The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

The student newspaper and broadcast of Cedar Park High School

The Wolfpack

DECA teams pose with their medals at districts on Jan. 22, where 10 students advanced to the State Competition. This year Districts was held at Cedar Ridge high school and consisted of students from Leander, Round Rock, and Austin school districts presenting in either written or role play events. “Im really excited, not just for my team but for our entire chapter,” junior Ariana Balakrishnan said. “It’s a really big deal for us. Sending most of our competitors to State, especially after our year off, is really exciting cause now we’re back in person we can finally experience it like normal we get to see people get to talk to new members from other chapters it’s so just exciting.”

No Sleep ‘Til State

Isa Morgan, Reporter February 22, 2022

Faces are illuminated with the hue of computer screens, eyes are droopy on the brink of sleep despite the copious amounts of energy drinks consumed. It’s 2 a.m. and juniors Ariana Balakrishnan, Ainsley...

Students gather around ping-pong tables ready for a table tennis game. One of the main goals of the club is to provide a fun environment for students to relax and unwind from a busy day.  “Ping- Pong club is about students with a similar passion in ping pong coming together and improving each other,” senior member Jay Kannam said. “A usual meeting consists of putting tables together and playing, and sometimes we also hold tournaments to see who has improved over the week.”

Causing a Racket

Sofya Bashirova, Reporter February 17, 2022

The soft sound of ping-pong balls can be heard throughout the Science building as students pass by. One of the goals of Ping-Pong club is to provide a stress-free environment for students in order to promote...

The choir students smile for a group photo at Region in November. The choir recently participated in the pre-area auditions, and the top 15 candidates (10 for voice parts and six alternates) advanced to the Area auditions. “I am immensely proud,” Assistant Choir Director Victor Torres said. “I am so proud of them. We’ve been having Sectionals in here just about every day. The kids have been showing up, really working on their music.

In For The Long Run

Ruchi Sankolli, Assistant Editor January 7, 2022

After constant rehearsals and performances, the choir All-State Candidates advance to the next round of auditions for Area. Area is the next step for them in their journey to the All-State choir, which...

Holding up her computer, psychology club president and senior Naomi Stein speaks about how people in the military are classically conditioned to do their job without medical consequences at a club meeting in November. Stein said that she liked how everyone is able to collaboratively discuss the topics at hand, and learn more about others opinions on those matters along the way. “I like how everyone gets to learn more about others perspectives, like their standpoint on nature vs nurture, which is a big topic in psychology,” Stein said.

Enter the Human Mind

Rachana Kommineni, Reporter December 14, 2021

After taking a year off, the psychology club aimed to reinvent itself and create more opportunities for others to learn more about psychology through various activities, experiments and group discussions....

Showing off his gold medal, senior Riley Pritzlaff poses for a picture alongside fellow UIL competitors and seniors Vyacheslav Adrianov and Aiden Seibel. Pritzlaff placed second in the UIL Congress Meet and will be advancing to the next round at the Texas State Capitol in January. “The first kind of debate that I got into when I first joined the Speech and Debate team was Congress,” Pritzlaff said. “So, making it to state my senior year is kind of a full circle for me, and owning my speech skills, learning this kind of thing, and having the opportunity and experience to debate all of these different ideas [with] these different people has been really cool.”

The ‘States’ Are High

Ruchi Sankolli, Assistant Editor December 9, 2021

After competing in the UIL Regional Congress Meet, senior Riley Pritzlaff, who won second place at the meet, will be advancing to the State tournament at the Texas State Capitol in January. Seniors Aiden...

Poetry club members sit down, and write words to plan a poem to write. During meetings, members have time to work on their work and share it with other members, in order to improve their work.“I believe many students write poetry, as I did as a young person, and they have no one to share it with,” club sponsor and English teacher Ms. Iskra said. “Poetry Club is an opportunity for students to meet other people who write poetry and share their own work in a supportive setting. [The club] is an opportunity for students who love and perhaps write poetry to share it with other interested students. We also seek to improve and promote the craft of poetry composition through practice and performance.”

