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By Julie Bautista, Staff Reporter December, 2021 The varsity volleyball team finished with a record of five wins and five losses, barely missing the playoffs due to an inability to defeat district competitor NYOS. The result was disappointing given the team’s high hopes. Early in the season, coach Anthony Martin said, “I have a strongContinue reading “Keeping Up With The Varsity Volleyball Team”

By Mar Ayala-Ortiz, Editor in Chief November, 2021 It is 5:45pm and still one bus is missing. Students are either sitting on the stairs or waiting inside for their bus to arrive. As the hour of waiting passes, students begin to call their parents to pick them up or take the metro instead. But forContinue reading “Where Did All Our Buses Go?”

Escrito por Sam Juarez y Isabella, Equipo de Traduciones Noviembre, 2021 During April of 2021, Kipp Austin Collegiate student Isabella Bossio Sarmiento arrived in the city of New York for a new beginning. As exciting as it sounds, it wouldn’t be too easy. Coming from the Spanish speaking country of Colombia would have its benefits,Continue reading “De Colombia a Texas: La Experiencia de un Recién Llegado en los EE. UU.”

By Valeria Velasco, Sports and News Editor December, 2021 KAC’s flag football team acquired two victories out of the four games they played this year in their division, the Central Texas Flag Football Texas Charter School Academic and Athletic League. Both of those games came against archrival KIPP Austin Brave.  KAC’s division games came againstContinue reading “Improved Flag Football Team Sweeps KIPP Austin Brave”

By Gisselle Mireles, Staff Reporter November, 2021 Halloween marks the start of spooky season, when everyone is rushing to see the newest horror movie at the theaters, gathering around friends and family to hear a creepy encounter they had, or decorating to get in the spooky spirit. So, I found it appropriate to interview KippContinue reading “KAC Scary Stories”

By Leslie Acosta Enriquez, Staff Reporter November, 2021 I walked into the building with ripped jeans, a baggy shirt, and some Air Jordans. The outfit was cute and I was ready for the day, when all of a sudden I was stopped by an administrator because my outfit was “unprofessional” and “out of dress code”Continue reading “Is KAC’s Dress Code Enforcement Sexist?”

By Lizeth Moctezuma, Staff Reporter November, 2021 “Thank you guys so much for being here!” “None of this would have ever been possible without all of you.” “I appreciate every single one of you who have stuck by me along this journey of mine.” I feel as if during the two weekends of the AustinContinue reading “A Trip Through ACL”

By Jazmin Suarez, Staff Reporter November, 2021 Could an open campus help with how KAC students act in school and in their lives?  An “open campus” is a school where students are allowed to leave during lunchtime to eat at home or at nearby restaurants. This break from campus can help relieve students’ mind ofContinue reading “Should We Have An Open Campus Policy?”

By Lizeth Moctezuma, Staff Reporter November, 2021 “Red or blue?” Netflix’s hit Korean Drama, Squid Game, quickly became one of their most-watched shows within a week, unwilling to be shaken off the Top 10 in the U.S Today as well as globally. It follows the story of a cast of characters in great debt invitedContinue reading “Netflix’s Number One: Squid Game”