
Did you know our Spring Groovy Book Fair held during conferences totaled $6800 in sales! This entitled Kennedy to $800 cash, $1,642.49 in Scholastic dollars to purchase books and $672.67 in Scholastic Bonus dollars because our sale was large. Thanks for supporting our library during conferences! You are FANTASTIC parents!
What's New at Kennedy Elementary
Baby Chicks!
The chicks have hatched in preschool! Check out our photo gallery HERE to see more pics of the chicks!
STEM night
STEM night was a blast at Kennedy….literally! About 80 University of Dubuque students led many fun activities related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math for Kennedy students and families. From bottle launching to creating goo, to working math problems with M&M’s, students and families had a great time! For all the fun in pictures, click HERE!
Kennedy STEM Night Photos
Kennedy Elementary School hosted its Family STEM Night on March 21, organized and planned by students and faculty from the University of Dubuque. An estimated 400 students and family members from Kennedy attended this evening of hand-on activities in science, technology, engineering and math.
Student Art Featured in March Digital Fringe
The March edition of Digital Fringe, an online gallery of student art in the Dubuque Community School District, is now live!
View the Elementary School Gallery
View the Middle and High School Gallery
This gallery is a way to highlight the remarkable products of art education in the district. It’s a digital attempt at bringing the work of our student artists at all levels into your home – because art is created for others to take in.
Old Creamery Theater



Old Creamery Theater visited our school today! This is always a favorite performance each year. This year Waad won 3rd place for a story she submitted and Cooper, Ben, and Aden’s story, The Election, was turned into a skit and performed. Congrats to these awesome 2nd grade authors! To see all the fun in pictures from today’s performance click HERE.
2016-2017 School Calendar Approved
The 2016-2017 school calendar was recently approved by the School Board. Check it out:
Live Like A Saint!



Our character assembly for the month of March was held on March 1st. The Dubuque Fighting Saints and Bernie came to help instill the 7 character words of kindness, cooperation, perseverance, empathy, citizenship, respect, and responsibility in students and to show them how to Live Like A Saint off the ice. Check out the pictures from the assembly HERE and the videos of the assembly HERE.
100th Day of School!
Can you believe we just celebrated the 100th day of school? We had kindergartners come dressed as a 100 year old person. Check out more photos of 100 days of learning HERE.








