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Middle School Debate February Update: Seven Lakes Tournament

February 13, 2014, 9:21 am
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Kinkaid Middle School debaters recently competed at the Seven Lakes tournament. 

They were competing at a high school level competition in the beginners division, so most of their opponents were freshmen and sophomores.

The partnership of Collin Lawrence and Sam Segal won the novice public forum debate division, placing first out of 37 teams from 14 schools.  They won their final round against Stratford High School in Spring Branch on a 3-0 decision from the judges.  They were debating the Voting Rights Act.

Kinkaid had three other teams that made the octofinals (top 16), meaning that Kinkaid had one quarter of the teams that advanced past the preliminary rounds.

These octofinal teams were:

Lauren Ho/Amanda Roff

Remy Kalai/Alexander Treistman

Anish Odhav/Minnhy Truong

In addition, Kinkaid had three students individually recognized in public forum for their speaking.  The following students place in the top 10 speakers out of 74 participants: 

Sam Segal: 2nd place

Amanda Roff: 5th place

Remy Kalai: 7th place 

Finally, Kinkaid also had a handful of students competing in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, an individual event that discussed the topic of environmental protection versus resource extraction in developing countries.

Austin Koort advanced into the octofinals and also earned the 1st place award for best speaking out of 56 students from 18 schools.

Congratulations to these middle school debaters!  These are great results for a competition at the high school level.

Kinkaid’s seventh graders are now finished competing for this school year.  Kinkaid’s eighth graders have one more competition on the weekend of Feb. 21 & 22, 2014 at Olle Middle School.

-- Stacy Thomas, Middle School Debate Coach, The Kinkaid School

 

 

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Kinkaid Eighth Grade Debate students earn top placements at recent Olle Middle School Debate Tournament

February 25, 2014, 9:51 am
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Kinkaid 8th grade debaters had a very successful tournament at Olle Middle School this past weekend.  This was one of the most competitive tournaments that the students have attended with all the top middle school debate programs in Houston participating in the event.

David Liang won first place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate out of 46 students.  In addition to David, Kinkaid had two students also reach the octofinals or the top 16.  They were Edward Chamblee and Austin Koort.  Students in Lincoln-Douglas compete individually.  Their February topic was whether developing nations should prioritize environmental protection over resource extraction.

The partnership of Anish Odhav/Minhhy Truong won second place in Public Forum Debate out of 32 teams with Collin Lawrence/Sam Segal earning third place.  Their February topic was the Supreme Court's recent decision on the Voting Rights Act.

This will be the Kinkaid’s last middle school debate competition for the semester (until the team attends the junior nationals this summer in Kansas).

Congratulations to the whole team for its hard work!

 

Middle School Debate Coach, Stacy Thomas

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Kinkaid 7th Graders Earn Top Placements at Recent District Middle School Speech Tournament

March 4, 2014, 2:42 pm
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Eight seventh grade students represented The Kinkaid School at the PSIA District Middle School Speech Tournament at the Lutheran South Academy on Saturday, March 1st, 2014. In the three speaking events, Kinkaid won 1st place in all events. 

In Modern Oratory, Kinkaid had two entries: Marynell Ward and Cade Mouton won the top two awards. Marynell placed 1st, and Cade placed 2nd. Both will advance to State.

In Poetry Reading, Kinkaid had three entries: Caroline Moseley, Helena Johnson and Jennifer Sekili. Caroline Moseley and Helena Johnson advanced to finals. Caroline won 1st place in Poetry Reading and Helena won 3rd place. Caroline will advance to State.

In Impromptu Speaking, Kinkaid had three entries: Farise Cravens, Cameron Rudin and Caroline Totz. All three students advanced to finals. Caroline Totz won 1st place and will advance to State.

The State Tournament is Saturday, April 26, at TCU, in Ft. Worth. Over 300 Middle School students will be competing. Congratulations to all of the students who competed on Saturday and good luck to students who will be representing Kinkaid at the State Tournament.

