![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)
Holt takes over teaching choir
The varsity women’s choir sings “Somewhere” from West Side Story at the A Cappella Concert on Feb. 5. At the concert, all the choir groups sang together a chorus of songs to demonstrate the evolution of A Cappella. “This concert was really fun,” sophomore Seasons singer Faith Cox said. “It was very successful, because our main goal was to have fun and I had a blast.”
February 18, 2015
Choir teacher of thirty years, Beth Gove stepped down at the end of last semester, and now Lisa Holt will be leading the program. Many tears were shed over the loss of Gove, but choir students welcomed Holt to the program.
“I will miss everything about Mrs. Gove,” sophomore Seasons singer Faith Cox said. “I think not getting to see her spunky personality every day is what I will miss most.”
Although the previous teacher was loved by her students, her replacement is skilled as well. Holt has been teaching high school choir for eight years. She first got a job here at CPHS in 2007 as the assistant director, and continued in that position until 2010 when she moved around the state to teach at other schools such as Churchill HS in San Antonio and Klein Oak HS in Spring. Now she’s back and ready to lead as she takes over for Gove as the Choir Director.
“It’s great coming back to so many old friends and familiar faces,” Holt said. “ Not to mention how receptive and awesome the students have been.”
As with all changes in leadership, there will be changes in the way things are done. Holt has many goals to improve choir, and hopes to create a welcoming environment and include more of the student body into the program.
“The changes are fantastic, but I’m not quite used to them yet,” JV singer Michael Scandariato said. “It’ll take a little settling in, but that shouldn’t take long with all the enthusiasm and encouragement Mrs. Holt gives.”
One of the programs goals is to make concerts more cutting edge and enjoyable for the entire audience, regardless of the style they are performing. They want to engage everyone in attendance, and treid that with the A Cappella concert on Feb. 5.
“I’ve tried to alter the typical concert format by showing how A Cappella music has transitioned through the last century, from early barbershop to music from the Pentatonix,” Holt said.
Students in choir look forward to growing and improving with Holt in charge and seeing her ideas and concepts for the program.
“I will miss Mrs. Gove’s treasure trove of stories, her humor and all the memories we shared as a choir were great while they lasted, but I think Mrs. Holt will definitely help refurbish our skills as a choir,” Scandariato said .
![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)
