![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)
Meet and Greet: New English Teachers
September 8, 2016
With past teachers retiring or temporarily departing on maternity leave, Cedar Park has added four new teachers to the English department.
Kristin Burke
She earned her degree in English at Texas State University. Burke has been an English teacher for 17 years.
Q: Why do you like teaching English?
A: I’ve always loved to read, and I came from a time without cable. Reading truly was an escape for me.
Q: What were your favorite subjects in school?
A: Of course English, and I really loved History as well.
Q: What is your favorite food?
A: Definitely liver and onions. I know that sounds gross, but my grandfather liked it as well, so it was always a special treat for me growing up.
Morgan Maddux Duane
She graduated from Texas A&M in 2015, and is currently working on her M.Ed in Educational Technology, again at Texas A&M.
Q: What is your favorite food?
A: Anything Mexican; I love Chuy’s.
Q: Where are you from?
A: I’ve lived here in Austin my whole life. I went to elementary school at Cypress Elementary, and even went here to Cedar Park High School. I graduated from Cedar Park in 2011.
Q: What can you be found doing in your free time?
A: I can be found traveling to Louisiana, Florida and all over Texas to judge cheer competitions and tryouts.
Trudy Kennedy
She studied English teaching at the University of Santa Barbara in California for four years.
Q: What do you like to do in your spare time?
A: I like to read Young Adult fiction novels and hike. We moved to the Steiner area about 15 years ago, and I enjoy hiking the trails with my family and my two dogs, Blaze and Ella.
Q: What do you like about Cedar Park so far?
A: The faculty and students are all very respectful and friendly. I was a substitute at other schools in the past, so I can really tell a huge difference with the atmosphere of Cedar Park.
Q: What would be your dream vacation?
A: Oh, that’s a hard one. Probably going to Europe with my family to visit lots of castles.
Arielle Wenerstrom
Wenerstrom studied English at Brigham Young University, and received her education certificate from Utah Valley University.
Q: Why do you like teaching English?
A: I love how much reading I get to do, and share my excitement and passion for a subject that most students really aren’t that excited it.
Q: What is an interesting fact about you?
A: I’ve read the dictionary cover to cover two times. I did it for fun. It really improved and expanded my vocabulary.
Q: What is your favorite food?
A: My favorite food is homemade spaghetti, I learned how to make it when I was a college student.
![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)
