The Crimson Connection

Signing Day at the Woods

Esteban Garcia, Editor-in-Chief • March 1, 2021

Playing sports at the collegiate level is something that you don’t hear very often. Only about seven percent of athletes from high school go play their sport at the next level. This year at Cypress Woods...

2021: A clean slate

January 22, 2021

For most, 2020 wasn’t all they hoped it would be. However, 2021 represents a clean slate and many kicked the year off with a new year's resolution. Junior Eric Bartczak never set a resolution...

Goodbye coach

Esteban Garcia, Editor-in-Chief • January 21, 2021

After coaching for 36 years, Athletic Coordinator Trenton Faith is hanging up his belt and setting out for retirement. Faith has spent his last eight years being the head coach for the football team and...

Cy Woods computer programming geniuses

Hunter Mancuso • November 23, 2020

Cy Woods high school produces studs at computer programming; a group of students won yet another award for the computer science program. Three students placed first overall at a HackerRank computer...

Meet the Wild Things

Esteban Garcia, Co Editor-in-Chief • November 17, 2020

The Wild things have been a big part of Cy-Woods since the school has opened. seniors are elected every year to become the new wild things. Craig and Nikki Self are the co-sponsors for the wild things...

Making a difference

Eshal Warsi, Co-section Editor • October 29, 2020

Often the word nonprofit evokes an image of a multinational organization that is funded by international bodies; however, seniors Tanya Manocha and Rachel Georgian, are hoping to redefine the term. Three...

Fundraising for Yemen

Eshal Warsi, Co-section Editor • October 29, 2020

hile students lamented over the pandemic ruining their summer plans, Cy-Woods Junior Meghan Lee decided to start an initiative to help fundraise for the ongoing Yemen humanitarian crisis, and has since...

Returning to the Woods

Regan Grant • October 27, 2020

School all over the country has looked very different this year than ever before, and it’s no different at the Woods. Cy-Fair ISD decided to allow students to choose between in-person and online learning....

Moving to the Big Leagues

Dwight Williams' transition from middle school coach to high school assistant principal

CooperG, Staff Reporter • February 24, 2020

Lots of students at Cy Woods know who Dwight Williams is. They know he is incredibly tall, funny and just a couple of years ago he was a coach at Spillane middle school. However, how Williams adapted from...

Get in the Game

Different aspects of a Cy Woods football game

EstebanG, Staff Reporter • February 21, 2020

Football games are a significant part of anyone's high school life, but Cy Woods football takes it to the next level. There are so many things that go on at a Cy Woods game. All the way from the players...

Social Spotlight

The life of sophomore class president Shea Ellis

ReganG, Staff Reporter • February 20, 2020

School, student council meetings, three hour drill team practices, and homework, is a normal weekday for Sophomore Shea Ellis. While jam-packed days and afterschool activities might seem like a lot to...

March of Dimes

How one Cy Woods organization is helping bring awareness to a fatal disease

JustinP, Online Editor • February 19, 2020

The spread in awareness for the disease known as Neonatal Tetanus has gained much support throughout the nation, and Key Club has been one organization in particular that has helped increase attention...