![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)
Silence fills the room as order of the judges, who stare across the room at the standalone figure. The player clutches his instrument close to his chest in anticipation, the instrument composed of a series of buttons and spastic tubing. Giovani Lang-pale blows into his instrument, and the bass clarinet’s melody fills the room.
Giovani Lamg-pale is a senior who has been part of the honor band for two years. Lang-pale first joined band in seventh grade, and continued his journey throughout his four years of high school. The dual wielding clarinet player didn’t always have his eyes set on band, but there were moments throughout school that instilled in him a love for band.
“It first hit me in seventh grade in middle school,” Lang-pale said. “Whenever I saw my teacher teach the band and do everything that he did, he always seemed so happy, so excited, so enthusiastic to be there. I was pushed to stay and continue growing in band the first year I was able to actually march in the Cedar Park High School Band. I remember the thrill and the excitement that you feel when you’re on the field and doing the first full performance where you know for sure you’re going to nail it.”
Last year, Lang-pale placed third in the clarinet room for solo ensemble. At the Cedar Park High sShool Young Artist Competition, or CPAC, he played a solo with a pianist accompaniment and got an overall score of 93, but still wanted to improve his playing skills.
“It was very exciting to see the fruits of my labor reap something,” Lang-pale said. “My sophomore year I wasn’t as enthusiastic about doing all the music stuff. I wasn’t as engaged into my instrument or anything like that. So whenever the time came around for [CPAC], I did all right. But I didn’t do as good as I knew I could, and I didn’t do as good as I wanted to.”
This year, Lang-pale went off to compete in the TMEA state competition, placing seventh in state for bass clarinet.
“I play the B-flat clarinet,” Lang-pale said. “The B-flat is basically just the smaller version of the bass clarinet. I started off on the B-flat, and I’m playing it again this year for the CPAC. These are my loves. I love them.”
Although Lang-pale plays mainly the bass and B-flat clarinet, he also spends his free time playing saxophone, drawing and playing video games between his busy band schedule. Lang-pale hopes that his talents will be recognized by the University of Central Arkansas, which is where he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his band private lesson teacher.
“I’ve met the clarinet professor at UCA,” Lang-pale said. “She’s trained me and helped me with clarinet whenever I was auditioning for All-State. That was pretty cool. I hope my auditions go well; I audition March 9th, so that’ll be cool. From then on my goal is just to get a music degree and go from there.”
