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CCJH students show major growth on Benchmarks
Natalie Delintt Cougar News Blog Students at Cactus Canyon Junior High can finally put their pencils down after all their hard work and look forward to an incentive party. Students who showed...
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Photos of the Week – May 16-19
This is our last post of the 2015-16 school year. We hope you enjoyed the posts and we’ll be back in August.
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Three yearbook photogs receive highest award in JEA national contest
Staff members from the Cougar Chronicles recently earned recognition in the Journalism Education Association’s Junior High and Middle School National Media Contest. Three students – Lauren Powell,...
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Photos of the Week – Aug. 15-18
In this first post of 2016-17, yearbook students were asked to practice using their cameras in manual mode. The class has been studying advanced settings and the relationships among aperture, shutter,...
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Drama students learn self-confidence while prepping for play
By Alissa Baker Cougar News Blog Actors in Lisa Schroeder’s drama class are preparing for the upcoming play being hosted in December. Mrs. Schroeder is both an English and drama teacher....
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Growth mindset encourages students to keep an open mind about making mistakes
By Savannah Barr Cougar News Teachers and students are broadening their horizons with the aid of the growth mindset for the 2016-17 school year. The concept focuses on the idea that a person can...
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Students learn engineering skills in new building bridges class
By Bronte Pappas Cougar News Blog Building bridges is the step to creating good relationships. Only this time, it’s literal. Cactus Canyon now offers a new enrichment class, where students build...
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Yearbook students take charge of Instagram page
By Megan Ash Cougar News Blog It’s the gram you can instantly see yearbook photos on. The yearbook staff is now moving forward and posting on Instagram, they are posting a picture every day. The...
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20 Percent Project encourages students to work hard and learn responsibility
By Stanley Cook and Zach Grattan Cougar News Blog Much like Google started a trend that encourages employees to work on their own projects, eighth-grade advanced science students are participating...
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Photos of the Week – September 12-15
This week’s post features some of the best shots from the yearbook students’ assignment to get sports photos.
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Photos of the Week – October 3-7, 2016
This week’s post shows photos from Cactus Canyon’s spirit week and assembly during the last week of the first quarter.
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Students learn how to code in new elective
By Skyler Wolfe Cougar News Blog Someday there may be a game created by a Cactus Canyon student on the App Store. A new coding class is now taught by Marie Wilbur-Bowers and is offered to...
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