The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

The student news site of Cypress Woods High School

The Crimson Connection

A house decorated with Christmas lights.

Light up the Night

JerahB, Reporter December 18, 2018

It’s about to be that time of year: Christmas. The bells are ringing and all the lights are out on display. One thing that everyone should be focused on this Christmas is decorating their houses....

Drew Brees celebrating after a touchdown score

The Big “Easy”

JustinP, Staff Reporter December 5, 2018

This year has been spectacular for the New Orleans Saints. First in their division and second in the entire league. After starting the season 0-1, the Saints have been unstoppable. With Hall of Famer...

A Starbucks coffee cup on top of a table.

Is It Worth It?

KaitlynO, Staff Reporter November 4, 2018

Starbucks is a well known and well liked company that sells coffee and bakery type items. Everyone seems to be obsessed with this chain, but is it really worth all the hype?   Some of Starbucks’...

A sketch of Venom.

Venom: Toxically Disappointing

JerahB, Staff Reporter October 23, 2018

I walked into the movie theaters to see the new anti-hero movie Venom and I walked out completely and utterly disappointed. Venom is about a journalist named Eddie Brock who is trying to expose the founder...

My take on Houstonian Architecture

My take on Houstonian Architecture

ColinH, Staff Reporter May 1, 2018

If you go outside and look around at all the buildings in Cypress, you will notice one thing: they are kind of ugly. Houston as a city, by extent, is simply a city that put function over form in terms...

For A Childs Success

For A Child’s Success

AbigailH, Staff Reporter April 17, 2018

In this day in age, parents can be heard ranting about how awful their children's teachers are and how unreliable public schools can be. Although not all modern situations are ideal and can be difficult,...

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Love Your Life

NicoleN, Staff Reporter February 20, 2018

 Having a job where I feel rewarded and truly enjoy working, even if it has low pay, is more important to me than having a college degree and good pay if I’m going to hate every day I work.   I...

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Snapchat, Not Chat

BrandonC, Staff Reporter February 13, 2018

Let's be real. We all hate the new Snapchat update. It has a lot of adjectives: ugly, inefficient, disgraceful, a waste of time and space on my phone, unnecessary, a true example of a horrible app update...

Hazy Similarities

Hazy Similarities

SujeanS, Managing Editor January 9, 2018

(SPOILERS AHEAD) As a lover of horror movies and books and scary and true crime stories, when I found out that a T.V. show based on a story by Stephen King was going to be released, I knew I had to...

How to Save a Life

How to Save a Life

KaeT, Social Media Editor October 20, 2017

One of the most emotionally devastating things in the world is having a best friend who is suicidal. It's so hard to process the fact that someone you're so close to, someone you've known for maybe a few...

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Judging a Book by its Cover

KaeT, Acting Social Media Editor April 19, 2017

All my life I’ve heard one question more times than I care to admit, “Hey, are you okay?” When I say I’m fine it’s always the same response, “You don't look okay.” There’s a very simple...

Damaging Entertainment

Damaging Entertainment

LeahT, Reporter April 19, 2017

Disclaimer: My opinions are purely based off of the few episodes I have seen and the actual book "Thirteen Reasons Why" For many, ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ is purely entertainment. The show recently...

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