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KP TIMES

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KP TIMES

Freshmen through juniors will take the PSAT on Oct. 14. The students have not taken a standardized test on campus since before the pandemic struck last March.

Students prepare for first standardized test since pandemic hit

Gabby Selva, Staff Reporter October 9, 2020

With COVID-19 restrictions in the district, campus-wide testing has been impacted. The tests will continue, however, starting with the PSAT on Oct. 14. Sarah Olesen, the campus testing coordinator has...

Minimal changes emerge as students return full time

Minimal changes emerge as students return full time

Kathleen Ortiz, Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2020

Students who chose in-person learning returned to school full time on Sept. 21. Many of the safety policies remained the same, but some are under review since twice as many students are on campus everyday.  One...

Nurses Julie L’Italien and Mary Fischer prepare the "well clinic" prior to the start of school. The school added a "sick clinic" over the summer to allow the nurses to keep students with various needs separated.

‘Sick clinic’ opens with hopes of containing germs

Crosslin Silcott, Newsmagazine Editor-In-Chief September 7, 2020

Room 1401, which used to be the ISS room, now serves a very different purpose. The desks and computers in Room 1401 have been traded in for cots. The room that used to house in-school suspension students...

Mariu Bertolo poses with other exchange students from Spain at the Chicago airport before her flight home on Mar. 27. Bertolo's parents were not allowed to pick her up from the airport and she had to be self-quarantined in her home in Spain for two weeks after arriving.

Foreign Exchange students return home early

Sara Geiger, Editor-In-Chief May 5, 2020

Foreign exchange students Cindy Schiller, Mariu Bertolo and Clara Schulze spent their junior years at Kingwood Park. The girls were supposed to fly back to their home countries in early June, but nothing...

Sophomores Alicyn Logue and Holly Emms work to complete pages on a work night before spring break. Once spring break started, the students worked from home on pages to make sure the book was completed on time.

With a few still for sale, yearbooks to arrive soon

Katie Gerbasich, Staff Writer April 27, 2020

With the 2019-2020 school year being officially canceled, the yearbook staff is working on a way to pass out books safely and soon. The yearbooks should arrive in the middle of May. They are still available...

Assistant principal prepares to hand a device over to a family with the help of associate principal Wes Solomon. The principals worked together to get devices in the hands of more than 100 students who needed them.

Admin passes out devices as final nine weeks get underway

Kathleen Ortiz, Photography Editor April 7, 2020

Principal Lisa Drabing spent the past week and a half working to get electronic devices in the hands of students. Humble ISD rolled out its fourth nine-week grading plan on March 29, and since then Drabing...

Sophomore Amri Williams shows animals at the Humble Livestock Show in early January with the help of sophomores Mackenzie Dandridge and Holly Emms. She was also raising animals for the Houston Livestock Show but did not get an opportunity before the show was closed.

Canceled livestock show leaves FFA students in limbo

Trinity Curl, Business Editor April 2, 2020

FFA students spent months preparing to show their animals at the Houston Livestock Show. They were devastated when Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced the livestock show was closing almost two weeks...

With distance learning happening across the nation, the College Board made adjustments to its Advanced Placement tests.

AP teachers, students adjust to new test prep plans

Sara Geiger, Editor-in-Chief March 26, 2020

In light of the nationwide school closures, College Board notified teachers, parents and students on Mar. 20 that all Advanced Placements tests will be moved online. Each test will cover all lessons and...

The Kingwood Park parking lots sits empty as the school remains closed because of coronavirus. Teachers are creating distance learning lessons for students who are encouraged to stay at home until the government says it is safe for people to gather again.

Drabing encourages hope as uncertainty looms for many

Kathleen Ortiz, Photography Editor March 20, 2020

Principal Lisa Drabing spent much of the last few days on the phone or video chatting, as all students and teachers in Humble ISD were directed to stay home due to the coronavirus. Between the seemingly...

Brian Bowland, a senior clinical lab specialist at UCLA Health System, prepares a kit used in coronavirus detection.

Myth Busting: What do you know about COVID-19?

Sara Geiger and Trinity Curl March 20, 2020

There is so much information circulating about COVID-19 it is sometimes hard to separate the myths from the facts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has all the information you need and more....

Seniors hold out hope prom, graduation remain on schedule

Seniors hold out hope prom, graduation remain on schedule

Sara Geiger, Editor-In-Chief March 20, 2020

The coronavirus forced Houston ISD to close all of its schools through April 10. Humble ISD followed suit a few days later, leaving the class of 2020 wondering how their final year of high school will...

Principal Lisa Drabing is named Region 4 Humble ISD Secondary Principal of the Year. She joined the staff as an assistant principal in 2000 and became head principal in 2012.

Drabing earns honor for outstanding leadership

Kathleen Ortiz, Features Editor March 18, 2020

Lisa Drabing was a ruthless volleyball and basketball coach long before she was a principal at Kingwood Park. She was competitive, hard nosed and allowed no nonsense.  She’s used many of the same...

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