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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

Students listen while a tour guide shares information during a nature walk. Students visited Houston Arboretum Nature Center in the "Undiscovered Houston" Interim Term class.

Trips in city help students discover Houston

Alex Shaw, Contributor January 22, 2023

Students eagerly looked out into the pond searching for the Red Ear Slider turtle that their tour guide, Justin, told them to look out for. On this hot humid day, the students were allowed to wander...

Freshman Crockett Berry hands out chips in a game of Crazy Eights. He was taking "Game Master," a class taught by Upper School science teacher Ms. Kacie Horton during Interim Term.

Students vie to find the master of all games

Austin Jones, Contributor January 20, 2023

Crockett Berry, a freshman, has won four chess games in a row against fellow freshman Blake Kekish.  Stuck in a new chess match, Kekish uses the ‘Bomb Cloud’ opening to take the advantage in the...

Students in "Classic Sports Movies" watch a scene in the movie "Hoosiers," which is about a coach who earns  a championship bid with his high school basketball. The class was taught by Mr. Cushman Laurent, Upper School math teacher.

Teacher uses movies to connect sports, values

Austin Jones, Contributor January 19, 2023

“What do you think it is?” asked Upper School math teacher Mr. Cushman Laurent his students, wondering what they thought a bobsledding team scored during one of their practice rounds.  “52.”  “108.” His...

London Norris, a junior,  paints a canvas on which she painted circular stripes to represent the lanes on a track.

Self-portraits take shape in 3-D

Levi Lopez and Moses Hardy January 18, 2023

Students in the public art installation class started to finish their self-portrait project, which showed a meaningful part of themselves.  Junior London Norris completed her project with a focus on...

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