Colin Lawler '18 was named a Prep All American at the Prep Nationals Wrestling Tournament at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania on Saturday, February 25 by placing 4th in the Tournament finals.  Coach Bobby Eggleston said, "Colin wrestled superbly, winning his first match vs the six seed.  Colin then faced the number 3 seeded wrestler from national power Wyoming Seminary, who had beaten Colin the previous day in a close match.  Revenge was sweet as Colin was in control the entire match before pinning the three seed.  Wow!  It was impressive.  That put Colin in the 3rd/4th place match and, although he was ahead 1-0 in the 3rd period, he came up one point short.  It was tough because there was an inadvertent whistle dispute at the end of the match, but Colin handled the situation like a true champion and did not let it dampen his spirits as he walked away with a 4th place finish."  Colin's 4th place finish earned him distinction as a Prep All American.

As a team, Kinkaid ended the Tournament with a top 25 finish out of 136 teams, finishing as the highest ranked Texas team in the Tournament.  Congratulations to Colin on his All-American honors and to the entire Kinkaid team on an excellent season!

Coach Bobby Eggleston, Colin Lawler '18, Coach Derrick Waldroup

Kinkaid's upper school FTC and VEX Robotics teams recently finished their seasons. 

The FTC Robotics Team, Talon Industries, finished its season Saturday, February 18, at the FIRST First Technical Challenge (FTC) Southeast Texas Regional Championships at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas.  After a thorough presentation to a panel of judges about its team's history, goals and engineering process and a string of qualifying match victories using a new and innovative defensive maneuver, Talon Industries pushed its way into the elimination round ranked 11 out of 36 teams.  Team Talon Industries continued use of its new strategy with success in both of two close and hotly contested semi-final elimination matches to advance to the finals.  Although the team did not record a win in the finals, Coach Vinnie Vrotny said, "The team displayed grit, creativity and perseverance throughout the tournament and season".

FTC Team Talon Industries: Christian Gipson '19, Sasha Busa '20, Joseph Wagnon '19, Julian Meyers '19, Andres Melendez '18, Christos Papandreou '18, Jamie Moseley '18, Nikita Munsif '20, Jeni Rojas '20

The VEX Robotics Team, 1221K, finished its season Saturday, February 25, at the South Texas Regionals in Aldine, Texas.  The highlights for the season included a 2nd place finish at their penultimate tourney after upsetting the 2nd and 3rd seed alliances. Coach Harlan Howe reports, "Team 1221K continued to learn and improve over the course of the year. They have been working since last April, including over the summer. Every tournament, they've shown significant improvement." 

VEX Team 1221K:  Pictured, Kenneth Lam '19, Isabel Gardner '18, Chris Choi '17 (Captain), Jamie Moseley '18, Seb Seager '19.  Not pictured, Zubair Mukhi '17

Congratulations to both teams on a great season!

Lower School 3^rd and 4^th grade students met best selling author-illustrator Javaka Steptoe this week. Sharing with them his latest book Radiant Child The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, Steptoe’s work won the highest honor for a picture book in 2017, the Caldecott Medal. This title shares the life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat as a young boy and his passion for creating and the power of art to heal. 

Steptoe took an interactive approach to teaching about the book, choosing five volunteers to portray the characters of the book and their actions as he narrated to the students. Kinkaid would like to thank local independent bookstore Blue Willow Bookshop for partnering to bring Steptoe to directly to our students!

Check out photos from his time with our students below. 

What a busy month of activities and accomplishments. Catch up with Dr. Martire as he fills you on

what happened during the month of April here at Kinkaid!

Sophia Solé will be attending Stanford University where she will be one of 6 freshman on the Varsity Co-ed Sailing Team.   She is a member of the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club and sails with the Gulf Coast Youth Sailing Association.  She sails the Laser and also crews for her sister, AnaClare in the i420 (pictured here).  

