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By Mar Ayala, Editor in Chief May, 2022 With the end of the school year, seniors aren’t the only ones bidding farewell. Brian Klenzendorf, KAC’s music director is also having to say goodbye. Although his work with KIPP Collegiate may be over, he still has more to offer and say. Mar Ayala: How long haveContinue reading “Band Director Bids Farewell”

By Asia Quiroz and Arlette Peña, Staff Reporters May, 2022 On September 1st, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a pair of bills that limited the ways Texas teachers can discuss race, racism, and American history in the classroom. The new laws forbid teachers from teaching, among other concepts, that: 1) one raceContinue reading “New Texas Laws Lead to Book Challenges, Restrictions in Teaching History”

By Lizeth Moctezuma, Staff Reporter May, 2022 Every story starts the same. It’s crowded. People beginning to push, start shoving. It’s tight, almost getting hard to breathe. And then: the beat drops. Suddenly a dam of people rushes forward, moving closer to the stage than ever before. Having little to no space between one another,Continue reading “Male Agression In Concerts”

By Leslie Espinoza and Amie Esteban, Staff Reporters May, 2022 At KIPP Austin Collegiate, we celebrate the beginning of a new quarter with something called First Thursday, which used to be called First Friday. First Thursday is the end of the quarter celebration. We have all of our classes and then the last 2 hoursContinue reading “KAC’s 21-22 Last First Thursday”

By Mar Ayala, Editor in Chief May, 2022 On Saturday, May 14th, Fine Arts students, Dance Crew, and Robotics students were able to perform and showcase for KIPP’s 20th Anniversary of being in Austin. Students from band, guitar, steel drums, and voice were able to perform on the villa for guests to enjoy. Dance studentsContinue reading “20th Annual KIPP Night Out”

By Arlette Peña, Staff Reporter May, 2022 April 26th all students in SNHS gathered after school to celebrate their year’s accomplishments and say their goodbyes to the seniors.The president, Francisco Morales, better known as Francis by his friends, opened up with a speech to his fellow members. Francisco talked about things they did this yearContinue reading “End of 21-22 SNHS Chapter”

By Kitzia Vazquez, Staff Reporter May, 2022 On April 23rd, KAC hosted the Charter School Music Competition after being canceled for two years. The schools that competed were KIPP Austin College Prep, Wayside Sci-Tech High School, IDEA Montopolis and lastly our own KIPP Austin Collegiate. Seven of the bands were competitors and only two ofContinue reading “Bringing Back Music After a Pandemic”

By Angelica Lugo, Arts and Culture Editor May, 2022 Last week, The Cardinal Post sat with Cameron Lipe, AP Environmental Science teacher, to discuss the bus project she initiated in 2020. Along with her husband and friends, for Ms. Lipe the bus project has been an amazing accomplishment she is glad to share with theContinue reading “From School Bus to Home”

By Alexis Rodriguez, Staff Reporter El club de lenguaje de señas de nuestra escuela es un grupo relativamente nuevo que se fundó el año pasado y ha ido creciendo a medida que avanza el curso escolar. El Club de Lenguaje de Señas Americano se centra en que sus miembros aprendan y desarrollen sus habilidades deContinue reading “Aprendiendo ASL En KAC”

By Alexis Rodriguez, Staff Reporter May 2022 KIPP Collegiate’s new sign language club is a relatively new group that was founded last year and has been growing as the school year continues. The American Sign Language Club focuses on its members learning and developing their sign language skills. They decide as a group what theyContinue reading “Learning ASL at KAC”