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Junior, Eniku Bekeles #12 jersey sported as he runs for the ball. (Courtesy of CVHS Yearbook)

Enikubahiry Bekele: pride and passion

By Chiamaka Uwalaka and Dia Vaswani March 10, 2023

https://open.spotify.com/show/4B72P0pBuGzGvJNfBYKQ1r (listen to it here) Standing in the middle of the field, the halos of the bright overhead lights beamed off the silver of the empty bleachers....

The garden bed team poses with their hard work. From left to right, Katherine Rubio, Giselle Macedo, Brandon Ramirez, Jonathon Hernandez, Nathanael Perez and Emiliano Portilla.

The great growing gardens: A peek into CVHS’s garden bed team

By Bao Nguyen and Nina Nguyen February 19, 2023

On Jan. 9, senior Katherine Rubio strode into her Wildlife class holding two humongous heads of broccoli. Upon initial sight, one would assume that the greens were store-bought; however, they were grown...

Photograph taken by Carnegie junior Isabela Guerrero titled Victory of a City

Isabela Guerrero and Mario Lopez capture beautiful shots of city pride for “Eye on Houston”

By Adrianna Guadalupe, Staff Writer February 17, 2023

A picture can be worth a thousand words, and in "Eye On Houston", it does exactly that. "Eye on Houston: High School Documentary Photography", created by the Museum Fine Arts Houston, selects photographs...

Photo shows Immigrants protesting against the shutting down of DACA.

Dreaming no more: the DACA program’s fitful fate

By Sumedha Mohanty and Chiamaka Uwalaka February 17, 2023

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has been fitful since its creation during the Obama administration in 2012. The most recent action taken on it was opened two weeks ago on Jan....

Caoilin Krathaus standing with her submission to the Art Bike Contest. (photo courtesy of Caoilin Krathaus)

Caoilin Krathaus is your local Greta Thunberg

By Katheryn Consuegra and Neela Ravi January 28, 2023

Apparently, we’re not the first reporters to write an article on Caoilin Krathaus. She’s accumulated several stories about her since the early age of 8 years old. But to us and everyone else at...

Senior Caitlin Liman describes her journey as a dancer

Senior Caitlin Liman describes her journey as a dancer

By Abigail Nunez and Nicole Rodil Suarez January 27, 2023

Senior Caitlin Liman has always loved to move, to dance, to sing. Music is a part of her, and has even helped her strengthen some of her closest friendships. ”She came up to me at lunch one day and...

Lishan Bartlett-Will (right) and Baayan Badarna (left) pose at a soccer game.

Lishan Bartlett-Will and Baayan Badarna lead CVHS’s first-ever girls’ soccer season as a part of UIL

By Danielle Yampuler, Co-Editor in Chief January 27, 2023

Senior Lishan Bartlett-Will and junior Baayan Badarna have been playing soccer for over half of their lives. They can barely recall their first games, lost to the mowed green grass fields of time. What...

Jessica Lin (left) toughing out the cold weather in Pennsylvania and Jahrel Noble (right) after a Yale-Harvard football game

Life after CVHS: Jessica and Jahrel’s journey at Ivy Leagues

By Nicki Anahita and Sasha Cabral January 25, 2023

This story is a continuation of Upstream’s coverage on CVHS’s Class of 2022 valedictorian Jessica Lin and salutatorian Jahrel Noble. The story can be read here. Jessica Lin’s Story Jahrel Noble’s...

Audrey Kim performing with 713 dance ensemble in the 2022 dance season.

Junior Audrey Kim: dancing to express not impress

By Catherine Hu and Ella Pham October 20, 2022

The red curtain shrouded her face. Maroon and velvety darkness hid trembling fingers.  10 seconds. Her worries were counseled by silence, and her growing heartbeat acted like a countdown. Five...

Post-Calculus teacher Stephanie Chen poses with her Astros teacher award which she was nominated for by her students.

Stephanie Chen– plexar puzzler, color guard coordinator, cross-stitching sage and math master

By Sumedha Mohanty and Chiamaka Uwalaka October 20, 2022

There she was, a college student, sitting in her car after a night of drinking with some friends. One of them finds a calculus textbook in her car. Next thing you know, Stephanie Chen and her friend are...

Harris shows off his famous cat mask, paired with another daily cat shirt.

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...

Jake Wolff feeding an Asian elephant, Methai, water from a hose.

Senior Jake Wolff is your undercover elephant whisperer

By Nina Nguyen, Feature Editor October 20, 2022

Many CVHS students know senior Jake Wolff for having one of the most beautiful heads of hair and his serious love for bread. Fewer know him as an elephant whisperer. Besides being a busy student, Wolff...

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