The name comes from an insect, the Ranatra fusca, which lives underwater and served as the inspiration for a particularly creative, but unsuccessful, solution to a problem in the early days of the program.
The school received many other awards, such as the School Excellence Award (an award for academic excellence), the School Distinction Award, the Best Practice Awards and many awards at the Odyssey of the Mind (OM) World Finals.
"Ranatra fusca" is the namesake of an award for exemplary creativity in the international student problem solving competition Odyssey of the Mind, because the insect served as the inspiration for a particularly creative solution to a problem in the early days of the program.
Odyssey | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 2001: A Space Odyssey (film) | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | Jedi Mind Tricks | Mind | Lone Star State of Mind | Evil on Your Mind | 3001: The Final Odyssey | Unconscious mind | The Mind Robber | The Mind of Evil | The Captive Mind | Odyssey of the Mind | Odyssey (band) | Empire State of Mind | Adventures in Odyssey | 2010: Odyssey Two | World Mind Sports Games | Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey | The Odyssey of Flight 33 | The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey | Philosophy of mind | Out of Your Mind | Odyssey 5 | Mind uploading | mind reading | Mind Garage |
Cane Creek participates in many national and international education contests including Mathcounts, Battle of the Books, Odyssey of the Mind, Science Olympiad, National History Day, National Geographic Bee, as well as all regular middle school sports cheerleading, cross country, football, boys soccer, tennis, volleyball, boys basketball, girls basketball, wrestling, baseball, golf, girls soccer, softball, and tack and field.
Academic Games, Honors Band & Choir, Newspaper, After School Club: Academic Support, Junior National Honor Society, Odyssey of the Mind, Art Club Language & Arts Festival, Outdoor Club, Color Guard, Math Counts, Spanish Club, Drama Club, Model US Senate, Student Council, Drill Team & Marksman Team, MS Intramurals, Student 2 Student Club, Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society, Yearbook, Future Teachers of America, and Navy JROTC.