![Holding up T-wolves, the tour group poses for a picture in the Chinese classroom. Sophomore Lydia Ou, junior Phu Trung and senior Yushan Pan gave a tour to Taiwanese diplomat Andrea Yang on Nov. 8. “I was so excited when I heard I would get to give the tour because it’s a big deal,” Ou said. “She’s from the US embassy for Taiwan, so she’s really important. I’m so privileged [to get this opportunity] and I’m so excited.” Photo by Skyler King](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Main-Taiwan.jpg)
![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.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Heidi-831-1200x900.jpg)
![Sucking in a breath of air, freshman Lily Pope competes in the 200 yard individual medley. On Oct. 25, the swim team competed in the AISD Swim Invitational. Overall, the girls team took second place and the boys team came in eleventh. “My favorite stroke is butterfly because I do the best in that stroke,” Pope said. “I feel like [butterfly] can test how [your ability] to convince yourself to keep going. The hardest part of swimming is convincing yourself to stay strong and keep pushing during a hard race [when] everything is tired.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/POPE-1200x804.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, Author Ehigbor Okosun, members of Page Turners, and other students reflect on the author's visit. “I thought the visit was great,” Senior Amia De Leon said. “It was interesting talking to her and [getting to know] her process and her thoughts and books in general. But I think the reason it went well [was that] people got to ask questions. I'm glad that she said so much in response to the questions and it wasn't just one and done. [The author’s responses] felt very articulate.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sebastian-5-1200x800.jpg)
![Standing in front of the field at a freshman football game, cheerleader freshman Jacob Gaudreau along with teammate freshman Bella Gibson pose for a photo during halftime of game. “[Cheer has] definitely given me a much more outgoing personality,” Gaudreau said. “I used to be very introverted, so it's definitely made me more extroverted towards people.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ingrid-204-1200x800.jpg)
![Holding a wooden pizza toy, senior Taylor Peterson plays with small children in Bucaramanga, Colombia. During the summer, Peterson traveled to Colombia to help build an elementary school that only had two classrooms but five or six grades with one teacher. “We add[ed] two more classrooms,” Peterson said. “It’s kind of hard when you have two or three grades in one classroom and you only have one teacher. It’s very hard to actually get some beneficial learning. [The extra classrooms will give the students] a better quality of education because they’ll actually have a place specific for their learning.” Photo by Taylor Peterson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-P.png)
![Swinging with his arm extended, senior Nolan Park hits the ball smoothly over the net and to the opponent’s side. Park is one of four varsity tennis captains and helped the team win district championships. “Winning district champs was a pretty awesome feeling,” Park said. “We had lost to Liberty Hill a couple of weeks before, but when we played them [again], we came out and really took care of business. We took them out and it was just a really awesome night.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kassidy-419.jpg)
![Standing proud, varsity senior athletes Rafael Escobar, Griffin Jacobs, Jakob Martin, and juniors Jackson Springer and Jack Morris pose with their newly earned medals. The varsity team finished third out of 14 teams on Sept. 25. “The team's primary goal is to win the district championship,” head coach Cody Price said. "We're confident that with our action plan in place, we can accomplish this mission. [For the next tournament], our preparation involves assessing our strengths and weaknesses, celebrating milestones and creating individual development plans." Photo courtesy of Cody Price](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/golf.jpg)
TimberTeach tutors students
Student tutor junior Dean Torkleson works on math homework with some other students in the TimberTeach DEN period. “I hope that this program will become a beacon of hope to anyone struggling in any class,” Torkleson said.
April 11, 2016
English teacher Chris Young and a group of student leaders have recently founded a new organization called TimberTeach. TimberTeach is a league of tutors that aim to provide aid to any student who needs it.
“We believe it will create a better learning environment because it’s not just teachers saying, ‘Do this, learn this, come in for help.’ Instead it’s students getting together saying, ‘Hey I can help you, let’s learn this together,’” junior Claudia Sychev said. “It creates a better environment for people to get together and learn things.”
Currently, they are attempting to build up their pool of tutors, they aim to have 50 tutors whose knowledge spans across several subjects, hopefully by the end of the year. Students interested in becoming a tutor can sign up for the tutoring time and talk to one of the student leaders, such as junior Dean Torkelson, or talking to Young.
“So far we have almost 20 tutors, and that number is growing daily,” Torkelson said. “We have tutors in every core subject, and our repertoire of subjects is growing with every new tutor we get.”
By next year, the program aims to be further ingrained in the working of the school and be easily accessible for both students and teachers in need of help. Currently, the student tutors are available during DEN in the library and students who are struggling can sign up to go in for help in the DEN portal.
“I thinks that TimberTeach will help increase grades overall and make kids more confident in both giving and receiving help,” said senior Claire Cantrell. “I personally tutor for Algebra 1, Spanish 1-3 and any social studies classes. I think it’s a great skill to be able to help your peers.”
As of right now, the team is attempting to create a class for the tutors next year so that teachers who are in need of tutors will be able to pull student tutors from that period, and students in need will be able to receive aid at different times throughout day.
“When a student comes in we’re assuming they’re going to come in like ‘Hey I need help with math,’ or whatever, and I for one like to tutor in math so if a student needs it, I could help them with that,” Sychev said. “If it’s just anything I think I understand myself and someone else doesn’t I would feel comfortable and welcome to help them. If I can help people get comfortable with the material and establish study habits, then that’s great.”
Sign up for “TimberTeach – Tutoring for Math, English, Science and Social Studies” if you find yourself needing help in any class, and if you are interested in applying to be a student tutor talk to Young or email him at [email protected].
![Sucking in a breath of air, freshman Lily Pope competes in the 200 yard individual medley. On Oct. 25, the swim team competed in the AISD Swim Invitational. Overall, the girls team took second place and the boys team came in eleventh. “My favorite stroke is butterfly because I do the best in that stroke,” Pope said. “I feel like [butterfly] can test how [your ability] to convince yourself to keep going. The hardest part of swimming is convincing yourself to stay strong and keep pushing during a hard race [when] everything is tired.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/POPE-300x201.jpg)
