Debate Duo Ranks 2nd In Nation After Bronx Win
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
October 23, 2019
Seniors Anuraag Routray and Aatreya Tewary took first place in public forum debate at the New York City Invitational Debate and Speech Tournament this past weekend, October 19 and 20. This win makes Routray and Tewary currently the number two ranked public forum team in the U.S. ...
NAHS Holds Elementary Book Drive
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
October 14, 2019
National Art Honor Society (NAHS) is holding a book drive for books around the 4th grade reading level. The books will go towards building a classroom library for NAHS’ adopted 4th grade class from Ortiz Elementary in Brownsville, TX. Drop off boxes are available at the entrance to the library and...
Encore Ascends To The Crown
Joshua Piper, Staff Writer
October 3, 2019
After a successful season last year, the Cinco Ranch High School Marching Band has begun contest season for its 2019 marching show. The show, entitled AscenDance, tells the story of queens rising to power. AscenDance begins focusing on the band, who are portrayed as the kings, but the focus shifts to the queens, p...
Congress Investigates Lung Illness Vaping Connections
Celeste Hoover, Co-Editor
September 26, 2019
The vaping epidemic, all too familiar to most Cinco students, has made its way to Capitol Hill this week as house members hold an emergency hearing to question government health officials on the recent outbreak of lung illnesses and its correlation to the use of e-cigarettes. “The hearing will examine the outbreak of ...
Meet the 2019 Homecoming Court
Irene Arinze, Staff Writer
September 18, 2019
The 2019 Homecoming Court was named recently after seniors submitted nominations. Voting took place this week to select a king and queen who will be named at halftime of the Homecoming game, Friday, Oct. 4. Queen nominees are: Kelly Hass, Mariam Hassan, Riley Kennedy, Hannah Reagan and Seleene Rouhana....
2019-20 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
Celeste Hoover, Co-Editor
September 17, 2019
The National Merit Scholarship program has been recognizing high achieving academic students since 1955. Of the 1.6 million students that take the PSAT their junior year, only 16,000 advance to the semifinals. Semifinalists are chosen on a state-representational basis, only the highest scoring students...
District Implements Grading Scale, Class Rank Changes
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
September 17, 2019
Katy ISD has instituted multiple changes to the high school grading scale and the reporting of class rank, most notably removing the D letter grade and adjusting the letter grade scale for all current and future classes. Deputy Superintendent Leslie Haack detailed the changes in an email sent to par...
‘Gearing’ Up
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
September 11, 2019
The Polaris VEX robotics team 24626 hosted its first general meeting Tuesday, August 20.The meeting served to tell new members more about this year’s game, Tower Takeover, and what Polaris does. “I’m pretty excited for this year,” senior Steven Meldrum, Vice President of Mentoring and Traini...
Student Council Holds First Senior Sunrise
Joshua Piper, Staff Writer
September 3, 2019
Getting up early is no student’s forte. However, when donuts are provided, anything is possible. The senior class of 2020 gathered on the Cinco Ranch Football Field on August 30 to watch the sunrise during the first annual “Senior Sunrise”. The student council provided donuts for breakfast while ...
Technically Perfect
Celeste Hoover, Co-Editor
August 29, 2019
The new Cinco Ranch chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) held its first meeting of the year last Thursday, August 22. This meeting marks the official Cinco opening of the nation-wide program focused on community service and career exploration. “I’d encourage everyone to just try it o...
Seniors To Graduate Week Early
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
August 29, 2019
KatyISD seniors will finish school one week earlier than their classmates starting this spring for the class of 2020. Graduation ceremonies will take place Saturday through Friday preceding Memorial Day weekend, rather than on the holiday weekend. The schedule change was made in anticipation of new hig...
Wedding Of The Year
Celeste Hoover, Co-Editor
August 28, 2019
With the beginning of a new school year comes an annual celebration of love in Room 1221. Last Tuesday, Aug. 27, in a beautiful 2.5 ceremony ordained by Adviser Ed Larsen, the Cinco Ranch Panorama Yearbook staff promised to be forever faithful to their new yearbook. Tears were shed and wedding ca...