Courtney Whittaker has been playing lacrosse for many years. She has shown her natural athletic talent through many varsity sports since her freshman year, playing varsity volleyball, soccer, lacrosse...

Since 2021, Kinkaid has had affinity groups with the purpose of fostering safe environments for students who are surrounded by peers who share similar identities. “It is great because students who...

When Alexis Reyes, the new dean of academics, got the call from Head of Upper School Mrs. Alex Spencer to move up to the high school, she began “jumping up and down.”  Initially an eighth-grade...

It is not every day that a school raises $142 million for campus construction. But this is exactly what Kinkaid’s “All In” fundraiser achieved. Out of its $180 million goal, donors, alumni and...

The Kinkaid Dodgeball tournament has been an Upper School tradition and a festive event.  In the weeks leading up to Field Day, students formed teams of six and competed in a single elimination bracket,...

High school students from across the country competed in a quiz bowl tournament on Sunday, April 7, at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois. The tournament was called the Individual Player...

Not for a grade and occurring in the last 5 to 10 minutes of a class on Fridays, students in an English class have been presenting “Hot Takes,” or strong opinions, on topics that they are passionate...

Growing up around a family of ranchers and farmers from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Upper School digital services librarian Mrs. Daisy Ngo learned at a young age the importance and value of life.  Nuevo Leon,...

Students in the Advanced Sculpture Class have been working on their tensegrity table projects.   A tensegrity table is composed of two separated segments connected by vertical hanging chains....

Eating and cooking are just some of the activities seniors participate in during the second-semester advanced Latin class. “I choose to do a unit on food because food is a gateway to learn about culture...

For the 2024 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, several Kinkaid students served on the junior committee to help organize the weeks-long event. Among these students were junior Matthew Berman and seniors...