![Musical theatre class runs through “Footloose” during their dress rehearsal. Senior student director Mia Morneault says how much she’s enjoyed working with the cast and crew. “I am very proud of all the cast and crew who worked as hard on it as I have. A lot of people care about [this show],” Morneault said. “I have a lot of friends on the cast and on the crew, but I’ve also grown and gained friendships through the show, even as director where I may be a little more stricter than normal. And I am very grateful for everyone I’ve gotten to work with.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/DSC_0657-1200x800.jpg)
![Sitting in a line of artwork, senior art student Kaemon Kato’s painting titled “Right Side of History” is displayed for attendees of the district’s art showcase. Kato’s painting is a political piece inspired by a photo of elementary schoolers in the street protesting against ICE. “I think it's also symbolic because they're surrounded by snow, which can represent ICE, and they are still marching,” Kato said. “[The kids] are not stopping until equality or justice is served, which I think is really important to represent and show.” Photo by John Pinion](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-03-26-114740.png)
![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)
![Holding up the bi-district champions trophy, junior shortstop Hudson Cuevas cheers alongside his team. The varsity baseball team played in the bi-district round of playoffs against the Boerne Greyhounds April 30-May 2, where they won Game 1 6-4, lost Game 2 2-1 and won the last game 5-2, allowing them to advance to area. “Honestly, [my favorite] big moment that wasn't even part of my moment was Dom's grand slam,” Cuevas said. “That was a big game changer in Game 1 of round one that ultimately helped us win that game and even move on. It set the tone for the games after and has really impacted and sparked this whole playoff run.” Photo by Allie Tseng](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/allie-boerne00159-1200x800.jpg)
![After he takes the handoff, senior running back Trae Hill runs down the field in search of a first down. Hill rushed for three touchdowns in the 43-36 loss against Frisco Wakeland last Friday, but the Timberwolves were eliminated from playoff contention. “[I’m] just happy I got to experience the game with my brothers,” Hill said. “I’m going to remember how close and how enjoyable everything was with these guys. They are my brothers for life. Just waking up and grinding together, and proving the naysayers wrong [was my favorite part].”
Photo by Kyra Cox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/trae-hill-wakeland.jpg)
While many Cedar Park attendees find themselves stuck in the second semester rut that seems to plague students each year, junior Heather Sieger will be spending her last half of the 2013-2014 school year at a semester school in Wisconsin. Sieger, who attended a semester school the previous year in Maine, developed an interest for semester schools when a friend referred her.
“It sparked my interest because it was so out of the ordinary,” Sieger said of her first semester school, Coastal Studies for Girls. “The focus on marine science and leadership adventure was appealing since I want to be an ocean conservationist.”
The all-girl school, consisting of 15 students, brought girls from numerous states together to learn while being fully immersed in marine science.
“I loved it because of the close relationships we made in the community, not only with the girls, but with the faculty and staff as well,” Sieger said. “We all bonded and have kept up incredible relationships, even though we’re hundreds, maybe thousands, of miles away from one another.”
This semester, Sieger is focusing more inland than Maine, and is attending a school in Wisconsin. She will be attending this school, whose focus is environmental science, with a fellow classmate from her previous year in Maine.
“I’m very excited to learn about conservation and study another environment to be able to see how they are all interconnected in some ways,” Sieger said. “A friend from Coastal Studies Girls is attending with me and I can’t wait to see her.”
For Sieger, the rest of her high school career, she hopes, will be comprised of different semester schools. In the fall of 2014, Sieger plans to attend a school in Nevada City, CA and she hopes to attend another semester school in the spring of 2015.
For more on these semester schools see www.semesterschools.net
