January 2021 By Maria Montes, Staff Reporter and Food Critic When KAC senior Estefanía Casique, 17, started her own business last summer, she hoped to become more independent and not always ask her mom for money. She didn’t expect to meet “some really cool customers,” or to sell as many strawberries as she has inContinue reading “Estefanía Casique: Cardinal Senior Has Her Own Business”
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Cardinals Go Back to Campus: A Personal Reflection
January 2021 By Keila Rosales, Editor-in-Chief Starting a new school year in-person was not possible for many students worldwide but KAC students are serving as an example of how highschoolers are dealing with all of this yet-to-be-over commotion. Many students have decided to stay online; when in-person learning resumed in October, only about 30% ofContinue reading “Cardinals Go Back to Campus: A Personal Reflection”
A Growing Team and Family
January 2021 By Yuritsi Jaimes, Staff Reporter The KAC family is growing in more ways than one, as two of our teachers, Amber Corral and Jessica Neumann, have each had babies in recent months. Corral, a Social Studies teacher, gave birth to her daughter Mia Isabel Corral on October 25th, and Neumann, an inclusion teacherContinue reading “A Growing Team and Family”
KAC Robotics Maneuvers Into a Brave New World
January 2021 By Leila Magallanez, Staff Reporter This past October, KIPP Austin Collegiate’s Robotics team kicked off their second season. This year looks a little different, like all clubs and classes have experienced. What is Robotics? It’s what it sounds like. Robotics is a school club that participates in FIRST, a program that allows forContinue reading “KAC Robotics Maneuvers Into a Brave New World”
Minecraft’s Steve Joins the Super Smash Bros.
January 2021 By Ezequiel Jaime-Sanchez, Staff Reporter Super Smash Bros Ultimate is a game with 74 fighters and 100 different stages where players fight in an intense free-for-all. Minecraft character Steve was the part of a $30 DLC including 7 other fighters. Steve has three different alternate skins: Alex, Enderman, and a zombie. Added toContinue reading “Minecraft’s Steve Joins the Super Smash Bros.”
Restaurant Review: Tasty Cuisine at Sweet Paris
April 2021 By Maria Montes, Staff Reporter and Food Critic Many restaurants have opened recently in Austin. One new place in Austin is at the Domain, and it’s called Sweet Paris Creperie and Cafe. At Sweet Paris they serve breakfast. It’s a place full of tranquility and, overall, a nice restaurant. It opened on AugustContinue reading “Restaurant Review: Tasty Cuisine at Sweet Paris”
The New KAC Cheer Team!
March 2021 By Joanna Toledo, Staff Reporter This school year KAC decided to make a new elective for our students: a cheer team, for the first time at KAC. This year the pandemic has taken a big toll on all of us, forcing us to make drastic changes. We’ve from learning in class, being taughtContinue reading “The New KAC Cheer Team!”
Don’t Fear the Needle: My Experience with the Pfizer Vaccine
March 2021 By Yuritsi Jaimes, Staff Reporter In little more than a year, Covid-19 has killed more than 570,000 people in the United States, and more than three million worldwide. Because of this, we need to protect ourselves and others by getting vaccinated. I recognize that many people are scared of the vaccine because itContinue reading “Don’t Fear the Needle: My Experience with the Pfizer Vaccine”
Giving When it Counts: Teachers, Staff Aid KAC Families
March 2021 By Ezequiel Jaime-Sanchez When Winter Storm Uri hit, Texas wasn’t ready. Most stores were forced to close and when they did open the lines stretched far outside the store. Additionally, water was hard to get and Texans had to boil water for precautionary measures. This led to food disparity for many Texas residents.Continue reading “Giving When it Counts: Teachers, Staff Aid KAC Families”
Winter Storm Uri Wreaks Havoc on KAC, Austin
March 2021 By Carlos Rivas, Staff Reporter From February 15 to February 23, Winter Storm Uri brought unbearably cold temperatures and freezing precipitation to Texas, closing many schools, including KAC, and canceling virtual and in-person classes due to the bad weather. More than four million households in Texas lost electricity and similar numbers ran outContinue reading “Winter Storm Uri Wreaks Havoc on KAC, Austin”
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