Joining Us, From Cedar Park Texas…
Noah Hedges, Reporter
May 31, 2019
Filed under Clubs and Organizations, News, Recent Stories, Top Stories
In previous years, the Cedar Park Marching Band has been known for putting together marching productions based on happy stories with happy endings. After failing to meet Cedar Park’s “competitive standard” during the 2018 season, 2019 brings a whole new kind of Cedar Park. The 2019 production fo...
DECA to Internationals
Jalen Gomez, Reporter
April 26, 2019
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The DECA team is going to Orlando, FL – not for winning the Super Bowl, but for qualifying for a bid at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC). The business group leaving for Orlando on Friday consists of DECA adviser Kimberly Stapleton, senior club co-presidents Justin Nita and Adri Karmakar, ...
HOSA Advances to Internationals After Five Years
Nithila Ilangovan, Reporter
April 15, 2019
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After two HOSA members competed at State on March 28-30, one of those members, senior Kristin Knight, advanced to Internationals (ILC) which is being held on June 19 through 22 in Orlando, Florida. This is the first time that HOSA is going to ILC since 2014. HOSA, which stands for Health Occupations St...
Robolobos Make Their Way to Worlds
Nithila Ilangovan, Reporter
April 15, 2019
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For the first time after six years, FRC Team 5052, The Robolobos advances to Worlds Championship after placing at Districts and Regionals. The team is competing at the Worlds in Houston from April 17-20. Before attending the Austin District Championship, where they advanced to Worlds with a rank of 24...
Ten Students Prepare for Weekend UIL Regionals
Nithila Ilangovan, Reporter
April 12, 2019
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Over the last weekend of March, members of the science, math, social studies, journalism and speech and debate teams competed in UIL at the district level at Cedar Park and other Leander ISD high schools. Out of these students’ 32 placements in the top six, there were eight first-place rankings and ...
Penguin National Guard Dives Back Into Action
Kieren Garner, Reporter
March 26, 2019
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PNG, also known as the Penguin National Guard, is a mash of colorful creativity along with quick thinking and sharp wit. This past December, students decided to bring the improv group back after it fell through last year. “We really wanted to start it back up again because it's a tradition, PNG ...
STEAM Rolling into the Future of Education
Nithila Ilangovan, Reporter
March 11, 2019
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Science, technology, engineering, art and math are now known by the acronym STEAM. While the concept of STEM is more commonly known, the integration of the “A” for art has become a prominent field of interest, such as at STEAM Night hosted by Deer Creek Elementary School PTA. On Feb. 7, elementa...
Lacrosse: Struggle for the Spotlight
Jalen Gomez, Reporter
March 7, 2019
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Balls flying, cross-checking and flows blowing in the wind, both the boys and girls lacrosse teams have been back in full swing this year. The boys have already played in eight games, with their record sitting at 3-5 overall and 1-0 in district. The girls have played in ten games and their overall ...
DECA’d Out
Nithila Ilangovan, Reporter
February 20, 2019
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At 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 19, 21 students arrived at the student pick up circle to board a bus to the Bastrop Convention Center, where the TX District five DECA’s Career Development Conference was to be held. Serving DECA Chapters in 28 counties, District 5 holds almost 1200 students, with only 54 percent ...
Rho Kappa to Host Movie Night March 1
Callie Copeland, Reporter
February 20, 2019
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Dozens of posters have been hung throughout the school with pictures of the classic Disney movie, “Beauty and the Beast,” put up by Cedar Park’s Rho Kappa Honor Society, who will be playing the movie March 1 in the cafeteria. Rho Kappa is an honor society dedicated to the promotion of soci...
Future Presidents, Governors, Politicians
Morgan Kasel, Reporter
February 15, 2019
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On Jan. 24 and 25, five students put their passions and knowledge to the test at the Texas Youth and Government state competition sponsored by the YMCA. Despite competitors not being ranked, junior Erin Barry received the "Outstanding Club Leader" award, sophomore Kate Schulle participated as part of...
Swimming to State
Jalen Gomez, Reporter
February 15, 2019
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After a third place overall finish at Regionals on Feb. 2, the swim team is advancing to the state round. “Honestly, I don’t know what to expect for State,” girls senior swim captain, Bella Zapata said. “We all did so well at this past meet, there was a record broken, and we all swam rea...
