News that Stands Out
THE KNIGHT TIMES Official Student Newspaper of Episcopal High School
May 2024
4650 Bissonnet, Bellaire, Texas 77401
EHS welcomes the Class of 2028 to campus
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Volume 39, Issue 10
Track and field, softball take SPC titles Spring sports programs finish with collective success
CHARLOTTE MEHNERT Staff Writer Entering high school and leaving middle school behind can be intimidating. With that anxiety in mind, Episcopal holds its annual New Knight Social to offer incoming freshmen a beneficial event to ease their transition. The Social was held May 9 and gave members of the Class of 2028 the opportunity to meet with their advisors, fellow advisees, and other members of the EHS community. Among their activities, students played interactive games to find common interests and connections with their advisory peers. Episcopal finds advisories to be extremely important as students work together for their four years of high school, sharing the adjustment to the EHS campus and becoming a part of the student body before the summer begins. Each advisory gets two FAM (Family Advisory Mentor) upperclassmen to share their freshman year experiences. FAM members discuss their perspective on school activities and extracurriculars and what not to do, In a way, these students act as education siblings to the new class members. While the incoming students got to know their advisory, their parents ate some snacks in the library and got to know each other better as well. Veteran EHS parents were also in attendance to share words of wisdom. Just like FAM, the veteran parents shared their experiences and gave the incoming parents advice. The Freshman Dean Team was also there to provide new parents information about class placement and sports and answer questions.
The 2024 boys and girls track and field SPC Champions gather around their trophies in celebration. Photo by Mrs. Jessica Ferdinand. PORTER MILLER Social Media Coordinator
“This spring season, the Episcopal High School Athletics Pillar earned three Southwest Preparatory Conference titles, bringing the EHS total for the year to 11, a first for any school in conference history.” Learn more about our SPC Champions on Page 7
Powerpuff and Ballers v. Scholars signal end of year LULU GIBELLINI Features Editor
INSIDE Check out the 2024 College Map Where are the Class of 2024 heading?
Page 4-5 EHS softball spells SPC dynasty Softball program earns seventh-consecutive title
Page 7 Features ........................... 2-3 College Map ..................... 4-5 Opinions........................... 6 Sports............................... 7 Knight Shift ..................... 8
Episcopal’s Annual PowerPuff and Ballers vs Scholars games occurred on May 8. Thanks to the hard work of the Student Council and Director of Student Activities Mrs. Courtney Lindloff, events like these are a tradition at Episcopal High School. Teachers and students played in the annual Ballers vs Scholars basketball game to kick off the twelfth year of these events. “This basketball game acts as a friendly rivalry to build camaraderie among the seniors as well as the faculty and staff,” said Mr. David Trauba. Mr. Trauba has been a long-time coordinator of the contest, putting his team of Scholars together each year to overcome the youth of the student group the Ballers. The Scholars won this year for the eleventh time with a final score of 22-20. A whopping sixteen faculty members helped in the win. These faculty and staff members included Katie Gould, John Ly, Remon Maximos, Michael Codrington, Jeanette Martinez, Chief Achilefu, Jae Cross, Kyle Sumrow, Mike Hodgson, Julius Michael, Shelly Canella, Max Peraza, Chelsea Bass, Ryan Decker, Alan Duncan, and David Trauba. After the basketball game, EHS junior and senior girls engaged in a football game, Episcopal’s annual PowerPuff. This year’s
game was at 3:45 on Simmons Field, with the officiating help of Kary Kemble and Steve Leisz. This year was the biggest turnout of players in EHS history with fifty-nine juniors and forty-nine seniors. Boys from the Junior and Senior Classes
serve as coaches to help their respective peers. This year saw fifteen coaches helping the girls with their game. The twenty-minute game ended with a six touchdowns to one victory for the Class of 2024 girls.
Students and faculty play basketball in the annual Ballers vs Scholars game. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Jessica Morales.