For the past two summers, Sophia and AnaClare have competed in the i420 World Championships in Karatsu, Japan and San Remo, Italy with top finishes for the US women team. This summer Sophia plans to compete in Laser Under-21 Worlds in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.  Sophia was captain of the varsity girls cross country team at Kinkaid for the past two years and believes that in both sports focus and discipline are vital to success. 

Lower School Innovation Coordinator Krissy Venosdale has been selected as one of 52 educators from across the country selected for the fifth annual PBS Digital Innovators Program. The program recognizes classroom changemakers: educators who skillfully approach education with a bold and fresh perspective and who integrate digital media and resources into their classrooms in a way that sparks a love of learning for their students.

Mrs. Venosdale is being recognized for her tremendous work and development of our Lower School Launch Pad, familiar to many our youngest falcons.

The PBS Digital Innovators will participate in ongoing professional development; share their ideas on PBS platforms; have access to exclusive resources from PBS LearningMedia; receive a free PBS Teacherline professional development course; and are invited to special events, including the 2017 PBS Digital Summit. This year's summit, in San Antonio, Texas, takes place directly before the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference.

Click here to read the full story from Houston Public Media. Congratulations Mrs. Venosdale and best of luck going forward!

Junior Jae LeDee has been named the Large Private School Player of the Year by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. The TABC is comprised of over 5,000 coaches across the state. This season LeDee averaged 20.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game. He was named to the All SPC and All South Zone teams, the Lee College All Tournament team as well as the Aldine and Le La Rocca Sand Dune Tournament teams this season. To see the full list of players selected, click here.

Additionally, with a record of 22-12, the Kinkaid Boys Varsity team earned a 5th place overall ranking in the TAPPS 6A/SPC Boys Team final standings.

Congratulations to Jae and the entire Falcon Basketball team!

Congratulations to Tanmay Srinivasan '20 and Ayush Krishnamoorti '20 for being two finalists in The Genes in Space^TM science contest. Among the top five finalists in the annual U.S. competition, 375 teams from grades seven through 12 proposed DNA analysis experiments to address real-life space exploration challenges. The winning experiment will be performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

In March, Kinkaid Spanish Honors and AP classes, as well as some on-level students by invitation, took the National Spanish Exam. The results were release this week and Kinkaid students did an outstanding job. The student received medals according to the following national rankings:

Gold - 95^th through 99^th

Silver - 85^th though 94^th

Bronze - 75^th through 84th

Congratulations to the following students!

DANCE COMPANY

2017-2018

Sara Burpeau

Andreea Calin

Leona Chen

Caroline Gristead

Olivia Holley

Ashton Lambert

Ava Lubetkin

Megan Maclay

Jervon Monroe

Mia Munn

Kelley Orr

Sari Raizner

Carlie Sachs

Katherine Sarvadi

Lee Saunders

Riley Shaper

Sarah Stephens

Sapphire Thompson

ENCORE

2017-2018

Annaliese Fowler

Karm Ghei

TX Harris

Spencer Hickman

Martin Ibarra

Miki Lawler

Andrew Linhart

Scott Morey

Grace Muir

Nikita Munsif

Ameer Mustafa

Isha Popat

Artemis Postolos

Anna Thomas

THEATRE COMPANY

2017-18

Sara Burpeau

Spencer Hickman

Michael Horne

Matthew Kirkwood

Ashton Lambert

Duncan Lambert

Avery Looser

Priscilla Mach

Grace Manes

William Miner

Eliza Moldawer

Grace Muir

Jervon Monroe

Caroline Moseley

Mia Munn

Alex Nigro

Christos Papandreou

Artemis-Melania Postolos

Carlie Sachs

Riley Shaper

Isabel Stallings

Paul Thompson

Almost, Maine

Cast List

(in order of appearance)

Ginette........................................................ Larsen Weber (9)

Pete........................................................ Duncan Lambert (9)

East.......................................................... William Miner (12)

Glory....................................................... Isabel Stallings (12)

Jimmy.................................................... Ashton Lambert (12)

Sandrine..................................................... Sara Burpeau (12)

