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The student news site of Kingwood Park High School

KP TIMES

The student news site of Kingwood Park High School

KP TIMES

During two hours of lunch shifts, Ballet Folklórico dancers perform on the stage while students watch. The student group L.A.S.O. organized the performance during Hispanic Heritage Month.

L.A.S.O. adds cultural appreciation in spirit week

Paisley Thomas, Opinions Editor October 14, 2025

Vibrant music and dance brought lunch to life for Kingwood Park students and faculty. The Latin American Student Organization (L.A.S.O) brought in the Humble High School mariachi band and ballet folklórico...

The sign for the new Trader Joe's sits in front of Carrabbas in the front of Kingwood on Kingwood Drive. The opening of the new grocery store is still unknown.

Kingwood residents look forward to arrival of Trader Joe’s

Joshua Harris and Danielle Nalley October 8, 2025

Later this year, Kingwood will get its own Trader Joe’s. Many people are excited for this new addition, especially those who travel longer distances regularly for one of the six other locations in the...

Science classrooms, like Jacob Butcher's, has both distinction stickers on the windows. Science classrooms received the science sticker, while all classrooms in the school received the academic growth sticker.

Two TEA distinctions give campus reason to celebrate

Muhammad Adnan, Staff Writer September 30, 2025

When Kingwood Park was recognized with two distinctions this year, one in science and another in overall academic growth, the celebration was about more than awards. It was about the hard work of students...

Senior Amara Amadi practices during choir class on Sept. 22. Amadi was one of 15 students who advanced in the first round of pre-Area competition.

15 advance in choir’s pre-Area auditions

Eleanor Durand, Staff Writer September 23, 2025

Students in choir recently participated in All-State Choir Pre-Area auditions on Saturday, Sept. 13. The event took place at Summer Creek High School. Choir members were required to learn four pieces of...

The hallway is quiet during what used to be Flex Hour on campus. From 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., students are now either in their fifth period classroom or in the cafeteria eating lunch.

Life without Flex Hour requires major changes

Sydney Ortiz, Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2025

The hour-long lunch break that students loved for the past seven years is not coming back soon.  Implemented in 2018, Flex Hour allowed students 60 minutes in the middle of their school days to attend...

Sophomores Jamen Hicks and Adilyn Osbourn performed as part of Drum Corps International over the summer. Photos courtesy of Bre Osbourn.

Drum Corps experience highlights summer for Hicks, Osbourn

Paisley Thomas, Opinions Editor September 10, 2025

Sophomores Jamen Hicks and Adilyn Osbourn had the opportunity to perform with Drum Corps International for the summer. They practiced and rehearsed for hours until they went on tour, where they then rehearsed...

Theater director Brandi Perkins removes the boning from senior Emerson Harris's costume during seventh period on Sept. 3.

Medical drama takes center stage in theater’s first show

Jack Coffey, Staff Writer September 3, 2025

A doctor scared of blood, a chronically bored apprentice, and a mysterious plague will take center stage in the first show of the season – varsity theater’s “Anatomy of Gray.” Written by Jim Leonard,...

Glenn Taylor aeroscience class watches as senior Ronan Flaherty launches his rocket on the practice field near the school.

First rockets take flight in aeroscience class

Muhammad Adnan, Staff Writer September 2, 2025

When aerospace students at campus gathered on the practice fields near the school this week, they weren’t just watching fireworks.They were watching the results of their own engineering take off. The...

Junior Rayden DeSouza surfs the table in the first round of the table surfing competition against the sophomores on Aug. 29. The juniors defeated the sophomores and went on to beat the seniors in the finals.

SURF’S UP

Marie Wakefield August 29, 2025

Junior class president Abbie Miller sat in her Student Government classroom and tried to assemble an unbeatable team for Table Surfing at the first pep rally of the year. “We put together football...

Captain Blake Hartman talks with students on Aug. 20 about his career path in the military after graduating from Kingwood Park in 2010. He now works for the United States Space Force.

Hartman shares journey, advice in return to alma mater

Cameron Minatrea, Sports Editor August 26, 2025

When Blake Hartman sat his head on the desk again, his teacher knew that once again he was going to sleep, and missing another lesson in her class. Even though he had A’s and B’s across the board,...

Students talk during lunch, while others read or play cards with friends. The personal communication device ban includes lunch and passing periods.

Ban on cell phones, headphones creates instant change

Tricia Darcy, Editor-in-Chief August 15, 2025

For new and returning students, walking into the school building looked different this year. On the first day of school, teachers and administrators welcomed students to the new school year, while also...

Community members hold up American flags while the procession for Shiloh Wilson passes. The procession for Wilson and his family took place on July 12. The Wilson family died in the Central Texas floods while camping in Kerrville.

Kingwood greets Shiloh Wilson on final ride home

Sydney Ortiz, Editor-in-Chief July 12, 2025

American flags waved in the wind. Kids huddled on blankets to make handmade signs. Friends, colleagues and family members of the Wilsons embraced each other and shared stories as they waited for the body...

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