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The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

Smiling at the camera, senior Emilya Garza poses for a picture. Garza served as student body president this school year, a position she said allowed her to create a safe place for others to speak up. “I try to make sure every single person in our student body is heard,” Garza said. “I realized I really enjoy building a story and understanding different perspectives. I’ve always been someone who wants to step in and make sure things are made right.”
Photo courtesy of Emilya Garza

Taking a Stand

Palak Tiwari, Reporter May 12, 2026

Some voices stand out right away, while others take time to grow into something people listen to. For senior Emilya Garza, high school became that space, not just to speak up but to understand how to turn...

Smiling for the camera, girls' soccer players sophomore Ryan Haskins, juniors Anna Geertsema and Bella Ballenger, and senior Aerin Tryals-Meyer await visitors to their trunk. The team used a truck bed and filled it with candy, and covered the whole truck in spider webs to appeal more to the kids. “We have a scoring goal so you can shoot, or the kids can shoot,” Tryals-Meyer said. “Whenever they make it, they get candy.”

Tricks, Treats and Trunks

Lane Cooper, Reporter November 5, 2025

Halloween music filled the rather crisp air as dozens of cars lined up in the parking lot–not for academic purposes but for one of the most anticipated holiday events of the school year: Trunk or Treat....

Standing at a desk, senior FCS president Jaya Phillipose takes attendance at a weekly meeting. Phillipose was named one of two co-presidents alongside senior Bennett Patton for the upcoming school year. “I feel like me and my leadership team are very close,” Phillipose said. “We are able to make sure everybody else feels included in that.”

Fresh Faces, New Direction

Kolton Phipps, Reporter October 23, 2025

Fellowship of Christian Students (FCS) welcomed eighteen new leadership members for the upcoming school year. The club has dealt with many factors of change over the last year, with new locations of meetings,...

Students gather for a Fellowship of Christian Students meeting, sharing faith and community during their weekly session. Senior club president Jaya Philipose discusses what idols are and how they affect students' view of God. “God wanted us to understand even from the beginning that nothing should take his place in our hearts," Philipose said.

Join the Club—If You Can

Audrey Garcia, Reporter October 15, 2025

The Gender Sexuality Alliance, also known as GSA, is a club where students gather to learn about gender identities, discuss current events and build community. The club is among one of the organizations...

Broadcast, yearbook and newspaper combined for 66 Interscholastic League Press Conference awards this year. Yearbook won 43, newspaper won 14 and broadcast took home nine. “I think [the ILPC awards] are a great way to give the kids some acknowledgement for all of their hard work,” newspaper and yearbook adviser Paige Hert said. “They typically spend the year covering everyone else’s big moments, so it’s really cool for them to be celebrated so many times and in so many different ways.”

In The Headlines

Skyler King, Reporter May 15, 2025

Whether they’re writing, designing or producing content, the journalism program works hard all year capturing the most important moments for everyone to look back on. Broadcast, newspaper and yearbook...

Crowded around the newsdesk of KENS5, the broadcast class poses for a group photo. During the class's winter retreat in San Antonio, they visited the local news station for a tour. “When we're brought together, we have more ideas,” sophomore Drew Johnson said. “We have time to talk to each other about stories, and most of all, the winter retreat can be a story. I think bringing us together on the winter retreat really made us think about working together as a team.” Photo courtesy of Anthony Garcia

Behind The Camera

Mia Morneault, Reporter April 8, 2025

Rushing to set things up, making sure camera shots are steady, scrolling through the script and getting dressed to perfection. Every morning at 7:15 a.m., the broadcast students prepare to go live on Youtube...

Typing away on her computer, junior Stephanie Manoel works on an assignment for her cybersecurity class. Being involved in DECA, which requires students to take CTE course, and having taken Computer Science I in her freshman year, this was the first course Manoel considered as she already felt familiar with the environment. “I’d definitely recommend this class to anyone interested in pursuing computer science or cybersecurity,” Manoel said. “The workload is manageable, but still gives you the knowledge you need. Overall, it’s the environment that keeps me motivated to come to class every time.”

