![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)
![Students drew chalk art in honor of Veterans day. This is just one of many things the school does to show appreciation to veterans, and the art will remain in the courtyard as a reminder of all of the veterans who served their country. “On veteran’s day, I think it’s a great thing we do at school to honor people that served [who are] at our school or family members,” English teacher and cheer coach Nadira King said. “It makes me feel proud, and it makes me remember the [veterans].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Capture.png)
![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)
![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)
CAPSTONE: NOT an English Class
Program Offers Ability to Research Freely
![Practicing their presentations, juniors Calissa Garbaccio, Katlyn Weeks, Ashley Hibbetts and Mia Benge help each other prepare for their upcoming project. Students in CAPSTONE will be submitting presentations to college board later in the year to receive AP credit. "[My friends] can help me practice by timing my presentations and asking me practice questions that college board would ask," Weeks said.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/capstone-900x600.jpg)
Practicing their presentations, juniors Calissa Garbaccio, Katlyn Weeks, Ashley Hibbetts and Mia Benge help each other prepare for their upcoming project. Students in CAPSTONE will be submitting presentations to college board later in the year to receive AP credit. “[My friends] can help me practice by timing my presentations and asking me practice questions that college board would ask,” Weeks said.
March 23, 2018
While choices for the 2018-19 school year aren’t officially due until August, it’s becoming time to start making those final decisions. There are many electives to choose from such as PALS, photography and FFA. However down in the English hall, there’s a class that not everyone is familiar with.
CAPSTONE is a two-year program taught by English teachers who stress that it is truly unlike all other English classes.
Juniors will start by taking the first year class with Cheryl Collins and then are given the option to continue with Lauren Madrid in their senior year. Next year, however, Brent Grissom and Cassie Gray will be teaching CAPSTONE.
“Students get to choose the areas that they are interested in to study and research,” Madrid said. “So that makes it both very individualized and independent, which is something that’s different from many of the other courses here at school.”
The course involves researching a variety of topics, developing them into a presentation and presenting the information to the class in unique ways. Those who enroll will acquire important research skills that they will likely use later in their lifetime, and for sure in college.
“CAPSTONE has taught me how to think critically by gaining information from a variety of different academic sources,” senior CAPSTONE student Alex Allen said. “[It has] taught me how to research at a higher academic level than we normally get in regular English classes.”
Senior Mina Kim, who has been in the class for two years, loves being in control of her own work during the CAPSTONE course.
“90% of the work is just about you and you’re mainly in control of your own work,” Kim said. “The independence of the class can be a bit freeing and it’s a breath of fresh air compared to other AP classes.”
For more information on CAPSTONE, speak to an English teacher or guidance counselor.
![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)
