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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

Lining in front of the Cedar Lake Courthouse where people of all ages enter to receive the final decisions of the crime they committed enters teenagers meant to be the last voice heard before their peers are convicted. Teen Court has meetings on Mondays, twice a month. “I originally did [Teen Court] for the service hours that it offered but stayed because of the connections,” Edwards said. ”The skills I’ve learned in public speaking and argumentation have helped me so much.”

The Next Generation of Legal Minds

Ingrid Bonner, Reporter April 22, 2025

From being in the audience to a juror, or a bailiff to an attorney to judge, the courtroom is filled with people ready to participate in cases. The defendant walks into the courtroom expecting adults but...

Smiling at the camera, seniors Anastacia DeCuir, Eren Bassett, Charlie Lehman and Katie Young celebrate the results of the ProStart competition. They placed second after an hour of working together in a small area with minimal materials. “We weren't expecting or expected to place at all,” Bassett said. “So the fact that we got second and a bunch of our teams got shoutouts for our individual dishes is crazy. We had chefs individually coming up to us, congratulating us for our dish.”

Cooking Up the Competition

Addie Johnson, Reporter April 22, 2025

One hour. Two gas burners. No electricity. Four students. This is all that each team got during the competition to make a three-course fine dining meal with multiple components in each course. While the...

Holding up their ribbons, the Principles of Dance team poses for a picture. On March 12, the team participated in the Dance Educators Assessment of Learning (DEAL), where they earned a Division One rating. “For me, [a division one rating] shows the teamwork of our class and how we work together to dance,” freshman Sierra Thurber said. “[Participating in DEAL] benefits me because it teaches me a lot of skills and gives me a sense of determination in any type of category that I would go for in life.” Photo courtesy of Nikki Evans

Put a Spin On It

Kassidy Wilkinson, Reporter April 22, 2025

Stepping onto the stage, the dancers prepare to be evaluated on all the skills they have learned this year. They will be judged on their execution of dance moves, their classroom etiquette, timing and...

Walking students through an in-class rat dissection lab, Anatomy and Physiology teacher Tyler Terry helps them connect rat anatomy to a human’s. Terry also teaches Medical Microbiology, Practicum in Health Science: Pharmacy Technician and is the HOSA sponsor. He expects district-proposed budget cuts to negatively impact class sizes in the coming school years. “It’s going to be a real challenge to try to reduce the number of teachers and squeeze the same number of students into fewer classes,” Terry said. “Classroom management is going to become more difficult for teachers, and students are probably going to feel even more cramped. It’s really hard to give individual one-on-one attention to every student who needs it when the class gets that big.” Photo by Allie Tseng

Budget Deficit to Cause Staffing Cuts

Kacey Miller, Editor-in-Chief April 9, 2025

After six years of no state funding increases for Texas public schools, unfunded state mandates and inflation rates, the district is facing a $21.2 million deficit as they plan the 2025-26 school year...

Giving sophomore Sebastian Farias a chemistry lecture on Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures, Chemistry teacher Lauren Buntin explains how to convert from 589 millimeters of Mercury to atmospheres. “I look forward to seeing my students and getting to see you guys learn and excel and advance and, you know, do something today that you couldn't do yesterday," Buntin said. "So, because chemistry is so much about skills, it's cool for me to get to see you guys get more skills." Photo courtesy of Sebastian Farias

Ion the Class

Sebastian Farias, Reporter April 8, 2025

Students in room 5001 have their notebooks out. Some are scribbling notes in their notebooks, some have given the teacher their full attention, some of them are half asleep, while others are fooling around....

Crowded around the newsdesk of KENS5, the broadcast class poses for a group photo. During the class's winter retreat in San Antonio, they visited the local news station for a tour. “When we're brought together, we have more ideas,” sophomore Drew Johnson said. “We have time to talk to each other about stories, and most of all, the winter retreat can be a story. I think bringing us together on the winter retreat really made us think about working together as a team.” Photo courtesy of Anthony Garcia

Behind The Camera

Mia Morneault, Reporter April 8, 2025

Rushing to set things up, making sure camera shots are steady, scrolling through the script and getting dressed to perfection. Every morning at 7:15 a.m., the broadcast students prepare to go live on Youtube...

Lining the center of the room, several printing presses make copies of Community Impact’s latest newspaper. Junior Skyler King shadowed at Community Impact for her Career Investigation Day where she got a tour of the printing press and spoke with several employees including one of the head editors and a designer. “I really think [my favorite part] was talking to the designer,” King said. “Before I thought I really wanted to focus on just pure writing with journalism, but I thought what she did was maybe even cooler and it really made me rethink what I want to do, like if I want to do social media design, or graphic design or something like that.”

A Day in the Life

Kaydence Wilkinson, Assistant Editor April 5, 2025

Doctor or Nurse? Architect or Interior Designer? Police Officer or Firefighter? With so many career options to choose from, it can be challenging and stressful for students to decide which path they’d...

Whether you prefer to write eulogies in their traditional form; about a dead person, or are interested in finding an object to eulogize, there are many options to choose from. Overall, writing a eulogy can be a healthy way to process big emotions in a time of grief, but it can also be a fun way to remember an old stuffed animal or iPad.

Bored? Here’s a Free Writing Prompt

Kacey Miller, Editor-in-Chief April 4, 2025

A good definition of a eulogy is a writing piece, typically shared in a speech, about someone or something that has died or that you have parted with. You may have heard a eulogy at a funeral about the...

The architecture club meets biweekly on Tuesdays in the classroom of chemistry teacher Lauren Buntin and meetings are led by senior students Chance Meyer and Mateo Guerrero, who serve as co-presidents. To enhance engagement, the club has organized various building challenges during its meetings and has even had a professor from the University of Texas speak with the members. “The main goal of the club is to promote interest in architecture,” senior Noah Martinez said. “[We want] enough [interest] to get the school to create a class to teach us about architecture.”

Model Citizens

Kasandra Reynoso, Reporter April 4, 2025

The Architecture Club was created to assist students in learning and advancing in architecture while crafting early college experiences. In the club you can explore various architectural forms and designs...

Coyote Chaos

Mia Morneault, Reporter April 4, 2025

Over the past couple of months, several locals in the Twin Creeks area on social media are claiming that coyote sightings have only increased in recent days. This has caused many members in the community...

Driving towards the net, senior captain and striker Meredith Koltz scores the game winning goal to send the T-Wolves to State Semis. The team will face Barbers Hill Friday to attempt to make it back to the State Championship for the first time since 2001. “There’s nothing we can’t do together,” Koltz said. “If I make a mistake it’s not like ‘oh do this better’ it’s more like ‘hey, we got this, we can stick together’ and we’re working for each other. Not a single person wanted this goal by themselves, we’re all with each other and we’re just a big perfect family.” 
Photo by Alyssa Fox

Final Four Frenzy

Alyssa Fox, Reporter April 2, 2025

After a 1-0 win over Pieper High School last night, the varsity girls soccer team will face Barbers Hill Friday in the UIL State Semi-Final game at College Station High School. A win on Friday will send...

From the magical tale of Cinderella to the suspenseful story of Mulan, Disney has made many amazing movies. However, the live action remakes of these movies are never the same—for better or for worse. With the new “Snow White” live action which came out on March 21, it is hard to say if it will be the original story's downfall or bring it justice.

Magic Makeover… or Mistake

Addie Johnson, Reporter April 1, 2025

Whether I’m watching Rapunzel fulfilling her dream and meeting her ideal man Flynn Rider, or Tiana working as hard as she can to open her restaurant and surprising herself by falling in love with Prince...

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