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Creek Compass

Student Newspaper of Caney Creek High School

Creek Compass

Student Newspaper of Caney Creek High School

Creek Compass

Dr. Jeff Stichler, new principal at Caney Creek High School, took over for Principal Trish McClure over the summer to start the 2017-2018 school year. Previously, Stichler served as principal at Moorhead Junior high.

STICHLER: Creek family should honor Reese Manchaca, support her family in loss

Dr. Jeffrey Stichler, Principal Jul 10, 2025

In an email I sent the Caney Creek High School staff approximately a month ago, I mentioned that one of the biggest reasons I decided to give up my central office position as an Assistant Superintendent...

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

Editor’s Note: We have updated the article to remove some language that may have been inadvertently retraumatizing for those close to Reese. We sincerely apologize to members of the family for any trauma...

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”...

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...

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