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Creek Compass

Student Newspaper of Caney Creek High School

Creek Compass

Student Newspaper of Caney Creek High School

Creek Compass

AI illustration of a student in a classroom with a cellphone. Prompt: "Make a graphic of a kid sitting in a classroom with a cellphone, from an angle where no faces are visible"

It’s time schools embrace cellphones in academic courses

Breshad Robinson, Opinions Editor May 5, 2025

HB-1481, a bill to ban cellphones in public schools, currently sits in the Texas House Public Education Committee.  Conroe Independent School District's current cellphone policy prohibits them during...

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....

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...

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speaks during a press conference on legislation that would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship to vote, Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2024. Photo from Texas Tribune.

Senate must rescue us from the SAVE Act

Breshad Robinson, Opinions Editor Apr 25, 2025

HR22, known as the SAVE Act, passed the House yesterday. Introduced by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and backed by President Donald Trump, the bill would change the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require...

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...

Portrait of Elizabeth taken on April 17

Aspiring photographer finds acceptance in herself through portraiture passion

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief Apr 17, 2025

“How does a pig move that fast?”  Junior Elizabeth Mendiola chuckled to herself, lowering her Canon Rebel T7.  That pig was fast. Enough to send her photography teacher Leigh Anne Treistman...

The newly introduced snack line on April 17. This is the first of 15+ Stanchions to be introduced

Principal Advisory Meeting summary 4-17: Dr. Benson approves lunch line changes to begin Tuesday

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief Apr 17, 2025

This morning the Principal Advisory Committee addressed hallways traffic solutions, scheduling changes for next year, possible tardy incentive systems and approved lunch line policy changes going into...

Portrait of Emily Garcia

Senior takes on leadership role after knee injury

Breshad Robinson, Opinions Editor Apr 15, 2025

Down 15 points in a crucial game to qualify for the play-in tournament, Emily Garcia drove hard to the basket, shaking off her defender. She jumped off one foot and landed on both feet to set up a quick...

Sophomore reclaims body through theater lead role

Sophomore reclaims body through theater lead role

Breshad Robinson, Opinions Editor Apr 9, 2025

When the cast list for High School Musical was posted, Mikayla Casteel stood in shock. In her second-ever production, she was Sharpay Evans, the self-absorbed, lead antagonist. “In my first play,...

Sophomore Mark Fullen propels out of the water preparing to pass the ball at the water polo district game against Oak Ridge on Oct. 4.

Sophomore dedication leads water polo team to historic victory

Logan Day, Web Editor-In-Chief Apr 7, 2025

Four quarters of constant swimming, kicking, scratching and splashing; sophomore Mark Fullen dedicated almost every afternoon of the past year to water polo. And he left the pool defeated after every...

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