![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)
![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)
The hottest, coolest time in Texas, coming to Cedar Park? This $360 million resort will be close to twice as large as the New Braunfels water park. Coming spring of 2012, it is expected that a Schlitterbahn water park will open west of Interstate 35 on FM 1431.
“I’m so excited to have a Schlitterbahn in Cedar Park! It will give us something to do during the summer,” Kirstin White, senior, said.
As of now, plans are to allow this Schlitterbahn to be a year-round resort. The project will take up about 95 acres. Premiering 2012, Schlitterbahn will open its convertible water park that can be enclosed during bad weather. Besides the many attractions of the park, it will include Schlitterbahn signature “transportainmant” system, an interconnected river system designed to allow guests to float from attraction to attraction, rather than walk.
“It will do a lot more business if it is open all year round. It will pump money into our town,” Hailey Rosen, senior, said.
An elevated tree house like hotel, with 230 waterfront cabins, is expected to open in 2014. The tree houses will be created with reclaimed woods, and 95 percent of the materials used will be recycled.
However, some people do not fully support the idea of a waterpark in Cedar Park. There are concerns of wasting water, using unnecessary energy and spending too much money.
“I think the whole thing is a waste of time. We already have Schlitterbahn’s and it’s just taking up more land,” Quincy Hearn, senior, said. “It will take away even more land from the animals that live there now, who already have to fight for homes because of humans.”
According to the Community Impact Newspaper, Schlitterbahn Cedar Park will use substantially less water than if houses had been built on these 90 acres. This park will provide the latest in water and energy saving technologies. Also, Schlitterbahn is using LED technologies, fluorescent lights, low-flow fixtures, and recalculating the water in an effort to conserve water.
“I know they’re copying the design of the River Walk we have in San Antonio,” Alex Clark, freshman, said. “Your feet are always going to be in the water, and there are conveyor belts for the tubes so you don’t have to carry them to each attraction,”
Sometime during 2014, a retail center will debut at the water park. It will contain about 160,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space that will connect with a man-made river. Also in 2014, a river walk system is expected to be constructed that will connect the water resort’s attractions. A convention center will also be opened in 2014 to hold meetings and will be about 30,000 square feet.
Due to the concerns voiced over the amount of noise this establishment could make, the resort will be behind hotels and retail buildings. The landscaping and privacy fence are also supposed to minimize the amount of noise.
“It will probably affect the surrounding traffic and disturb the nearby neighborhoods, but everyone will have fun and Cedar Park will be recognized for something,” Daniel Sava, senior, said.
This project will bring about 739 construction jobs, and 1,200 permanent jobs. It has the potential of providing between $2.5 billion and $5 billion for Cedar Park spread over the next thirty years.
“It’s a good thing that we have a Schlitterbahn opening because it will bring lots of job opportunities for teens,” Stephanie Mettala, junior, said.
Volente Beach owner Rick Redmond and owners of the Schlitterbahn in New Braunfels are collaborating on this resort. In their joint effort, they plan on offering more entertainment to Cedar Park. After 2011, Volente Beach Waterpark will close because of the competition, but the restaurant there will remain opened.
“I think the resort idea will be a good tourism opportunity for Cedar Park,” Madeline Strickland, junior, said.
Schlitterbahn expects about 3,000 guests each day in the Cedar Park location. Schlitterbahn is one of the most popular water park resorts in the United States and it has been the top attended seasonal water park in America since 1995.
