The Union St. Journal: Cherry Creek High School's official news source

Union St. Journal
The Union St. Journal: Cherry Creek High School's official news source

Union St. Journal
The Union St. Journal: Cherry Creek High School's official news source

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The senate scholarship is going to extracurriculars in the school through fundraisers that are not class specific.

New Senate Scholarship Helps To Fund Extracurriculars

Aleena Gopalani, Staff Writer
October 11, 2024
The United States Capitol Building as seen from Pennsylvania Avenue Southwest.

Voters Encouraged to Pay Attention to Congressional, Local Elections

Oliver Scala, Staff Writer
October 9, 2024
Senior Neilly Watts high-fives students at Homestead Elementary during Creek's Spirit Bus program. The bus is an annual tradition during Spirit Week, where students spend the day driving to Creek's feeder elementary and middle schools. In addition to the Spirit Bus, Creek hosted many more events during the week, including athletic championships, trivia games, and other performances.

Creek Hosts its Annual Spirit Week Before Homecoming Weekend: See Moments Here

Quinn Rudnick, Peter Philpott, Rue Minar, Kellen Ringland, Briana Flores, and Emily Lambert
September 29, 2024
SAT Digitized to Make a ‘Better Test Experience’

SAT Digitized to Make a ‘Better Test Experience’

Jonathan Lee, Assistant Video Editor
May 10, 2024
Author and social strategist Nick Shelton gives his talk at the 2023 TEDxCherryCreekHS event, hosted by now freshman Michael Zhang when he was an eighth grader at Campus Middle School. “I felt really comfortable up there,” Shelton said.

TEDx CherryCreekHS Aims to Engage, Include Bruins

Peter Philpott, Managing Editor & Assistant News Editor
May 10, 2024
In an effort to save paper waste and increase testing security, AP made nine AP tests fully digital using College Board's Bluebook app. Creek will administer three AP tests online in 2024, then four more in spring 2025.

College Board Makes Nine AP Tests Fully Digital Across the Nation

Jonathan Lee, Assistant Video Editor
April 11, 2024
Most math classes have a workbook created by math teachers and modified each year to meet student needs. The new OUR (Open Up Resources) curriculum may change the extent to which teachers are involved in creating their classroom resources.

CCSD Mandates New Algebra 1 Curriculum

Amanda Castillo-Lopez, News Editor
April 2, 2024
Oliver's Italian opened in place of Tokyo Joe's in Belleview Square, allowing students to partake in slightly elevated dining during their off periods.

Oliver’s Italian Restaurant Replaces Tokyo Joe’s, Attracts Student Business

Jayna Baker, Staff Writer
March 28, 2024
Denver School of the Arts Senior Skye, a speaker at a Nov. 9 pro-Palestine Rally at the Denver Capitol, leads chants and makes a speech for the protesters. A banner behind her accuses senator (D, CO) Michael Bennet of "selling out to apartheid." High school-aged and other Gen-Z Americans like Skye have been a driving force in online advocacy for both Israel and Palestine.

Gen-Z Shares Fervent Advocacy in the Israel-Hamas War

Peter Philpott, Managing Editor & Assistant News Editor
March 27, 2024
Senior Brian Bowler poses for Mr. Creek's opening performance. The pageant, hosted annually by student senate, serves as a mid-week show for students to attend, and for one junior or senior to be named Mr. Creek. This event and many others, including Shazam, Mario Kart, 3v3 basketball, and a silent auction all culminated into Creek's Power Week.

Student Senate’s Power Week Breaks Fundraising Record: See Moments Here

Alex Gribb, Quinn Rudnick, Peter Philpott, Alisa Kovaleva, and Sophia Hady
February 22, 2024
Two students of Campus Middle School and one of West Middle School, the two primary feeder schools for Creek, created controversy when racist videos they had posted involved discipline and reactionary involvement from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). “We want kids to be able to learn and you can't learn in an environment that you feel is not conducive to learning and that you don't feel safe in,” NAACP Denver Branch President Sondra Young said.

Racist Videos From CCSD Middle Schools Spark NAACP Involvement, Responsive Education

Peter Philpott, Managing Editor & Assistant News Editor
January 22, 2024
Democratic Senator Michael Bennet spoke to a group of roughly 30 students about his Assuring Safe, Secure, Ethical, and Stable Systems for AI bill (ASSESS AI.) This talk was organized by junior Cybernetics club president Benjapon Frankel in an effort to inform students on AI’s real world regulation. “The process started with an email,” Frankel said. “I ended up meeting the Senator in person. I had printed out a letter for [him,] and I handed it to him at the opening of the Traverse Academy School. That was when he agreed to do it.”

Senator Bennet Talks AI Regulation, “I Think We Have a Chance”

Alex Gribb, Editor-in-Chief
November 1, 2023
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