Their teams regularly compete with other schools in the Greater Montreal Athletics Association(GMAA).

The school also participates every year in April in the GMAA halo race on top of Mount Royal.

[2] On May 9, 2012, principal Joseph Marra discovered suspected asbestos fibres in the two ventilation rooms in the school's basement.

The next day, the fibres were tested, and the results were negative, but Marra closed the school for a week.

Students and staff returned to the John F. Kennedy facility on May 25, 2013, after a year since the discovery of the asbestos fibres.