The Cougar Crier – The Student News Site of John F. Kennedy High School

December 2, 2019

October 16, 2019 marks a checkpoint in ASA Actions Sports’ High School Tour! BMX riders Logan Place, Jake Hinke, Zach Newman and Trevor Meyer paid a visit to Kennedy High School for a special anti-bullying assembly. Sponsored by the United States Marines, the Kennedy student body were in for a day full of fun and excitement. The ASA High School BMX Tour’s purpose is to visit high schools across the U.S....

Rock Paper Scissors

Mr. Lella

December 2, 2019

Rock paper scissors says shoot!!! The third annual RPS tournament was held at John F. Kennedy High School earlier this year. The tournament is not only a fun ice breaker in the JFK community but an important fundraiser throughout the school. This year, 316 students, teachers and staff participated in the tournament and $1200 was donated to assist the Bahamas for hurricane relief efforts following the devastation of...

JFK Drama’s Fall Play Teaser- The Laramie Project

Dylan Torres

December 2, 2019

From November 21st to November 23rd, as we all look to each other in acceptance, the JFK Drama Club performed a play depicting what happened long ago in Laramie, Wyoming with the absence of acceptance. “The Laramie Project” is a play set from 1998 to 1999, and it follows the Tectonic Theater Project’s conducting of hundreds of interviews after a victim of a hate crime in the rural town of Laramie sparked national...

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Sports

NHL Bold Predictions

Benji Ferraro

November 16, 2018

It is that time of year again, the start of a new NHL season. I have come up with a list of bold predictions of teams, players, and games that are upon us. Hopefully, it will be a long, eventful season full of excitement. ...

Nike features Kaepernick in “Just Do It” Campaign Ad

Adam Bernstein

November 16, 2018

During the first NFL regular season game between the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles, Nike aired an iconic commercial as part of their 30th-anniversary celebration. Nike gave former NFL quarterback, Colin Kaepernick,...

JFK Homecoming 2018

Max Freifeld

November 8, 2018

October 12th under the lights. The biggest event in Kennedy. Homecoming. JFK vs Sewanhaka. First off, we started with spirit week. On Tuesday was Pajama Day. Wednesday was Superhero Day, and the loudspeakers...

Kennedy Courts Have Gone Turf October 18, 2018

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Pop Culture

An A+ for The Scarlet Letter

Jake Arlia

June 9, 2020

The Scarlet Letter is a novel written in 1850 that contains a fictional legend from the 1640s. It seems unlikely that a story from ages ago could still have relevant themes in today’s world, but The...

A Gaming Retrospective with Sequels to and Remakes of Video Games for Spring of 2020

Dylan Torres

June 9, 2020

Take a moment to consider how far the video game industry has come in the past decade. To return to the level of progression ten years ago, gaming enthusiasts were marveling over the sophistication of...

Esperanto: The World’s Uniting Language

Joshua Sheldon

May 18, 2020

“Saluton, mia nomo estas Josh kaj mi parolas Esperanton.” To the average person, the statement above might sound like a mangled combination of different languages; however, two million people worldwide...

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World News

EDITORIAL: A Tribute to Kobe Bryant

May 18, 2020

There’s no question that Kobe Bryant had an impact on American society, and some might even argue the...

Long Island and Climate Change: What Will Happen?

October 21, 2019

(No political opinions are expressed in this article). Long Island is certainly gorgeous,...

REMEMBERING THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII

February 7, 2019

Over one hundred twenty years after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, many Native Hawaiians still...

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