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The Falcon

The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

Members of the Model UN team pose at UT Austin.

Model UN returns from UT Austin victorious

Stockton Lord, Assistant Opinion Editor November 16, 2021

For the first time in over a year, Central Texas Model UN opened its doors for an in-person conference and Kinkaid’s team was ready. The Falcon team of 14 students competed against over 500 students...

Junior Gustavo Solari-Neumann attempts to print in the Moran Library.

School suffers from paper shortage

David Liu, Staff Writer October 29, 2021

Students may see a large shift from paper worksheets to Microsoft Word or Google Doc documents in the coming week.  Due to a supplier shortage and the global supply chain crisis, school printers are...

Face masks on vintage wooden board.

Upper School goes mask-optional in classrooms

Eshaan Mani, Executive Digital Editor October 12, 2021

The Kinkaid administration updated its protocols for COVID-19 on Oct. 7 to return to a more traditional learning environment.  “As we have begun to open the campus for more activities and welcome...

Chisom Nwabudike, Ava Courville, Ella Gillentine, Drew Adler, Julia Nguyen, Grant Smith, James Prendergast, Emma Baird and Wende Wang pose for a photo at homecoming.

Students rock around the clock at homecoming

Kaveen Shah, Staff Writer October 7, 2021

Flashing colored lights, bass-boosted music and the sounds of laughs and merry shouts abounded in Houstoun Plaza, as students and staff chaperones gathered to celebrate homecoming for the first time since...

The UNICEF Club sets up for their bake sale on Thursday.

Bake sale raises funds for relief efforts in Haiti

Eshaan Mani, Executive Digital Editor October 5, 2021

Sweet treats abounded in the Quad as the clouds receded last Thursday and Friday at lunch. The UNICEF Club set up a bake sale to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti.  On Aug. 14, a magnitude 7.2...

The path of Tropical Storm Nicholas

School closure due to Tropical Storm Nicholas

Eshaan Mani, Executive Digital Editor September 13, 2021

The Kinkaid School will be closed tomorrow, Sep. 14, due to the approaching Tropical Storm Nicholas. There will be no remote learning.  “Out of an abundance of caution and with concern for the safety...

A red rose on a tomb next to the fallen Twin Towers.

Remembering 9/11 at Kinkaid

Jack Klosek, Opinion Editor September 11, 2021

Twenty years ago today, our nation was rocked by a terrorist attack that attempted to bring our nation to its knees. It was and still is the single deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the world.  While...

Debate coach Eric Emerson, Allison Yang, Samantha Fowler and Katherine Zhang pose. Allison Yang competed in International Extemporaneous Speaking. Kinkaid's policy team of Samantha Fowler and Katherine Zhang finished in the top 25 teams in the country at the NSDA tournament.

Debate off to a promising start after first tournaments

Sam Pitts, Features Editor September 10, 2021

With the first two tournaments in the books, the debate team has 32 more tournaments throughout the year.  The team has a promising set of debaters with a lot of 9th graders exceeding expectations...

Club fair returns in person, donuts abound

Camron Baldwin, Assistant News Editor September 1, 2021

The Quad underwent a makeover as tables, posters and doughnuts were laid out in anticipation of a Kinkaid tradition: club fair. Marked by a whirlwind of activity and the serving of sweets, the fair...

Head of School Jonathan Eades, Mayor of Piney Point Mark Kobelan, Olympic Medalist Raevyn Rogers '14, Olympic Coach Megan Watson, and Athletic Director David Holm pose for a picture.

Olympic track medalist Raevyn Rogers, ’14 visits Kinkaid

Eshaan Mani, Executive Digital Editor August 25, 2021
Raevyn Rogers visits Kinkaid after her bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Middle school parents line up for carpool on a Tuesday afternoon.

Measures taken to combat on-campus traffic

George Kinder, Staff Writer April 6, 2021

Every day, hundreds of cars roll through the campus to either drop off or pick up students. The lines sometimes feel extremely long, but what is it like from the perspective of those who run the carpool? Although...

Segal Field covered with snow after Winter Storm Uri.

Winter Storm Uri ravages Houston

Eshaan Mani, Staff Writer February 22, 2021

Yards turned white with snow and sleet over Valentine’s Day weekend, and Texans rejoiced, enjoying the cold weather. But this glimpse of a white winter overstayed its welcome and snowballed into a crisis...

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