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Canyon Echoes

The Student News Site of Canyon Vista Middle School

Canyon Echoes

The Student News Site of Canyon Vista Middle School

Canyon Echoes

Student celebrating Pride.

Pride “Break the Silence” Festival Brings Together Students

Vedanti Patil, Assistant Editor-in-Chief April 19, 2023

Canyon Vista hosted the third annual district-wide ‘Break the Silence’ Pride festival on April 15, 2023, one day after the Day of Silence from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., organized by the school’s Gender-Sexuality...

Anna Bruce (8) as Belle dancing with Brandon Jones (8) as the Beast.

Behind the Scenes: Beauty and the Beast Jr.

Vedanti Patil, Assistant Editor-in-Chief March 7, 2023

The Canyon Vista Theatre and Choir presented the production “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” in a four-show run in the Canyon Vista Cafeteria. The production was directed by Mr. Jacob Vigil, Mr. Raul...

Theatre room during CVMS power outage

Power Outage Interrupt Classes at Canyon Vista

On Friday, February 10, Monday, February 13th, and Thursday, February 16th, there were power outages throughout the whole school. On the 10th the school’s power went out during sixth period at 1:10...

Trustee Harrison talks to Ms. Buentello's African American Studies class.

African American Studies Aims To Make Education More Inclusive

Nikhil Gupta, Editor in Chief February 23, 2023

Racial equity in education. There has been debate for many years about how to represent ALL people in education. Of course, there’s also been a lot of opposition to this. Specifically against what people...

Beauty and the Beast Jr. Performing This Week

Beauty and the Beast Jr. Performing This Week

Vedanti Patil, Assistant Editor-in-Chief February 15, 2023

The Canyon Vista Theater is putting on the musical “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m., Feb. 17 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Canyon Vista cafeteria. Tickets are...

"I think men are held to a lower standard than women are, but I still think, you know, look at the commercials on the TV - Get stronger, get buffer, get more hair, you know. Because that's what everybody wants." Mr. David Hampf, 8th grade US History and BIMM teacher said.

The Impact of Beauty Standards in CVMS

Nikhil Gupta and Vedanti Patil January 27, 2023

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To millions of teenagers across the country, this is the most blatant lie they’ve been told. Beauty is clicks, likes, and the opinion of a social clique that you...

UIL Awards in Trophy Case

Canyon Vista gets Silver at 2023 Academic UIL

Vedanti Patil, Assistant Editor-in-Chief January 24, 2023

On Jan. 21, 2023 students from Canyon Vista went to Walsh Middle School to participate in the A+ Academic UIL competition. A+ Academics includes 20 different events for students in Texas in grades...

Coach Govea discussing the team plans with B-team.

7th-grade Girls’ Basketball Team Suffers a Defeat In Both Games

The 7th-grade basketball game with A-team and B-team against the Cedar Valley Jaguars took place on Jan. 9, 2023.  The first team to play was Canyon Vista’s B-team against Cedar Valley’s B-team....

There is also candy jar guessing.

Winter Wonderland Social

Ella Gonzales, Jasmine Choi, and Saanvi Devpura January 4, 2023

    On Dec. 9, 2022, the first 7th and 8th-grade dance of this year took place. The theme was Winter Wonderland. The social was in the gym and lasted about two hours(4-6 p.m.). The...

Karumanchi Wins Boys’ Basketball Game At Last Second

Vedanti Patil, Assistant Editor-in-Chief December 14, 2022

The 7th-grade boys’ basketball B-team from Canyon Vista faced off against the Walsh Wildcats on Dec. 8, 2022. Canyon Vista was down by two points until the last 3 seconds where they won with a 3-pointer.  The...

Yonnie Yang doing Algebra 2 homework. "I think I'm actually working harder this year," Yang (8) said.

8th Graders go to Westwood for Advanced Classes

Vedanti Patil and Nikhil Gupta December 7, 2022

Education. Something that can change lives. For years, we’ve always been told to further our education, but it seems as if furthering your education can also hold back your education. Students at...

Some of the Books sold at the Book fair

2022 Book Fair Held In The Library

Ella Gonzales, Jasmine Choi, and Mira Kondrakunta November 30, 2022

From Nov 28th to Dec 2nd, in the CVMS library, a book fair will be held. During this event, students will be able to select from a range of books to buy. These books range from non-fiction to comic books....

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