January, 2023 By Cristian Montesinos, Staff Reporter On December 13, 2022, all of the KAC Steel Drum Band classes came together to perform in the gym for the annual Winter Fest Show. The band, the Beginner Steel Drum class and the Advanced Class all performed. The first ones to play music were the band students.Continue reading “Steel Drums Steal the Show at the Winter Festival”
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Bored During Spring Break? Check Out Our Local Recommendations!
February, 2023 By Raul Suarez, Staff Reporter As spring break approaches, many people will travel and hang out with friends. But with so many choices, which is the most fun and inexpensive? Having a lot of options to choose from anywhere from arcades, restaurants, movies, parks, and even video games that you can play duringContinue reading “Bored During Spring Break? Check Out Our Local Recommendations!”
Fast Food Teen: My Life in Working at McDonald’s
February, 2023 By Brayan Davis, Staff Reporter Like many others my first job was a fast food place. My experiences there were unreal. Things I’ve never seen before were an everyday occurrence where I worked. I worked long 12 hour shifts where I thought the day would never end. I worked for a sorry twelveContinue reading “Fast Food Teen: My Life in Working at McDonald’s”
Full-Ride Future Promised to Seniors
January, 2023 By Kevin Benitez, Staff Reporter This year, KAC had many QuestBridge finalists (a non-profit partnered with top schools around the country including: Stanford, Yale, Brown, Columbia, MIT, Princeton, and more), including seniors Ana Sanchez, Lizeth Moctezuma, Gabriela Sosa, Beatriz Tinoco, Danela Lira, Karen Herrera, and Ailin Mendoza. With the application opening up onContinue reading “Full-Ride Future Promised to Seniors”
Black History Month: A Brief History
February, 2023 By Jerald Herrera, Staff Reporter A year after Carter G. Woodson and other notable figures founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH); he began one of the first journals to cover African-American history, The Journal of African-American History: a crucial step in increasing nationwide respect for theContinue reading “Black History Month: A Brief History”
Elections in Divided Texas Go Abbott’s Way
December, 2022 By Mikayla Shanks, Staff Reporter For the past year, current Texas governor Greg Abbott and former congressman Beto O’Rourke have been competing in an intense campaign to win the votes of Texans in order to be elected as governor. Along with the results, and Abbott’s victory, many mixed emotions came on election day,Continue reading “Elections in Divided Texas Go Abbott’s Way”
El Efecto Tik Tok
Diciembre, 2022 Escrito por Jerald Herrera y traducido por Raul Súarez En solo seis años, TikTok ha acumulado una audiencia de alrededor de mil millones, que es aproximadamente el 20% de la población total de Internet. Con estos números aumentando diariamente, uno solo puede preguntarse cuáles son los efectos potenciales de este fenómeno, el aumentoContinue reading “El Efecto Tik Tok”
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KAC Basketball Girls Preview What’s to Come
December, 2022 By Darren Dukes, Sports Reporter The dribbling of basketballs and squeaks of sneakers across the court can be heard as Coach Carrizales gets his varsity girls ready for their 2022-2023 season. Last year, the varsity girls were division champions and just a few wins from the regional and state championship games. They’re notContinue reading “KAC Basketball Girls Preview What’s to Come”
Junior Giselle Vazquez Leans on Her Family to Reach the Stars
December, 2022 By Dayana Quezada and Josselin Trejo, Staff Reporters Junior Giselle Vazquez-Herrera will never forget the day she learned she has the top-ranked GPA in the class of 2024. It felt like any other normal day in junior seminar, when she was checking her GPA and class rank. Giselle did not expect much. WhenContinue reading “Junior Giselle Vazquez Leans on Her Family to Reach the Stars”
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