The annual Kinkaid Alumni vs. Varsity Sports Day will take place on January 4th, 2013 at Kinkaid.
11:00 a.m. – Co-ed Soccer Game
11:30 a.m. – Girls Basketball Game
12:30 p.m. – Boys Basketball Game
Lunch will be served after the games outside the Melcher Gym.
Basketball teams will be limited to the first 20 registrants, and no walk-ins will be allowed to play without prior approval from the Kinkaid coach in charge of the game. If you can’t play, come cheer on your old classmates!
Kinkaid Middle School History teacher Diana Kokernot has recently published “Latin American History” now available in iTunes. Diana used the iBooks Author e-book authoring application to create this book. “Latin American History” is an interactive book used in her Middle School History 7 class during the fall semester.
link updated: 11-4-2013
Some Upper School Kinkaid students are now traveling abroad during the three-week interim term! Follow their experiences abroad through the links to the blogs below.
Note that there is less touring on the homestay trip since the focus of the experience is on courses, immersion in the French language and the homestay with the host family.
To learn more about The Kinkaid Upper School three-week interim term, please visit the “About the Interim Term” webpage.
Dr. Edward Trusty, Jr. will assume the position of Assistant Headmaster at The Kinkaid School, effective July 1, 2014.
As Assistant Headmaster at Kinkaid, Dr. Trusty will have oversight over the academic program, including curriculum and instruction, technology integration, and faculty professional development and evaluation. In addition, he will administer special projects, such as our Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) reaccreditation.
Dr. Trusty holds a B.A. and M.A in Teaching from the University of Virginia, and an Ed.D. in Urban Education Leadership from Morgan State University. He has served as Lower School Head at Calvert School in Baltimore since 2009 and previously taught 4th grade at Gilman School for 13 years. In addition, Dr. Trusty has served as a varsity football assistant coach—on the coaching staff featured in the book Season of Life—and has directed a summer scholars program for economically disadvantaged middle school students and a high school leadership program for Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust. He also serves as a trustee for Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys.
Kinkaid's Headmaster, Dr. Andy Martire, has known Dr. Trusty for 25 years and says, “Professionally, I have had the pleasure of teaching and coaching with him at Gilman School and in serving as a fellow administrator at Calvert School. Ed Trusty is among the very best educators with whom I have worked in my career.”
This year, Emily Ashworth is attending The Putney School (www.putney.com) in Putney, Vermont for the duration of Interim Term. The Putney School, like The Kinkaid School, is a member of The Network of Complementary Schools (see below for more information). She is having a wonderful time and is loving the exposure to a different type of school and lifestyle: Putney is a boarding school modeled on principles of progressive education, and it also functions as a working farm! In addition to being challenged by new ways of thinking and surprised by the social dynamics of the school, Emily has learned how to weld, knit, and snowshoe. She also attends classes and completes homework at Putney, participates in the evening community projects and art classes, and works in the barn. Emily is currently sharing her experince on her blog:
http://theputneyexperience.blogspot.com
*The Network of Complementary Schools is a group of public and independent schools that work together to offer students and faculty the opportunity to attend member schools throughout the school year; the students participate in the academic and extracurricular activities at the school, live with a school family or board, and have the chance to experience the local community (for a list of member schools-www.netcompsch.org). The idea behind the program is to expose students to a school, a city, a part of the country, a lifestyle completely different from anything they have experienced before. For many years, Kinkaid has hosted several students each year and has sent a few students out on trips to other schools.
Kinkaid's robotics team won first place in the FIRST Tech Challenge competition on Saturday, January 18th, 2014.
One of only 3 middle school teams in the competition, Kinkaid's middle school team competed against a field of 26 teams (23 of them consisting of high school students from various schools with strong support and funding) and achieved a tremendous victory! Not only did this Kinkaid Middle School team, that is only two years old, win the entire qualifying competition in a competition whose goal is the inspiration and recognition of science and technology, but the team also clearly impressed the judges.
