District Communications

Dear Families, This past week was the Hour of Code. “The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event. One-hour tutorials are available in over 45 languages. No...

Dear Families, There is snow on the ground already, and the rain and snow kept coming this week! Please make sure you send your student(s) to school with the clothing necessary to make outdoor recess safe and enjoyable. With a snow day occurring the Friday before...

Dear Families, What a drastic change in the weather! This week has been very cold, with our first recess with snow! Students at JFK go outside for recess if the temperature is at or above 10 degrees with the wind chill (the feels like temperature). On Wednesday, it...

    Dear Families, Congratulations to Tiffany Demore and Savanna Bechard for being nominated for the Shout Out award for October! The Shout Out award is an award that any adult in the building can be nominated for by anyone, students and adults. If you have...

Dear Families, During the first trimester, each classroom teacher has or will invite families to join them for a Morning Meeting. Every class at JFK starts their day with a Morning Meeting as part of our Responsive Classroom work. Morning Meeting consists of four...

Dear Families, Congratulations to Nan Johnson for being awarded the Northern New England Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Mainstream teacher grant for her service to our ELL students. “Nancy Johnson is dedicated to better understanding the ELLs in her...

Dear Families, It has been another great week at JFK. On Wednesday, Governor Phil Scott, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Alyson Eastman, Secretary of Agriculture Anson Tebbetts, and Deputy Secretary of Education Heather Bouchey came to talk to the entire third grade....

Dear Families, We have had another busy, fantastic week at JFK. Our classes are filling their Heart Jars. When a class fills their Heart jar they get to have a class celebration and dump their Hearts into the school Heart Monitor while staff and students cheer them...

Dear Families, Welcome to the end of the first full week of school. Students and staff have settled into the rhythm of school, and the week went very well. Monday, September 17th is our school-wide picture day. We will have a makeup day later on in the fall if your...

Dear Families, Although this week was only 4 days, it was a fantastic, busy week. Students continued to learn routines and expectations in school. It is important that we take the beginning of school to teach all the students the expectations. This builds a strong...