“Let’s Design a School,” taught by Mr. Harlan Howe and Mr. Vinnie Vrotny, is new to the Interim Term Program this year. The goal of the class is to brainstorm about the design ideas and design process...
At 6 a.m., the Falcon Fuel lights turn on and Dina Ramirez starts to blend smoothies, fill the refrigerator case with pastries, and pour the coffee beans into the machines, quickly preparing for the stream...
“Social media [is] an amplifier... for good or for evil,” said Mr. Vinnie Vrotny, director of technology. It is a way, as many adolescents perceive it, to connect to and socialize with others in a...
“It’s massive,” said Ms. Tatum Branaman, Kinkaid’s community service coordinator, describing relief efforts. “Harvey energized and motivated people to a level I’ve never seen before.”
Government,...
Most English students dread reading one kind of literature the most: Shakespeare. Not only is it difficult to understand, but it is also difficult to teach. Ms. Christa Forster, an English teacher...
Suspended in the air on a tightrope, hoping you don’t fall, heart racing while your peers cheer you on... This is the freshman retreat. It brings the class together through multiple team building activities,...
While many of us may think of summer as a break, a number of Kinkaid students used the summer to accomplish great things. This past summer two pairs of Kinkaid students, Ayush Krishnamoorti and Tanmay...
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]magine yourself walking in the Galleria, minding your own business. You stroll into the Apple Store, checking out the new iPhone and MacBook Pro. Then you spend some time browsing various...
The science of climate change is complicated. However, people like Katharine Hayhoe, atmospheric scientist and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, make it easier for the general...
Out of the three formats of debate Kinkaid offers—public forum, Lincoln-Douglas (LD), and policy—Kinkaid has been highly successful in LD and policy this season.
The policy debate team has...
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]magine taking a trip to Florida with your family. Now imagine instead of flying there, your mom suggests that she would rather bike the 500 miles. This may sound crazy and almost impossible,...
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Adidas Ultra Boost. This lifestyle-running shoe with cutting-edge Boost technology has now evolved into one of the most popular silhouettes in the sneaker world. And that popularity...