To Write or Not to Write

Sofya Bashirova, Reporter December 9, 2021

With pages turning and pencils writing, the English classroom is vividly working even during DEN, with Poetry Club students being back on campus and ready to read and write some poetry. With activities...

Holding up their T-Wolf signs, volleyball girls and Wolves for Wishes ambassador, senior Ana-Kate Partridge, pose for a picture at the volleyball bake sale on Oct. 19. This was the clubs first fundraiser, and they raised a total of $1,750 for the Make A Wish Foundation. I was shocked at how much money [we] raised from the bake sale, Partridge said. Just knowing that we raised that much money and that [the team] was willing to do this made me really excited, and I was so grateful that all these people [donated].

Wolves For Wishes

Ally JohnPress, Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2021

Wearing Timberwolf green shirts with a dazzling “Wolves for Wishes” script and globe depicted across the chest, volleyball girls and supporters of the Make A Wish Foundation sit together at the volleyball...

Each week, PALS go to the local elementary and middle schools and spend time with the kids. “We get to see our kids every week and hang out with them,” junior Abigail Martinez said. “We play games, do crafts, or just talk with them and build relationships.”

Back To The Schools

Sofya Bashirova, Reporter December 1, 2021

The hallways and classrooms of the elementary and middle schools seem to fill up with joy and laughter as the PALS make their way back. After a year of not being able to go to the schools to mentor kids,...

Filled with enthusiasm, secretary, social media manager and senior Arina Gart paints a skeleton on a girl’s face. Trunk or Treat is an annual school-sponsered community event where kids wear their Halloween costumes and interact with various clubs and organizations to receive candy. “A lot of people came to our booth at Trunk or Treat, and a lot of [our members] were volunteering too,” Gart said. “We got to do a bunch of different paintings, and since everyone is so talented in Art Club it turned out really good.”

Painted Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!

Anthony Whiting, Reporter November 22, 2021

At the start of this school year there was only $26 in the National Art Honor Society bank account. Being virtual last year diminished extracurricular participation, and with only one lone returning member,...

Beaming with delight, members of YoungLife flaunt their color-stained faces after participating in the Color War, held on Aug. 30. This color war is one of the many events that YoungLife holds in order to encourage everyone to come to their gatherings. “They want to gather high schoolers from Vista Ridge and Cedar Park, no matter what they believe in, to come together as a community,” freshman Emery Taylor said. “[They want us to] have just like an hour or two to hang out and just talk about what matters to them.”

Mondays Are For YoungLife

Isa Morgan, Reporter October 27, 2021

Originally created as a way to get teenagers engaged in traditional church programs in the late 1930s, according to the website, YoungLife has evolved over the years to a club to help teenagers feel like...

Seniors Piper Vu, Sydney Fuller, and Hemani Goje give a presentation in the first meeting of the Mental Health Club on Oct. 13. The three Mental Health Club officers explained what the clubs goals and activities were before letting the clubs members speak to each other in a fulfillment of their key promise to let students talk and vent  about their lives. We want to spread the word that you are allowed to vent your frustrations, have good days, bad days, and most importantly know how to deal with your psychological distress, Goje said. We all come from different struggles and have different perspectives. So, we wanted to respect the different perspectives and create ways to cope.

Taking Care of Ourselves

Jaden Kolenbrander, Reporter October 14, 2021

Mental health is becoming an increasingly important topic for teenagers to confront: depression rates rose 63 percent among adolescents between 2013 and 2018, and the COVID-19 pandemic only worsened the...

Depicted above is the current mural outside of the Mexic-Arte Museum entitled Somos Historia. The artist, Luis Abreux earned his Master’s degree in Fine Art, specializing in Painting, from the San Alejandro Art Academy in Havana, Cuba and has lived in Austin since 2005. “My mural is a historical portrait,” Abreux said. “The satirical style in my work reinforces the theatrics of life and how the most valuable things are relative-like the lives exchanged for gold 500 years ago.”

30 Days, Countless Ways to Celebrate

Anthony Whiting, Reporter October 7, 2021

The halls are filled with the sounds of Spanish music and students are decorating sugar skulls. Along with the start of fall and football season, Hispanic Heritage Month has also begun, bringing something...

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