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Kennedy Catholic High School’s ‘You Can’t Take It With You’ Opens Nov. 9

Kennedy Catholic High School’s ‘You Can’t Take It With You’ Opens Nov. 9

Kennedy Catholic High School’s Fine Arts Department will be presenting ”You Can’t Take It With You,” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, with opening night on Friday, Nov. 9 at... [Read more]

Artists & Vendors Sought for Kennedy Catholic High’s Arts & Crafts Fair

Artists & Vendors Sought for Kennedy Catholic High’s Arts & Crafts Fair

Artists and Vendors are being sought for Kennedy Catholic High School’s annual Arts and Crafts fair, to be held Saturday Dec.1 from 9am to 4pm.  This annual fundraiser event will also include a... [Read more]

Kennedy Catholic’s Rosemary Herold Named National Merit Semifinalist

Kennedy Catholic’s Rosemary Herold Named National Merit Semifinalist

Rosemary Herold, a senior at Burien’s Kennedy Catholic High School, was recently named a National Merit Semifinalist in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program…

Annual ‘Aloha ‘O Na Kupuna Music and Dance Festival’ will be July 14 at JFK

Annual ‘Aloha ‘O Na Kupuna Music and Dance Festival’ will be July 14 at JFK

Halau ‘O Lono’s annual fundraiser – ‘Aloha ‘O Na Kupuna Music and Dance Festival’ – will be held on Saturday, July 14 at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School. There will... [Read more]

Burien’s Kennedy Catholic High School receives BECU Grant

Burien’s Kennedy Catholic High School receives BECU Grant

BECU announced Wednesday (March 7) that Burien’s John F. Kennedy Catholic High School was among the 48 recipients to receive a grant. This is the 10th year that BECU has awarded over $100,000 in... [Read more]

Aloha ‘O Na Kupuna Music & Dance Festival Is All Day Saturday At JFK

Aloha ‘O Na Kupuna Music & Dance Festival Is All Day Saturday At JFK

The annual ‘Aloha `O Na Kupuna Music & Dance Festival’ will be held from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. this Saturday, July 16th at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien. The theme this year... [Read more]

John F. Kennedy Catholic High School To Start Sending Out Tuition Rebates

John F. Kennedy Catholic High School To Start Sending Out Tuition Rebates

Burien’s John F. Kennedy Catholic High School has announced it will rebate back to students’ parents portions of the tuition the parents have paid to have their kids attend Kennedy. And it’s because... [Read more]

UPDATE: JFK Girl’s Volleyball Team Finishes 7th In State Tournament

UPDATE: JFK Girl’s Volleyball Team Finishes 7th In State Tournament

As we reported last week, the John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Girl’s Varsity Volleyball team played in the State Tournament Finals on Friday (Nov. 12th), and here’s a recap of their progress: The... [Read more]

JFK Grads Promoting Their “Finamore” Liquor At The Mark Friday

JFK Grads Promoting Their “Finamore” Liquor At The Mark Friday

James Vert and Jimmy Stark, graduates of Burien’s John F. Kennedy High School (2000), will be at The Mark Restaurant this Friday (June 11), starting at 7pm, promoting their limoncello-based liqueur,... [Read more]

Kennedy Catholic High's "Fiddler On The Roof" Plays March 25-28

Kennedy Catholic High's "Fiddler On The Roof" Plays March 25-28

Burien’s John F. Kennedy Catholic High School’s latest production is “Fiddler on the Roof – The Spring Musical” which will play at Seattle’s King Cat Theatre beginning... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Payback Time As JFK Teacher Gets Tattoo At Assembly

PHOTOS: Payback Time As JFK Teacher Gets Tattoo At Assembly

Story and Photos by Michael Brunk Something a little different happened this past Friday (Feb. 26th) at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien. As the end of the school day approached, students... [Read more]

Scholarship Dinner Marking Gov. Rosellini's 100th Birthday Is Sunday At JFK

Scholarship Dinner Marking Gov. Rosellini's 100th Birthday Is Sunday At JFK

Former Washington Gov. Al Rosellini, who celebrated his 100th birthday Thursday (Jan. 21st), will be the guest of honor at Burien’s Kennedy Catholic High School this Sunday, Jan. 24 at a 3pm Italian... [Read more]

JFK Cancer Fundraiser Could Result In Teacher Getting Tattoo

JFK Cancer Fundraiser Could Result In Teacher Getting Tattoo

Burien’s John F. Kennedy Catholic High School is holding a one-week “Every Lancer Against Cancer” fundraising drive from Jan. 25th through the 29th, and if their goal of $10,000 is met,... [Read more]

Kennedy High School’s Football Season To Be Broadcast On Internet For Second Year

Kennedy High School’s Football Season To Be Broadcast On Internet For Second Year

Beginning Saturday (Sept. 19th), Burien’s John F. Kennedy High School’s football games will be broadcast on the internet for the second season, thanks to Ronnie Wald of Waldcast.net. If you... [Read more]

John F. Kennedy’s KATCH Auction Is April 24th & 25th

John F. Kennedy’s KATCH Auction Is April 24th & 25th

John F. Kennedy High School, which has made Burien its home for over 42 years, will be holding its annual KATCH Auction over two nights: Friday April 24th and Saturday, April 25th at the JFK Gymnasium.

KATCH stands for Kennedy Action Toward Christian Heritage, and is an annual benefit auction extravaganza in support of Kennedy High School. Tuition covers only a portion of the expense of providing the superior academic, athletic, artistic and spiritual education that Kennedy offers. The additional funds generated by KATCH are a major component of Kennedy’s capacity for excellence…

Reminder: Busy & Festive Saturday In Burien

Reminder: Busy & Festive Saturday In Burien

Busy and festive Saturday in Burien today, and here’s a quick rundown of just some of the goings-on (click on the links to get full details of each): 9am – 4pm: John F. Kennedy High School’s... [Read more]

JFK Parents’ Club Arts & Craft Fair Is Sat. Dec. 6th

JFK Parents’ Club Arts & Craft Fair Is Sat. Dec. 6th

John F. Kennedy High School’s Parents’ Club is sponsoring an Arts & Crafts Fair this Saturday, Dec. 6th at JFK’s gym from 9am to 4pm. According to the flyer above, there will be: Many... [Read more]

Local Man Tim Leahy Was In Dallas When JFK Was Shot

Local Man Tim Leahy Was In Dallas When JFK Was Shot

by Janet Grella It is often agreed that most people over five years old and living in the United States on November 22, 1963 will remember exactly where they were when they found out that President... [Read more]

H.S. Football: Kennedy High Whoops Tyee 42-6

H.S. Football: Kennedy High Whoops Tyee 42-6

On-the-scene Reporter Mark Neuman called in with this update just minutes ago: “The Kennedy High School Lancers whooped Tyee High School 42-6 in football at Highline Stadium tonight. Highlight of... [Read more]

Obscure 1973 JFK High School Super-8 Movie “On Any Saturday”

Obscure 1973 JFK High School Super-8 Movie “On Any Saturday”

Recently unearthed on YouTube: “From an Super 8 mm film from a 1973 Kennedy High School in Burien, WA media class project. Courtesy of Mike Medina. A classic use of stop-motion/action filming.” Also... [Read more]