School Clubs

School clubs are a great way to meet people and focus on particular subjects and causes. If you are interested in joining a club at JFK, see the club and contact person.

Anime Club

Advisor: Lucy Miyagawa

Art Club

Art club meets once a month and is a club run by students,for students. Various art activities take place such as field trips, sketching trips and walking tours. Students also come and participate in art instruction provided by visiting artists and students.

Advisor: Carol Piskoti, F2

Badminton Club

We meets every other Monday after school in the quad, a tournament at the end of the year

Advisor: Jennifer Manzano-Tackett, C308

Chinese Culture Club

Advisor: Linda Hatamiya, V1

Show Choir Club

Show Choir Club is the club for all things choral on the JFK campus. Students who sing in a designated JFK choir are eligible for membership. We meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month during lunch in M-2. The Show Choir Club's mission is to support, encourage and maintain the choral department at JFK by fund raising and performing a variety of choral music throughout the year.

Advisor: Lyssa Ogilbee, M2

Christian Club

Advisor: Linda Hatamiya, V1

Cougar Tracks

Cougar Tracks is a club for students with disabilities, but we welcome all students. We provide opportunities for club members to build social skills, make friends, and plan recreational activities.

Cougar Tracks runs the JFK recycling program, recycling beverage containers (cans and bottles with CA redemption value). Funds are used to provide transportation to job sites, and to pay for recreation activities like golf, bowling, swimming, and Very Special Arts. We meet every Wednesday mornings 8:20-9:15 in room D3

Advisor: Leslie Stanton & Cathy Stidger, D3

Creative Advertising

This club is a business designed to give students opportunities to provide sales and actual graphic design services such as signage and banners to the school and greater community through the established campus business known as Creative Advertising.

The club meets daily during lunch and after school from 3:30 to 4:00 in Room E-1. Membership requires enrollment in the Productive Advertising class.

Advisor: Mrs. Hanzlik, E1

Environmental Club

Advisor: Chaz Thomsen, B24

French Club

Advisor: Gayle Bourtoul

Gay Straight Alliance

A safe place to meet gay and gay friendly youth and staff on campus. Come learn about issues effecting LBGTQ youth in your community and the Sacramento area.

Weekly meetings at lunch in M6 every Wednesday.If there is something important going on on Wednesday (of a certain week) , then we meet on Tuesdays of the certain week.

Check us out on myspace for more info: see a club member to get the page name

Advisor: Ms. Casper, MSW Intern, A1 Th & Fri
Advisor: Scott Smith, M6

Hmong Club

To expose and educate the Hmong culture to fellow cougars by hosting cultural events such as Hmong New Year,talent shows and to band the Hmong students here at Kennedy with a strong spirit of unity, and to create a safe environment for Hmong kids at Kennedy. Also to provide academic improvement through the peer tutoring program.

We meet every Tuesday at Rm C217 after school @ 3:30pm

Advisor: Chong Vang, C310

JFK Key Club

Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. What makes Key Club so successful is the fact that it is a student-led organization that teaches leadership through serving others. Key Club members build themselves as they build their schools and communities.

Advisor: David Phanthai, C210

Latin Club

JFK High School offers a 3-year (soon to be 4-year) course in Latin, taught by a highly-qualified teacher, and supported by an active and vibrant Latin Club that meets every Tuesday and offers tutoring to Latin students at all level. Be a part of the rising trend of schools re-instating Latin course for their students. Get your child into Latin when they come to JFK High School, one of the two high schools in this district that offers such a program. A dead language no more!

Advisor: Damian Harmony, V7

Latinos Unidos

Latinos Unidos is a new club at John F. Kennedy. The club was founded by an enthusiastic group of students looking for an opportunity to unite the Latino community at Kennedy High School and have a positive impact on the school community. Latinos Unidos is an active group that has participated in a variety of cultural events and celebrations.

The goal of Latinos Unidos is to offer a fun and safe place, where all Latinos come together. Latinos Unidos goals are to unite, help, educate, and encourage all students to continue with their education. Latinos Unidos participated in various fund raising activities and have raised enough money to pay for a trip to Great America! All students are welcomed and encouraged to join. ¡Unidos Todo Se Puede! (United, Everything is Possible!)

*For additional club information feel free to contact Mrs. Ibarra, Mr. Moreno or Stella Delgadillo

Marching Band Parent Club

The JFK Band Parents Club is a booster club for the Marching Band and Color Guard. The booster club meets monthly to run fund-raisers, organize band events and provide additional support to the band program. Parent volunteers often chaperone, move equipment, create meals on trips and other necessary functions to help band students. All parents/guardians of band students are members. All events are voluntary, but many of our boosters find that helping their students perform is a very rewarding experience.

If you would like more information, contact Mr. Miles 433-5200 ext. 1701

Or email: george-miles@sac-city.k12.ca.us

Mathletes

Mathletes is a club where teams go to other schools and compete for trophies and scholarships. It's a lot of fun, even if you don't think you're good at math.

Advisor: Vicki Feliz-Smith, C205

National Art Honor Society

This honor society requires that the student has a B grade in ART classes. The students complete 15 hours of community service per year and are presented with a certificate, and a cord to wear over their robe at graduation. We meet twice a month.

If you have any questions please contact Advisor: Carol Piskoti, Room F2.

National Honor Society

Students with a 3.5 or above GPA are invited to fill out an application second semester of their sophomore and/or junior year. The applications are turned over to a five member faculty committee who select members based on their Scholarship, Character, Community Service, and Leadership on campus and in the community. Members continue to perform community service as members of NHS.

Advisor: Todd Whalen, C301

Orchestra Club

We support and enrich the activities of the orchestra and string players that are in the class. We meet during class time-0 period in V-7

Advisor: Eric Malme, V7

Philosophy Club

We are here to discuss today's controversial issues. We participate in activities that help ease these tensions to make this world for mankind.

We have meetings every friday and in each meeting we talk about different issues/topics.

Advisor: Angelina Garcia, C306

Pink Savages

The "Pink Savages" is a group of students who meet in C203 during lunch on Tuesdays. Our purpose is to spread awareness of the need for early detection, raise money to support breast cancer research, and to get young people involved in helping us accomplish this goal. We will be doing fund raisers along with the "Breast Cancer Walk" on Mother's Day," May 9th, 2009.

Advisor: Terri McSweeney, C203

Puente Club

Advisor: Elzora Gray, Counseling

Robotics Club

Advisor: Robert Greene, E2

Snow Sports Club

Dedicated to encouraging snowboarding and skiing among Kennedy students and the arranging of field trips to historically relevant ski areas during powder season.

Advisor: Kirk Riley, B26

Speech and Debate Team

The speech and debate team is a competitive club that one can join as a member of the zero hour class or the after school club. Students compete on weekends throughout the year in debate, individual events, or congress. Students can compete specifically in original prose/poetry, duo interpretation, humorous and dramatic interpretation, thematic interpretation and original oratory among others.

Club Meetings M/W 3:30-4:30

Advisor: Michael Fry, V3

Yoga Club

Yoga Club is for students who wants to exercise both their bodies and minds as well as learn correct breathing techniques. Students will also learn different stretches for all body parts. Yoga is an ancient art form of exercise from India. All students are welcomed to join.

For more information, see Ms. Lew in V6 or Louis Perez (Yoga Club President).

Mar 07, 2007