![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)
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Review on New Season of Popular Netflix Show ‘Ginny & Georgia’
The second season of the popular show called “Ginny and Georgia” was just recently released on Jan. 5, 2023. It became the number one tv show on Netflix for a few weeks and remains the current number on TV shows in the United States. I would recommend this show to anyone in highschool or older who enjoys drama shows that keep you on the edge of your seat.
February 7, 2023
As I scrolled through Netflix a new notification had just popped up on my screen and said “Season Two of Ginny and Georgia on Netflix.” Although I was reluctant at first, I clicked on the new season and watched the recap of the last season to remind me of what had happened in the show. The show was originally released in 2021 and on Jan. 5, the second season premiered on Netflix.
I wasn’t too excited to watch the show at first because the last season was pretty cringy in my opinion, and usually for shows that I watch, I try to relate to them. Specifically shows with people in high school or something, I always find myself bothered when they make the school unrealistic and the action of the characters unrealistic. The last season was corny and unrealistic, but I finished watching it and concluded that this wasn’t the show for me.
To my surprise, I actually enjoyed the show a lot more than I was expecting. I thought it was a bit more realistic, obviously not completely realistic, but more than last season, where the show tackled actual serious issues that teenagers face. I also really love drama shows and this season included a lot of drama and plot twists, which I appreciated.
I enjoyed the plot and the development of Ginny and Georgia’s story as well as some of the other characters’ points of view. I liked how the show goes back and forth between Ginny’s point of view and the problems that she is going through on top of all of her family problems and Georgia’s point of view. I also loved the way that the show showed more of Georgia’s background story, which eventually led her to the town that she wants to get settled in. I feel like that made me more interested and invested in the show. I never knew what was going to happen next, whether the show was talking about high school kids or serious issues. I loved that the show added serious issues like the impact of mental health on a person because I feel like people who make shows tend to stray away from important topics and keep things light hearted. I think the show could benefit many people’s mental health and also calls attention to issues that aren’t usually discussed.
The show not only discussed serious topics, but it also kept me interested the whole time. The first season was pretty boring and I disliked how they told Ginny and Georgia’s story. Unlike the first season, the second season made so much more sense with the background information and still left me on the edge of my chair. Every episode something new and exciting was always happening. I love drama shows, and I like the feeling of not knowing what will happen next in the show. So many crazy things kept happening in their lives and I was definitely on an emotional roller coaster.
I would recommend this show to anyone in high school or above because it does talk and show things that shouldn’t not be shown to younger audiences, but these issues are important to bring light to for people that might not be aware that these problems exist. “Ginny and Georgia: Season Two” was a great release to start off the new year with.
![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)
