News that Stands Out
THE KNIGHT TIMES Official Student Newspaper of Episcopal High School
May 2023
4650 Bissonnet, Bellaire, Texas 77401
www.ehshouston.org
Volume 38, Issue 10
Junior and senior Seniors proudly display their colleges of choice girls participate EHS seniors celebrate the next step in their educational journey in Powderpuff MORGAN HERROD Co-Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday May 3, the week following the end of the Spring SPC tournaments, the annual Powderpuff football game was played on Simmons Field. With a full student section, the players were cheered on by friends and peers. Held by Student Council, Powderpuff is a beloved EHS tradition in which the junior girls compete against the senior girls in a game of flag football. Junior Head Coach Breylan Thompson and Senior Head Coach Hutch Coward put their best efforts in to bring their teams to victory. On April 19, all eligible to participate in the competition received an email, inviting them to engage in the activity. Those who wished to participate were required to fill out a form, illustrating how involved they wanted to be. Participants had the option to request to go out on the field and play or simply watch with their friends from the side. Each player received a shirt, commemorating their engagement. Warmups for coaches and players started promptly at 2:50, and the game began at 3:00, lasting 30 minutes. Students and faculty were invited to cheer on the competitors, and after the game, Kona Ice was served to all who joined in the event.
Seniors Kiera Adzgery, Isabel O’Gorman, Olivia Chapman, Lily O’Gorman, and Estefania Lopez-Salas decorated their skirts and wore their college t-shirts as graduation nears. The Class of 2023 is excited for the upcoming fall semester and the future to come. Photo by Jules Weinstein. JULIA SHERMAN Production Editor
“Leaving Tree is an annual EHS tradition for graduating seniors. At the end of each school year, seniors come to campus before graduation to put their names on metal leaves on a designated tree in Trinity Courtyard. Leaving Tree is a great way for seniors to have one last sentimental moment together and leave their legacy at Episcopal High School as Knights.” Learn more about Leaving Tree on Page 2
EHS students recognized in Awards Chapel CAMPBELL RICHARDSON Copy Editor Juniors Allie Williams and Blake Hodgson head to the end zone and a score. Photo by Libby Davis.
INSIDE The Class of 2023 college map arrives Check out where the seniors are going to college
PAGE 4-5 Baseball, Softball, Boys Track win SPC Girls track earns SPC Runner-Up
PAGE 7 Features ........................ 2 Culture ......................... 3 College Map .................. 4-5 Opinions........................... 6 Sports................................ 7 Knight Shift...................... 8
On Wednesday, April 26, the EHS community celebrated the Awards Chapel, a special event to honor the school’s exceptional individuals in many areas. Awards Chapel stands as one of the school’s traditions that has been kept for years as a way to demonstate student’s commitment in each department of the Four Pillars. At Episcopal the motto is to Stand Out, and it is important to honor those who have the willingness to strive for that goal and the resolve to achieve it. Where Honors Chapel recognizes students’ excellence in overall grades, Awards Chapel acknowledged their exceptional talents in focused areas of study. Many of those awarded were seniors, and with nearly all their time in high school over, they were recognized for their hard work. For underclassmen still new to some traditions, it serves both as an introduction to those practices and to the achievements they can strive for over their remaining years. Out of the many people who work to provide the Episcopal community with these events, the two main organizers for this Chapel were Kim Randolph, Associate
Head of School, and Cyndi Boren, Assistant to the Deans. As for the process itself, it begins with Mr. Randolph contacting all faculty members to discuss by department the candidates and winner of each award. When asked what he thought was important for the students to hear, Principal Antonio Avalos said, “Seniors take a great
part in celebrating this event judging from the high volume of cheers that were displayed whenever a senior won an award. I hope the underclassmen see this and take on the challenge to strive for being named the winner of any of these special awards next school year, and I hope their classmates celebrate them as well.”
Senior metalists Mya Broughton, Lucy Holen, and Anyla Wilson and winner Lila Henningsen were awarded for Excellence in the Study of Media Arts. Photo by Mr. Charles Holt.