As AP’s, finals and major projects roll around the corner, around 45 percent of students in an Upstream survey of 22 people reported they feel ‘stressed.’
The pressures of the exam season...
On March 21, families, students and teachers from all over the Houston Independent School District protested for hours before gathering inside the HISD board auditorium for an almost four-hour board meeting.
Upon...
The second Thursday of every month brings together a community of parents, teachers, activists, and most importantly — HISD board members. Located in the Hattie Mae White building, around 15 minutes...
On Feb. 8, 2024, HISD held their monthly Board of Management meeting to address and vote on the new calendar for the 2024-2025 academic year, as a result, we now see the newly implemented calendar in the...
With a click of a button, ChatGPT can tell you just about anything (at least up until 2021, anyway). It’s there for you through those hard school assignments, the explanation you need for a certain concept,...
Imagine staring into someone’s eyes. I’m sure a special someone comes to mind. Now imagine staring into the eyes of two people. How about one hundred? Seems impossible, right?
Well, the trick is...
With gleaming eyes and a curious mind, a young Juan Pena walked to the front of his sixth-grade classroom. It was filled with chatty kids and the teacher who would change the trajectory of his life. Encouraged...
On August 28th, the class of 2025 found yet another AP on their schedule for the year - AP Physics 1. Carnegie has now returned to its former requirement of AP Physics 1 as a mandated science course for...
On March 7, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Ind.) introduced the “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act,” colloquially known as the “RESTRICT”...
As of January, a new trend has reigned popular on social media — duping. Short for “Duplicate,” duping is essentially the act of investing in knockoff items.
Duping is used commonly for the...
In January, CVHS's English department welcomed a new face, Laura Jean Williams. Recently retired from her 20-year-long career at Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), she embarks...
“What makes a good coffee?” is a question people have tried to answer ever since coffee became a mainstay in our global culture. Some say the ideal coffee is fast and convenient. Others claim that...