Villian......................................................... Grace Manes (12)

Marvalyn................................................ Eliza Moldawer (10)

Steve................................................... Spencer Hickman (11)

Gayle............................................................ Grace Muir (10)

Lendall....................................................... Tyler Martire (10)

Chad........................................................ Henry Durning (10)

Randy........................................................ Jason Gordon (11)

Phil........................................................ Paul Thompson (11)

Marci........................................................ Priscilla Mach (10)

Daniel............................................................ Alex Nigro (10)

Hope.................................................... Caroline Moseley (11)

Rhonda....................................................... Riley Shaper (11)

Dave....................................................... Jervon Monroe (12)

Understudies

Larsen Weber

Duncan Lambert

Crew

Stage Manager............................................ Avery Looser (11)

Assistant Stage Manager............................... Carlie Sachs (10)

Prop Master.................................... Matthew Kirkwood (11)

Wardrobe Mistress.......................................... Mia Munn (12)

Our spring season has officially come to an end which means so has the 2016-17 Falcon sports. Thank you to all of the fans, families, faculty, staff, coaches and student-athletes for all of your support, dedication and hard-work this season. Lastly, you will find a recap of our department's finish in the SPC Athletic Directors' Cup competition.

SPC Team Finishes

Our Varsity teams competed in Austin, Dallas and Houston at the end of April in the Southwest Preparatory Conference Championships. The SPC is comprised of 17 schools from Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and Oklahoma. The top six teams from each zone have the ability to compete in the tournament with the #1 and #2 seeds getting a bye in the first round. All of our spring teams advanced to the SPC tournament with nine teams finishing in the top 5 of the entire SPC conference.

SPC CHAMPIONS - Varsity Boys Golf

The Varsity Boys Golf team played a 2 day tournament here in Houston at the Cypresswood Golf Course. The team ended Day 1 with a 3 point lead over John Cooper and a team score of 299. Day 2 was a back and forth battle for the Falcons. At one point the Falcons were down 6 shots but with a strong back 9 and an improved team score of 296, they earned the championship title. The team was led by sophomore Mason Nome who shot -8 with scores of 68 and 68. Sophomore Will Jacobe shot 71 and 74. Senior Carter Guinn shot a consistent 81 for both days. Junior Johnny Bulter shot 82 on day 1 and then had a huge second day shooting 75. Senior JD Dyer shot a solid 75 both days. Congratulations again to the Falcons who have now been crowned SPC Champions 6 times in the last 8 years!

SPC Finish: 1st Place
Record: 3 out of 6 1st Place wins

SPC Tournament Results
Day 1 Team Score: 299
Day 2 Team Score: 296
Overall Score: 595

All SPC: Mason Nome, Will Jacobe

2nd Place - Varsity Baseball

SPC Finish: 2nd Place
South Zone Finish: 1st Place
Conference Record: 5-1
Record: 23-11

SPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – Won 8-7 over Oakridge (Quarterfinals)
Game 2 – Won 6-0 over FWCD (Semifinals)
Game 3 – Lost 5-4 to EHS (Championship)

All SPC: Drake Greenwood, Johnathon Thomas, Stone Simmons
All South Zone: Drake Greenwood, Johnathon Thomas, Stone Simmons, Wyatt Young

3rd Place - Varsity Girls Track

SPC Finish: 3rd Place

All SPC:
1st Place: Katelyn Gamble, Allison Favaloro, Sarah Fullenweider, Kennedy Gamble – 4x100m Relay
1st Place: Marilyn Nwora – Shot Put
1st Place: Kennedy Gamble – 100m Dash *New SPC Record
1st Place: Kennedy Gamble – 200m Dash *New SPC Record
2nd Place: Nia Caldwell – Shot Put
2nd Place: Audrey Ho – Pole Vault
3rd Place: Madi Malouf – Discus
3rd Place: Ellie Lucke, Katie Erikson, Camila Vicens, Alexandra Blake – 4x800m Relay

