Upstream News

‘Oh, you’re joking’: AP Physics 1 to replace HADV class

By Jerry Fan, Copy Editor • April 24, 2023

Days after students' course requests were entered into PowerSchool, CVHS sophomores refreshed the page, only to find an unexpected change. Students who had selected HISD Advanced (HADV) Physics had been...

New potato powered HISD laptops to ‘make dollars and sense’ at CVHS

By Jerry Fan, Copy Editor • April 1, 2023

HISD has announced plans to adopt potato-powered laptops for the 2023-2024 school year to replace the current fleet of PowerUp devices.

AP Precalculus comes to CVHS: new curriculum, unexpected changes

By Jerry Fan, Copy Editor • March 10, 2023

AP Precalculus is a new course to be introduced for the 2023-2024 school year. Its reception, however, has been mixed.

Why chess is suddenly popular again

By Jerry Fan and Natalia Nguyen • February 19, 2023

It's something we've all noticed in the halls, but what's behind the craze?

Behind the Firewall: Why HISD blocks websites

By Jerry Fan, Copy Editor • January 27, 2023

HISD blocks a plethora of websites for various reasons. But what happens when a legitimate website is blocked?

Editorial: Preserving CVHS students’ autonomy

By Jerry Fan and Ava Manchac • December 13, 2022

A sea of red, white and blue clad students floods into the halls of the school. The true nightmare scenario. Blank, solemn faces in rigid polos, with only empty eyes staring back. Except not at CVHS, that...

The school laptops actually aren’t terrible

By Jerry Fan, Copy Editor • November 14, 2022

Everyone hates the school laptops, but are they really that bad?

Micah Harris and the “Furry Faces of Innocence” on his phone

By Jerry Fan and Ava Lim • October 20, 2022

Not everyone knows his name, but everyone knows his face—or rather, everyone knows his cat face mask. You’ve seen him in the hallways a few times, and for some reason, he sticks out to you. You...