As a result, the team also received the “Innovate Award,” which celebrates a team that not only thinks outside the box, but also has the ingenuity and inventiveness to make their designs come to life. This judged award is given to the team that has the most innovative and creative robot design solution to any or all specific field elements or components in the FTC competition. Elements of this award include elegant design, robustness, and “out of the box” thinking related to design.
MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESENTS GREASE
Saturday, January 25, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 26, 2014 @ 2:00 p.m.
Brown Auditorium
Come support a cast and crew composed of Kinkaid’s entire 8th grade class as they bring you Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950’s in this rollicking musical.
For ticket information please contact the Box Office at 713.243.5442 or box.office@kinkaid.org.
With the potential for inclement weather headed to the Houston area this evening, we would like to provide an "as of this moment" overview of our athletic department plans for tomorrow.
Boys & Girls Basketball
Whether school starts at the normal time, starts late, or is canceled, all games scheduled to be held here on campus will be played at their scheduled time.
Boys & Girls Soccer
1. Whether school starts at the normal time, starts late, or is canceled, all games scheduled be held here on campus will be played at their scheduled time.
2. If SJS cancels school the Girls JV game (4:15 PM) and Boys JV game (5:00 PM), scheduled to be played at SJS, will be canceled.
MS Wrestling
Departure for the state meet in Dallas has been tentatively moved to 10:30 AM, subject to further review of the weather. After review of the weather map in the morning, we will determine if the trip needs to be canceled.
MS wrestlers will be notified of any adjustments to the schedule by 6:30 AM tomorrow morning. If you hear nothing from your head coach, you should assume that you are still leaving at 10:30 AM.
US Wrestling
Departure for the state meet in Dallas will be at 4:00 PM; after the school day, regardless of start time. After review of the weather map in the morning, we will determine if the trip is to be canceled.
US wrestlers will be notified of any adjustments to the schedule by 6:30 AM tomorrow morning. If you hear nothing from your head coach, you should assume that you are still leaving at 4:00 PM.
Let's get our teams ready to perform on Falcon Fanatic Night; should be a great atmosphere for a Winter White Out!!
Best regards,
Bob
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Bob Beeman
Director of Athletics, PE & Wellness
The Kinkaid School
As the city of Houston is experiencing a wintery mix, Kinkaid Athletics is preparing for their own Winter White Out against St. John’s tonight.
Although our MS and JV teams will not be traveling to play, our Basketball, Soccer and Wrestling teams will continue as scheduled.
Dress in your warm white clothes and come support our Falcons as they compete against the Mavericks.
Games to Support Tonight
US Wrestling will depart for the state meet in Dallas at 4:00 PM.
Girls JV Basketball – 4:00pm in Melcher Gym
Boys JV2 Basketball – 4:00pm in Fondren Gym
Girls Varsity Soccer – 5:00pm on Segal Field
Girls Varsity Basketball – 5:30pm in Melcher Gym
Boys JV1 Basketball – 5:30pm in Fondren Gym
Boys Varsity Soccer – 7:00pm on Segal Field
Boys Varsity Basketball – 7:00pm in Melcher Gym
Cancelled Games
MS Wrestling will not be traveling for the state meet in Dallas.
7 & 78s Girls Soccer will not be playing at St. Francis.
JV Boys & Girls Soccer will not be playing at St. John’s.
GO FALCONS!
Tuesday, January 28
6:45 PM
Melcher Gym
Please join students, coaches, friends and the Garrett family before the Boys Varsity basketball game as we honor the legacy of this special man.
On Saturday, November 9th, 2013, Kinkaid's middle school debate team attended what is likely to be the largest junior high debate tournament in Houston this year, hosted in Klein ISD with 14 programs participating.
Kinkaid had 30 seventh graders competing for the very first time and 10 eighth graders competing for the first time this school year.