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Kinkaid 8th Grade Girls' Choir Awarded a First Place Rating at TPSMEA festival

March 5, 2014, 7:19 am
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Congratulations to the Kinkaid 8th grade girls’ choir who recently competed at the TPSMEA solo and ensemble festival. The students wowed the judge performing "Laudamus Te" from Vivaldi's Gloria, earning a 1st place rating!  The Kinkaid top-performing group includes Jiya Ghei, Ellie Smith, Lillian Rosenfield, and Anna Thomas.

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Upper School Band and Choir and Middle School Choir and Orchestra receive high ratings in a recent competition

April 29, 2014, 9:30 am
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 On April 9th, 2014, the Upper School Band and Choir and the Middle School Choir and Orchestra participated in a concert and sight-reading contest sponsored by the Houston Symphonic Band. Thirteen groups participated. Both choirs and the orchestra left with Superior ratings, and the band achieved a Sweepstakes rating. 

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The Kinkaid School Spring Magazine now available online

April 30, 2014, 12:25 pm
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The Kinkaid School 2014 Spring Magazine issue features: 

  • A message from the Headmaster
  • Feature article: “Separating Work from Life”
  • From the Archives
  • Around Campus:
    • Lower, Middle, and Upper School
    • Staff Spotlight on Shelly Read
  • Athletics News
  • Fine Arts News
  • Peace by Piece: A Partnership with Habitat for Humanity
  • Class Notes & Alumni News  

For past issues, Please visit the magazine webpage at: 

kinkaid.org/magazine

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Duke TIP Program Recognizes Middle School Kinkaid Students

May 5, 2014, 9:05 am
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Julian Meyers, Daniel Mirzai, Graham Parsons, Seb Seager and Andrew Yang were all selected by Duke TIP (Talent Identification Program) for state-level recognition for their SAT or ACT scores. Congratulations to all the Duke TIP students!

 

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Kinkaid Middle School Debate wins national championship in Lincoln-Douglas Debate

June 27, 2014, 12:59 pm
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Kinkaid's middle school recently won the national championship in Lincoln-Douglas Debate and was recognized with a "Debate School of Excellence" award by the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), the honor society for the team’s activity!

The NSDA National Championship took place in Kansas and had participants from throughout the United States.  Each school was allowed to enter six students in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, who argued the topic of digital privacy vs. national security.  The students competed in five preliminary debates against different opponents and were awarded a win or loss, as well as points for their presentation skills.  It took a winning record of 3-2 or better with high points for presentation to make it into the elimination round (top 32).  From that point on, the students advanced based on wins and losses to the octofinals (top 16), quarterfinals (top 8), semifinals (top 4), and finals (top 2).  When the tournament reached the top 2, both students were from Kinkaid creating a "close-out!"  This feat is rare at a national championship.

The co-national champions are Kinkaid students Anish Odhav & Sam Segal.  In the semifinals, Anish beat a student from Valley High School in Des Moines, Iowa, and Sam beat a student from The Academy of Higher Learning of Tarzana in Los Angeles, California.

In addition to these amazing results, David Liang was a quarterfinalist and earned a 10th place award for speaking based on overall judge points, and Jiya Ghei was an octofinalist.  Both had 4-1 records in the preliminary rounds.  Kinkaid had the best overall showing in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.  At the point when the team reached the octofinals, one quarter of elimination round participants were from The Kinkaid School!  That is an outstanding showing.  Finally, Collin Lawrence achieved a 3-2 winning record but missed the elimination rounds by one point.  To have a winning record at the most difficult middle school competition in the country is a proud accomplishment!

To see Kinkaid students receive their awards, please view the video of the ceremony the livestream website (link below).  The part that involves Kinkaid students starts at about 60 minutes into the ceremony and lasts for about 7 minutes:
 http://new.livestream.com/accounts/847769/middleschoolawards?query=&cat=event.

After the students had received trophies, all of the middle school champions were invited to go on stage at the high school awards ceremony to be recognized by the older students who also compete in speech and debate.  The high school ceremony takes place in a huge convention hall with many people in the audience.  It is an impressive experience to be in that room.  When the middle school kids went onto the convention center stage, the crowd went wild and gave the younger students a HUGE standing ovation.  Watching the older kids show such pride in the future of their activity was an overwhelmingly positive moment.  To view the video with Sam & Anish on the big stage, please start at 8:36 (for about two minutes) of the first video here: http://new.livestream.com/accounts/8941059/speechanddebate.

