Jay Maclin commits to Mizzou
Charlotte Heinrich, features + in-depth editor
April 19, 2019
Filed under News, Showcase, Top News
Jay Maclin, junior, committed to play football at the University of Missouri Columbia (Mizzou) April 19, 2019. “All day I was nervous,” Maclin said. “When they told me it was time to go [commit], it was very nerve-wracking. Once I started talking it was really good.” According to Maclin, ...
“Those poor kids in Africa”
Thomas Birmingham, print editor
April 19, 2019
The first time I remember hearing it was in fifth grade. “Those poor kids in Africa.” When the Student Council leaders at my Catholic school said those words, they were presenting the latest school-wide service project to my class: raising $1,000 to send food provisions to a small town in...
School board election results
Izzy Colón and Thomas Birmingham
April 3, 2019
Filed under Showcase
Kirkwood citizens came out to the polls on Tuesday, April 2 to cast their votes in the school board election. Mark Boyko and Darnel Frost were elected. The results were updated throughout the night by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. TKC compiled the final results: Frost - 4,266 40% Boyko - 3,700 34.7% Ricks -2,593 ...
Pastoral letter from school board candidate Tom Ricks causes controversy online
Thomas Birmingham, Maisie Bradley, Izzy Colón, and Logan Crews
March 28, 2019
Filed under Showcase
With the Kirkwood School Board election approaching Tuesday April 2, Jake Lyonfields, a self-described community organizer, made a Facebook post calling to #RejectRicks on Sunday March 24. The “Ricks” in the hashtag refers to Tom Ricks, a candidate for the Kirkwood School Board and the lead pasto...
No more summer homework for KHS
Amara Harper, features writer
March 1, 2019
Filed under Showcase
Recently, at a KHS staff meeting, Dr. Michael Havener, KHS principal, made the decision that summer homework for any class will no longer be required. This rule applies to regular classes as well as AP and honors level courses, according to Havener. “It's on the same lines as no homework we...
“Sectored off”: Meacham Park
Ethan Peter, features writer
February 14, 2019
Filed under Features, Showcase, Top Stories
Winter White-Banks, sophomore, and her friends rushed through the halls on Friday, discussing where to go as school let out. The group bounced ideas off one another, but ultimately failed to decide on a location, so Winter invited them to her house. With her offer, however, the group grew unea...
TKC testifies in support of Cronkite New Voices Act
Maddie Meyers, web managing editor
February 7, 2019
Jack Rintoul, TKC editor-in-chief, and Mitch Eden, TKC adviser, testified, Wed., Feb. 6 in Jefferson City in favor of the Cronkite New Voices Act. The New Voices Act overturns Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier which stated school administrators can exercise prior review on school-sponsored expression. New Voices would protect student journalists from adminis...
Complicit consumerism
Logan Crews, editor-in-chief
February 4, 2019
I’ve heard a million times that I’m lucky. I’m lucky I was born in 2000 to the Crews family in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. I’m lucky I came out as queer and transgender to open arms and only slight awkwardness. I’m lucky I don’t have to shield myself from violent discrimination. I...
7 ways to be hygge this winter
Grace Klebe, news editor
December 14, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
Maggie Burton Hygge Noun. Hue-Guh Danish. A quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. Fuzzy socks. Blankets. Hot chocolate. Fireplace. These are all things that are associated with comfort and coziness. They are hygge. Hygge is the umbrella under which everything cozy lives in Danish culture. In...
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