The Student News Site of Canyon Vista Middle School

Canyon Echoes

The Student News Site of Canyon Vista Middle School

Canyon Echoes

The Student News Site of Canyon Vista Middle School

Canyon Echoes

CVMS Snow Day Pictures!

CVMS Snow Day Pictures!

Lena Boas, Editor January 21, 2021

  On January 10th, snow fell in Austin for the first time in years. The Austin Statesman reported, "More than 36,000 residents were without power across Austin at one point on Sunday, according...

What is SOAR?

What is SOAR?

Nathan Spector, Reporter January 12, 2021

  What is SOAR? Well that's a good question! SOAR stands for Student Organization Against Racism, a club at Canyon Vista, that is open to anyone. SOAR is run by multiple teachers, including...

How Will Basketball Games Work This Year?

How Will Basketball Games Work This Year?

Shristi Dayal, Reporter December 17, 2020

  This pandemic has changed everything in ways we've never seen before. Since basketball will still be going on during the age of COVID, I decided to ask Coach Govea on how this year's basketball...

Its a Winter Wonderland for Canyon Vista

It’s a Winter Wonderland for Canyon Vista

Lena Boas, Editor December 17, 2020

  The Canyon Vista staff and students are preparing for winter break by dressing up in festive holiday costumes!  

RRISD Students Fight to Save the Job of a Staffer Affected by Covid-19

RRISD Students Fight to Save the Job of a Staffer Affected by Covid-19

Sawyer Grimaldi, Editor December 7, 2020

After the news that a teacher had quit her job due to the circumstances of Covid-19 (going to campus to teach). Many of Mrs. Larson's students decided that they were not going to let her go without a fight....

CVMS Staff Gets in the Thanksgiving Spirit with Turkey Time

CVMS Staff Gets in the Thanksgiving Spirit with Turkey Time

November 19, 2020

It's almost Thanksgiving break! CVMS faculty and staff get in the spirit with their fifth annual Turkey Time pictures! Click on the gallery below to see them in action.

Mole Music and The Very Hungry Little Caterpillar

Mole Music and The Very Hungry Little Caterpillar

Lena Boas, Editor November 18, 2020

  In honor of storybook character week, multiple elective classes put together and performed great interactive activities for the elementary students of Laurel Mountain Elementary (LME). Mr. Vigil's...

Ms. Stiles and the CVMS Library During COVID-19

Ms. Stiles and the CVMS Library During COVID-19

Sabrina Kim, Reporter November 13, 2020

It's safe to assume that nothing this year has been normal. Google Meets have replaced classrooms, many interactions are done via chat or email, and most students aren't even entering the Canyon Vista...

Front view of African american boy using laptop while drawing a sketch on book at home

Should We Return To School?

Akaash Reddy, Producer October 22, 2020
Virtual school has been going on for a long time now- when will we return?
Schoology: a Great Addition or a bad new Software?

Schoology: a Great Addition or a bad new Software?

Nathan Spector, Reporter October 13, 2020

  9 weeks ago when we returned to school, we were greeted by Schoology. Schoology, if you didn't know already, is a new program that RRISD uses this year straying away from the familiar Google...

Whats The Deal On Extracurriculars?

What’s The Deal On Extracurriculars?

Sabrina Kim, Reporter October 9, 2020

As school nears the end of its first nine-week segment, school is lowly inching towards opening up. Sports like volleyball and football are beginning to have tryouts and practices, and game procedures...

The Big Blue Button- an In-depth Look

The Big Blue Button- an In-depth Look

Sawyer Grimaldi, Editor October 8, 2020

As the need for small group interaction become more and more widespread during online school, teachers are turning to the Big Blue Button. BBB is built into Schoology where teachers can assign students...

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