Individual Top 10 SPC Girls Results:
1st Place: 100 Meters - Kennedy Gamble (PR 11.76ma)
1st Place: 200 Meters - Kennedy Gamble (PR 24.28ma)
1st Place: 4x100 Relay - Katelyn Gamble, Allison Favaloro, Sarah Fullenweider, Kennedy Gamble (48.19a)
1st Place: Shot Put (4kg) - Marilyn Nwora (PR 40'9.5")
2nd Place: Shot Put (4kg) - Nia Caldwell (PR 39'5.25")
2nd Place: Pole Vault - Audrey Ho (10')
3rd Place: 4x800 Relay - Ellie Lucke, Katie Erikson, Camila Vicens, Alexandra Blake (9:43.86a)
3rd Place: Discus (1kg) - Madi Malouf (PR 115'8")
4th Place: 4x400 Relay - Allison Favaloro, Ellie Lucke, Sarah Fullenweider, Kennedy Gamble (4:03.31a)
4th Place: Triple Jump - Jasmine Smith (35'9.5")
4th Place: 1600 Meters - Camila Vicens (PR 5:24.46a)
4th Place: 3200 Meters - Camila Vicens (PR 11:22.48a)
5th Place: 3200 Meters - Alexandra Blake (PR 11:37.07a)
5th Place: Discus (1kg) - Jasmine Smith (105'2")
6th Place: Long Jump - Lydia Patterson (17'1")
6th Place: 300m Hurdles (30"): Duryn Dunbar (PR 49.63a)
6th Place: 800 Meters - Ellie Lucke (2:23.11a)
6th Place: 1600 Meters - Alexandra Blake (PR 5:26.16a)
7th Place: 400 Meters - Katie Erikson (PR 1:00.92a)
8th Place: Triple Jump - Caroline Totz (PR 34'4")
8th Place: 100 Meters - Allison Favaloro (PR 12.62a)
9th Place: Triple Jump - Lydia Patterson (33'7")
10th Place: 100 Meters - Katelyn Gamble (PR 12.73a)
10th Place: 400 Meters - Caroline Totz (1:02.70a)
10th Place: 300M Hurdles (30"): Lydia Patterson (50.50a)

*PR = Personal Record

3rd Place - Varsity Boys Lacrosse

The Varsity Boys Lacrosse team competed in their SPC Championship Tournament in Austin a week earlier than the rest of our spring sports, due to their state competition schedule. Kinkaid earned the number 1 seed from the south. They faced and defeated the north's number 4 seed, St. Stephen's, in the first round. They then took on St. Mark's where they battled hard but ultimately came up short. The next morning they took on Greenhill for the 3rd place honor. In a tight 4th quarter, the Falcons were able to maintain their lead and close out the tournament with a win. The following week, the team went on to earn 2nd Place in the City and play in the quarterfinal round of the State Tournament. Great season fellas!

SPC Finish: 3rd Place
South Zone Finish: 1st Place
Conference Record: 4-0
Record: 16-5

SPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won over St. Stephen's 14-8 (Quarterfinals)
Game 2 – lost to St. Mark's 11-14 (Semifinals)
Game 3 – won over Greenhill 12-10 (3rd Place Game)

All SPC: Reese Sullivan, Parker Browne, Jack Nevil
All South Zone: Malcom Hedgepeth, Rob Lahourcade, Jake Reinbolt, Robert Shively, Phin Sprague
THSLL All State: Reese Sullivan, Parker Browne,
THSLL All District: Jack Nevil, Jake Reinbolt, Rob Lahourcade, Phin Sprague
THSLL Honorable Mention: Robert Shively

3rd Place - Girls Varsity Lacrosse

The Varsity Girls Lacrosse team entered the SPC tournament as the number 2 seed from the south.
With tons of energy and excitement, the team easily defeated the Greenhill Hornets, finishing strong and extending a 4 point half-time lead to a 20-8 victory. In round two they faced the defending champions from ESD in a back and forth hard fought battle. The Falcons then went on to play their south zone rivals, St. John's, in the 3rd place game. Emotions high and adrenaline pumping, the Falcons were able to defeat the Mavericks with a last minute goal to secure the victory!

