Ratna Ramaraju
Sarah Sheikh, Staff Writer
May 2, 2018
Filed under Features, Top Stories
To diminish the worries of getting into college and graduate school in one step seems too good to be true. Getting into a college is daunting, and not to mention dealing with the competitiveness of graduate school in a few years to come. Since the beginning of her education, the aspiration to become a doct...
Senior prom theme week
Ana Medina, News Editor
April 20, 2018
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Although senior prom week theme days were not approved by the school administration, the senior students decided to continue the tradition. The senior student council created theme days for the week of prom and distributed the information via Instagram and other social media. Students were r...
Senior wins READYKaty logo contest
Claire Haigwood, Staff Writer
April 6, 2018
Filed under Features, Top Stories
When senior Ashley Coleman heard that her artwork had won a contest, her initial reaction was confusion. “I made my logo so long ago, I thought that maybe someone else won,” Coleman said. “So to hear months later that my logo was chosen, I was caught completely off guard.” Coleman ente...
Jamba Jammed
Angelica Arinze, Features Editor
April 1, 2018
Filed under Top Stories, Voice
While many were spending Spring Break out of town and basking in the sunlight, I made the most of my days unnecessarily panicking over college courses and how I broke I am. While I figured that I could put the former dilemma off to the last minute (like I always do), I decided to do something about t...
Pets of Cinco
Ana Medina, News Editor
April 1, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Media, Photos/ Galleries, Top Stories
Superintendent responds to bullying allegations
Sarah Sheikh, Staff Writer
March 28, 2018
Filed under News, Top Stories
Katy ISD Board President Ashley Vann released a statement on Monday, March 26 regarding the accusations of bullying made by Greg Barrett at the public speaking portion of a board meeting the previous week. “As trustees to our children and their parents, our responsibility is to act on beh...
Tacos A No No
Angelica Arinze, Features Editor
March 16, 2018
Filed under Top Stories, Voice
It was an average Thursday evening at the Arinze residence. Out of what I presume was a standard mix of boredom and sheer curiosity, my sisters were ordering take out for dinner. This time around, they wanted to try something new—something you don’t hear often in our family when it comes to dining ...
Enough
Ana Medina, News Editor
March 1, 2018
Filed under Top Stories, Voice
“Sexual harassment and gender-based harassment of a student by an employee, volunteer, or another student are prohibited. Examples of sexual harassment may include, but not be limited to, touching private parts or coercing physical contact that is sexual in nature; sexual advances; jokes or conversations of a ...
Five Cougar Wrestlers State-bound
Brynne Herzfeld, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2018
Filed under News, Sports, Top Stories
The Cougar wrestling teams returned from regionals at Paetow High School on Feb. 17 and 18 with five state qualifying wrestlers and a third place trophy for the boys’ team. Seniors Kayla De Leon and Zyire Ardoin secured their places at state by taking Regional Champion titles in their weight classes,...
Kingdom Come: Deliverance thrills players with realistic, immersive world
Samuel Teas, Co-Editor-In-Chief
February 21, 2018
Filed under Entertainment, Top Stories
Warhorse Studio’s “Kingdom Come: Deliverance” hit physical and digital shelves Tuesday, Feb. 13 across the world. On my way home from school, I rushed to buy the store’s last copy, ran home, and put the disc in my PS4. A game I had been anticipating for years, I was terrified it wouldn’t l...
PALs competes in Cinco version of Winter Olympics
Samuel Teas, Co-Editor-In-Chief
February 19, 2018
Filed under Features, Top Stories
PALs competed in their version of the Winter Olympics on Friday, Feb. 16. Students competed in various events including Ham Toss, Ice Dancing, Hockey, and Frozen.
Close-up and Personal
Claire Haigwood, Staff writer
February 16, 2018
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Tourists sightseeing, politicians hurrying to work and drivers blaring: a typical scene on any street in our nation’s capital. Amid the chaos, however, a group of students from halfway across the country navigate the disorderly roads on their annual trip to Washington, D.C. “My mom thought it wo...