JFKS Berlin Alumni e.V.

– www.jfks.net

Fourth grade winners – JFKS WK V team won their first tournament of the year!

The team would like to thank everyone for showing such wonderful school spirit today. Your support was simply FANTASTIC! Thanks again.

Go Rams!

Below you can find the Klausur Schedule for grades 11-12 for the second semester. Please note that all dates will be posted in WebUntis shortly. Changes are displayed exclusively in WebUntis. 

Nachfolgend finden Sie den Klausurplan für die Klassen 11-12 für das zweite Semester. Bitte beachten Sie, dass alle Termine in Kürze in WebUntis veröffentlicht werden. Änderungen werden ausschließlich nur in WebUntis angezeigt. 

This letter was sent to all parents last week to inform about the upcoming 8th grade Stanford Testing on January 17 and 18. 

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Dieser Brief wurde letzte Woche an alle Eltern verschickt, um über die bevorstehenden Stanford-Tests der 8. Klasse am 17. und 18. Januar zu informieren. 

The JFKS ISTA Ensembles will be traveling to theatre festivals again this year. To raise funds for these trips, we are hosting a TRIVIA NIGHT on Friday, January 13th at 7pm (Large Aula).

You can create a team of 2-6 people and compete against others (there are prizes). Trivia questions from all walks of life will challenge your mind. Drinks, Chili, chips, salsa and sandwiches are for sale.

Register your team by writing to .

The cost for each team is €15.00.