The Kinkaid Students behaved amazingly as a team.  Kinkaid had eight students participate in this event, including Lauren Ho, Austin Koot, and Minhhy Truong.  Austin also did Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Lauren and Minhhy partnered up to debate in Public Forum over an incredibly difficult topic regarding the Ukraine crisis and NATO.  These eight kids were professional, gracious, supportive, and respectful in everything they did this past week in Kansas.  They championed each other and remained positive through everything.  

Stacy Thomas, Kinkaid Middle School Debate Coach


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National Foreign Language Exam Awards & Recognition for Spanish

July 24, 2014, 2:17 pm
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Congratulations to all of the Kinkaid students who received special recognition for their performance on the national Spanish foreign language exams!  These students are listed below.

 

Spanish

Level 2

Tiffany Ajumobi

Sabrina Bajwa

Aine Carolan

Eloise Detmering

Ashley Deutser

William Ducharme

Margaret Durning

Thomas Ereli

Anna Glickman

Hamilton Gray

Brighton Huynh

Emmy Hyser

Alyssa Karchmer

Nicolas Key

Zubair Mukhi

Chinaza Ndee

Rebecca Noel

Ben Padon

Marie Parra

Salman Popatia

Amir Razavi

Zach Roubein

Sophia Solé

Tarun Srinivasan

 

Level 2 (native speaker)

Sofía González

Oscar Meléndez

 

Level 3

Jackson Baur

Kendyl Bree

Horatiu Calin

Grant Carmain

Amy Drews

Alex Goeringer

Aliza Kajani

Jeel Mehta

Grace Nevil

Stuart Raty

Faizan Razak

Arjun Reddy

Ryan Smith

Q Tabarestani

SitaYerramsetti

 

Level 4

Alexis Allen

Stephanie Bell

Will Gaus

Nicholas Ho

Ravi Inamdar

Nina Kalluri

Rachael Levy

Sarah Lewis

Grant Martin

Linnea Mcauley

Mathew Morico

Emily Paul

Phoebe Zipper

 

Level 4 (native speaker)

Andrés Mata-Santellano

 

Level 5

Nazie Amjadi

Sam Schwager

 

Bronze Medalist

Hale Baerenstecher

Kris Brolan

Caleigh Doran

Kennedy Gamble

Alec Gibson

Basil Iftikhar

Robert McHenry

Mary Grey McLeroy

Colin Monteith

Karen Morey

Ashley Murchison

Addison Spier

 

Silver Medalist

Emily Arcidiacono

Jack Beaver

Ava Finger

Jared Edelman

Adam Harter

Taqi Hasnain

Anna Maria Johnson

Austin Koort

Will Kunetka

Ashton Lambert

Zachary Lewitton

Ava Lubetkin

Lauren Nip

Anish Odhav

Kami Ruiz Rodriguez

Lillian Rosenfield

Sam Segal

Sarah Stukalin

Minhhy Truong

Zoya Virani

Georgia Williams

Melanie Kate Yeager

 

Gold Medalist

Zachary Bell

Sara Burpeau

Woodley Burrow

Jiya Ghei

Will Langford

Collin Lawrence

Isabella Rivero

Hayden Rome

Haley Schwager

Mary Claire Stevenson

Nina Wells

 

Outside Experience Awards

Channing Allshouse - Bronze

Arman Badrei - Bronze

Reagan Newton - Silver

Ryan Sanchez - Bronze

Anna Thomas - Gold

Merritt Tilney - Silver

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National Foreign Language Exam Awards & Recognition for French

July 24, 2014, 2:27 pm
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Congratulations to all of the Kinkaid students who received special recognition for their performance on the national French foreign language exams!  These students are listed below.

