Feature
More than 40 Things So You’re Not Bored
50 Things to do during the Summer With less than two weeks of school left, many students have mixed feelings about summer. Many are excited for vacations and warm weather, and eager to leave Kennedy behind and ...
May 17, 2017
Mrs. Hollander Impact
Elliott Clements and Nandini Kapoor
Mrs. Hollander has showed science can be fun, and that learning not only comes from the teacher, but from fellow students. Her encouragement of collaboration and laughing has given her students an opportunity to grow with eac...
May 17, 2017
State Mathcounts Champions, Once Again
For the third year in a row, the Kennedy Mathcounts Team won both the Chapter competition and the State competition without any doubt. This year’s 4-person team consisted Geoffrey Wu, Holden Mui, Colin Yao, and Alicia Chen...
May 17, 2017
A Panther’s Dictionary
Ellen Yandel, Managing Editor
These are some quotes collected around the Pod; 63 quotes for 63 Panthers. “Basically, the lightning shoop will kill you.” “I’m deleting fools left and right.” “Have you ever acc...
May 17, 2017
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Features
SciOly!
Chris Zhou, Managing Editor
Students from KJHS’ Science Olympiad Varsity Team recently attended their state contest on April 29. The competition was held at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, as it was last year, and started at 7:00 ...
May 18, 2017 • No Comments
Feeder School Tour
Siddharth Ravuri, Features Editor
On Thursday the 16th of March, honor music students of Kennedy Junior High took a trip to three elementary schools to demonstrate their music to younger students. This tour, along with the BandFest mixed concert at Kenne...
May 18, 2017 • No Comments
Band Concert
Nell Lorimer, Photo/Graphics Editor
On the night of May 26, 4 feeder schools to Kennedy Junior High came to 216 Greentrails Dr. to put on an unforgettable performance. The 8th grade band played that night, as well, showing off the skills they gained througho...
May 17, 2017 • No Comments
Last Orchestra Concert
Aastha Chouhan, Copy Editor
On Wednesday, May 9, the Kennedy 7th and 8th grade orchestras played in their final concert. The performance was held at Madison Junior High School and was a conjoined concert for all of the District 203 middle schools. Al...
May 17, 2017 • No Comments
- Shakespeare in the Courtyard May 16, 2017
- Orchestra Concert May 10, 2017
- Shakespeare at Navy Pier March 23, 2017
- Winter Orchestra Concert March 19, 2017
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Batman
Eron Ristich, Columnist
Dark Knight. Caped Crusader. Matches Malone. Demon of the night. He's been known by many names, perhaps the most famous of all being Batman. A character of mystery and a history of darkness. Batman ...
May 17, 2017 • No Comments
PARCC: An Alien Conspiracy
Rachel Ziegler, Opinion Editer
Ah, spring. What’s not to like about it? Spring break, sunny days, and standardized testing. Wonderful, isn’t it? Well, I’m quite sorry to rain on your parade (it’s probably raining anyway), but P...
May 17, 2017 • No Comments
Odyssey Dress Shopping
Kristin Cho, Columnist
The school year is coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean the excitement stops now. Especially for the eighth graders, who are enjoying their last year in middle school. The last three days of school...
May 17, 2017 • No Comments
Do the Academy Awards Actually Accomplish Anything?
March 19, 2017
Pirate Kidnappings and Sheep Herding: A Memoir of St. Patrick
March 19, 2017
Should Spring Break Be Longer?
March 19, 2017
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Sports
The Final Track Meet
Maisie Li, Sports Editor
With the entire school year coming to an end, track is the very last sport for the students here at Kennedy Junior High. The conference meet for the entire track team is sy...
May 17, 2017
Girls Basketball
Maisie Li, Sports Editor
Monday, March 6th marked the date of the last home game for our Kennedy 8th Grade Girls basketball team. While memories were made and games were celebrated, the lady eagle...
March 8, 2017
BSQ
Maisie LI, Sports Editor
Nothing wraps up the ends of a great winter sports season like the familiar intramural of BSQ. This morning intramural is lead by Mr. Murray (8th grade Discovery team math ...
March 8, 2017
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