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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

Sophomore John Patterson and freshman Sydney Marshall both received awards at HMC.

Falcons compete at Harvard Model Congress, emerge with laurels

Hudson Holton, Staff Writer March 6, 2024

Kinkaid students traveled to Boston to participate in Harvard Model Congress, the country’s oldest, largest and most prestigious Model United Nations conference.  Over 2,500 high school students...

The team poses after a win at the USTEM tournament.

Robotics team soars to victory at USTEM and regional tournaments

Emerson Heath, Enterprise Editor March 6, 2024

Kinkaid’s robotics team, also known as The Falconeers, has enjoyed a victory-filled season. The team participated in the USTEM Under Cooked Tournament at Waltrip High School on Feb. 10.  The robotics...

The party for underclassmen is their alternative to prom. This year, students enjoyed casino games.

Underclassmen enjoy casino-themed party

Will Burba, Staff Writer February 12, 2024

Laughter and excitement filled the air. Music was pumping, lights were flashing and the ninth and tenth grade students were enjoying the annual freshman and sophomore party.  This year’s celebration...

Senior Audrey Brown examines large portraits by Titian and other Renaissance artists.

History classes enjoy day at Museum of Fine Arts

David Liu and Cami Culbertson December 13, 2023

AP European History and Art History students visited the Houston Museum of Fine Arts on Dec. 7 to view in real life the works they had studied throughout the first semester. Art history teacher Ms....

Senior Kaveen Shah tries mint chutney, a tangy sauce usually eaten as a side with appetizers.

Falcons celebrate Diwali with lavish feast

Shaivi Moparthi, Staff Writer November 15, 2023

The aroma of delicious spices, melodies of Bollywood pop music and excited chatter filled the entrance to the Temporary Upper School as students, teachers and parents waited to try an array of traditional...

Students with the Sports for Special Needs Club play tennis with students with the ACEing Autism program.

Sports for Special Needs club shows students with autism the joy of tennis

Sophie Mehta, Staff Writer November 1, 2023

Members of the Sports for Special Needs Club had a blast hanging out with children who have autism. Club members organized an event to introduce tennis skills to children affiliated with a nonprofit...

Sophomore Fife Famurewa (right) hands out care packages in the village of Ourika, which was affected by the earthquake in Morocco.

Sophomore serves Morocco earthquake victims

Emerson Heath, Enterprise Editor October 16, 2023

It’s uncommon for many teenagers to choose to spend their school break serving a country struck by disaster, but sophomore Fife Famurewa did. A high-magnitude earthquake struck the villages surrounding...

Kinkaid alumnus Mr. Canaan Estes (right) with his friends in Israel; he was in a Young Judaea gap year program.

Alum caught in conflict in Israel

Eshaan Mani, Editor-in-Chief October 11, 2023

When Kinkaid alumnus Mr. Canaan Estes, ‘23, flew to Jerusalem, Israel, for his gap year before college, he didn’t expect to be escaping a warzone some months later. Mr. Estes had been participating...

Upper School administrative assistant Ms. Chantae Higginbotham shows senior Ava Winn her poster for the African American Affinity Group.

Affinity Expo provides students with forums for discussion

Kavin Mukerji, Staff Writer September 27, 2023

C period was over.  Lunch was about to begin and candy was laid out on every table in the Kinkaid quadrangle on a sunny Thursday afternoon, with community members coming together over shared experiences...

The World Schools Debate team composed of seniors Wills Leighton, Kaveen Shah and Catherine Moursund, as well as junior Caroline Pielop, at a tournament in Dallas.

Debate season starts with success

Alex Cai, Staff Writer September 27, 2023

The Kinkaid debate team continued its success at the Grapevine Classic, which awards bids to the prestigious Tournament of Champions.  Located just outside Dallas, the Grapevine Classic, which is in...

Seniors Abby Bale and Blakely Brown manned the Kids Meals Club booth at Club Fair. Kids' Meals makes and delivers free, healthy meals to children; the club works as a liaison with them.

Club fair provides students opportunities to find where they belong

Evan Paris, Staff Writer September 15, 2023

When the clock struck 1 o’clock and the lunch bell rang, over 600 Upper School students had the opportunity to flood the quad with hopes of discovering new clubs for the 2023-24 school year. Club...

Freshman Lucas Cohen wears a lanyard in order to display his falcon card.

New policy requires displaying Falcon ID

Isabel Cooper, Staff Writer September 12, 2023

Most of the rules Mr. Josh Ramey, dean of students, addressed during the assembly on the first day of school  were not surprising to Upper School students: no chewing gum, no wearing airpods in the hallways...

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