![Senior Jett Mckinney stores all the clothes in his own room, with half of it stored in his closet along with his personal clothes, and the rest taking up space in his room.
“There’s been times [when] there’s so much clothing stored here and it gets overwhelming, so I end up having to sleep somewhere else in the house,” Mckinney said.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DSC_0951-1200x800.jpg)
![Broadcast, yearbook and newspaper combined for 66 Interscholastic League Press Conference awards this year. Yearbook won 43, newspaper won 14 and broadcast took home nine. “I think [the ILPC awards] are a great way to give the kids some acknowledgement for all of their hard work,” newspaper and yearbook adviser Paige Hert said. “They typically spend the year covering everyone else’s big moments, so it’s really cool for them to be celebrated so many times and in so many different ways.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/edited-ILPC.jpg)
![Looking down at his racket, junior Hasun Nguyen hits the green tennis ball. Hasun has played tennis since he was 9 years old, and he is on the varsity team. "I feel like it’s not really appreciated in America as much, but [tennis] is a really competitive and mentally challenging sport,” Nguyen said. “I’m really level-headed and can keep my cool during a match, and that helps me play a bit better under pressure.” Photo by Kyra Cox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hasun.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 her hair blows in the wind, senior Brianna Grandow runs the varsity girls 5K at the cross country district meet last Thursday. Grandow finished fourth in the event and led the varsity girls to regionals with a third place placement as a team. “I’m very excited [to go to regionals],” Grandow said. “I’m excited to race in Corpus Christi, and we get to go to the beach, so that’s really awesome.” Photo by Addison Bruce](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/brianna.jpg)
Confetti dances across the screen as the word ‘Congratulations!’ appears. He takes a sigh of relief, the basic testing nerves leaving his body with the comfort of a passing score. He’s officially certified, a goal that many don’t achieve until college.
Students in select A/V Technology and Communications courses have the opportunity to earn their certification in the select Adobe Program their class focuses on. Over the past few months, Graphic Design III, also known as Timberwolf Agency, and members of The Wolfcast have been working towards their certifications.
“Having these certifications will help improve your resume and everything,” senior T-Wolf Agency member Ryan Bucchin said. “I am extremely grateful [for the opportunity to be certified], I think it’s awesome. Not a lot of schools have this opportunity so it’s beyond cool that our school offers it to us.”
The Adobe Certification is just one of approximately 109 certifications students in LISD can earn. Students are also offered the opportunity to cross-campus if a CTE program interests them but they’re home campus does not offer it.
“Because these certifications are recognized by the professionals in the industry, it’s not just a gold star,” Sarah Spradling, LISD Work-Based Learning Coordinator said. “I would advise students to take these certifications seriously and take advantage of the course you’re in, the teacher’s expertise, and give it your all.”
Bucchin is an Adobe Certified Professional, which means he has passed the certification test for both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. In order to earn the certificate, a score of 700 or higher must be earned.
“I took the practice test about four or five times for each one,” Bucchin said. “It was pretty similar to the practice test because the program is just linked to Adobe Photoshop, so if you can pass those practice tests it’s pretty basic.”
Before leaving for winter break, members of The Wolfcast took the certification test for Adobe Premiere as their final. Sports Director Reese Elizondo passed on her first try.
“It’s going to help me know the skills to be able to do well in my college classes,” Elizondo said. “Since I’ve already passed this one, I know I can pass all the other certification tests. I know how the process works and I’m confident in my abilities to use Premier.”
Elizondo said she believes it is a very important life skill to know how to earn a certification in any kind of activity.
“Being able to have the confidence in yourself to trust your skill set and pass a certification is really important,” Elizondo said. “I am proud of myself for passing the certification because now I can put the certification badge on all my resumes in the future. It will definitely help me get internships in college because a lot of classes don’t teach this until later, so I am already ahead.”
