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Student Newspaper of Caney Creek High School

Creek Compass

Student Newspaper of Caney Creek High School

Creek Compass

Family confirms Creek alumna death in flash flood

Family confirms Creek alumna death in flash flood

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief Jul 6, 2025

UPDATED Caney Creek High School alumna Claire Reese Manchaca died following the major flash flood in Kerr County on July 4. After a three day search, three family members confirmed the search was over...

Kindergartener Negan Day plays on his phone June 20 with a math binder in front of him.

School board adopts policy banning all cellphone usage on campus

Logan day, Web Editor-In-Chief Jun 20, 2025

Cellphone and headphone usage will be prohibited from K-12 campuses starting August after the school board passed an updated electronic devices policy 6-0 – Trustee Marianne Horton being absent – during...

Dr. Terri Benson is announced new principal at faculty meeting March 21, 2023.

Benson leaves role as principal; Stichler set to return

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief Jun 5, 2025

Principal of two years Dr. Terri Benson announced her leave from Caney Creek High School yesterday after accepting the principal role with Angleton High School in Angleton ISD. Benson’s contract with...

Portrait of Woodlands High School Principal Ted Landry.

Woodlands principal hired as interim superintendent as Null leaves for Lake Travis ISD

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief May 31, 2025

The school board unanimously voted to hire current The Woodlands High School Principal Dr. Ted Landry as the Conroe ISD interim superintendent out of four other finalists during the special meeting May...

Sophomore Ava Aldridge practices speaking during a debate practice on Nov. 12.

Sophomore debater goes undefeated at region, ranking among top 12 in 6-A Texas

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief May 16, 2025

Sophomore Ava Aldridge’s heels clicked down the dark stairwell leading to the basement of the Marrs McLean Science building at Baylor University. The feeling of anxiety-induced nausea mixed with the...

Students utilize Roblox to boost learning motivation

Students utilize Roblox to boost learning motivation

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief May 15, 2025

AP World History teacher Karen Solberg sent a Roblox AP World history review game to her students via a Remind message April 26, as Roblox-reviews garner AP teacher attention nation-wide. Roblox user “runnygurl”...

Portrait of senior Nathaly Arana

Senior faces pressure to succeed, does so through STEM

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief May 2, 2025

Senior Nathaly Arana is everything her parents want her to be. She’s taken almost every science class at the school, her progress reports are rows of A’s and her teachers describe her as productive...

Wrestler tackles self doubt at state level

Wrestler tackles self doubt at state level

Imani Olive, Reporter May 2, 2025

“I thought it was really cool [to go], but I was also disappointed in myself, I feel like I let everyone down.” Isaiah Rivera, a Junior on Caney Creek’s boys wrestling team, competed at 265 in...

Senior Derek Darkenwald atop his airplane submitted from Instagram.

Senior follows in family footsteps on path to piloting career

Maria Maya, Reporter May 2, 2025

Senior Derek Darkenwald is in a family of pilots; his father, sister, and grandfather are pilots and all have influenced his future of becoming a pilot. Now it’s his turn to join the family business....

Breshad Robinson, Ava Aldridge and Camila Blancas stand with their medals after the UIL Region 2-6A competition at Baylor University on April 26.

Sophomore wins UIL regional debate title

Staff Report Apr 28, 2025

Sophomore Ava Aldridge went undefeated at the UIL Region 2-6A contest to take home the Lincoln-Douglas debate championship Saturday, April 26, at Baylor University in Waco. She is now among the top 12...

The cover and sample pages from the 2023-2024 edition of The Creek yearbook.

Yearbook earns national Pacemaker Award

Staff Report Apr 28, 2025

The 2023-2024 edition of The Creek, Caney Creek High School’s yearbook, has been named a winner of the National Scholastic Press Association’s prestigious Pacemaker Award, the highest national honor...

Sophomore accepts life lessons through quinceañera

Sophomore accepts life lessons through quinceañera

Imani Olive, Reporter Apr 24, 2025

After getting the call from her brother while she and her mother were spending time in Mexico, Alexa Bernabe was overwhelmed. Nearly a year’s worth of preparation had to be adjusted only a few months...

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