![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)
School, work, exams, college; many things take up students’ time and energy, and it can be difficult to find peace amid a busy day. To combat this busy lifestyle and create a calm environment for students interested in reading the Bible at school, junior Ashley Blair formed the Bible Study Club.
The Bible Study Club was created at the beginning of the school year, and Blair is both the president and the founder. At each meeting, the members of the club discuss two chapters of a book in the Bible, such as how it relates to their lives and what stands out to them, and then they close each meeting with prayer requests and a prayer. Mahler is the sponsor of the Bible Study Club, and they meet every Wednesday in her room 1213.
“I felt so honored to have been asked to provide a safe space for students to connect and build upon their faith—it was an easy yes,” Mahler said. “This club is a catalyst to creating a school culture on the foundation of purpose and positivity. Faith and religious involvement are correlated with well-being, a higher sense of happiness and overall life satisfaction. Through creating hope and optimism, this club can make a huge impact on the school and its students.”
Junior Amia De Leon is the vice president and historian of the Bible Study Club. Her job is to make sure the conversation is flowing and create Instagram posts and reminders for club meetings.
“This is a very low-stress Bible study, [so] if you are not able to read either one or both of the chapters that is okay, you are still welcome to join the club that week and add to the conversation if you can,” De Leon said. “We strive to be a judgment-free zone so if you are a new Christian or don’t understand the Bible that well that is absolutely fine.”
Blair said that the club is welcome to everyone, even non-Christians, and that students can find peace of mind by discussing God in the middle of their day.
“I want to see this club flourish, as well as the Christian community in general,” Blair said. “My main goal [in starting this club] was to establish a greater reach into the school community and to see this club continue even after I graduate next year. I know that [Fellowship of Christian Students] can be intimidating for some students, so creating the club would provide a smaller, more concise space for individuals to share their love for Christ.”
Junior Mia Trejo is a member of the Bible Study Club, and she said the club was eye-opening for her because she’s seen many different perspectives of other students when discussing the Bible.
“I would absolutely recommend this club,” Trejo said. “I think it’s a great opportunity that allows you to grow in your faith and connect with your peers. It allows students to break away during the hectic day of school and calms our minds while we dive deep into the gospel of the Lord. Students also benefit from it because it not only allows them to explore the scriptures in greater depth but also in an understandable way that relates to us as teenagers.”
Blair said that the Bible Study Club has benefitted her in many ways, and it can benefit other students as well.
“This club increases the Christian community connection at our school, and provides students a place to ask questions about the Bible, pray for one another, and give each other strong, Christian-centered advice,” Blair said. “It truly makes me joyous to see the impact that this club has on some students, and encourages me to keep Christ at the forefront of my life.”
