![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)
Swim and Service
New Club Advocates for Environment, Members Discuss Future Plans
![Club president senior Loree Morin and treasurer and secretary junior Efrain Vera III pose with club members junior Sarah Lailson and sophomore Alfred Morin during Meet the Timberwolves on Aug 22. Morin created the mermaid club this year in hopes of promoting the importance of community service. "I've been really into mermaids for a really long time and I thought it would be fun to apply my interests and share [them] with other people and allow them to discover how much fun it is," Morin said. "I really want to share [the club] and use it as a way to promote conservation."](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/mermaid-club-900x600.jpg)
Club president senior Loree Morin and treasurer and secretary junior Efrain Vera III pose with club members junior Sarah Lailson and sophomore Alfred Morin during Meet the Timberwolves on Aug 22. Morin created the mermaid club this year in hopes of promoting the importance of community service. “I’ve been really into mermaids for a really long time and I thought it would be fun to apply my interests and share [them] with other people and allow them to discover how much fun it is,” Morin said. “I really want to share [the club] and use it as a way to promote conservation.”
September 23, 2019
After years of pursuing her passion of being a mermaid, senior Loree Morin has decided to create a mermaid club this year in order to share her enthusiasm for community service and mermaids with others.
Morin said that she has always been fascinated by mermaids, and even lived out her dreams as a mermaid instructor at AquaMermaid Austin. Now, she said that she hopes to give others a chance to realize their passions as president of her new club.
“I’ve been really into mermaids for a really long time and I thought it would be fun to apply my interests and share [them] with other people and allow them to discover how much fun it is,” Morin said. “I really want to share [the club] and use it as a way to promote conservation.”
Along with informational presentations about the environment, Morin said that club meetings consist of relaxing arts and crafts and, of course, making mermaid tails. Every month the club has a “pod meeting” where they discuss future plans for community service, something Morin said plays a big role in being a mermaid.
“Being a mermaid really is about advocacy,” Morin said. “A lot of really popular, professional mermaids, they all advocate for the limited use of plastics and conserving water and taking care of different species in global and local waterways.”
Morin said that she believes community service is extremely important, and she hopes that the mermaid club will be able to help promote this importance.
“Nobody likes going first so if we start, people will be more accepting of [community service],” Morin said. “It can leave room for people to be strange and unique, but it also leaves room for people to break barriers. If somebody starts it, then that means more people will come.”
The vice president of the club, senior Nitya Sadasivan, said that she strongly believes in community service and ocean advocacy, so when she heard about the creation of the mermaid club from Loree, she didn’t hesitate to join.
“Caring more about the environment is something I would like to see more in Cedar Park,” Sadasivan said. “I feel like sometimes we could be a little more empathetic about things happening in the environment and I really hope that this club can change that,”
Treasurer and secretary of the club, junior Efrain Vera III, said that mermaid club is a great way to learn more about the environment and how to save it.
“The whole point of mermaid club is conservation and it teaches you more and more about what’s going on [in the environment],” Vera said. “I think [the club] is great and how we talk about plastics [and] how we can work on getting [rid of] them entirely.”
With the club being brand new this year, there are not many members and community service opportunities have been limited. However, Morin said that she hopes to promote the club through posters and, with more members, participate in multiple volunteer events.
“I hope that we thrive as a club,” Morin said. “That is my biggest hope. We are really small right now. I really want us to be able to do larger projects. I hope that we get more people who are interested in helping out the community.”
For more information about mermaid club, talk to club sponsor Laura Jennings. The club meets every Thursday during DEN in room 4004.
![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)
