![Broadcast, yearbook and newspaper combined for 66 Interscholastic League Press Conference awards this year. Yearbook won 43, newspaper won 14 and broadcast took home nine. “I think [the ILPC awards] are a great way to give the kids some acknowledgement for all of their hard work,” newspaper and yearbook adviser Paige Hert said. “They typically spend the year covering everyone else’s big moments, so it’s really cool for them to be celebrated so many times and in so many different ways.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/edited-ILPC.jpg)
![Looking down at his racket, junior Hasun Nguyen hits the green tennis ball. Hasun has played tennis since he was 9 years old, and he is on the varsity team. "I feel like it’s not really appreciated in America as much, but [tennis] is a really competitive and mentally challenging sport,” Nguyen said. “I’m really level-headed and can keep my cool during a match, and that helps me play a bit better under pressure.” Photo by Kyra Cox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hasun.jpg)
![Bringing her arm over her head and taking a quick breath, junior Lauren Lucas swims the final laps of the 500 freestyle at the regionals swimming competition on date. Lucas broke the school’s 18-year-old record for the 500 freestyle at regionals and again at state with a time of 4:58.63. “I’d had my eye on that 500 record since my freshman year, so I was really excited to see if I could get it at regionals or districts,” Lucas said. “ State is always a really fun experience and medaling for the first time was really great. It was a very very tight race, [so] I was a bit surprised [that I medaled]. [There were] a lot of fast girls at the meet in general, [and] it was like a dogfight back and forth, back and forth.” Photo by Kaydence Wilkinson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kaydence-2.7-23-edit-2.jpg)
![As her hair blows in the wind, senior Brianna Grandow runs the varsity girls 5K at the cross country district meet last Thursday. Grandow finished fourth in the event and led the varsity girls to regionals with a third place placement as a team. “I’m very excited [to go to regionals],” Grandow said. “I’m excited to race in Corpus Christi, and we get to go to the beach, so that’s really awesome.” Photo by Addison Bruce](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/brianna.jpg)
Timber Teach Starts off Strong with a Large Staff
Working on their homework while they wait for students, seniors Miranda Van Doren and Dean Torkelson are two major contributors to Timber Teach. “I really enjoy helping people in whatever way I can,” Torkelson said. “I know that everyone’s high school experience is a little different. Some subjects are harder for some people, but we all need a little help with some class at some point. I’m glad that I can help people succeed in school.”
September 28, 2016
Each day of the week after Oct. 1, students will have the opportunity to sign up through their DEN portal to study in the Timber Teach section of the library. Timber Teach is a student led organization that was created last year with the central goal to project a stress free zone of innovated students who get together and problem solve. The head of the Timber Teach department, Chris Young, is starting off the year strong with a group of over 80 recruited juniors and seniors available for tutoring within the core classes of Math, Science, Social Studies and English.
“The response has been overwhelming, and I am humbled by our students’ positive spirit and sincere desire to help others,” Young said. “Our Timber Teach student-leaders have formed together to create solutions to the school’s most pressing problem: student stress. The goal is to make sure that any student who is serious about using DEN to cut down on homework and improve the quality of their educational experience is supported.”
After a class lesson, some students have trouble retaining the information they were taught. Within Timber Teach, students are granted with help in their areas of need during the school day and without having the trouble of paying for one on one tutoring outside of school. Senior Dean Torkelson has seen positive results come from the program.
“Last year, we only had 5-10 kids come in for tutoring on any one day, but I think that we definitely helped them out in understanding their coursework,” Torkelson said. “Most of the time, all the tutor needs to do is explain the concept in a way that makes sense as a student, as sometimes the teacher’s plans don’t quite translate into comprehension on the student’s behalf.”
Upperclassmen like Senior Miranda Van Doren are new to Timber Teach and are contributing to the organization.
“I wasn’t in Timber Teach last year,” Van Doren said. “Last year was the first time it was implemented on this campus, so it was just beginning to take shape. This year, however, I think the experience from its trial year will definitely be useful. It will mean that we have a framework to build off of, and we can fine-tune some areas.”
Timber Teach is continuing to strengthen its program with a sturdy staff of tutors and students who are seeking resolutions to their challenges within the classroom. If students are interested in joining the program to help tutor in a certain subject, they can contact Young or talk to one of the tutors.
“We are always on the lookout for new talent, so students should feel free to apply to join our efforts at any time,” Young said. “Foreign Language is an area of need, and I’m open to anyone who can envision ways to include support for elective coursework.”
