these courses, there are extracurricular groups that Upper School students may audition for: Encore, Acting Company, and Dance Company. The visual arts courses include drawing & illustration, painting, printmaking, photography, film, and ceramics. Every spring, the Upper School puts on a musical for which all students, freshmen through seniors, may audition. Recent productions include Les Miserables, The Sound of Music, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Fiddler on the Roof, and Hairspray. The Middle School also puts on an annual musical production with the seventh and eighth graders. Arts students can participate in the annual ISAS Arts Festival, a program that gathers schools from across the southwest to enable students to showcase their talents and artwork. In 2009, Kinkaid hosted the festival and was scheduled to host again in 2021; however, that year's festival was cancelled due to COVID-19 related issues. History The School was founded in 1906 by Margaret Hunter Kinkaid. When the School was first established, it was located in the dining room of Margaret Hunter Kinkaid's house, which was at the intersection of Elgin and San Jacinto in what is now Midtown Houston. Tuition at the School ranged from $90 per year for first and second grades to $130 per year for sixth graders. Tuition for the 2016–2017 school year was $20,500 for Pre-K through Grade 4, $23,720 for Grades 5 through 8, and $25,000 for Grades 9 through 12. Books, lunch, and a one-time $1000 new student fee are not included. The Richmond Campus The School's second location was at the intersection of Richmond and Graustark in the Neartown neighborhood. The School moved to this location in the fall of 1924. The School had its first Open House that year to celebrate the new facility. This tradition continues today. Kinkaid also added its upper school program beginning in the late 1920s. After more than thirty years, the school eventually outgrew its campus and was forced to look for a new location. The administration bought land in Piney Point Village. When the School moved, most of the buildings built by Kinkaid on the Richmond campus were torn down by the new tenants. Some of the old Kinkaid buildings remained for many years, but all had been torn down by 2005. Piney Point Village campus Since 1957 and through the present day, the School has been situated on a site in the city of Piney Point Village, an enclave of