Gifted Jaguars and Eagles

I really enjoyed the Kennedy Honors breakfast on Thursday, October 26th.  Great job to the Eagles who are AP Scholars and National Merit Scholars!

There is an information meeting for students interested in graduating with an Honors Diploma during the second half of advisory on Wednesday, November 15th in the front of the auditorium.   Applications will also be available in the Career Center for students who cannot come to the meeting.  For more information on the Jefferson Honors Diploma check out this  video  or read the  Honors Diploma flyer  . Email Meredith Aby-Keirstead at  maby@isd271.org  for more information.    

The Nobel High School Program is an honors humanities program designed to nurture and develop the creativity of high school students at John F. Kennedy High School. Students identified as creatively gifted are grouped together for key humanities classes taught by teachers trained to work with creativity gifted students. Focusing on critical thinking and creativity, students engage in a rich curriculum connecting literature, social sciences, philosophy and the arts.  ​ This year is the second year of the Nobel program at Kennedy. We are excited to announce that this summer four more Kennedy teachers were trained to work with Nobel students. This fall additional Kennedy teachers will receive training. ​ Students are identified for Nobel by their scores on the Torrance Test of Creativity and MAP reading test. Nobel students from the Valley View Middle School Nobel program are automatically placed in Nobel at Kennedy. The Nobel program is also open to any other qualifying Kennedy

Jefferson: Science Olympiad - Intro meeting will be after school on November 9th.  Practices and meetings are held in C127. FFI:  Talk to Mr. Cory Carufel (ccarufel@isd271.org) Robotics -  Intro meeting has occured but you can still join See Mr. Don Verdegan in A Wing (dverdegan@isd271.org)  Math Team FFI  Dr. Liam Rafferty (Liam.Rafferty@normandale.edu)  Dr. Rafferty teaches Calc I for DAHS at Normandale Community College. The Jefferson Math League Team meets on Mondays and Wednesdays after school in room C103 for around 45 minutes except for the Mondays when we have meets. This is  2:45-3:30  on Mondays and  2:15-3:00  on Wednesdays. The team started this week, the practices are open to anyone who would like to come, and it isn't necessary to come to all practices to participate. About half the team is in a Fall sport or marching band, and doesn't start coming until November. Kennedy: Science Olympiad  FFI:   Coach Dave Doty  Math Team   Starts on October

Good luck on the PSAT today!! 

If so, please let them know we'll be holding informational meetings for  Dimensions Academy High School  from 6:30-7:30 pm at Normandale Community College in the Partnership Center in room P0803A on  Monday, January 8th Tuesday, January 16th Thursday, January 25th Monday, January 29th The online application is due on Friday, February 2nd. We use the ACT for placement and we'll be administering it for 8th graders at Kennedy High School on February 27th.   For more information go to  https://www.bloomington.k12.mn.us/DA-High-School ​For more information you can also contact Meredith Aby-Keirstead at 952-806-7811 or at maby@isd271.org.