 

French

Level 01A, Grade 7

Reeves Cameron

Kate Carmain

Gleith Cozby

Merritt Cozby

Charlie Finch

Timothy Hickman

Karnett Huynh

Daniel King

Danielle Knobloch

Daniel Mirzai

Marynell Ward

 

Level 1B, Grade 8

Alya Abbassian

Edward Chamblee

Raiya Goodman

Rodrigo Guerra-Leroux

Caroline Hanan

Laure N Ho

Christos Papandreou

Amanda Roff

 

Level 1 B, Grade 9

Magie Wallis

 

Level 2 A

Nicho Sidler

 

Level 2 B

Bryn Anderson

Christina Choi

Sofia Gonzalez

Robert Lahourcade

Ryland Maksoud

Kaylie Mings

Isabel Parsons

Noah Pintar

Mitali Sharma

Kerry Sullivan

Saskia Veldkamp

Kristine Yang

 

Level 3 A

Kaveh Badrei

Fernanda Gonzalez-Blanco

Mason Mings

Elise Peters

Vidya Sivaramakrishnan

Alexandra Szeto-Joe

Clara Tian

 

Level 4

Carolyn Bell

Ashley Davis

Emily Grinstead

John Pederson

Caroline Powers

Sydnie Swanson

Lauren Siegel

Harriet Tieh

 

Level 5

Taylor Daniel

Charlotte Raty

Rachel Soderstrom

Caroline Talbert

Alicia Yefimenko

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National Foreign Language Exam Awards & Recognition for Latin

July 24, 2014, 2:29 pm
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Congratulations to all of the Kinkaid students who received special recognition for their performance on the national Latin foreign language exams!  These students are listed below.

 

Latin

Summa Cum Laude

Jack Beaver

Zachary Bell

Woodley Burrow

Jiya Ghei

Will Kunetka

Collin Lawrence

Hayden Rome

Sam Segal

Anna Thomas

 Merritt Tilney* perfect score

 

Maxima Cum Laude

Alya Abbassian

Ellie Bolin

Edward Chamblee

Alec Gibson

Taqi Hasnain

Lauren Ho

Will Langford

Zachary Lewitton

Reagan Newton

Amanda Roff

Haley Schwager

Tarun Srinivasan

Katherine Summerlin

 

Magna Cum Laude

Arman Badrei

Rodrigo Guerra-Leroux

Caroline Hanan

Basil Iftikhar

Anna Maria Johnson

Austin Koort

Ashton Lambert

Robert McHenry

Colin Monteith

Christos Papandreou

Isabella Rivero

Antonio Salman

Minhhy Truong

Nina Wells

Cum Laude

Kris Brolan

Sara Burpeau

Binz DeWalch

Caleigh Doran

J.D. Dyer

Jared Edelman

Mac Friday

Culley Harper

TX Harris

Adam Harter

David Liang

McKenna Light

Belle Martire

Karen Morey

Lauren Nip

Anish Odhav

Ryan Sanchez

Ellie Smith

Mary Claire Stevenson

Melanie Kate Yeager

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Trackster Camila Vicens Earns Triple Gold, Sets Record

August 14, 2014, 11:19 am
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Kinkaid 7th grade track athlete Camila Vicens recently became the USATF Junior Olympics National Champion in both the 1,500m race-walk and the 4x800m relay.  Vicens won the 1,500m race-walk with a personal best 7:00:58 and the relay team finished in 10:03.

At the AAU Junior Olympics in Des Moines, IA, she continued her phenomenal race-walking streak and became the National Champion in the 1,500 race-walk for the 3rd year in a row.  Her gold medal performance of 7:11 broke the AAU age-group National Record.  She followed her national record-breaking performance with a 5th place finish in the 3,000m run in a time of 11:06.  In her final event of the season, Vicens completed her outstanding meet performances with a 15th place finish in the 1500m run.

Congratulations to Camila!

 

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Reminders: Carpool Procedures & Back-to-School information now on the website

August 20, 2014, 8:35 am
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2013 National French Contest Results

June 24, 2013, 11:03 am
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A list of Kinkaid School students who earned the top ten scores.
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Beekeeper visits the Kinkaid Middle School!

