![Walking through the tunnel created by the cheerleaders and Celebrities, senior Frances Tran smiles as the soccer team is sent off during DEN for their playoff game against Rouse tonight. Tran said the wins against Smithson Valley and Alamo Heights gave the team a morale boost to take on the Raiders tonight. “I know we were not 100% confident in those games,” Tran said. “But, Rouse is a big opponent for sure. We’re definitely going into tonight with a lot of morale [because of the previous wins].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frances-tran.jpg)
![Holding a bucket of materials in one hand and a roll of tape in another, anatomy and biology teacher Tyler Terry prepares for a lab. Terry said his proudest moments are when his students are happy to see him. “When I take my wife to a football game or something and a bunch of students want to say hi to me or they like to smile and wave and it just makes me feel good that the students are really kind and supportive of me,” Terry said. “[I’m also] proud when I see students perform really well in their extracurriculars because I can see how hard they’re working in my classes, [so] when I see that they’re also working so hard in other things. Like they’re winning band competitions or they’re getting awards for their theater productions, or I see them put on their choir shows, that’s like, wow, you guys are incredible.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rags-6.png)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901.jpg)
Meet and Greet: Math
September 16, 2016
The math department received two new teachers this year.
Wendy Martinez
Going into her fourth year teaching in LISD but her very first at CPHS, Martinez teaches Pre- AP geometry and statistics. She has been teaching since 1994 and has wanted to teach here for years as she watched her own children attend CPHS. She has taught previously at both Rouse and Lake Travis high schools.
Q: What’s your favorite high school memory?
A: I spent my junior year in high school as a foreign exchange student in Germany. I got the opportunity to live with a family and attend school there as well as travel through Europe. I was there the year before the wall was torn down and was able to see a different Germany than there is today.
Q: What do you like doing in your free time?
A: I love to spend time with family and friends over a nice dinner or BBQ. I enjoy camping and hiking. I love being outside and getting away from the fast pace. Something I wish I could do more of is traveling; I enjoy learning about different cultures.
Q: What is your favorite movie you’ve ever seen?
A: I am an 80’s girl and still love some of the classics, like “Grease” and “Sixteen Candles.”
Jennifer Macklom
This will be Macklom’s eighth year of teaching, and she will be taking on the algebra two and algebraic reasoning classes this year.
Q: What’s your favorite high school memory?
A: Lunch freshman year. I was one of only six freshmen who had C lunch and so we all banded together and they became my best friends through the rest of high school.
Q: If you could be an animal, what would you be and why?
A: A dog, they have a pretty nice life. They don’t really have to worry and get to sleep on the couch all day.
Q: If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?
A: The ability to clean up anything by wiggling my nose. I hate cleaning but I also can’t stand living in a messy environment.
![Holding her dog, Nova, senior Ariana Balakrishnan poses for her senior pictures while Nova wears a bandana with her college decision. Balakrishnan applied to 18 colleges in total, but she decided on Columbia in the end. “Right before I clicked the button to open Columbia’s letter, I literally looked at the camera and go ‘This is just gonna really suck because I wanted it so bad,’ and I clicked it and all of a sudden you hear trumpets,” Balakrishnan said. “There’s a video that plays when you open it and I actually didn’t watch the video, I just watched the screen go black, because every day of December before ED [Early Decision] I would go on YouTube and watch the acceptance video to manifest it, so immediately when the screen went black, I started screaming and jumping up and down. And my parents in the video are like ‘What are you doing, where’s the letter,’ and I was just screaming ‘I got in, I got in.” I just started crying, and it just felt like everything in the world came together.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ariana-2-300x217.jpg)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901-600x400.jpg)
