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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

Freshman Racquel McCauley makes an electric circuit that will count to 10 and will show decimal numbers as binary numbers.

Lights, circuits, action: Electronics class makes working alarm clocks

Dylan Keller January 23, 2020

The science lab lit up as small, bright red lights flashed from circuit boards that sat on each table. Eleven students were scattered throughout the lab to work on what would become their alarm clocks. Mr....

World dances converge on stage

Sarah Xu January 23, 2020

Giggles filled the recital hall as Mrs. Danyale Williams stood on the edge of the stage with her hands on her hips and her head shaking from side to side. On the stage, 14 girls stumbled around, laughing,...

Jack Randell, a sophomore, ponders the movie "Lonesome Dove" while sophomore Ben Shaper answers questions on a quiz.

13 teen boys watch ‘vision’ unfold

Dylan Keller January 21, 2020

Nothing but the words about a "vision” remained on two whiteboards at the front of a noisy classroom. Students talked over one another while others emptied chip bags into their mouths. But silence...

Lucie Kunetka, Hannah Jamail Herrick, Samantha Dillon, Eliza Mitchell and Hope Morenz perform a group number in the "Inspired Choreography" class being taught by Upper School math teacher, Mrs. Anjaly Thakkar.

Math teacher inspires dance projects

Dylan Keller January 17, 2020

Five students slid in their socks around the amber-colored stage in the recital hall, waiting for Mrs. Anjaly Thakkar, Upper School math teacher, to start the music. The stage was so slick that lights...

Junior Charlotte Shively hot glues cardboard pieces Monday for a public art project.

Tree taking shape on grand staircase

Dylan Keller January 14, 2020

Not every tree begins with a seed. Some can grow from nothing but a roll of tape. The floor of the grand staircase hid under five huge sheets of cardboard, four junior students, three exacto knives,...

Sophomores Kevriana Scott and Braeden Arkless practice solving a sudoku puzzle Monday during their Interim Term class called "Puzzles and Problems." The class is taught by Mrs. Carolyn Clancy, match chair and teacher.

Riddles, puzzles challenge students during class

Sarah Xu January 14, 2020

Eleven students sat in a circle working together and trying their best to solve the morning’s “MondayPunday” riddle displayed on a board.  What do you call a pair of brown pants with the letter...

Sophomore Eliza Mitchell learns how to use a sewing machine, while her friend Brooke Jacobe, who is also a sophomore, practices stitching by hand. The girls are students in "Sewing for Beginners," an Interim Term class.

Students taking sewing ‘driver’s test’

Sarah Xu and Dylan Keller January 9, 2020

“We have two purple elephants and two blue camels,” said Mrs. Betsy Durning, an English teacher in the Upper School. It was not a normal day in science room 123, where Mrs. Durning had written the...

Senior Legacy Project highlights facility

Senior Legacy Project highlights facility

Maggie Johnston November 22, 2019

For senior community groups, students spend the fall semester brainstorming of ways to leave a lasting mark on the Kinkaid community – a legacy. Ms. Ellis’ community group invested time...

Q&A with Administrative Assistant Mrs. Higginbotham

Q&A with Administrative Assistant Mrs. Higginbotham

Megan Riley, Managing Editor November 7, 2019

Ms. Ellis’ community group decided to highlight underappreciated staff at Kinkaid for their legacy project. In order to do so, they interviewed faculty around the school to let students learn more about...

Mavericks mock Kinkaidians for dress up day

Mavericks mock Kinkaidians for dress up day

Sally Buck, Digital Executive Editor October 29, 2019

  As October comes to a close each year, students gear up for the annual Kinkaid vs. St. John's football game. A theme is assigned for each day of the week leading up to the game, but the...

An Open Door

An Open Door

Nicole Fernandez October 4, 2019

Every year, Kinkaid opens its doors to one AFS foreign exchange student to offer an opportunity to experience an American student’s everyday life. This year, students welcomed 16-year-old junior Livia...

Putting safety in scope

Putting safety in scope

Madi Babine and Sally Buck October 4, 2019

Apples on desks and No. 2 pencils have always been tell-tale signs of learning. But, the narrative around school is changing. As students poured back into the halls this August, a plastic card dictated...

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