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The Falcon
The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon
The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon
As the sun begins to set, the Falcons prepare to play defense. It is the end of the 1st quarter and the score is tied at 7-7. The stakes are high as Gunter has a 32 game winning streak. The coaches create a game plan to keep the other team from winning.

Falcons face Gunter Tigers

William Donnelly, Staff Writer • September 18, 2024

Varsity players participating in painting each other's cars with window markers after a fun practice. Some cars said “state bound,” and “go kinkaid varsity lacrosse.” The Swanson family provided pizza for the team.

Girls’ lacrosse players practice for SPC, decorate cars

Caroline Swanson, Staff Writer • May 16, 2024

As a Coca-Cola Scholar, senior Eshaan Mani was invited to Atlanta to participate in a weekend-long celebration and leadership development program. Mani poses wearing his Coca-Cola lanyard by the welcome sign in the Hilton Atlanta Airport, which was the main site of the weekend. “Most of the leadership development, games, and team building activities were held in the ballroom of the Hilton,” Mani said. “The only events outside the hotel were the opening banquet at the Georgia International Convention Center, a tour of the Center for Civil Rights and World of Coca-Cola and the final party at Coke headquarters.”

Mani awarded prestigious Coca-Cola scholarship

Shaivi Moparthi, Staff Writer • May 13, 2024

Senior Eshaan Mani has made Kinkaid history by becoming one of a select number of Falcons to be a Coca-Cola Scholar. “I’m still in disbelief about it,” Mani said. “It’s so selective that I...

Members of Kinkaid’s South Asian Heritage Club perform “Mauja Hi Mauja,” a dance from the movie “Jab We Met.” “I really enjoyed being able to showcase my culture,” senior Kaveen Shah said.

Students showcase culture through art, music, dance at AAPI Night

Alex Cai, Staff Writer • April 29, 2024

Senator Hunt expresses his disapproval over the division our nation faces, "I'm just sick and tired of us trying to divide ourselves based on race, religion, color, creed, and sexual orientation," he said.

Congressman Wesley Hunt discusses politics and service with Falcons

Hudson Holton, Staff Writer • April 24, 2024

Congressman Mr. Wesley Hunt stopped by Kinkaid on April 5 to talk to senior GovCo members about politics, their future, and his plans for the nation.  Throughout his hour-long address, Mr. Hunt...

Sophomores Kendall Adam and Henry Wise explore the Upper School Anatomage. The Anatomage table includes state of the art technology to perform 3D dissections and models of human anatomy.

Students share STEM research at science symposium

Shaivi Moparthi, Staff Writer • April 24, 2024

Senior Rayya James paints boards to put on her tensegrity table project in her advanced sculpture class. She is preparing the pieces to put together into the final product.

Sculpture students display creativity and technical skills in tensegrity table project

Gavin Reader, Staff Writer • April 17, 2024

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....

Track coach Robert Martey was crowned Asafoatse, or Warrior King, of his tribe, the Gbubla people of Teshie, a town in Greater Accra, Ghana.

Track coach crowned ‘warrior king’ of his Ghanaian tribe, shares coronation story

Eshaan Mani, Editor-in-Chief • April 11, 2024

There is a king in our midst.  Track coach Mr. Robert Martey was crowned the “Asafoatse” or warrior king of the Gbugbla tribe in Teshie, his hometown in Greater Accra, Ghana, six months ago. “I...

Covered in color, freshman Aashi Pawar, sophomore Maithreyi Asthagiri, freshman Riana Pliskin and freshman Shaivi Moparthi smear powder on each other amidst the colorful chaos. “I carefully made alliances to target Shaivi at Holi today,” Pawar said. “It was so much fun.”

Holi-Basant festival brings Bollywood beats, color, kites to Kinkaid

Ellie Mehta, Opinion Editor • April 2, 2024

Mr. Gary Clark observes the 1.5-acre site on Kinkaid’s campus and looks through his binoculars as he follows the sound of a Swamp Sparrow. “Every bird has its own unique vocalizations,” Mr. Clark said.

Houston Chronicle writer visits campus nature preserve

Bennett Bowman, Lifestyles Editor • March 27, 2024

Junior Charlie Yang passionately played a cover of Cello Suite No. 2 by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Classical concert raises funds for national nonprofit

Ellie Mehta, Opinion Editor • March 4, 2024

Freshman Sophie Mehta jumps right into preparing her sewing machine for her upcoming test and project. Just in one class period, Mehta was able to thread and stitch many different patterns on the machine. “Once I figured out how to thread the machine, I began trying all the different ways I could sew with it,” Mehta said.

Learning one stitch at a time

Isabel Werlin, Contributor • January 11, 2024

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