School play auditions!

Auditions for our spring 2027 play, The Enchanted Bookshop, will be held on Wednesday, October 21st, and Thursday, October 22nd. You only need to show up for ONE audition day. Please sign up in advance using THIS FORM. Curious about the show? Here's the blurb and a list of the characters!


Synopsis:
During the day, "A Likely Story" may look like any other used bookstore. But at night, it’s a place where magic happens. That’s when the characters inside the books come alive.

Six of those characters — Dorothy Gale, Robin Hood, Pollyanna, Sherlock Holmes, Heidi, and Tom Sawyer — long to help Margie and Margaret, the scatterbrained owners, save their struggling store. But they’re not allowed to leave the building or be seen by human eyes. So when a pair of smugglers comes looking for a stolen necklace hidden inside one of the books, the characters are torn. Should they warn Margie & Margaret and risk disappearing forever? Or can they find a way to defeat the crooks without being seen?

Featuring additional appearances by such beloved literary characters as the Queen of Hearts, Long John Silver, and Doctor Dolittle, this charming comedy celebrates the joy of reading in a fresh, fun-filled way.


The Characters (in order of appearance)
Margie and Margaret: bookshop owners; scatterbrained, eternally hopeful
Bombalurina: their cat; likes to steal things [note: Bombalurina only says the word "meow" but is on stage most of the time and the actor needs to convey things with facial expressions and movements]
Mom: bored bookshop customer
Timmy: kid; hates books
Robin Hood: vain Medieval English outlaw
Tom Sawyer: mischievous Missouri schoolboy
Sherlock Holmes: brainy English detective
Toto: Dorothy's dog; not as brave as he thinks he is [note: Toto does not have lines, this is another convey-things-through-movements role...and barks]
Dorothy: Kansas farm girl; fearless, clever
Heidi: Swiss mountain girl; melodramatic
Pollyanna: New England schoolgirl; annoyingly optimistic
Book Fairy: brings the book characters to life; overbearing
Lady in Red: mysterious bookshop customer
Fagin: English pickpocket; sneakey
Long John Silver: English pirate; treacherous
Officer Ketchum: Confused police officer
Fingers: jewel smuggler; dumb
Eddie: another jewel smuggler; bossy and dumb
Doctor Dolittle: English veterinarian; talks to animals
Queen of Hearts: ruler of Wonderland; hothead
Frankenstein's Monster: monster; grunts a lot [note: Frankenstein's Monster also does not have lines, though he does grunt a lot so the actor can convey things through that]
Wicked Witch of the West: Dorothy's nemesis; smart aleck
Hopalong Cassidy: noble cowboy

JFK Media Center Blog!

Happy Monday, everybody!

Did you know that the JFK Morning News is part of a larger JFK Media Center? It is! In the past students have made podcasts which we have also put as videos on our YouTube channel, and soon we will be introducing sports broadcasts and movie reviews and other similar things!

All of our videos are available on our YouTube page. We know that students are not able to access YouTube at school, so we have also put all of our videos on our new JFK Media Center Blog!

School Play audition!

Hi everyone! Auditions for the school play, Myth-Understood, are coming up on Wednesday, October 22 and Thursday, October 23.

This year we're asking students to sign up for a preferred day. Please fill out this form to sign up! We'll let you know which day you're assigned to.

We're also asking students and their caregivers to sign a contract agreeing to the expectations for participation. There are copies of the contract near the cafetorium, or you can ask Ms. Gilana or Miss Caron.

MCAS practice!

Here are the links for the MCAS ELA practice tests!

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6th grade ELA practice test!

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7th grade ELA practice test!

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8th grade ELA practice test!

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Joy Jar!

Participate in the JFK Joy Jar! The morning news is asking people to tell us about the things that are bringing them joy, good experiences they've had, and so forth. You can either submit them through THIS FORM or write them on a slip of paper and put it into the Joy Jar in the library! Joy Jar contributions will be read out on the morning news during Mindfulness Monday!