![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)
Trunk-or-Treat was Not a Trick
FFA’s senior Shelby Rhoden brought her horse to be painted during Trunk-or-Treat. “We used the paint that I used when I went to horse camp,” Rhoden said.
November 3, 2016
Dressed in jerseys, tight leggings and outrageous costumes: kids, parents and students filtered into the parking lot of CP. Kids ran around the lot, playing games and collecting candy from the different booths or “trunks” put on by various clubs and organizations. Trunk-or-Treat is a long standing tradition for the Cedar Park community in order to help a worthy cause.
This year, Trunk-o-Treat was on Wed. 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. Located at the front parking lot, the event hosted around 200 hundred people and over 25 clubs. With all this support, Trunk-or-Treat raised over 200 dollars according to science teacher and advisor for Stu. Co., Adam Babich. This came to no surprise, however to many of the club members as for the past four years the event has been gaining momentum and more attendees.
Class president, senior Luke Williamson commented on the growth of Trunk-or-Treat, recalling all four years that he has been a part of Stu. Co.
“Trunk-or-Treat has always been a very popular community event- but especially in recent years it has totally grown,” Williamson said. “Some clubs take well over five parking spots and set up impressive games. It’s so fun to see everything come together in a few minutes. My personal favorite trunk this year was Rho Kappa. They advocated for voting which I think is an incredibly important value to instill in individuals of any age.”
Another favorite was the Avid Club “trunk.” The theme was Scooby Doo, which led to them crafting a haunted house out of plywood. Trunk or treaters were asked to pick the door or window, each compartment carrying a different surprise. The window had two bowls behind it, one filled with candy and the other with “eyeballs” while the door had a scary ghost pop out behind it.
“The most frustrating part about Trunk-o-Treat was finding time for people to come and help build the haunted house,” Avid Club president, senior Gabriel Villarreal said. “It was a lot of work, but the most rewarding part was seeing the smiles on the children’s faces when they saw the house and put their hand in the eyeballs.”
Another fan favorite was the “paint the horse” booth at Trunk-o-Treat hosted by FFA. Kids were asked to paint the horse using washable paint and were allowed to pet him. The horse was brought by senior Shelby Rhoden.
“I thought that this would be a really cool idea because at horse camp we are asked to paint horses,” Rhoden said. “It was really fun, and I really enjoyed it, so I thought that the kids would like to do it too. Seeing the kids faces when they saw the horses was honestly my favorite thing about Trunk-or-Treat.”
![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)
