February | 2021 |

Social Media Influence

By Jocelyn Torres and Yenifer Velez Torres “We cannot let fear keep us from empowering and teaching our children how to navigate the social media world. ” Tisha Poncio, Digital Learning Specialist at Celina High School Ding! A notification flashes across your screen. What’s the first thing you do? The obvious answer is to check…

Celina High School students share their stories about cancer

By Reagan Radtke Students Kaylee Duncan and Landree Watson share their stories about their loved ones battling cancer. With cancer comes depression and anxiety. “When I was around him, I never really felt like he was sick. Even though he would have to go get chemo treatment, he would still act like he had the…

School Dress Code: Tattoos & Piercings

By Lexi Fay What do students and teachers at CHS say? For thousands of years, we have been creating art on our bodies and expressing ourselves with tattoos and piercings. However, after the supreme court’s ruling on Tinker V Des Moines 1968 schools throughout the United States have implemented dress codes for a variety…

Cloudy Decisions

By Isabelle Dobbins Did you ever think you’d be a nurse or a firefighter growing up? A lot of kids do, but as we get older, we explore more activities and discover what we’d really like to do. Although some people settle on a dream very early on in life, others are still exploring. If…

Addiction: The Killer Behind a Mask

By Ashlyn Crow Addiction has been around since drugs were created, but it has been quite a while since awareness has been spread about the effects drugs can have on the people who use them and their families. Every year, tens of thousands of people die due to something drug-related. This includes drug scandals, dealing,…

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s an Alien!!!

Written by: De’Mya Smith and Kara Davis There are many times in a day when we think we have witnessed something unbelievable. Objects in the sky that we know for sure are impossible. Sometimes even our government seems to be hiding something from us. For example, the Navy supposedly has proof of alien spacecraft and…

Choosing classes: what to consider

By Karla Presa Most high school students would rather hang out with friends or go out rather than going to school, but almost all students secretly have one class that they enjoy and look forward to going to every day. It could be a core class or an elective and there might be a few…

22nd In The Judges Hearts, But Number One In Bobcat Nation

By: Carley Merchant and Kate Beckelman Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to entertain the audience, or for competition. This year, our Celina high school cheerleaders…

Homeschool Behind the Screens

By Corinna Martin To the Johnston siblings, the best part about being homeschooled is the extra shut-eye. “You can do your work whenever you want to, so you can sleep in,” Payton comments. Jenna agrees, “Yeah, it’s pretty awesome, but not anymore. I have to work now, so I have to get up at like……

Hometown Hero’s “Fiery” Spirit

By Judith Matehuala, Logan Gossett, Collin Smith, and Zachary Flores (2018) At 32,000 feet, the souls aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 traveled unaware of the danger they were about to get into. All of a sudden, an explosion boomed as the engine failed, debris breaking apart and hitting the aircraft. With panic rising in the…