![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)
Battle of the Ballot
Student Council Voting Closes Tonight
The official 2022 student council election polls are now posted. The officers have been campaigning since March 14th and results will be counted over the weekend. “I am excited about what directions this is sending our organization,” Babich said. “it really is a testimate to what I hope this organization will lead in the future.”
April 1, 2022
It’s that time of year again, and voting season is just around the corner. Cedar Park High School’s best and brightest are stepping up to the ballot to compete for the favor of our peers, which is why Student Council sponsor, Adam Babich believes it’s more important than ever to understand the growing importance of the student council and the effect that voting in these elections will have on our school community.
“This year I made the decision to separate the student council from the school dances,” Babich said. “Student council used to be largely an organization that put on the homecoming dance and prom. And while our officers are able to join the dance committee next year, because the student council no longer has that responsibility, we are now able to be what I always wanted it to be and what the students want, which is a place for students to bring the voices and concerns of their classmates to a level where things can be done about it.”
The elections are taking place today for students, and mark a new beginning in implementing student lead ideas into the forefront of school policy. Students and faculty will be able to work together to make CPHS a more comfortable environment, according to Babich.
“We are now a student advocacy organization,” Babich said. “We want to see organization, we want to do service to the school, we want to be in leadership, we want to unite the clubs. So you can think of the student council as some of the glue that brings clubs together, that allows students to voice their concerns and provide leadership opportunities.”
The chambers of elections will be split into two sectors; the executive board and class officers and each chamber will preside over their respective issues regarding school policy. Currently, there are a total of 12 candidates running for the executive board and 11 candidates running for the class officer positions.
“I think [The Elections] raise awareness of students’ ability to voice their concerns to their officers,” Babich said. “One of the things we will be doing next year is having regular communication between the officers and administration, so that there’s a continual pipeline of communication. The elections today are teaching the kids about an election process, and after tonight they will learn what it means to be gracious winners and gracious losers which is a skill I think they need in this world.”
The polls are open in 9th, 10th and 11th grade “Class of” google classrooms until 11:59 pm tonight. After the polls close, he along with the candidates will review the votes over this weekend and Babich will announce the winners on google classroom on Monday.
![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)
