![Walking through the tunnel created by the cheerleaders and Celebrities, senior Frances Tran smiles as the soccer team is sent off during DEN for their playoff game against Rouse tonight. Tran said the wins against Smithson Valley and Alamo Heights gave the team a morale boost to take on the Raiders tonight. “I know we were not 100% confident in those games,” Tran said. “But, Rouse is a big opponent for sure. We’re definitely going into tonight with a lot of morale [because of the previous wins].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frances-tran.jpg)
![Holding a bucket of materials in one hand and a roll of tape in another, anatomy and biology teacher Tyler Terry prepares for a lab. Terry said his proudest moments are when his students are happy to see him. “When I take my wife to a football game or something and a bunch of students want to say hi to me or they like to smile and wave and it just makes me feel good that the students are really kind and supportive of me,” Terry said. “[I’m also] proud when I see students perform really well in their extracurriculars because I can see how hard they’re working in my classes, [so] when I see that they’re also working so hard in other things. Like they’re winning band competitions or they’re getting awards for their theater productions, or I see them put on their choir shows, that’s like, wow, you guys are incredible.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rags-6.png)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901.jpg)
Skills USA brings home honors from district competition
February 26, 2014
The Skills USA teams placed high at the District meet Feb. 21-22. Results are as follows:
1.) Architectural Drafting Skills
Ayah Alomari 1st place (Gold Performance)
Kristen Grimm 2nd Place (Silver Performance)
Corey Cox 3rd place (Bronze Performance)
2.) Architectural Drafting Projects
Ayah Alomari Superior Rating (Blue ribbon)
Corey Cox Superior Rating (Blue ribbon)
Kristen Grimm Superior Rating (Blue ribbon)
3.) Technical Drafting Skills
Robin Davies 1st place (Gold Performance)
Drew Summers 2nd place (Silver Performance)
Mai Tran 3rd Place (Bronze Performance)
4.) Technical Drafting Projects
Max Vargas Superior Rating (Blue ribbon)
Shane Kelly Superior Rating (Blue ribbon)
Max Doan Superior Rating (Blue ribbon)
Robin Davies
Rachel Bardshar Superior Rating (Blue ribbon)
Drew Summers Superior Rating (Blue ribbon)
Mai Tran Superior Rating (Blue ribbon
5.) CISCO Internetworking Skills
Ferguson Alex 1st place (Gold Performance)
Gerardo Romero 2nd place (Silver Performance)
Rhett Fuller 3rd Place (Bronze Performance)
7.) Related Technical math
Max Doan 2rd Place (Bronze Performance)
8.) Programming
Max Vargas 2nd place (Silver Performance)
Aaron Ingram 3rd Place (Bronze Performance)
8.) Haircutting
Laura Fairbanks 1st Place
8.) Esthetics
Emma Gregerson 1st Place
In addition, the Cosmetology Quiz Bowl team, which consists of Laura Fairbanks and students from other LISD schools, also placed first. This is the eighth year for a first place finish.
![Holding her dog, Nova, senior Ariana Balakrishnan poses for her senior pictures while Nova wears a bandana with her college decision. Balakrishnan applied to 18 colleges in total, but she decided on Columbia in the end. “Right before I clicked the button to open Columbia’s letter, I literally looked at the camera and go ‘This is just gonna really suck because I wanted it so bad,’ and I clicked it and all of a sudden you hear trumpets,” Balakrishnan said. “There’s a video that plays when you open it and I actually didn’t watch the video, I just watched the screen go black, because every day of December before ED [Early Decision] I would go on YouTube and watch the acceptance video to manifest it, so immediately when the screen went black, I started screaming and jumping up and down. And my parents in the video are like ‘What are you doing, where’s the letter,’ and I was just screaming ‘I got in, I got in.” I just started crying, and it just felt like everything in the world came together.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ariana-2-300x217.jpg)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901-600x400.jpg)
