![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)
Student parking lot causing safety issues
October 2, 2015
Students going to and from school may be driving, walking, or riding a bike or skateboard. With all four of these forms of transportation, comes safety risks. CP students need to know how to properly drive, walk, etc. in order to stop and prevent any future accidents in the parking lot and on Cypress Creek.
CP’s School Resource Officer, Alan Gallagher, witnessed multiple accidents in the past school year and one this year.
“There are students who don’t pay attention when they are backing up and end up bumping into another car because they weren’t paying attention,” Gallagher said. “It’s already happened this year.” Students need to be more aware when driving in the parking lot. — Alan Gallagher
Some of the proposals the AP’s and Gallagher have, include putting up safety signs around the parking lot and getting light up crosswalks.
“We are trying to retrain students on where the correct places to go are,” AP Vernon Rogers said. “Sometimes students drive through the wrong entrances and cut through the parking spaces.”
Not only are the AP’s concerned, but students as well, such as junior Maddie Meyers.
“I think that sometimes when school gets let out, everyone is in a rush to leave and trying to back out at the same time, so if everyone was just more patient and waited a little longer, it would be better,” Meyers said. “When I’ve backed up before looking around, someone has sped down the parking lot aisles and I had to stop quickly to not get hit because they weren’t going to be the one to slow down.”
The main cause for the accidents are a lack of awareness, according to Gallagher.
“There needs to be a way to get the students to be more cautious in the parking lot,” Gallagher said. “Students just need to be paying attention when driving.”
Students must be insured and have a parking permit if they are driving themselves to school.
“It’s easier to have everyone insured, and if there was an accident in the parking lot it’s better for the students to report it to an AP of Officer Gallagher because the ticket will be cheaper than a ticket from an officer outside the school,” Rogers said.
The AP’s are open to suggestions in trying to make the parking lot safer. If you have any ideas tell your AP or Officer Gallagher.
![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)
