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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

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Class bonds over first day activities

Sally Buck August 22, 2019

Senior Sally Buck grabbed the hot seat of the journalism classroom -- the couch. Sitting next to fellow seniors, Madi Babine and Maggie Johnston, she pitched a story idea for The Falcon student newspaper.

The Man Behind the Camera

The Man Behind the Camera

Jordan Jafarnia November 12, 2018

Whether on the sidelines, in a balcony, or behind the curtains, if something is going on at Kinkaid it’s almost a guarantee that Mr. David Shutts will be there, hiding behind his camera lens capturing...

Image courtesy of Huffpost.

Politics in the classroom

Emma Stout November 11, 2018

In a seemingly polarized nation, education can be a tool for young voters to develop moral codes. By Emma Stout and Olivia Marrus.  Let’s face it. We live in a completely polarized, partisan nation....

house-race

The 2018 Midterm Elections: Can Democrats win in red Texas?

Megha Neelapu November 8, 2018

“Sometimes you can get there with consensus and compromise, but sometimes you have to fight for it,” said Ms. Lizzie Fletcher, when she talked to Kinkaid students in February 2018. And Ms. Fletcher...

Dr. Trusty takes role as interim headmaster

Dr. Trusty takes role as interim headmaster

Sarah Kate Padon November 8, 2018

Strolling down the hallway, smiling and waving at every person who passes by, Dr. Ed Trusty, the Interim Headmaster at Kinkaid for the 2018-19 school year, is a friendly face to all as he continues to...

A year after Harvey

Madi Babine and Sally Buck September 28, 2018

Sitting up in bed as she rubbed the morning off her eyes, Sofia Escalona (11) knew something was wrong. She hopped out of bed and her feet hit water, not the cold wood floor she was used to. “Niñas,...

A student-led movement is changing how Americans address gun violence

A student-led movement is changing how Americans address gun violence

Megha Neelapu April 25, 2018

Young people have a history of being abused and killed. One third of homicide victims are between the ages of 15 and 24; more than two-thirds of women who suffer from intimate partner violence first experience...

Terrorism changes as tech advances

Terrorism changes as tech advances

Sally Buck April 25, 2018

Sitting around the dinner table with your family, you turn on the news and immediately hear the booming reporter’s voice: there has been yet another terrorist attack. Fear runs through your veins. When...

Public Transportation Underused

Public Transportation Underused

Ayush Krishnamoorti April 25, 2018

Kinkaid students rarely take advantage of extensive network of buses and rail It is rush hour on one of the busiest Houston streets, and the bus slows to a stop. One person gets on, two people get off....

photo courtesy of Associated Press

Austin bombings debated as act of terrorism or hate crime

Katie Erikson April 25, 2018

Mark Anthony Conditts, the 23-year-old bomber from just outside Austin, Texas set off five bombs during a span of three weeks, killing two and injuring four others, then promptly blew himself up. It sounds...

Fifteen seniors rise to the challenge, achieve rank of Eagle Scout

Fifteen seniors rise to the challenge, achieve rank of Eagle Scout

Arman Badrei April 25, 2018

Fifteen graduating seniors will join the company of one U.S. president, the first man on the moon, the founder of Wal-Mart, and thousands of other dutiful, hard-working men who have earned the rank of...

Bitcoin leads cryptocurrency market

Allison Le March 9, 2018

With his hands clasped together on top of his laptop, Dr. Ed Harris, the Economics and AP Government teacher, is ready to tackle the question that has been traveling around the country: What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin...

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