The eighth graders participated in Lincoln-Douglas (LD) Debate, in which students compete against an opponent one-on-one. All students debated three preliminary rounds and then the top 16 based on record advanced to the octofinals. Kinkaid had seven students in the top 16, which is a big accomplishment, especially given the high level of competition this year. Four Kinkaid students went on to quarterfinals, and then, by the time the tournament advanced to semifinals, Kinkaid was the last school standing, having eliminated all other schools.
This is called a "closeout" in debate, and Kinkaid’s top four students were declared co-champions. They took home the trophies for first, second, third, and fourth place. The Kinkaid students who were part of the semifinals closeout were Sam Segal, David Liang, Taqi Hasnain, and Lauren Ho. Also advancing to the top 16 were Anish Odhav, Jiya Ghei, and Minhhy Truong. In addition to determining wins or losses in the debate rounds, judges also award students points for their public speaking skills. Kinkaid received recognition for having three of the top 10 speakers with Sam Segal winning first place, Jiya Ghei winning second place, and Minhhy Truong winning ninth place. Finally, Thomas Garrison had a winning record but missed advancing based on the tiebreaker. The LD students were debating a complex topic about whether or not attorney-client privilege hinders the truth-seeking efforts of our legal system.
The seventh graders participated in Public Forum (PF) Debate, in which the students compete in two-person partnerships. These students debated the harms and benefits of domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency. When the top 16 were announced for this event, Kinkaid had one quarter of those advancing. This was especially impressive given that the seventh graders faced opponents all day with more competitive experience than them. Kinkaid’s top finisher was the partnership of Ellie Lucke and Callie Rosenthal who advanced to the quarterfinals or top eight. Also reaching the top 16 were the partnerships of Reeves Cameron/Jack Neblett, CG Marinelli/Onuchi Ndee, and Brian Schroeder/Andrew Yang. Finally, Graham Parsons received the second place speaking award out of 84 students.
On top of the individual awards earned by the Kinkaid students, the team received the First Place Sweepstakes Award for small schools. The tournament divided the 14 participating schools into the seven schools with under 100 entries and the seven schools with over 100 entries in three categories: speech, debate, and theater. Even though the team was only entered in the debate category, 40 Kinkaid students competed well enough overall to take home the top prize. The whole middle school debate team should be proud of this award whether or not they advanced since all preliminary round wins counted toward this accomplishment.
Congratulations to all of these Middle School debate students. They worked very hard for the past month preparing for this event.
-- Middle School Debate Coach, Stacy Thomas
The Upper School Debate team has been busy with competitions every weekend in January. Often, the squad divided up to compete both locally and nationally.
The Kinkaid debate recently team traveled to Boston to compete at the Lexington High School tournament. Lexington is the second largest tournament in Massachusetts; second only to Harvard, with 108 schools representing 19 states and the District of Columbia attending.
Kinkaid had significant success, including awards for seven Kinkaid students. Kinkaid was only one of two schools that had debaters reach the elimination rounds of both policy and Lincoln-Douglas debate (the other school was Bronx High School of Sciences). Kinkaid had three teams reach the elimination rounds of policy debate, more than any other school. Our successes included:
While part of the debate team was in Boston, Kinkaid sent a small group to Mayde Creek High School, a strong local tournament attended by 38 schools from throughout the region. Kinkaid’s success included:
During the weekend of January 10th and 11th, the Kinkaid debate team went to Katy High School, a strong local tournament attended by over 30 schools. Kinkaid only sent Lincoln-Douglas style debaters. Kinkaid did remarkably well by closing out the finals and one bracket of the semi-finals (ultimately, three of the top four debaters). Our successes included:
Finally, the weekend of January 3rd-5th, the Kinkaid team split up with a portion of the team competing locally at Dulles High School and two LD debaters going to Los Angeles for the Victory Briefs tournament, a major of nationally competitive LD debate.
In Los Angeles, Michael Sands and Tyler Gamble had a heart breaking performance as both lost break rounds in their last debates. They both ended up with a 3-3 record. Had they won, they would have been in the elimination rounds.
