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The Wolfpack

The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

Welcoming NHS members at their monthly meeting, seniors Jackson Woods and Ashley Chikkala help provide a welcoming community for the school through service projects. “To me, NHS is a lot about the service opportunities that you are able to get from it,” Chikkala said. “Because its not that difficult to have a super high GPA, if you just take the right classes and do the right things. But its difficult to make sure that you are getting those grades, along with still being involved in extracurriculars and helping your community and working and just generally being a good person.”

More Than an Honor Society

Jack Polishook, Reporter November 8, 2022

NHS is more than just a simple honor society. To the various members and teachers, National Honor Society is a way for members to connect with student life and learn valuable skills through their community.  “I...

Behind the Ballot: School Board Candidates Q&A

Jaden Kolenbrander, Editor November 7, 2022

As part of the Behind the Ballot series, The Wolfpack and Wolfcast collaborated to cover the 2022 Leander Independent School District Board of Trustees elections. Each candidate was invited to an interview...

Standing in the front of Mrs. Jenschkes room, seniors Reid Thompson, Ryan Green and Anthony Luparello lead the second Geography Club meeting of the year on Oct. 12. The meeting opened with Thompson’s presentation about the South Shetland Islands, followed by a geography trivia game. “[Ryan] is so passionate about geography and urban planning, and its fun to watch,” Jenschke said. “When [the officers] all came to my room and did that first officer meeting, there was a freshman in the room and I was like, ‘this is how it is.’ It was kind of wild and crazy, just because the ideas were bouncing everywhere.”

Geography Club: Season 2

Caleb Taylor, Reporter November 3, 2022

What do bustling cities and high school clubs have in common? They both have to continually develop and grow to survive – and Geography Club is no exception. Formed in 2021 by senior Ryan Green, Geography...

Behind the Ballot: What to Know About Props A & B

Madison Shields, Editor October 28, 2022

When pulling into the school parking lot, signs decorate the corner of Cypress Creek and Timberwolf Trail stating ‘Vote yes to Props A & B.’ The reason: the looming elections for Attendance Credit...

After school on Oct. 24, theatre students begin set up for the Haunted House, which will run Oct. 28 and 29. This year, the theme is “Prison Break,” and is centered around a correctional facility that is revealed to be much more sinister than it appears. “We had a lot of things we wanted to try,” senior Thespian troupe leader Ryleigh Jordan said. “But Prison Break just sounded the most practical, and it was still something we would all be interested in, and that we felt like people would still want to go through with.”

A Night of Frights

Alli Bisbee, Reporter October 27, 2022

Crash!  A blood-curdling scream echoes through the hallway. Suddenly, a stampede of restless prison inmates covered in bloody gashes and bruises scramble through in a panic. They swarm the visitors,...

Kneeling down to keep them still for the picture, senior Lydia Vermillion hugs her FFA show lambs, Windsor and Royal. Vermillion has been a member of the FFA for two years and will be competing in FFA contests in both the fall and spring this year. “[My] lambs take up three to five hours of my day,” Vermillion said. “I am [also] an officer in [the Cedar Park FFA Chapter, which] includes going to officer meetings and regular meetings, and planning [those] meetings.” (Photo Courtesy of Lydia Vermillion)

No Time for That

Kacey Miller, Reporter October 25, 2022

His alarm clock goes off at five a.m., but it’s not until he first dives into the pool for swim practice that he wakes up completely. After morning practice, it’s time for school, where seven hours...

As students battle deadlines, major assessments and changing trends, anxiety takes control of the brain. Since 1936, when endocrinologist Hans Selye studied an organisms ability to adapt, the term eustress has been used in psychology to describe good stress. I view stress as both good and bad, counselor James Sullivan said. Good stress is often short term that can be used to motivate you, like the stress, or excitement, you feel before playing a sporting game, preparing for a test, or before going on a first date. Bad stress is usually long term and wears you out. Over long times it can lead to anxiety.

Say Yes to the Stress

Kassidy Wilkinson, Reporter October 19, 2022

As students battle deadlines, major assessments and changing trends, anxiety takes control of the brain. Yet, even during these times, as the pulses quickens and hormones surge, there's no threat or fear....

From left to right, junior Aidan Cox, freshmen Jaime Corson, Mia Morneault and Ben Akers and senior Bryelle Swift perform in their first PNG production in the Black Box. Playing the game Freeze Tag, performers get to pause the scene in order to swap out with another performer, changing the outcome of the scene in a variety of ways. “I think I did good,” Morneault said. “I was scared, because there werent a lot of people, but there were still people there, and I think its a lot more worrying to me when theres less people in an audience than a lot, because you can see whos there specifically- that makes me tense up.”

PNG Power

Anthony Luparello, Reporter October 13, 2022

Wizards engaging in a kitchen duel, a romantic shark attack and a museum heist gone wrong: These are some of the many scenarios that theater’s improvisational troupe, PNG, has recently acted out. Led...

Sophomore Emma Weltens browses her BeReal feed during lunch. Weltens said that she appreciates how BeReal focuses on its users posting in-the-moment photos. “I think it’s a good app, it’s less about seeing them with their friends as it is about what they’re doing in their life,” Weltens said. “If you’re not doing anything [and post on BeReal], people reach out like ‘hey, wanna hang out?’ That doesn’t really happen on Instagram.”

Being Real

Jaden Kolenbrander, Editor October 12, 2022

The tagline of social media app Instagram is “Capture and share the world’s moments.” However, with 71% of Instagram users editing their selfies according to phone case seller Case24, it appears...

Senior Gavin Reid lays down in his substitute backpack, an inflatable pool filled with his school supplies. Reid had to bring the entire pool into the classroom for Anything but a Backpack Day.  “All of my teachers were kind of like, ‘why?’  Every teacher I brought it into, they were like ‘how are you going to get this in there?’” Reid said.  “They were like ‘I can’t have you leaving it out there cause I don’t want your stuff getting stolen,’ and so they would just say ‘okay, bring it in.’” (Photo Courtesy of Grace Courtright)

Home Sweet Homecoming

Cyrus Van Sickle, Reporter October 7, 2022

Homecoming officially ended on Sept. 23, and it passed with a variety of notable events - mixed with some confusion. One of the first events that occurred was the Homecoming dance. Here, students got...

Better Safe Than Sorry

Jack Polishook, Reporter October 6, 2022

There’s been a recurring problem for students like sophomore Ryan Rios. Every morning, band students like him pull into the parking lot after months of sleep deprivation and lug their instruments into...

During DEN on Sept. 20, students who were already 18, or who will be turning 18 soon, filled out Voter Registration forms. Rho Kappa president and senior Ariana Balakrishnan helped oversee the voter registration event. “I think it’s really important for high schoolers, or anyone eligible to vote, to get started doing that process at a young age because it’s a part of our civic duties and you might as well start young, Balakrishnan said. It’s a right that everyone should be able to exercise and I’m really glad that Rho Kappa could bring this experience to the school.

Behind the Ballot: How to Register to Vote and Why It’s Important

Madison Shields, Editor October 5, 2022

Turning 18 equates to buying movie tickets to R-rated movies, lottery tickets and getting a Costco card. But the most important addition to a teenager’s abilities is the power to vote, according to student...

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