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KP TIMES

The student news site of Kingwood Park High School

KP TIMES

The mother Killdeer on her nest.

Humble ISD decides not to move mother Killdeer and nest from K-Park soccer field

Emily Humble, Web Editor March 31, 2017

Around 7am on spring mornings at K-Park, the north parking lot is usually a peaceful, quiet place. The first few students are beginning to arrive for the day and the sun is turning the sky a deep indigo....

Kim Davis and Kimberly Young dress up for decades day in October.

Decades dance goes down – the junior class’s fundraiser did not go as planned

Katey Searcy, Staff Reporter March 10, 2017

In its 10 years as a high school campus, K-Park has acquired a slew of traditions: Freshman day of service. Annual end-of-the year senior pranks. Special state send-offs. This year, the junior class...

K-Park IT head Myriam Vargas moves a cart with a broken computer monitor on it in the technology storage room.

Snapchat likely to be blocked on school Wi-Fi for good

Emily Humble, Web Editor March 10, 2017

Snapchat became unavailable on the school wifi on Jan. 25th, but was only gone for about a week and a half. However, it is most likely that it will soon leave and never return again. It was originally...

System malfunction causes fire alarm to send students back outside before start of school day

Emily Humble, Web Editor February 24, 2017

A system malfunction caused K-Park’s fire alarm to go off shortly before the start of the school day on Feb. 24, resulting in mild confusion among students just arriving to campus. Many were unaware...

Teacher of the year Amy Balke, back row center, and several other teachers in zombie makeup as part of an interactive activity in Balke's AP psychology class.

Teacher Amy Balke wins Teacher of the Year award for unconventional classroom activites

Katey Searcy, Staff Reporter February 7, 2017

Amy Balke, a K-Park AP Psychology and U.S History teacher, has been named the 2017 Teacher of the Year at Kingwood Park High School. Balke, who has been teaching for four years, has spent three of those...

Color Guard's first indoor performance of the year on Jan 26.

Color Guard puts on street-performance inspired routine in first show of the year

Avery Alvarez, Staff Reporter February 3, 2017

A big gray mat, riddled with trash cans and sabers lay on the gym floor. People, wearing  beanies of muted colors, plaid shirts and hoodies, loiter around the corners. A girl with a dress covered...

Rapper Keith Cozart, known as Chief Keef. From Bet.com.

Popular rapper Chief Keef arrested in Los Angeles

Jacob Maple, Staff Reporter February 2, 2017

Keith Cozart, a 21-year-old rapper out of Chicago’s southside known by the  stage name “Chief Keef,” was arrested in Los Angeles last Thursday. Known for his intense lyrics and violent behavior,...

K-Park dance learns their ABC's

K-Park dance learns their ABC’s

Madelinn Miller, Staff Reporter January 27, 2017

K-Park dance classes kicked off the new semester with the ABC’s of Dance project, an assignment that goes through the entire alphabet with dance-related terms. Students had to create a project that...

PrinceElla Parnell with her daughter.

K-Park remembers school police officer PrinceElla Parnell

Nick Farace, Staff Reporter January 23, 2017

PrinceElla Parnell, described by those who knew her as a “loving and kind spirit,” was determined to become a police officer. She realized that dream three years ago when she joined the Humble ISD...

Junior orchestra student Klarissa Lowrance performs at the orchestra concert on October 18.

Social action reaches out to orchestra in class project to assist marginalized groups

Emily Humble, Web Editor December 2, 2016

When the lights come up at a fine art event at K-Park, students, faculty, and family members turn up in the audience, ready to enjoy the performance. However, orchestra has traditionally drawn the smallest...

K-Park students at the Houston Food Bank during Day of Service, Nov. 15.

Slideshow: Freshman give back at Day of Service 2016

November 17, 2016

The annual 2016 K-Park Day of Service was held last Tuesday, November 15. K-Park freshmen, panther pals, other students, and faculty traveled across the Houston area to volunteer at various schools and...

Juniors Audrey Manning, Katy Majerus, and Kassidy Luck dressed as Oompa Loompas in the Red Wagon competition on October 28.

Round-up of annual homecoming competition winners and celebrations

Scottlyn Robinson, Staff Reporter November 14, 2016

As the K-Park homecoming pep rally got started, the bleachers were a blanket of forest green T-shirts. Students roared with cheers of K-Park and stomped their feet with excitement. Bells and whistles...

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