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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

Harper Paddock, junior, enjoys vanilla ice cream in "Fast Food"

Fast food fanatics have ‘power’ of choice

Isabelle King and Stella Hall, Contributors January 21, 2022

“French fries from McDonald’s are fake,” said Johnny Griggs, a junior in the “Fast Food” class. “They’re not real fries. It’s like chemicals.” McDonald’s is arguably most notable...

Rob Satcher, freshman. and Jack Denechaud, sophomore, show off their distilled scene to the whole class.

Theatre classes raises curtain on writing process

Madison Marshall, Contributor January 21, 2022

All of a sudden, the only thing that filled the room was a booming pop sound that disrupted not only the quiet environment that was needed for the script-writing portion of class but also started the rowdiness...

Students count their scavenger hunt items in Fiesta Mart to determine the winner.

‘¡Buen provecho!’ is what students waited to hear during field trip

Bridget Gray and Sika Hounfodji, Contributors January 21, 2022

“¡Buen provecho!” Ms. Vanessa Zamudio said to her students before digging into Mi Pueblito’s authentic Colombian food. “Buen provecho” is Spanish for “enjoy your food.” Students ate traditional...

Blakely Brown, sophomore, focuses on the setting in front of her and draws the environment she sees.

Students learn benefits of creating art in nature

Lindsey Karkowsky and Natalie Josephson, Contributors January 21, 2022

“A lot of the world focuses too much on how many details there are, but it doesn’t talk about how it interconnects,” said Dr. Adam Capitano. Upper School chemistry teacher.  Dr. Capitano’s...

Juniors Chanee Woo and Alice Ma counting out syllables for a haiku they have to write for their class.

‘Freaks and Geeks’ turns lives of teens inside out

Cami Culbertson and Shelby Haskett January 21, 2022

Dr. Jenny Howell enjoys watching “trashy” shows.  “I turn my hobby, which is watching sometimes trashy television, into a class,” Howell said.  She brought her hobby into a class named...

Students in “Booky Fun” dive into the creative world of making children’s books.

‘Booky fun’ sparks teens’ childhood imagination

Allison Whitman, Contributor January 21, 2022

“The Man on the Moon” written by Alice Ma, a junior, is about the journey of a girl who loves the sky. One day she looks up and sees the man on the moon, and she wants to go visit him.  Ma wrote...

Juniors Nick Bhasin and Alexander Farahbod and sophomore Cole Hartung position units on the game board for Diplomacy.

Betrayal creates enemies in ‘Diplomacy’

David Liu, Contributor January 21, 2022

“Betrayal is the best part of the game,” said junior Alexander Farahbod.  Diplomacy, a game where players play as countries in 20th century Europe and fight for dominance of Europe, is a game full...

Freshmen Elijah Lemon and Alex Torres Holloway watch a clip from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

Harry Potter books provoke questions about ‘fat phobia’

Sika Hounfodji and Bridget Gray, Contributors January 21, 2022

The sound of students from Ms. Brittany Cousins’ classroom could be heard as they discussed fat phobia by describing multiple overweight characters in Harry Potter books and how their author J.K. Rowling...

Ms. Mary Anne Webber, education director at the Houston Audubon,  shows a barred owl to students in the class, "Birds of a Feather."

Topics fly in class focused on birds

David Liu, Alexander Miles and Ian Overman, Contributors January 21, 2022

One might never expect a bird known for its aggressiveness to be near campus, even less inside classrooms.  But, in the interim course “Birds of Feather,” students made up-close observations of...

Juniors Jack Lemon and Taylor McMullen are finishing up their potato leek soup by adding spices during their "Cooking 101" class

Juniors for the win in cooking class

Courtney Brenner, Contributor January 21, 2022

Scents flooded the room as many different foods cooked amid the noise from each side conversation. Students discussed what recipes they were thinking of cooking next as they waited for their soups to...

Lia Bonet, junior, and Gianna Cruz, sophomore, painting in their Chinese watercolor class.

Students find serenity through Chinese Watercolor

Stella Hall and Isabelle King, Contributors January 21, 2022

Chinese watercolor may hold a key to relaxation during the pandemic. Why? Because the focus and precision of the art form is a type of meditation, said Ms. Paula Lin, Upper School Mandarin teacher. “Art...

Maria Bruno, junior, writes in her journal during her yoga class.

Movement, journaling help students de-stress in yoga

Natalie Josephson and Lindsey Karkowsky, Contributors January 21, 2022

Mrs. Sarah Shea, an Upper School biology teacher, told her students to listen to their body. Mrs. Shea challenged students to use their muscles and body to improve flexibility and strength through yoga;...

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