![Lining the center of the room, several printing presses make copies of Community Impact’s latest newspaper. Junior Skyler King shadowed at Community Impact for her Career Investigation Day where she got a tour of the printing press and spoke with several employees including one of the head editors and a designer. “I really think [my favorite part] was talking to the designer,” King said. “Before I thought I really wanted to focus on just pure writing with journalism, but I thought what she did was maybe even cooler and it really made me rethink what I want to do, like if I want to do social media design, or graphic design or something like that.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CI-edit.jpg)
![The architecture club meets biweekly on Tuesdays in the classroom of chemistry teacher Lauren Buntin and meetings are led by senior students Chance Meyer and Mateo Guerrero, who serve as co-presidents. To enhance engagement, the club has organized various building challenges during its meetings and has even had a professor from the University of Texas speak with the members. “The main goal of the club is to promote interest in architecture,” senior Noah Martinez said. “[We want] enough [interest] to get the school to create a class to teach us about architecture.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Your-paragraph-text.png)
![Meeting together on the field, the girls celebrate their victory after beating Liberty Hill in the first round of districts. They won 2-0, continuing their undefeated streak. “Playing soccer just takes all of your stress away, [and]
it's a good mental break from school and family,” Pack said. “I go and I forget literally everything that's going on because I'm only focused on soccer, so I continue to play because it's a good outlet.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/soccer.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 the support team sits and poses for a photo in the cafeteria with the counseling team they eagerly wait to start their day. "We [all] seem to be a team, I get up every day and there's days where I don't want to go to work today, but I'm thankful that I have a job and I'm blessed to have what I have," Christopherson said. Photo Courtesy of Julie Weltens.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AF9E8470-10D7-4C91-BF28-EC8F86BAB66C-1200x852.jpeg)
![Officer Stephanie Cash is in her second year as an SRO at CPHS. “Seeing [students] grow over the years has been kind of cool,” Officer Cash said. “Freshmen that [are] all over the place and then in the next couple of years get a little more squared away and go to class and do work and start thinking about the future. Being a part of a student's growth is the best way to measure my success as an SRO.” Photo Courtesy of Cedar Park Police Department's PIO, Alicia Gallagher.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CPHS-SRO-900x1200.jpg)
![Taking a breath as he raises his arm up and out of the water, sophomore Kaden Padilla swims the 500 freestyle at the UIL state meet on Feb. 21-22. Padilla placed 10th overall and second in the consolation final in the event, dropping two seconds. “My family was there, so being able to drop time for them was really special,” Padilla said. “It was awesome [finding out I advanced to the consolation finals]. I wasn’t expecting it, and I was very surprised. My parents being there definitely made me a lot happier knowing they got to see me swim in finals.” Photo by Skyler King.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/kaden-padilla.jpg)
![Three defenders try to stop senior point guard Hope Edwards before the ball leaves her hands. The girls basketball team faced Liberty Hill on Feb 21, losing 58-40. “[My season was] definitely bittersweet,” Edwards said. It's definitely sad [because] I'm gonna miss all my teammates, my coaches and just the whole CP environment.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/julia-128-1200x800.jpg)
Rushing to set things up, making sure camera shots are steady, scrolling through the script and getting dressed to perfection. Every morning at 7:15 a.m., the broadcast students prepare to go live on Youtube to film The Wolfcast.
The Wolfcast has been on air since 2007, going under several iterations and changes. Run by the broadcast class, The Wolfcast aims to engage the student body with local news and creative and innovative content.
On Feb. 20, the staff went on a winter retreat for three days down at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in order to strengthen their creative skills, talk to professional newscasters and tighten their overall bond by making short films. Second-year reporter, sophomore Drew Johnson, said the retreat allows them to expand their creativity and storytelling ability.
“When we’re brought together, we have more ideas,” Johnson said. “We have time to talk to each other about stories, and most of all, the winter retreat can be a story. I think bringing us together on the winter retreat really made us think about working together as a team.”
First-year reporter and freshman Colton Alderman also shared a similar experience.
“The winter retreat was a really fun experience,” Alderman said. “We got to do a lot of team building activities. I just think it was a really fun way to spend the time with my friends.”
Alderman is one of three freshmen who joined the staff in 2024 and has taken a fond affinity in tech and production for The Wolfcast, despite being fresh on the scene.
“Just learning all the little niches of things is a very useful skill,” Alderman said. “In a tech world where there’s a lot of tech things coming up, it is really beautiful to know all those things.”
These reporters aren’t without struggle however, as Johnson said he experiences writer’s block and brainstorming during the initial planning stages.
“I think the biggest struggle with broadcast for me is finding the perfect part of that story,” Johnson said. “There are many websites and there are people who know more information than me, so mostly putting it all together in one piece is kind of difficult for me.”
Despite the spikes in difficulty from time to time, these reporters say they enjoy their time in the class, and are proud of the work they export.
“I’m proud to be in broadcast because it fulfills all of my hobbies and interests,” Alderman said. “I’m working on a personal project right now called ‘Severance: A Wolfcast Story’ and it’s been very fun so far. I’ve gotten a lot of help from people in the class who share similar interests as me.”
