![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)
Meet and Greet: New Foreign Language Teachers
September 9, 2016
Along with the introduction of a new subject, the foreign language department has added two new teachers to its staff.
Melissa Plata
The new American Sign Language teacher, Plata graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. She grew up in Cedar Park and graduated from Westwood High School in 2008.
Q: Why do you like teaching American Sign Language?
A: Sign language isn’t a very common subject to go over, but I am a very visual person so I picked it up a lot easier and I really enjoy signing and sharing the deaf community with others. I think it’s a good thing to have here and I’m excited to be here.
Q: What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
A: Well I actually grew up in the area so I’ve been connecting with old friends in my downtime, you know, old high school friends, which is crazy.
Q: What is your favorite high school memory?
A: My favorite high school memory… I think it would be graduation, you know? Because there was a point in time in my freshman year where I was struggling, but I made it through and I graduated.
Q: If you were in a zombie apocalypse, what would your role be?
A: Oh man, okay, don’t judge me, but I would probably wanna be one of those people that tries to kill the zombies. I’d be a zombie killer. Yeah, I think so. I’d keep people safe.
Jess Gutierrez
Gutierrez is kicking off her 15th year of teaching with Spanish III and Spanish III Pre-AP. She graduated with a masters degree in English Literature from the University of Houston and earned her undergraduate degree in Spanish from the University of Texas.
Q: Why do you like teaching Spanish?
A: I love waking up in the morning and knowing that I’m going to have an impact on the way my students think about things. That’s why I teach Spanish, because I love the language and it’s part of who I am and I’m excited about it, I have a passion for it.
Q: What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
A: I love to cook, yesterday I made a blackberry balsamic vinegar salad dressing. I’m vegan so I like to vegan-ize a lot of recipes.
Q: If you could be an animal what would you be?
A: Oh my gosh, an elephant! Elephants are just gorgeous. They’re noble animals, they’re social, family animals which means they’re always with their family until death. In fact, whenever a family member dies they grieve for them.
Q: What is your dream vacation?
A: My dream vacation would probably be to go to an animal sanctuary, maybe in Udaipur in India. I’d like to help rescue homeless, maybe abused animals. The shelters care for them, they shelter them, and they feed them and in India it’s just such a problem, especially with the dogs there. That would be my dream vacation, to go to Thailand, it’s very veggie friendly there. My husband would probably say the Caribbean.
jonathan jain • Nov 17, 2017 at 8:43 am
you forgot about us