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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

Posing for a picture together, the Celebrities welcomed the Blue Belles to CPHS to learn the “Sister Kick” dance for the Nov. 1 halftime. This will be the first time the “Sister Kick” will be performed since the fall of 2015.. 
 “It’s going to be really visual and cool because we start off with every other person and then we split into the two teams and then we make one long kick-line with everyone,” Assistant Director Katie Thompson said. “It’s been awhile since they’ve done it and I’m just so excited to see it back again.” Photo courtesy of CPHS Celebrities

Does This Ring a Belle?

Alyssa Fox, Reporter November 1, 2024

Blue and white mix with green and silver as 77 dancers mingle and get to know each other. Then, it’s time to get to work as they lock arms and get ready for the tips of their toes to stretch to their...

Junior Sasha Ruteledge (right), and seniors Evan Schmitt, Seth Loudenslager, and Kaitlyn Moore gather around a photo of the Pope. Tony and Tina's Wedding is a loosely scripted long-form improv show, that takes place in the late 70's. "I think I always have something to say to someone, when I'm in character," Loudenslager said. "I always have a line that I can just improv, but I think sometimes it could be really hard to be able to place yourself physically in a place that you should be while a certain scene is going on. Sometimes you're not supposed to see a certain scene, sometimes you either forget about it, or you don't know. You have to be really careful about that. 
I find that to be kind of hard and tricky at times"

You’re Cordially Invited

Mia Morneault, Reporter October 31, 2024

You enter the Chapel, take your seat, watch the beautiful bride walk down the aisle and see a photographer obnoxiously get in everybody’s way. The theater department's newest dinner theater takes a twist...

Holding Hatch, the therapy dachshund, freshman Ameya Gollapudi participates in a Mental Health Monday activity on Oct. 21. During lunch on Monday, the Divine Canines organization brought in some therapy dogs for students to interact with to help brighten their days and improve mental health. “Students are under a lot of pressure,” Hatch’s owner Sarah Thomas said. “I think that the benefit of having a dog around, a calming presence, is really valuable. It just brightens up someone’s day to visit with a dog.” 
Photo by Alyssa Fox

Serving Up Paw-sitivity

Julia Seiden, Reporter October 22, 2024

Monday, the dreaded day of the week. Students get slammed with work and have to sit in hours of classes, knowing that they have to repeat this cycle for five more days. Many students feel a sense of relief...

The cross country team poses for the camera after finishing the district meet. The varsity boys, JV boys and JV girls all placed third and the varsity girls placed fourth. “Coach put in the right training for us for this season, so I think we will be peaking this week and the next couple of weeks,” varsity runner and junior Nathan Kukla said. “The chances of making it to state are very high, but we don’t settle for the lowest and there is always going to be that chance, so [we] race for the best.”

The Race Against the Clock

Heidi Williams, Reporter October 11, 2024

Dust gets kicked up. Sweat is dripping down faces in the 100-degree weather. Cheers are heard all across the course, but everyone's eyes are on one thing—the finish line. It all comes down to the final...

The week of Oct. 7-11 is custodian appreciation week. Leander ISD sets aside this week to appreciate custodians in our district. Spanish teacher Rhonda Bynell said custodians do a really wonderful job, and she is grateful for the work they put in every day.

The Meaning in Cleaning

Addie Johnson, Reporter October 11, 2024

Lights - Check. Bathrooms - Check. Floors - Check. Cafeteria - Check. Custodian Julia Cuellar goes through her long list of things to do for the day. Every day she has responsibilities before, during and...

Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer mental health support system focused on suicide prevention. Lead Counselor Sarah Cable volunteered Cedar Park High School to be the first campus in the district to implement the program into the school. “In my previous campus, I had three suicides,” Cable said. “It’s really, really hard. Hard to go through those things. Having the three losses of students on campus was so tragic and detrimental to everyone that knew them and was around them and their families and friends. If we can prevent the loss of a life and be proactive, I think we should try anything that we can. [By trying Hope Squad] we’re not just trying something willy-nilly; we’re trying something that schools have been using for a while and has seen success with.”

Hope Squad

Kassidy Wilkinson, Reporter October 9, 2024

Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer mental health support system focused on suicide prevention. In over 1600 schools nationwide, the Hope Squad is a growing organization, expanding internationally with locations...

With their T-Wolves held high, the varsity volleyball team huddles together in preparation at a match in early September. The team is 6-0 in match play and will start the second round of district play next week. “The second time isn’t going to be easy,” Head Coach Lori McLaughlin said. “That's the thing about this district. The coaches are so good and very skilled with what they do and every team is usually different the second time that we play. We just want to hope that we add some more finesse to our game, and then lead us into the postseason, which hopefully [has us] peaking at the right time.”

Knocking off the Top Dogs

Alyssa Fox, Reporter October 3, 2024

Eighteen sets won, only two lost. Five sweeps, one fifth set. 440 total points scored and an undefeated district record so far. One game left before the cycle starts again and they are hungry to add...

Holding up their T-Wolves, varsity football players smile for the camera at Taco Palenque. Last night, the O-Line position group was interviewed during Timberwolf Night in America, a weekly broadcast that features different aspects of the team and is hosted by Josh Willard and Brad Cone. “Timberwolf Night in America is an opportunity for us to learn about who the players are, because the team changes every year,” Willard said. “It's a chance to ask what they are looking to accomplish this week. We’ll go over the last game, preview this week's matchup, and talk about the record book. It's just fun talking about Timberwolf football.”

Timberwolf Mic in America

Kacey Miller, Editor-in-Chief October 2, 2024

Stepping up to the mic, he clears his mind and readies to answer their first question as his friends listen in from the tables behind him. He talks about his strengths, weaknesses and opinions about his...

The Halftime Show That Almost Wasn’t

Mia Morneault, Reporter September 24, 2024

On Sept. 6, at Gupton Stadium, the Cedar Park football team beat Vandegrift 46-49. But what most may not know is that the band was almost unable to perform for the halftime show for their first home game...

During passing period, parking lot security Alan Gallagher stands on the street between the portables and the main building, ensuring students get to the other side safely. Everyday, Gallagher monitors the parking lots, checks parking permits and helps guide traffic, even more so now with the addition of the portables. “I spend a lot of time making sure students and staff get across the walkway,” Gallagher said. “I haven’t had any real problems [with students] yet, it’s just about getting people adjusted to the new traffic patterns.”

Portable Party

Jane Yermakov and Julia Seiden September 17, 2024

A time of bliss, when the sun blazed hot, the students had not thought of school for weeks and the CPHS parking lot stretched out into a serene emptiness: summer.  Yet as the school year dawned, a...

With her daily agenda displayed on the new interactive panels, advanced spanish II and III teacher Sofia Pickle explains to her students their tasks for the day. The new interactive panels come with many features including the ability to annotate directly on the board.“I do love the that I can display certain spanish vocabulary or spanish conjugation [on the panels],” advanced spanish II and III teacher Sofia Pickle said. “I can go and write underneath it or take notes directly on those words or the worksheet I have displayed. I really enjoy that the panels are accessible and have features that are fun for students.”

It’s Panel-monium

Alyssa Fox, Reporter September 13, 2024

In the pitch black of the night, bright blue screens shine through window after window of the high school. It’s not a brand new 70-inch flat screen television and it’s not aliens invading, it’s the...

A Game Most Dangerous

Mia Morneault, Reporter May 7, 2024

Water sprays across fields. Cars speed off into the sunset. Children duck behind walls, bushes and corners. This is how 180 students from the class of 2024 have been spending their month. A tradition...

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