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October, 2023 By Litzy Olguin Senior year is made to prioritize passing your AP exams, enrolling for college, preparing for your future, building relationships for your secondary pathway, etc. To clear your head from all those things the Senior Office is there to make seniors’ last year of high school the best year yet. PresidentContinue reading “Introducing the Senior Office of 2024”

By Marielys Berdejo, Staff Reporter As the 2023-2024 school year starts, new policies regarding restroom privileges, phone usage, and dress code are being enforced at Kipp Austin Collegiate that tremendously affected students.   Restroom privileges :  Why can you only go twice and how has this impacted students academically? Students were surprised to hear that theirContinue reading “2023-2024 Rule Reset: Big Changes to KAC’s Cell Phone, Dress Code, & Restroom Policies”

Senior Giselle Vazquez wins KAC’s first-ever debate trophy October, 2023 By Liliana Castillo and Emily Chalambaga, Editors-at-Large “No one’s going to listen to you if you’re not talking well.”  Debate is an intense competition involving formal discourses and well-thought-out discussions between opponents with differing viewpoints. KAC’s Speech and Debate team was formed last year, andContinue reading “Victory for the Voiceless”

By Fatima Ayala, News & Commentary Editor Being nominated for anything, especially when it aligns with your dream, can be a whirlwind of positive emotions. Thankfully, I was able to capture these emotions from one of our alumni. KAC’s senior, Mauricio, has been selected to attend Duke’s fly-in program later this semester, making the KACContinue reading “Flying with the Blue Devil”

October, 2023 By Camila Juarez, Arts & Culture Editor This year, Kipp Austin Collegiate decided to add a new film analysis class to their courses. “Film Studies” allows students to deeply analyze movies and look at why they’re impactful.  During the 2022-23 school year, former creative writing teacher Ms. Garrighan realized that she loved talking about moviesContinue reading “Introducing Film Studies, the Newest KAC Course”

October, 2023 By Dayana Quezada, Business Team Hispanic Heritage Month is annually celebrated from September 15 to October 15. This celebration recognizes all the work Hispanics put into American history. Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated by many countries around the world, like Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, the DominicanContinue reading ”  Hispanic Heritage Month “

Last May, the Kipp Austin Collegiate graduating class of 2023 had the chance to leave early; however, this was only available for the last month of the school year! As the senior class of 2024 gets closer to graduation, there is so much to do and worry about in order to have a complete andContinue reading ”   Can seniors leave early this year?”

October,2023 By Mariela Rico and Marisol Palomo, Staff Reporters At Kipp Austin Collegiate, the class of 2024 has been discussing how they have been affected by the new gym floors.    Ever since we got new gym floors, there have been a lot of negative impacts, one of them being seniors not being able to takeContinue reading ”     Old tradition cut short for seniors”

As the spooky season and the beautiful breeze of fall arrive, we all look for fun things to do with friends and family members. Here are five fun activities that will be happening this month.  Austin City Limits Music Festival  The Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival is at Austin Zilker Park for two weekendsContinue reading “5 fun activities for the month of October!! “

May, 2023 By Jackie Vazquez and Kitzia Vazquez, Staff Reporter and Arts & Culture Editor May 20,2023 was a very special day. It’s that time of year for seniors, prom! Some had dates, and others didn’t, but that didn’t matter because they went with friends. When they were going to announce who won prom kingContinue reading “Stellar Night at Prom”