January 12th-30th: ACCESS Testing

January 19th: Martin Luther King Jr. Day → No School for Students

January 22nd: Fall 2025 Academic Award Ceremony, 5:30 - 7:00 PM

End of Semester Grades

Our Fall 2025 semester formally ended for students on 12/18. Teachers are actively working on updating gradebooks through 1/5/2026. Schoology is the most accurate way to check your students' current grade. JFK will roll all final grades from the semester to students' transcript the week of 1/5, and families can expect report cards the following week. If your student earns Honor Roll or Principal's list for the Fall 2025 semester, they will be invited to Academic Awards on January 22nd. 

Update on the English Vacancy

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Dee Horsburgh to JFK! Dr. Horsburgh is a well-rounded educator with experience teaching many levels of English in DPS and abroad. We're excited to welcome her aboard and know our students will be well-served by her deep content knowledge, teaching experience, and joyful approach to learning. 

Mrs. Radigann will continue teaching the IB Language and Literature students impacted by Mr. Swartz's vacancy, which allows Dr. Horsburgh's teaching schedule to be inclusive of all 9th graders in English 1. If your student had a mid-year schedule change as a result of this adjustment, they were provided a paper copy of this update by their counselor on 12/18. When Parent and Student Portal updates at the semester, you will also be able to see any adjustments to schedules live through those platforms as well.

S2 Schedule Changes

Sophomores – please remember that Personal Finance and Comprehensive Health are paired together as the graduation required electives, but your classrooms and teachers will change at the semester break. If you were in Mr. Roybal's Personal Finance class in the Fall, you will report to Comprehensive Health (rm. 302) with Mr. Alvis or Mr. Olson for S2. If you were in Mr. Alvis or Mr. Olson's Comprehensive Health class in the Fall, you will report to Personal Finance (rm. 231) with Mr. Roybal for S2. Your Student Portal schedule will reflect this update after break.

All other courses at JFK are designed to be year-long in scope. Counselors will not be making additional changes to student's schedules in January. 

Yearbook Pages

Seniors – if you would like your yearbook photo this year to be your formal senior photo, instead of your default school picture, please complete this link.

To submit any of your own photos from this school year, with the chance for them to be featured in the yearbook, please upload them here.

Dear JFK Community,

JFK offers K-Mart, a place where all JFK students can find a range of essentials. Open daily, please contact your counselor and Dre Calloway at dre_calloway@dpsk12.net. If you have any donations, please drop off in the main office or contact Dre. 

If you need support securing food…

• City and County of Denver: Visit their website to find food assistance across the city.

• Tasty Food Program: Afterschool meals for children will be offered at Denver recreation centers. Visit the Tasty Food website for locations and hours of operation.

• Food Bank of the Rockies: Find a food pantry near you using their Pantry Locator tool.

• Colorado 211: This confidential and multilingual service connects people to vital resources across Colorado. Call 2-1-1, 866-760-6489 or visit 211colorado.org. Note: The hotline is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, however, expect long wait times. To avoid waiting, use the call-back feature.

• Feeding Colorado: The collaborative effort of the 5 Feeding America food banks that serve Colorado and Wyoming to coordinate and enhance food resources, ensuring food insecure Coloradans have access to healthy, fresh foods. Visit feedingcolorado.org/find-food or email info@feedingcolorado.org.

• Hunger Free Colorado: Connects Colorado families and individuals to SNAP/food stamps, food pantries, free meal sites, WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) and other nutrition programs geared toward families, children and older adults. Call 855-855-4626 Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

• School breakfast and lunches will continue as normal and remain free to families. 

The City and County of Denver’s Department of Human Services (DHS) will continue processing SNAP applications and renewals to make sure benefits are processed in a timely fashion as soon as the government shutdown ends. SNAP beneficiaries will receive SNAP benefits retroactively once the government reopens. DHS strongly encourages families to continue submitting SNAP paperwork in the meantime.

If you would like to support local efforts…

• Denver Public Schools Foundation: Support the DPS community by donating to the DPS Foundation Food Security Fund.

• City and County of Denver: Visit their website to learn more about donating food, money and/or time.

• Denver Recreation Center Drop-off Locations: Non-perishable food items can be dropped off at any Denver rec center. Visit the City and County of Denver website to learn more.

• Denver Animal Shelter: Donate pet food to the Denver Animal Shelter located at 1241 W. Bayaud Ave. or through their Amazon wishlist.

• 10 Ways to Support Your Community Now:This slide deck from the City and County of Denver provides resources, suggestions and ideas on how to take immediate action in your community.

Check out these open positions at JFK and spread the word!

AN Paraprofessional (78951)

Office Support II (78919)

MIS Paraprofessional (78756) 

Baseball, Head Coach ( 78517)

Girls Volleyball, Head Coach (78520)

We understand that there are times when students need to get to school a few minutes before 8:00 am. As the weather gets colder, we invite students who arrive before 8:00 am to sit in the atrium on the East side of our building. Students can wait in the heated atrium until the building opens at 8:00 am. 

Click here to view the most recent CSC notes. 

CSC Meeting Dates: 

January 14th, 2026

March 4th, 2026 

May 6th, 2026

• Doors open at 8:00 AM every day.

• Class begins at 8:20 AM every day.

• On Commander Days (Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays), class ends at 3:50 PM.

• On Green Days (Wednesdays), class ends at 3:00 PM. Students may stay until 3:50 to engage with clubs, participate in study hall, or meet with teachers.

• On Blue Days (Thursdays), class ends at 1:30 PM. Open office hours for teachers are held weekly on Blue Days from 1:30-2:30. 

Please see our updated bell schedule: 2025-26 Bell Schedule

This is a reminder that every student has the opportunity to receive free breakfast and lunch here at Kennedy. Families can access the menus through the SchoolCafé website. Useful features include:

• Nutritional Information

• Allergen Information

• Print a PDF of the menu

• Ability to make a sample tray with your student

All students are required to have their student ID out and visible at all times.

Please review the 2025-26 Student Handbook.

Attendance Line: 

Call the Attendance Line at 720-423-4354 or email jfkattendance@dpsk12.net to excuse your student’s absences.

Office Support: 

Phone Number: 720-423-4300

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• Student Handbook

• 2025-26 School Calendar

• Bell Schedule

• 2025-26 DPS School Calendar

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