Live, Love, Create
Savannah Hornsby, Staff Reporter
August 4, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
The room is silent. The only sound is the sound of fingers gliding across keyboards as thoughts and ideas are woven into plots and stories as worlds come to life. This is creative writing. Creative writing is an elective class that can be taken as a sophomore, junior or senior. The curriculum for...
Meet the WildThings
SarahW, Editor-in-Chief
June 28, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Lilie Roberts Why did you want to be a WildThing? I want to be a WildThing because I remember when I was little the WildThings were what made me love this school so much. Now that I have the opportunity to be one I can’t wait to show my love and spirit for the school and share our legacy with oth...
How The Golden Rule Has Worked
AbigailH, Staff Reporter
June 8, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Just finishing high school, a young German works a practicum in her father's phycosecamtic clinic. She is not enjoying her position and is still deciding what her next step will be following the practicum's end. She is also frustrated with the church. She cannot seem to find one in her hometown of ...
The Legacy of Lucy Gooden
ErinE, Online Editor
May 29, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Tuesday night or Friday night. Seven o’clock. Basketball game or volleyball game. She was always there supporting her Wildcats. Maybe it was for 5 minutes, 1 quarter or even the full game. The voice of Cypress Woods, Lucy Gooden our head custodian, was always there to cheer on her Wildcats. “I...
Holidays the American Way
TeresaH, Online Editor
December 15, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
Christmas trees, candy canes, Santa Claus, stockings and pajamas. These are the things that are typically associated with Christmas and perpetuated in American media, but they are not necessarily traditions to the rest of the world shares. As the Christmas season approaches, foreign exchange students ty...
Can I have a career as an artist?
AbigailH, Staff Reporter
December 8, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
With the competitive art field in our world today, artists are faced with slim chances of rising above and making it big. Although becoming well known is not a common occurrence, some artists can choose to create their own platforms or fan-bases in which they can pick up commissions. 2D Art and Digi...
Secret Second Period
SujeanS, Managing Editor
October 30, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
“Line up,” Coach Voelkel shouts to the class after everyone files into the gym. The class scrambles to find their partners then start to walk around the gym, mixed voices drowning out the music from the speakers. After a few laps, another yell from Coach Voelkel indicates that it is time to start the ...
Talking International Travels
AbigailH, Staff Reporter
October 17, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
Amanda Gillihan is a world history teacher and an international traveler. She has been to eight different countries, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom in her spare time. After traveling to historical cities, such as London and Berlin, Gillihan has gained an appreciation for certain cities...
A Colorful Story
TeresaH, Online Editor
August 22, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
In Accra, Ghana, a seamstress is attempting to send one of her twin nineteen-year old daughters to university. Her nimble fingers craft colorful bags and bright shirts while her daughters help thread round beads onto strings. Vibrant reds, luminous yellows, jade greens and sky blues surround her in the...
Q&A with a City Planner
TeresaH, Online Editor
July 16, 2017
Filed under Features
Below is Ryan Homsi being sworn in as the City Planner of Miamisburg. In this transcribed Q&A, we talk cats (not really) and urban planning with Ryan Homsi, the city planner of Miamisburg, Ohio. What does a city planner do? Well, it depends on how big the city is. We don't have a big staff because we're a small town, so a city planner [in Miamisburg] does tons of stuff that a normal city planner doe...
GPA On The Move
Sarah W, Online Editor
March 24, 2017
Filed under Features
In the March 2017 issue, a story was written about transferring students' GPA. In that story, it was printed that CFISD uses a 7.0 weighted GPA scale, I am here to correct this information and state that CFISD uses a 6.0 weighted scale, not 7.0. Below is the corrected story. Cypress Fairba...
Sharing Valentine’s Day the Trevino Way
HannahN, Staff Reporter
February 15, 2017
Filed under Features, Showcase
On Valentine's Day, a few reporters from the Crimson Connection went down to the cafeteria after hearing rumors about something happening during C lunch. After questioning Assistant Principal Allbritton, we soon found out one of the football players was planning a Valentine's surprise, and that his...
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