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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

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...

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 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...

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...

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