![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)
![Looking down at his racket, junior Hasun Nguyen hits the green tennis ball. Hasun has played tennis since he was 9 years old, and he is on the varsity team. "I feel like it’s not really appreciated in America as much, but [tennis] is a really competitive and mentally challenging sport,” Nguyen said. “I’m really level-headed and can keep my cool during a match, and that helps me play a bit better under pressure.” Photo by Kyra Cox](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/hasun.jpg)
![Bringing her arm over her head and taking a quick breath, junior Lauren Lucas swims the final laps of the 500 freestyle at the regionals swimming competition on date. Lucas broke the school’s 18-year-old record for the 500 freestyle at regionals and again at state with a time of 4:58.63. “I’d had my eye on that 500 record since my freshman year, so I was really excited to see if I could get it at regionals or districts,” Lucas said. “ State is always a really fun experience and medaling for the first time was really great. It was a very very tight race, [so] I was a bit surprised [that I medaled]. [There were] a lot of fast girls at the meet in general, [and] it was like a dogfight back and forth, back and forth.” Photo by Kaydence Wilkinson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Kaydence-2.7-23-edit-2.jpg)
![As her hair blows in the wind, senior Brianna Grandow runs the varsity girls 5K at the cross country district meet last Thursday. Grandow finished fourth in the event and led the varsity girls to regionals with a third place placement as a team. “I’m very excited [to go to regionals],” Grandow said. “I’m excited to race in Corpus Christi, and we get to go to the beach, so that’s really awesome.” Photo by Addison Bruce](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/brianna.jpg)
Taste of Asia
New Cultural Club Educates Students Through Cuisine, Games
Using chopsticks, seniors Aileen Vo and Isabelle Thai enjoy ramen that was made fresh during the Asian Heritage Club meeting on Nov. 8. There were 27 total students at the meeting, which was 15 more than their prior meeting. “I really liked the ramen that was served, and I was really happy and surprised that a lot of people, asians and non-asians alike, showed up,” Thai said.
November 14, 2018
From seven people at the first meeting, to 12 at the second, to 27 at last Thursday’s meeting, Asian Heritage Club hopes to grow further this year. The officers, seniors Grant Lee, Justin Nita, Joon Kim, Titus Ou and Alden Yi, initiated this club to educate and promote the culture of Asia to students through fun means.
“I was initially intrigued by how there is an African Heritage Club at our school but not an Asian one,” Yi said. “We are both considered minorities, yet one is represented and one is not. So me and my friends decided to create a club that commemorates Asian culture and heritage.”
Senior Grant Lee said there are no requirements to join the club.
“Anyone can join, and they should because it’s fun and a great way to meet new people,” Lee said. “We also provide free food and drinks from Asian culture at our meetings.”
At their most recent meeting, members played a game of Kahoot to learn more about the culture, and got served fresh ramen with chopsticks, as well as traditional meats of Asia.
Senior Isabelle Thai said she enjoyed her first time at the meeting last week, and hopes to bring more friends to the meetings in the future.
“I really liked the ramen that was served, and I was really happy and surprised that a lot of people, Asians and non-Asians alike, showed up,” Thai said. “People should join because it is a way to get familiar with Asian culture and have fun with your friends.”
Senior Kristin Knight said she was excited about seeing what Asian Heritage Club was about when she decided to go last Thursday as well.
“I wasn’t really sure what to expect,” Knight said. “Lots of other students came, and the meeting was fun and easy going. [The club] was a nice way to meet other people and learn about Asian heritage, and the environment was super relaxed and welcoming.”
Asian Heritage Club meets every other Thursday after school in A102, and Lee said that they have several plans for their coming meetings.
“For future meetings, Asian Heritage Club will be full of games, cultural celebrations, and overall fun,” Lee said.
