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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

Jae LeDee Published by the Academy of American Poets

Jae LeDee Published by the Academy of American Poets

Julia Davis June 9, 2016

[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ae LeDee, currently a rising junior, wrote a letter to poet Jane Hirshfield about her poem, “Three Foxes by the Edge of the Field at Twilight” in his sophomore English class. The...

2016 Culture Fest features Indian Ocean Basin

2016 Culture Fest features Indian Ocean Basin

Aliza Kajani March 22, 2016

Travel the world, learn culture, and taste cuisine at Culture Fest! This year's Culture Fest will take place at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, on the green space in the north lot in front of the...

Parking Garage Nears Completion

Parking Garage Nears Completion

Kirk Hachigian February 26, 2016

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter almost nine months of work, the new parking garage is entering the final stages of construction. All of the structural work has been completed, and workers are now finishing up...

Prepare for Behr: Upper School awaits new principal

Prepare for Behr: Upper School awaits new principal

Arman Badrei February 26, 2016

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ack in September 2015, Mr. Patrick Loach announced his decision to leave Kinkaid after four years as the Head of Upper School. On Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, the school administration...

Model UN Students Find Success at YMGE Budapest

Model UN Students Find Success at YMGE Budapest

Kirk Hachigian December 11, 2015

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Saturday, Nov. 21, nine Kinkaid students and two teachers began their 6,000 mile, 15-hour journey from Houston, Texas to Vienna, Austria. Juniors Rylan Maksoud, Noah Pintar, Salman...

Fine Arts Leadership Board to host Coffee House

Fine Arts Leadership Board to host Coffee House

Hannah Holliday December 8, 2015

Imagine the taste of fluffy, sugared pastries from the Common Bond, the smell of the hot cocoa and coffee from Starbucks, the sound of your friends’ and teachers’ performances at an open mic night,...

Visiting the Garage

Visiting the Garage

Hana Keleta November 5, 2015

BY ALI AMMONS & HANA KELETA Currently Kinkaid is building a multi-level parking garage in order to redesign traffic flow on campus. On Oct. 20th, students in the Engineering Club had the opportunity...

Tradition at Kinkaid

Tradition at Kinkaid

Caroline Orr October 23, 2015

BY JULIA DAVIS & CAROLINE ORR Special thanks to Sarah Gesell for her assistance with the Kinkaid School Archives. [dropcap]At[/dropcap] a school as old as Kinkaid, deep-rooted traditions are...

Upper School Head to depart at the end of 2015-2016 year

Upper School Head to depart at the end of 2015-2016 year

Oscar Melendez September 25, 2015

“A friend and mentor once told me that it’s not a bad thing to repot the plant from time to time,” said Mr. Patrick Loach, upon announcing his departure from The Kinkaid School in an email to the...

Undressing the Dress Code

Undressing the Dress Code

Julia Davis September 24, 2015

[dropcap]Three[/dropcap] days after school began, 14 fall sport team captains received an email from the Dean of Students, Mr. Josh Ramey. The email was about “spirit dress” for athletic teams, which...

Toro takes the open ocean

Toro takes the open ocean

Hana Keleta September 21, 2015

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ailing in the Pacific Ocean on a four week study, Ms. Stephanie Toro seized the opportunity to combine her two passions: marine science and education. She was able to study the ocean...

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