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The student news site of Kingwood Park High School

KP TIMES

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KP TIMES

Dance teacher Cyndi Vaughn was appreciative of the ROTC students who participated in her father's burial service, which included Master Sgt. Anthony Bullock, senior Douglas Graves, junior Isaiah Montes, junior Araya Wolfe and senior Noe Ortega. Clarence Vaughn was a Sergeant in the Marines. He was buried at Houston National Cemetery on Oct. 8. Photo courtesy of Cyndi Vaughn.

JROTC, band member honor Marine veteran

Pilar Retamales, Staff Writer October 29, 2024

As a Marine for three years, Clarence Vaughn was taught many values he would not have learned otherwise.  “To my dad, being a Marine meant honor, tradition, to have work ethic, having order to everything,”...

Kingwood Park journalism students Ella Hickman, Heather Horace, Michelle Klanke, Kaitlyn Sitton and Shelby Townsend erupt after hearing their won one of the social media contests during Fall Fiesta on Oct. 14.

Journalism students win sweepstakes at state conference for third year in a row

Olivia Brenner, Staff Writer October 24, 2024

At the end of fall break, 16 journalism students attended the state journalism convention TAJE Fall Fiesta. They collected 29 awards and brought ideas back to improve the publication staffs. “I always...

Retired assistant superintendent Trey Kraemer speaks about leadership and the importance of student journalism during the Award Ceremony at the TAJE Fall Fiesta, where he was honored as Administrator of the Year.

Kraemer, Ortiz receive honors during TAJE’s Fall Fiesta

Fallon Head, Editor-in-Chief October 24, 2024

Journalism teacher Megan Ortiz walked onto the stage during the TAJE Fall Fiesta award ceremony to introduce former Humble ISD assistant superintendent of high schools Trey Kraemer.  The two first...

Kingwood Park and Kingwood High JROTC students work to unload 14,000 pounds of pumpkins at Good Shepherd Episcopal's Church on Woodland Hills Drive.

JROTC students help carry load as 14,000 pounds of pumpkins arrive

Marie Wakefield, Special Contributor October 21, 2024

The average pumpkin weighs 13 pounds. When several are stacked in a wheelbarrow, they can quickly add up. However, Kingwood High and Kingwood Park JROTC members took all of that in stride as they volunteered...

Juniors in AVID class work on projects as a wall displays pendants from colleges and universities across the state. AVID students work on college preparedness with Texas college visits a regular occurrence each year.

UT-Austin lowers automatic acceptance rate, worrying some juniors

Fallon Head, Editor-in-Chief October 17, 2024

The University of Texas-Austin has changed its automatic acceptance rate from the top 6% of students to the top 5% for students applying to enroll in the Fall of 2026.  This mostly affects students...

Journalism workshop provides resources, lessons to Houston-area students

Sydney Ortiz, Sports Editor October 11, 2024

The Greater Houston Journalism Workshop was held at Kingwood Park High School on Sept. 21. The TAJE-sponsored event was free to high school and middle school journalism students. Professional journalists...

Junior Elizabeth Piquette plays Jenga during an Asian-American Club meeting on Sept. 27.

Asian-American Association returns with new focus

Olivia Brenner, Staff Writer October 11, 2024

The Asian-American Association had its first meeting last November. Throughout the year, the club leaders welcomed students of all backgrounds to celebrate Asian culture through food, clothing and the...

Senior Jonas Ermel fills out a voting registration form during his first period government class in the LGI.

Election officials, teachers help seniors prepare to vote

Zach Ford, Staff Writer October 4, 2024

With the presidential election in November, it's an exciting time for the Government teachers – as well as first-time voters. Harris County Voter Registration officials came to help seniors in Government...

Sophomore Je'La Rendon plays UNO during Child Development class first period because the school was without internet.

Loss of internet shakes up classes

Shelby Townsend, Yearbook Editor-in-Chief September 24, 2024

At 6:30 a.m., principal Wes Solomon received a text message reading “KPHS: There is a network outage due to a fiber cut overnight at Kingwood Park High School, Elm Grove Elementary, and Woodland Hills...

Portrait courtesy of Fred Flickinger. Photo of house by Sydney Ortiz.

Flickinger worked to support, restore Kingwood in Beryl aftermath

Marie Wakefield, Special contributor September 18, 2024

Fred Flickinger, the representative for District E, and the other members of the Houston City Council knew a hurricane was coming in July.   City of Houston officials were hard at work coordinating...

Shelly Vaughn and her daughter Savannah Vaughn, who graduated from Kingwood Park in 2015, both went to Foster Elementary. When visiting the cafeteria, Shelly was brought to tears by remembering her and her daughter's little moments at Foster.

Alumni become emotional in final visit to Foster Elementary

Preston Carpenter, Staff Writer September 12, 2024

Foster Elementary opened its doors to allow former students to walk the halls for the final time before the school is torn down for repairs. Kingwood Park students participated in the event since many...

The attendance office sits in the front of the school. Kids leaving early or coming late check in at the office.

New attendance policy frustrates, stresses students

Fallon Head, Editor-in-Chief September 6, 2024

Due to a district policy, attendance has been tied back to final exceptions. Students can have a maximum of four absences a semester to be able to exempt final exams. The district has implemented this...

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