“My holiday season smells like warmth and pecans,” Caroline Reid (11) explained. For the 17 years she has been celebrating the holiday season with her family, Reid has helped make and eat Pecan...

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ouston’s own Christmas shopping extravaganza, the Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market, took place from Nov 12-15. Customers can experience a possible ten hours of Christmas carols, glitter,...

This video accompanies an article written in the last issue of The Falcon which details our staff reviews of the donuts, and the donut shops they are from.  

Is college really necessary? How important is it that I do well on this test? These are just two of the many frantic thoughts that fly through a juniors’ heads as they begin the daunting task of preparing...

BY JULIA DAVIS & CAROLINE ORR Special thanks to Sarah Gesell for her assistance with the Kinkaid School Archives. [dropcap]At[/dropcap] a school as old as Kinkaid, deep-rooted traditions are...

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat to say when a name without a face “friends” you on Facebook: Sorry, who are you exactly? That’s the question a number of Kinkaid Upper School girls asked of anonymous Facebook...

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he pressures of school affect everyone, even the best of us. The real challenge is dealing with that pressure in a healthy, appropriate way. We have all heard the stories from Mr. Loach...

On the outside, atop gardens and green grass as far as the eye can see, sits a large typical looking greenhouse. On the inside however, this greenhouse is anything but typical. Multiple large, dark blue...

[dropcap]Three[/dropcap] days after school began, 14 fall sport team captains received an email from the Dean of Students, Mr. Josh Ramey. The email was about “spirit dress” for athletic teams, which...

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]magine this: You’re strolling down the popular Hike and Bike trail in the Heights one evening. The exhausted, slow-setting sun catches the light on an object tucked up against the...

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]en years ago on Aug. 23, 2005, a storm brewed over the islands of the Bahamas and blew right into the Gulf of Mexico. It gained speed and wind, until it tore through Florida, Alabama,...

"Pretty much your normal Texas guy” is how Grant Pinkerton describes himself. But the 26-year-old is anything but ordinary—he’s been hosting tailgates since he was a student at Lamar High School...