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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

Students debate midterms: No midterms? No problem.

Students debate midterms: No midterms? No problem.

Anna Leon October 2, 2017

Midterms cancelled? Sounds like Christmas came early. After trudging through four feet of water and evacuating my own home in a kayak, I realized Harvey was not going away anytime soon. I knew the devastations...

Make America Welcoming Again

Make America Welcoming Again

Nia Caldwell October 2, 2017

President Donald J. Trump proudly stated at a rally during the start of his campaign that he wanted to “Make America Great Again.” He followed this slogan by his promise to “Build a great wall...

La La Lame

La La Lame

Allison Favaloro April 7, 2017

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] eagerly awaited in the itchy red theater seat while one preview followed another. The wait seemed interminable; my patience abated more and more as time went on. Just when I couldn’t...

The Fault in our GPA Scale

The Fault in our GPA Scale

Caleigh Doran December 6, 2016

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s Ms. Quenby Mott sat at her desk at the University of Pennsylvania, a transcript for a student from The Kinkaid School rolled across her desk. She had worked at UPenn for 15 years,...

The Value of Third Party Candidates

The Value of Third Party Candidates

Arman Badrei November 1, 2016

In the election of two “evils,” some may have forgotten the quiet third party candidates. Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party Jill Stein have led relatively silent campaigns against the noise...

Where, oh where has the student section gone?

madi babine October 30, 2016

Sleepy, nonexistent, lame, disheartening: athletes from field hockey and volleyball use these words to describe their student sections. As an athlete on the varsity volleyball team, I can count on one...

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