Locally, Kinkaid did well at the Dulles High School tournament. Junior Nina Kalluri reached the semi-finals (3rd place) and Emma Hana, sophomore, placed in the top 16 (octos).
Overall, the debate team had a successful winter. Currently, Kinkaid has three policy teams and four LD debaters qualified for the Texas Forensics Association State tournament. Kinkaid currently has about a half dozen more with significant points.
-- Upper School Debate Coach, Eric Emerson
Many of the events have been rescheduled to be played on Wednesday, Jan. 29th.
Wednesday, January 29th:
-7A Girls Soccer (Away) - 4:00 PM @ Cypress Christian
-JV2 Boys Basketball (Home) - 4:00 PM in Fondren Gym
-7A Girls Basketball (Home) - 4:15 PM in Doggett Gym
-8A Girls Basketball (Home) - 5:15 PM in Doggett Gym
-Varsity Girls Basketball (Home) - 5:00 PM in Melcher Gym
-JV Girls Soccer (Away) - 5:30 PM @ Cypress Christian
-JV1 Boys Basketball (Home) - 5:30 PM in Fondren Gym
-Varsity Boys Basketball (Home) - 6:30 PM in Melcher Gym
Best of luck to our Fighting Falcons!
Senior girls basketball player, Brecca Thomas, has been named as one of Houston Chron's High School Athletes of the Week.
Thomas has helped lead the Falcons this season by recently surpassing 2,000 points in her high school career. She was pivotal in Kinkaid’s wins over Houston Christian and St. John’s last week; scoring a total of 36 points with 15 assists and 9 steals.
The Falcons will take on HCYA tomorrow night at home at 5:00pm.
To see the full list of athletes also honored click here.
The Kinkaid School 2014 Winter Magazine issue features:
Please visit the magazine webpage at:
Quenby Jackson Mott will assume the position of Head Upper School Dean, effective July 1, 2014. Mrs. Mott comes to Kinkaid from the University of Pennsylvania, where she has served as Vice Dean, Director of Admissions, since 2008.
As Director of Admissions, Mrs. Mott oversees a staff of more than twenty admissions professionals; chairs selection committees for all four undergraduate schools, five specialized programs, and helps select students from multiple scholarship programs; travels globally to speak at high schools, recruit students, and meet with Penn alumni; partners with the athletic department on the recruitment, evaluation, and admission for Penn’s 33 Division I varsity sports; and works closely with University leaders in Strategic Planning, Information and Management Systems, and Marketing and Communications in a holistic effort to optimize the use of data and to create sophisticated plans for outreach and recruitment. Mrs. Mott is a regular presenter at the annual conferences of the College Board and the National Association for College Admissions Counseling.
In between two tenures at Penn that totaled over fourteen years, Mrs. Mott worked as an independent college counselor for College Coach, where she counseled hundreds of high school students and their parents. Mrs. Mott, a graduate of Gettysburg College, also served on the board of the Oklahoma School of Science and Math and Oklahoma City Public School Foundation.
Mrs. Mott is a strong leader who brings to Kinkaid an exceptional network of contacts in the college admissions arena as well as a detailed knowledge of best practices in secondary school college placement. Headmaster Andy Martire comments, “I am confident that Mrs. Mott’s strengths will complement and add to those of the existing ‘Dean Team’ as we look to create the best possible academic and college counseling program for our Upper School students.”
A recent article in the Houston Chronicle features Kinkaid student Thomas Dillon, his play as cornerback for the varsity football team, and his decision to go to Wake Forest.
Senior Casey Cowan was named Outstanding Wrestler as he won his second state title at the Texas Prep State Championships over the weekend at Episcopal High School.
Cowan along with fellow senior Ben Krantz and freshman Jake Barnett will head to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to compete in the National Prep School Wrestling Championships on February 21st at Lehigh University.
See read the full recap of Cowan’s victory at state, please click here.