A new school year means new faces at John F. Kennedy High School as we are introduced to three new teachers!
As the 2025-2026 school year started on August 18th, freshmen are starting their first chapter of high school while seniors are ending theirs. Ms. Collins who teaches Math 2, Ms. Bravo who teaches Spanish I and Japanese I, and Mr. Roome who teaches Math 1, are few of many of the new additions to Kennedy Educators and Staff.
We first point to Anthony Alvaraz, a freshman, who hopes that Mr. Roome can be a teacher who writes things down on the board, explains to the class, and is more understanding when it comes to helping students with work instead of ridiculing them. Another freshman and student of Mr. Roome’s, Emily Zarate, describes him as “super chill.” Zarate hasn’t formed a proper opinion on him, but so far, she thinks that he’s a good teacher.
We first point mathematics teacher Joshua Roome who teaches primarily freshman, in math 1, exclaimed his excitement working here at Kennedy. Students of Mr. Roome have given their thoughts and opinions so far of their teacher Roome, but no set or proper opinions of him are common among Roome’s classes. Whereas some described him as being a “super chill” teacher from what they have experienced.
Roome hopes to be a teacher that students feel safe with, “I want to do what I can to kind of establish that [safety] so that students, you know, feel comfortable and can be successful in my classroom.”
Language teacher Joyce Bravo, has come to Kennedy hoping to be able to share the art of speaking or expand the skill of speaking another language . “I would love to be able to attract students into languages because I think they’re so exciting and I love teaching.” As described by freshman Ava Brown who has Ms. Bravo for Spanish, Ms. Bravo is an “energetic” teacher and makes her feel “welcomed”. Brown hopes that more students would pay attention since Ms. Bravo tries her best to get her students to interact. Brown hopes that by the end of the school year, she’ll be able to hold a conversation in Spanish.
No proper opinions about Nina Collins have been expressed to the Kennedy Clarion by students, but Collins hopes to become a teacher that can help students, “I want to make sure that our lessons are engaging and fun and I want to make sure that my students learn to, if not love math, at least appreciate math and feel confident in their math skills.”
Go out and meet your new teachers for the 2025-2026 school year! Say hi, give them apples and maybe even ask them the greatest movie of all time!