SPC Finish: 3rd Place
South Zone Finish: 2nd Place
Conference Record: 3-1
Record: 14-5

SPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – Won 20-8 over Greenhill (Quarterfinals)
Game 2 – Lost 19-12 to ESD (Semifinals)
Game 3 – Won 9-8 over St. John's (3rd Place Game)

All SPC: Chloe Hunter, Belle Martire, Mikela McCauley
All South Zone: Lexi Heim, Kaylie Mings, Nakeeya McCardell
THSLL All State: Chloe Hunter, Belle Martire
THSLL All District: Chloe Hunter
US Lacrosse Academic All-American: Belle Martire

4th Place - Varsity Girls Tennis

The Varsity Girls Tennis team entered the weekend as the third seed from the south. They played in the "play in round" on Thursday evening at The Hockaday School for the opportunity to play on the Championship side of the bracket. After sweeping Greenhill in the open round, the ladies went on to sweep the Trinity Valley Trojans in the quarterfinals. They then fought fiercely against St. John's and ESD to end the tournament with a forth place finish. Well done Falcons!

SPC Finish: 4th Place
South Zone Finish: 3rd Place
Conference Record: 5-1
Record: 7-3

SPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won over Greenhill 5-0 (Opening Round)
Game 2 – won over Trinity Valley 5-0 (Quarterfinals)
Game 3 – lost to St. John's 2-3 (Semifinals)
Game 4 – lost to ESD 2-3 (3rd Place Game)

All SPC: Sasha Inchauste, Jordan Jafarnia
All South Zone: Sasha Inchauste, Merritt Cozby

4th Place - Varsity Girls Golf

The Varsity Girls Golf team had their highest finish in 9 years, besting last year's fifth place result by coming in fourth. The Falcons entire team stepped up and worked hard to make their scores count. Emily Talbert shot 91/89, Lillian Rosenfield 93/103, Louise McCartney 101/94, Ruth Ann Bajgier 113/101 and Cheyenne Dawley hit 117/106 for the tournament. Congratulations on your success ladies!

SPC Finish: 4th Place
Record: 4 Top 4 wins

SPC Tournament Results
Day 1 Team Score: 284
Day 2 Team Score: 284
Overall Score: 568

5th Place - Varsity Boys Tennis

The Varsity Boys Tennis team entered the weekend as the 3rd seed from the south where they were matched up with Trinity Valley of Fort Worth in the opening round. After winning 3-2, they then went on to play the St. Mark's Lions. Although they fell in a very close match, the team rebounded and went on to defeat the ESD Eagles 3-2 for fifth place. Good work this season!

SPC Tournament Finish: 5th Place
South Zone Finish: 3rd Place
Conference Record: 4-2
Overall Record: 6-3

SPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won over Trinity Valley 4-1 (opening round)
Game 2 – lost to St. Mark's 2-3 (quarterfinals)
Game 3 – won over ESD 3-2 (5th Place Game)

All SPC: Michael Smith, Kenneth Lam
All South Zone: Salman Popatia, Michael Smith

5th Place - Varsity Softball

The Varsity Softball team headed up to Dallas to face Casady School from Oklahoma City in the opening round for the third straight year. Following tradition, the Falcons were victorious and moved on to the championship side of the bracket. In the next round, they faced and fell to a strong EHS team who went on win the entire tournament. The Falcons then defeated Greenhill and earned the fifth place honor. Good work this season!

SPC Tournament Finish: 5th Place
South Zone Finish: 5th Place
Conference Record: 1-4
Overall Record: 6-13-1

SPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won over Casady 5-2 (Opening round)
Game 2 – lost to EHS 0-11 (Quarterfinals)
Game 3 – won over Greenhill 6-1 (5th Place Game)

All SPC: Olivia Stuart Ison, Julia Lasater
All South Zone: Megan Frankel, Olivia Stuart Ison

7th Place - Varsity Boys Track

The Varsity Boys Track team had a strong showing at the Championship meet in Dallas. They had 11 top 10 finishes for the weekend with 5 student-athletes hitting personal records in 7 events. Congratulations Falcons!