Digital Defense

Jane Yermakov, Assistant Editor March 24, 2025

The hum of computers, a soft buzz punctuated by the occasional click of a mouse, fills the computer lab as students sit at their desks, hunched over their screens typing away. Some students scroll through...

The Brainy Bunch

The Brainy Bunch

Skyler King, Reporter March 24, 2025

Sitting in the classroom under the dim lights, they organize their supplies, making sure they have everything they need. The proctor hands out their tests, making sure that they don’t peek at them yet....

Senior Rushil Mehta, Junior Katie Liu, Senior Ashley Blair, Senior Anabelle Staples, Senior Jen Nguyen, teacher Amy Buffington, and Senior Kim Dao smile at the camera as they anticipate the upcoming HOSA competition. These students are working together in their Mental Health Campaign, and they have made various preparations for the competition. “We did lots of outreach activities, such as a gratitude jar for students on CPHS and Christmas stockings for children who have to stay at a hospital during the holiday season,” Liu said. “We hoped that it would alleviate anxiety in youth and help brighten their day.” Photo courtesy of Payton DeAngelis

HOSA: Hands-On Healthcare

Addie Johnson, Reporter February 7, 2025

Online submissions. Meeting with professionals. Posting on social media. Practicing medical skills. These are some of many things that students do to prepare for the HOSA competition.   The HOSA competition...

Handing out business cards and putting up fliers, juniors Natalie Le (left) and Valerie Hall (right) promote their HOSA Community Awareness campaign “Backs on Track.” Working collaboratively with juniors Avani Eckert and Morgan Tran, the group is presenting their portfolio of this project at the HOSA Spring Leadership Conference on Feb. 7. “We chose to discuss back pain and posture because we felt the more common and popular ideas were already widely highlighted and we wanted to spread awareness to something less known,” Tran said. “Because this idea can reach a wide variety of audiences, we felt this topic would be appropriate and could easily be used to spread awareness to all of the community.”
Photos courtesy of Valerie Hall

The Backs on Track Project

Jane Yermakov, Assistant Editor February 6, 2025

An elderly person, phone-addicted teenager and someone who works remotely at their desk all day all walk into a room. What is one thing these people are likely to have in common? Bad posture. A slumped...

Smiling at the camera, sophomore Olivia Mahlmeister and seniors Samantha Jameson, Adhit Eswaramoorthi and Justin Khadavi celebrate completing first chamber in the Congress Meet. All four students advanced to the final chamber. “Out of the 20 kids in the final chamber, we had a seventh, ninth, 11th and 13th, and they took the top four to move on to state,” AP US History and Debate teacher Josh Marsh said. “[Even though] we didn't make state this year, all four of them moving on [and] placing is phenomenal.” Photo courtesy of Josh Marsh

Contesting in Congress

Addie Johnson, Reporter December 17, 2024

Sixteen topics. Two speeches for each—affirmative and negative. That makes 32 speeches overall that the debate team prepared for the Congress Meet on Nov. 5. Students in Speech and Debate competed...

Standing in front of a small audience, senior Kimberley Walters shares a social criticism poem titled “Pity the Nation” by Lawrence Felinghetti. Every month, sponsored by the poetry club, the library hosts a poetry reading. “I never thought I would be interested in [poetry readings] because I’m not the biggest poetry fan,” Walters said. “I think poetry is a very succinct way to express feelings and get a story across. Whereas lots of books have a span of a whole story, but it’s put in a lot of words. The power of poetry is that you can be so succinct within, and there’s a lot of power within the words that are used.”

Green Eggs and Poetry

Kassidy Wilkinson, Reporter December 11, 2024

From the famous works of Dr. Seuss to the songs blasting from earbuds, poetry is a constant companion to the average high school student. Throughout history, poetry has been used as a way to express one’s...

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