Hall of Fame Charter Member:HiLife number one online newspaper for ihigh

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Please join me in congratulating Wynette Jameson, journalism teacher at Clear Creek High School, for her entrance in the Hall of Fame for online school newspapers! Ms. Wynette and the Clear Creek HiLife team continue to set the standard for student journalism.Dr Greg Smith Superintendent CCISD.

Congratulations!! This is awesome!  We are spoiled here at Creek, we have come to expect this sort of thing, from such an outstanding organization. Principal Scott Bockart

Yet again the Clear Creek HiLife is rated as the number one newspaper for the ihigh network. We have been the number one paper for them three years running. We are the only ihigh site to have held this honor. With thousands of websites in the network, the HiLife is proud to be at the top.

iHigh.com is also pleased to announce the inaugural members of the iHigh Hall of Fame. The class is comprised of seven schools who have performed exceptionally well over their years on the iHigh network. We are the only Texas school to make the cut.

See the photos of our Hall of Fame trophy. We are PROUD to be a charter member. We work hard to make sure our readers are informed and up to date on a daily basis.

We are nearing two million readers so keep looking. Our editor in chief, Ashley Farmer, has been chosen to write for the first group of teens at the Huffington Post High School page http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/high-school. Her first story will appear shortly. We keep on winning at the National Edition at high school journalism. Check that out here http://www.ihigh.com/clearcreekhighschool/article_79657.html

iHigh Hall of Fame

Creek's journalism department continues to lead the way to the future with all of its accomplishments. The Den just won best theme AGAIN at yearbook camp and the 2011 Den is amazing.

The HiLife continues to bring you news you can use. Staff members started before school started by working on a Homecoming editon of the print paper for your benefit. 

We have photo albums at here on ihigh, a print library here http://issuu.com/creekhilife

We are in the process of scanning newspapers from years past to add to our online library so graduates can remember the great times here at the CREEK.

We have videos here http://www.youtube.com/user/creekhilife08 on our own youtube channel

We have a facebook page here http://www.facebook.com/creek.hilife for anyone who wants to keep in touch with CREEK.

We have twitter to tweet breaking news or just fun facts http://twitter.com/#!/creekhilife

We put stories that may be in print as well on this online paper here and update monthly http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/newspaperId/15/view/frontpage/Default.aspx

We are in on the ground floor of the Huffington Post's High School page with our very own editor in chief, Ashley Farmer, as a contributor. See her first post here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ashley-farmer/america-the-indestructibl_b_962329.html   

Our Chris Kirkham, class of 2002, is a paid reporter for the Huffington Post business page. Check him out here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kirkham

The HiLife has worked with and fundraised for many activities including soldier care package drives, the Ray Hutchinson scholarship for our fallen soldier who was a former HiLife photographer, Invisible Children, the Red Cross, Tsunami survivors. We are putting two orphans through school at the Cura Orphanage in Kenya through our partnership with the Creative Visions Foundation http://www.creativevisions.org/

We continue to work with and for the Eldon family led by the spark of inspiration who was the photojournalist slain in Somalia, Dan Eldon http://www.daneldon.org/site/

Let us know how we may better serve you. We are here for YOU, the people who care about CREEK~the best high school in TEXAS.

We are leading CREEK journalism under the mandate provided by CCISD-

Clear Creek Independent School District Mission Statement

The mission of the Clear Creek Independent School District, a diverse community unified by a spirit of exploration and excellence, is to develop students who will lead the way to the future by educating and equipping them with the skills necessary to excel in the 21st century through a system characterized by meaningful community relationships and a comprehensive curriculum facilitated by a highly qualified team committed to Courage, Collaboration, Innovation, and Self-Direction.