SPC Finish: 7th Place

All SPC:
1st Place: Alex Williams - Long Jump
2nd Place: Myles Black - High Jump
3rd Place: Alex Williams - 400m Dash

Individual Top 10 SPC Boys Results:
1st Place: Long Jump - Alex Williams (PR 22'1.25")
2nd Place: High Jump - Myles Black (PR 6'4")
3rd Place: 400 Meters - Alex Williams (PR 50.23a)
4th Place: Pole Vault - Noah Chan (PR 13')
5th Place: 100 Meters - Alex Williams (PR 10.92a)
5th Place: 4x800 Relay - Andres Melendez, Socs Zavitsanos, Dz Zavitsanos, Oscar Melendez (8:19.60a)
6th Place: 800 Meters - Andres Melendez (PR 2:00.53a)
6th Place: Shot Put – 12lb - Marquis Hubbard (PR 43'7.5")
8th Place: 3200 Meters - Dz Zavitsanos (9:59.04a)
9th Place: 1600 Meter - Dz Zavitsanos (4:38.95a)
10th Place: 4x400 Relay - Alex Williams, Andres Melendez, Chance Allshouse, Myles Black (3:34.28a)

*PR = Personal Record

HJPC Team Finishes

The Houston Junior Preparatory Conference is made up of twelve private middle schools in the greater Houston area. Only the top eight teams at the end of the regular season have the opportunity to compete in the final tournament. Congratulations to all of the teams who represented Kinkaid and a special shout out goes to the 8th Grade Baseball team, Boys Golf and Girls Tennis who won the championship titles.

Boys Baseball – 1st Place Champions
Overall Record: 10-5
Conference Record: 3-2 - #3 seed
HJPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won 5-1 over Second Baptist (Quarterfinals)
Game 2 – won 5-1 over St. Francis (Semifinals)
Game 3 – won 6-4 over St. John's (Championship)

Boys MS Golf – 1st Place Champions
HJPC Tournament Results
Team Score: 185
Top Finishes: Brooks Morrell - 2nd overall out of 38 boys

Girls MS Tennis - 1st Place Champions

Overall Record: 7-0-1
Conference Record: 7-0 #1 seed
HJPC Individual Results:
1st Place Singles: Andrea Le
2nd Place Singles: Ella Brissett
3rd Place Singles: Hallie Jeffers
1st Place Doubles: Daryn Mehling & Kay Lucke
2nd Place Doubles: Virginia Murchison & Sara Christ

Girls 8th Grade Lacrosse – 2nd Place
Overall Record: 13-1
Conference Record: 6-0 #1 seed
HJPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – Bye
Game 2 – won 15-1 over Presbyterian (semis)
Game 3 – lost 7-6 to St. John's (finals)

Girls MS Golf – 2nd Place
HJPC Tournament Results
Team Score: 143
Top Finishes: Carrie De la Rosa - 2nd overall out of 23 boys

MS Softball – Tied for 3rd
Overall Record: 6-9
Conference Record: 3-3 #3 seed
HJPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won 14-0 over St. Francis (quarters)
Game 2 – lost 9-1 to AOS (semis)

Boys 8th Grade Lacrosse – Tied for 3rd
Overall Record: 9-4
Conference Record: 4-2 #4 seed
HJPC Tournament Results
Game 1 – won 12-1 over AOS (quarters)
Game 2 – lost 11-5 to St. John's (semis)

Boys MS Tennis – 5th Place
Overall Record: 2-5-1
Conference Record: 1-4
HJPC Individual Results
1st Place Singles: Mikail Wijesekera

MS Girls Track & Field

MS Boys Track & Field