News that Stands Out
THE KNIGHT TIMES Official Student Newspaper of Episcopal High School
January 2021
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Model UN participates in yearly event
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Volume 35, Issue 6
Senior Outreach
Entire Senior Class participates in giving back to the Houston community
ESTEFANIA LOPEZ-SALAS Staff Writer On January 21-22, all the students in Model UN, led by Mr. Julius Michael, participated in the Houston Area Model UN Conference. There were twenty-nine students that participated in this yearly conference, but there were some changes due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year the conference was hosted virtually, and it took place on Zoom. All participants worked very hard throughout the year to prepare for this yearly event. On January 21, the event was held from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and on January 22, it lasted from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Traditionally, it is held at the University of Houston and has around 1,300 students from the Houston area participating. Every year in preparation for this conference, the students, also known as delegates, write two lengthy papers and research certain topics. These topics vary every year. This year, these topics included countries that students were given at the beginning of the school year. The countries they represented were Cambodia, the Czech Republic, Thailand, and Swaziland. All these countries have very different cultures and life experiences, which is why our students love researching them. There were also five students on the crisis committees which also attended the Model UN conference. At the end of the conference, the best delegate and best position paper received awards from the Houston Area Model UN Conference. EHS senior Lyndon Walsh, a member of Model UN, said, “Model UN allows students to tackle real world issues and further their knowledge of global affairs. On top of that, the club is a platform for students of all ages to meet new people and find common interests. I look forward to seeing how the club continues to grow under my successors.” “Model UN goes outside of the realm of high school and offers the opportunity for students to continue into college. After graduating, Model UN does not have to stop there,” Lyndon said. The Episcopal High School community is very proud of all the hardworking students that were involved this year.
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Alena Haney and Julian Diaz joined some fellow seniors at the Houston Food Bank during Senior Outreach in early January. The students packaged food and other necessities for those in need. Photo by Lauren West. LARA VERSTOVSEK Staff Writer
Instead of the normal two weeks, this year’s Senior Outreach lasted two days. The seniors were given the opportunity to work with various organizations and contribute projects around Houston like the Houston Food Bank, Kids’ Meals, painting at the Valencia home, and building greenhouses in Little Cambodia. Learn more about Senior Outreach on Page 3
Winter play Letters to Sala reveals a teen’s heartbreaking journey through the Holocaust SARA FAULCONER Staff Writer The Episcopal High School Theater Program has been hard at work researching, blocking, and filming the winter show Letters to Sala. Director Mr. Paul Revaz expressed that the show “is not a play about the Nazi labor camps, though they are central to the play. It’s about how we approach our history.” Letters to Sala takes the audience into the perspective of a Holocaust survivor rehashing her experience as a young adult working in a labor camp. Not only does the show dive into her past but reveals the changes her present family has as they look back into Sala’s life. Her family discovers their beloved family member is an important historical figure who risked her life and lives of others to hide and save 350 letters and birthday cards she received within her five years at camp. This process has been an eye-opening experience for the entire cast and crew as they stepped on stage to embody historical figures that faced many hardships beyond imagination. Mr. Revaz is “amazed and truly heartened by the ability of this young
cast to delve into the circumstances in play within Sala’s world.” After much research, three weeks of blocking, and two weeks of filming, the show was set to end before Thanksgiving Break. Unfortunately, it was postponed until after Christmas Break, leaving another
challenge for the cast to hop back into their characters after weeks of being away from the rehearsal process. The minor step back did not stop the cast and crew from getting back into filming just where they left off to have the show stream on January 13-18.
Toward the end of the performance of Letters to Sala, cast members reenact the celebration of the end of the war and commemorate their freedom from the horrors of work camps. Photo by Madeleine Berckley.