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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

Cole Hartung holds his second place plaque.

Sophomore wins silver at National History Bee

Madison Burba, Staff Writer September 8, 2021

Sophomore Cole Hartung, competed head-to-head against students from 38 schools across the nation in the International Academic Competition National History Bee in Washington, D.C on September 5. Participants...

Jack Paris poses in the A&M baseball uniform.

Freshman baseball player commits to Texas A&M

Eshaan Mani, Executive Digital Editor August 31, 2021

Jack Paris, 14, is one of the youngest students at Kinkaid to commit to a college. On his fourth day of high school, Paris announced his commitment to the Texas A&M baseball team.  Recruitment...

Athletic Director Mr. David Holm and Head of School Mr. Jonathan Eades pose for a picture.

Passion Day allows faculty to express interests

Harrison Lawrence, Staff Writer February 23, 2021

An idea from Mr. Jonathan Eades, head of school, was implemented this February: Passion Day.  The idea was to have a day where faculty and staff members were allowed to wear a T-shirt, top, sweatshirt,...

Kinkaid seniors rock out at the Electric Dinner.

Electric Dinner goes online

Mia Price, Staff Writer September 17, 2020

Music rang through your ears. You watched your talented peers jam out to a rock song as you hummed along, engulfed in the moment.  When they finished, you stood up to cheer, but they couldn’t hear...

Henry Segal '22 founded Student-Teacher, an organization which assigns students to aid teachers while they are occupied.

Junior aides teachers with new initiative

Eshaan Mani, Staff Writer September 1, 2020

When the world entered a new phase of distance learning, teachers with children struggled to balance developing a novel curriculum and entertaining their children. "The teacher's kids ran up behind...

Taft Foley '21 shows off his mobile testing van for ABC13 Houston.

Taft Foley ’21 creates mobile COVID-19 testing center

Eshaan Mani, Staff Writer August 25, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic may have halted internships, camps and student passion projects this summer, but it didn’t slow Kinkaid senior Taft Foley III, who has been hard at work, creating a mobile COVID-19...

A preview of junior Ella Ducharme's choreography performed by some of the students in advanced dance.

Q&A with senior choreographer

Maggie Johnston, Managing Editor February 24, 2020

Every Spring, junior and senior dancers, who are in advanced dance and/or DCO, have the opportunity to choreograph, direct and design a dance performance. This process is something they work tirelessly...

Juniors Martin Ibarra, Duncan Lambert and Elliot Ly enjoy a hefty meal of Chinese cuisine with classmates during their field trip with the "Chomping Down in Chinatown" class.

‘Chomping’ goes to local market, restaurant

Sarah Xu January 24, 2020

Gathered in the back of a bus, 10 boys and two girls chatted while droplets of rain dripped down the side of the foggy windows.  The class was on the way to explore an area in one of the most diverse...

Mrs. Jessica Hawkes, a history teacher in the Upper School, admires the walls of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Houston.

Priest shares insights on religious differences

Dylan Keller January 24, 2020

After arriving at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Houston, students and teachers who took a bus to the church could not see all the building through their windows because of its size.  The...

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...

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