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KP TIMES

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Junior Abigail Smith cheers during the final pep rally of the year with the competition cheer team.

Competition cheer earns top 5 finish at Nationals

Preston Carpenter, Staff Wrtiter March 4, 2024

During its last competition of the year, the competition cheer team placed fifth overall after advancing through three rounds of eliminations. The cheer team faced off against 26 teams from across the...

Seniors Vuong Nguyen and Zachary Niesporek work on homework between events at academic team meet at Livingston. Photos contributed by Theresa Robison.

UIL academic team does final prep for District Meet

Fallon Head, KPtimes.com Editor February 19, 2024

The UIL Academic Team has begun preparing for its district meet on April 5-6, with only one practice competition left. Head coach Theresa Robison hopes to bring full teams to all events and have the same...

Primary season is the first opportunity for many students to vote. By Cagkan. Source: Adobe Stock

Primaries kick off big election year

Madelyn Glenn, Staff Writer February 6, 2024

Registration to vote in Texas’ primary elections closed Feb. 5. While the general election starts in November, Texans will start voting in the primaries on Feb. 20.  This will be the first election...

The judge exams senior Landon Hartman's turkey.

Hard work pays off at Humble rodeo

Exa Nix, Managing Editor February 2, 2024

On Thursday, the Humble auction was held and $332,256 was raised for 70 FFA and 4H students. Of that total, $97,450 of that money went to Kingwood Park FFA students to use in furthering their futures. Humble...

History teacher and coach Eric Coovert talks with reporters on the red carpet at the Houston Sports Awards on Jan. 30. Coovert was honored with the Inspiration Award for his battle with cancer.

Houston honors Coovert as his cancer battle continues

Maya Ortiz, Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2024

History teacher and coach Eric Coovert walked through a standing ovation onto the stage at the Houston Sports Awards. In a room full of Houston sports legends, he could not believe he was being honored...

Dr. Kevin Caizley is surprised by his wife Krista and daughter Emily after being named campus Teacher of the Year at the pep rally on Jan. 26.

Health science teacher wins Teacher of the Year

Morgen Dozier and Bailey Hall January 26, 2024

Two weeks ago students and teachers nominated their favorite faculty member for campus Teacher of the Year. The field was narrowed to four: health science teacher Dr. Kevin Caizley, criminal justice teacher...

Students read poetry they worked on throughout their poetry unit on the final day in a coffee house setting.

English teachers create passion for poetry

Preston Carpenter, Special Contributor January 23, 2024

English 3 classes participated in the poetry coffee house on Monday, which was the culmination of a unit they did on poetry. The students wrote their own poems and presented them in the format of a coffee...

After stapling "Notes of Love" to the Tiny Home walls, students walked around and talked as they read the notes around them.

‘Notes of Love’ add blessings to Tiny Home

Soleil Cavallo and Elin Dailey January 19, 2024

Kids came from all directions grabbing Post-It notes and trying to decide what to write down. As kids finished with their notes, they found a wall to staple it to in the latest Tiny Home. On Jan. 11,...

Students are getting used to seeing "Out of Service" signs on bathroom doors. The building has had plumbing issues for four months.

Plumbing problems continue to plague campus

Maya Ortiz, Editor-in-Chief January 11, 2024

Plumbing problems are a common issue on campus these days. It is not surprising to see towels shoved under doors, signs saying “Out of Service” and hallways smelling of toilet water. When the plumbing...

Students line up for food during D Lunch last week. When the winter break ended, the school implemented four lunch shifts for all three days of the week.

Students adjust slowly to 4 lunch shifts

Evelyn Vela-West, Staff Writer January 9, 2024

Coming into the new school year, students were surprised with a new lunch schedule. Last year there was a temporary ABC lunch schedule, where students were split by classes across three lunch periods and...

Students take on roles of judge, jurors, witnesses and lawyers in Scarlett May's Court Systems and Practices class. The courtroom was built on the second floor to help instruction in the courts and law classes.

Courtroom brings lessons to life

Grace Darcy, Sports Editor January 5, 2024

The courtroom is officially in use after construction wrapped up this past summer.  The new mock courtroom set up allows for criminal justice teacher, Scarlett May, to teach her students what it would...

Starting in September, Apple started to create its new products with a USB-C charging port to comply with new European Union regulations. Photo by Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Users adjust to new iPhone charger

Dannika Melendez Mateo, Staff Writer December 23, 2023

Apple released the brand new iPhone 15 in September. It is  designed to be the best smartphone in the world. It has all the latest features and technology that people could ever imagine. Coming in all...

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