September 23, 2014, 9:39 am
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Special guest Michael Kelling, a beekeeper and retired teacher from Brenham, Texas, recently visited the Kayem Library in the Middle School to talk to 5th graders about bees.  He talked about the different kinds of bees, their behavior around the hive, and the important role that bees play in our lives.  Mr. Keller quoted Albert Einstein to help illustrate the importance of bees in our lives: 

“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.”
― Albert Einstein

During the presentation, the students were quizzed on honey bee terminology that they had learned in class.  After Mr. Kelling’s talk, the students asked some questions, and then visited three centers around the library.  One center had a sampling of honey made from the bees.  In the second center, students tried on a full beekeeper suit complete with coveralls, long gloves, hat and veil.  The third center allowed the students an up-close view of a working hive of over 2,500 bees.

 

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Reminder for parents & students: Tuesday, September 30th is a late start day.

September 29, 2014, 8:08 am
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Tuesday, September 30th is a late start day. Faculty and Staff will be in ISAS Self-Study meetings in the morning.

Lower School - Carpool will begin at 8:50 am, at which time faculty members will be available to receive students. Please do not drop off your children at school prior to 8:50 am.

Middle School - Please do not bring your students to school before 8:45 am. There will be no tutorials as teachers will be in Self-Study meetings.

Upper School - Period A will begin at 8:55 am.

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Mason Nome Wins World Golf Championship

July 19, 2013, 12:10 pm
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In San Diego, Nome shot a three day total of 209 to earn top medalist at the Callaway Junior World Championships.
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The Kinkaid School's Theater Company presents The Miracle Worker: Oct. 18th & 19th, 2014

October 10, 2014, 12:00 pm
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The Upper School Theatre Company at The Kinkaid School proudly presents The Miracle Worker, by William Gibson, in the Brown Auditorium on Saturday, October 18 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, October 19 at 4:00 p.m.  Both productions will be sign-language interpreted by interns from the ASL interpreter program at the University of Houston.  Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.   Recommend for ages 9+

Few stories reveal the courage and resilience of the human spirit as well as The Miracle Worker.   This family drama is based on the story of young Helen Keller, deaf and blind since infancy, and her heroic teacher, Annie Sullivan, who struggles to reach into Helen's isolation and bring her into contact with the outside world. 

The director, Michelle Ludwig, is excited to share this powerful story with the community and comments: “'Grit' is a popular buzz word in education these days, but I can't think of a better model for this "new" concept than the historical figures of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller.  It's been so inspiring to work on this show and remind myself and my students of the power of perseverance.”

7th and 8th grade students at The Kinkaid School are preparing to see the play by reading it in their English classes.  To understand more about the challenges of being deaf and blind, several classes recently had a Skype conversation with Jaimi Lard, a graduate from the Perkins School in Boston, an institution deeply connected with Helen Keller’s story.  Jonathan Frumovitz, a 7th grade student who attended, is looking forward to seeing the production: “I’ve learned how difficult it must have been to break through the barrier between Helen and her understanding that everything has a name. I am looking forward to watching the play here at Kinkaid and seeing the actors perform Helen's ‘A-ha’ moment."  

Allison Reynolds ’15 plays Annie Sullivan: “Annie Sullivan is a dynamic woman.  The best part of discovering this character has been to find the balance between her confidence and determination to teach Helen and the lightness in which she handles the Kellers. This show really is beautiful and Annie is truly inspiring. “ 

The six primary roles in the show have been double-cast: 

October 18, 7:00 pm features: Margaret Durning, Alex Eastman, Alex Goeringer, Rebecca Noel, Meagan Roberts and Evan Rosen. 



October 19, 4:00 pm features: Eloise Detmering, Ty Doran, Lily Fitzpatrick, Christina Oti, Harrison Poe and Allison Reynolds.

Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door or in advance by contacting the Box Office at 713.243.5442/ box.office@kinkaid.org

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Eighth Grade Rocket Launch!

October 17, 2014, 1:28 pm
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Kinkaid eighth grade science students participated in a rocket launch outside on Thursday and Friday, October 16th & 17th, 2014.  The skies were clear, and the weather was nice outside during these two days.

The students modeled their designs using rocket simulation software prior to building and launching. They then assembled their rockets from parts rather than building from kits as in previous years.  The students then measured the height of the rockets after launch.  Lastly, the students discussed some variables that led to more successful rocket launches.

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Calendars for 2013-2014 school year

August 22, 2013, 7:04 am
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