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THE KNIGHT TIMES Official Student Newspaper of Episcopal High School
February 2023
4650 Bissonnet, Bellaire, Texas 77401
Class of 2023 comes together for annual retreat
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Volume 38, Issue 7
Boys soccer brings home SPC Championship The team earns title of 4A SPC Champions
ALEX GONZALES Staff Writer On March 6, the senior class will come together to end their senior year with a reflective day-long adventure. With a busy and stressful senior year, the Senior Retreat at Camp Allen will allow seniors to decompress and pause during the burdensome yet essential year they are experiencing. The purpose of this retreat is for seniors to begin reflecting on their EHS experience as they move closer to graduation. This allows them to be mindful of their tenure at EHS and what they accomplished and intend to accomplish in the future. Mrs. Courtney Lindloff, Activities Director, believes that the Senior Retreat is valuable because “everything [seniors] have known is about to change, in a very real way. Whatever [seniors’] plans are for the summer and for the next academic year, they will no longer be EHS students. The hope is to help our seniors begin to process this enormous change, both collectively and individually, through activities, discussions, talks, and bonding.” At the retreat, Hutch Coward will give a speech to his fellow classmates to honor the hard work and dedication every student has demonstrated over the past four years. Without a moment to pause during applications, standardized tests, and worrying about their future, seniors can have difficulty plotting a time to reflect and be mindful of their time at EHS, making the Senior Retreat a perfect spot in their busy schedules to slow down and take it all in.
Varsity boys soccer celebrates its first SPC win since 2019 after beating EHS rival the Kinkaid Falcons 1-0. The championship game was played at the Greenhill School in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, February 11, wrapping up the end of the boys’ 2023 SPC season. Photo by Aileen Paredes. ESTEFANIA LOPEZ-SALAS Staff Writer
Senior Yousuf Saeed commented, “I’m beyond grateful to have had a group of such genuine, hardworking teammates with me this season. After last year’s heartbreak, we all knew going into the season what we wanted. We put our heads down, worked at it tirelessly, and did it. We brought it home.” Learn more about the SPC Champions on Page 10
EHS helps the community with annual day of service IZZIE SONG Staff Writer
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EHS held its second annual day of service on February 4, during which students, faculty, and parents devoted their time to organizing food at the Houston Food Bank. Around a hundred participants spent their day packaging, weighing, and sorting goods to be sent off to areas of Houston dealing with food instability. The boxes they helped make are to be shipped out to low-income families and schools, and the primary job of the volunteers was to guarantee the safety and quality of products. Houston Food Bank has long worked with Episcopal thanks to its ability to accommodate the large number of students looking to do service. In a state where 20% of its children experience hunger, this non-profit organization seeks to do more than ship out food. They focus on nutritional education and job-training as well in hopes to establish long term food security within Houston families. EHS students are a part of this mission, even past the annual service days. Opportunities with the Houston Food Bank are available on Helper Helper, an app used by Episcopal’s service achievement program to help bring forward opportuni-
ties across the Houston area. To promote this day, members of SOS, Students of Service, helped drum up support and advertise to their peers. The day itself set forward with the intentions of being a community activity, not exclusive to those well versed in service. Families of students were invited as well as EHS faculty members to create a shared experience. Dan Murphy, a co-director of SOS, helped
organize and supervise the event. “I feel like its maybe a lot to ask, but once you get there and do something. You realize you’re sacrificing a tiny little bit for people who are less fortunate,” said Mr. Murphy. Since service is such a vial and important aspect of the Episcopal Community, many more chances like the annual day of service are soon going to be available to all students at EHS.
Sophomores Ava Black and Sophie Marshall pack waters at the Houston Food Bank. Photo by Vivian Turbidy.