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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

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Students listen while a tour guide shares information during a nature walk. Students visited Houston Arboretum Nature Center in the "Undiscovered Houston" Interim Term class.

Trips in city help students discover Houston

Alex Shaw, Contributor January 22, 2023

Students eagerly looked out into the pond searching for the Red Ear Slider turtle that their tour guide, Justin, told them to look out for. On this hot humid day, the students were allowed to wander...

Sophomore Reese McMullen, junior Katie Whiteley, sophomore
Emerson Heath and  freshman Ellison Anderson read over notes in their journal to get ready for discussions in the "Women in Film" class. The class was taught during the Interim Term by Mrs. Kate Lambert, Upper School English teacher, and Ms. Frances Limoncelli, theatre teacher.

Women’s point of view takes center stage during class

Emily Zhang, Contributor January 20, 2023

Students learned about the power women have in society by following the stories of several past and present women who successfully fought societal pressures. Mrs. Kate Lambert, an Upper School English...

Freshman Crockett Berry hands out chips in a game of Crazy Eights. He was taking "Game Master," a class taught by Upper School science teacher Ms. Kacie Horton during Interim Term.

Students vie to find the master of all games

Austin Jones, Contributor January 20, 2023

Crockett Berry, a freshman, has won four chess games in a row against fellow freshman Blake Kekish.  Stuck in a new chess match, Kekish uses the ‘Bomb Cloud’ opening to take the advantage in the...

Ms. Megan McEntire, Upper School art teacher, demonstrates the steps for her students' silkscreen project in their Interim Term class.

Ink brings silkscreen projects to life

Fife Famurewa and Alex Shaw January 19, 2023

Students sat quietly in the art studio as they busily scribbled away on their art notebooks to get ideas for their silkscreen projects.  There was a constant sound of tape ripping as the students worked...

Ms. Luiza Grandchamp, Upper School visual arts teacher, helps sophomores Kate Hyman and Risha Neelapu make jewelry. Ms. Grandchamp taught "Art for Others" during Interim Term.

Passion drives ‘Art for Others’

Gayle Robertson and Henry Wise January 19, 2023

 Ms. Luiza Grandchamp, a middle and high school teacher, changed her life’s career from biology to art to care for her children. Inspired by her mother's passion for teaching art, Ms. Grandchamp...

Students in "Classic Sports Movies" watch a scene in the movie "Hoosiers," which is about a coach who earns  a championship bid with his high school basketball. The class was taught by Mr. Cushman Laurent, Upper School math teacher.

Teacher uses movies to connect sports, values

Austin Jones, Contributor January 19, 2023

“What do you think it is?” asked Upper School math teacher Mr. Cushman Laurent his students, wondering what they thought a bobsledding team scored during one of their practice rounds.  “52.”  “108.” His...

London Norris, a junior,  paints a canvas on which she painted circular stripes to represent the lanes on a track.

Self-portraits take shape in 3-D

Levi Lopez and Moses Hardy January 18, 2023

Students in the public art installation class started to finish their self-portrait project, which showed a meaningful part of themselves.  Junior London Norris completed her project with a focus on...

Max Roeder, a sophomore, tries aerial yoga while his peers observe him. The students were practicing yoga in the Interim Term class, "Yoga and Wellness."

Yoga turns students’ focus to inner peace, wellness

Millie Frankel, Contributor January 13, 2023

Inside the Student Center, the class “Yoga and Wellness” practiced various poses and methods to help relax the body.  As slow, peaceful music surrounded the students, the teachers walked them through...

A half-eaten king cake sits behind a boudin-stuffed sausage cake served at a small outdoor festival held during “Cajun/Creole: A Little' Lagniappe, Cher." The class was taught by history and social sciences teacher Ms. Kristin Harrell during Interim Term.

Winner of plastic baby in cake not in the ‘mood’

Levi Lopez and Moses Hardy January 12, 2023

In the blinding sun, “Cajun/Creole: A Little' Lagniappe, Cher,” a creole cooking class had a king cake festival where students had a chance to find a lucky plastic baby in one of their slices. Students...

Junior Eloise Klaasmeyer uses a blow torch to fire her silver clay. When she fires the silver clay all the molecules come to the middle and the clay shrinks in size and turns into a hard metal.

Class makes jewelry to support others

Kate Hyman, Contributor January 12, 2023

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