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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

The school upped its safety standards for the 2022-2023 school year.

Administration increases on-campus safety

Eshaan Mani, Executive Digital Editor September 19, 2022

The campus just got a whole lot safer. Beginning this fall, a new campus policy requires all doors to remain locked and need Falcon cards to open as part of new safety measures.  The safety measures...

Spanish teacher Mr. Esteban Longoria stops by Erase MS Club's booth at club fair.

New clubs and new sweets: club fair returns

Camron Baldwin and Ian Overman August 29, 2022

The Ogilvie Lobby became half-bakery, half-battlefield as the Upper School’s 56 clubs jockeyed for the interest of students using baked goods, sweet icing and snappy posters last week. Club Fair...

The East/Southeast Asian Affinity Group poses for a picture at the expo.

First-ever affinity group expo held in Upper School

Shaan Dhutia, Assistant Opinion Editor August 26, 2022

The first-ever Affinity Group Expo was held in the Moran Library last Thursday. The expo was designed to increase the visibility of affinity groups and highlight the benefits of the program. It was...

Dr. Jatin Vyas, '85 spoke to the Upper School at assembly.

Dr. Jatin Vyas named 2022 Papadopoulos Fellow

Cooke Davis, Staff Writer May 6, 2022

Kinkaid was honored to have alumnus and Papadopoulos Fellow Dr. Jatin Vyas, ‘85 speak to the Upper School at an assembly on April 26. Dr. Jatin Vyas is an immunologist and infectious disease specialist...

As students walk through the hallway in the student life building, they see the table celebrating the holiday, Nowruz, the Persian New Year.

Nowruz: Persian new year on campus

Morgan Suman, Staff Writer March 26, 2022

For Mrs. Goldie Arriola, the Nowruz celebration has always been an important part of her Iranian-American identity and culture. Mrs. Arriola, Kinkaid’s human resources director, shared her heritage...

Student leadership board positions were announced.

Student leadership executive board announced

Cooke Davis, Staff Writer February 28, 2022

Mason Thenor and Mia Price were elected to serve as the Student Governing Council president and vice president, respectively, for the 2022-23 school year. The announcement that Thenor and Price won...

A plastic water bottle by the windowsill.

Plastic water bottles banished from campus for Sustainability Week

Ford Montgomery, Staff Writer February 14, 2022

Walking into the school cafeteria and buying a water bottle to quench your thirst is something most students do every day. However, most students do not realize the amount of plastic they are using.  The...

The Dining and Learning Center is back!

Dining and Learning Center returns to former glory

Sam Pitts, Features Editor November 20, 2021

The Dining and Learning Center has been a place filled with life, from students eating and studying to faculty and staff working. Since the start of in-person education last year, the Dining and Learning...

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...

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...

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