![Walking through the tunnel created by the cheerleaders and Celebrities, senior Frances Tran smiles as the soccer team is sent off during DEN for their playoff game against Rouse tonight. Tran said the wins against Smithson Valley and Alamo Heights gave the team a morale boost to take on the Raiders tonight. “I know we were not 100% confident in those games,” Tran said. “But, Rouse is a big opponent for sure. We’re definitely going into tonight with a lot of morale [because of the previous wins].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frances-tran.jpg)
![Holding a bucket of materials in one hand and a roll of tape in another, anatomy and biology teacher Tyler Terry prepares for a lab. Terry said his proudest moments are when his students are happy to see him. “When I take my wife to a football game or something and a bunch of students want to say hi to me or they like to smile and wave and it just makes me feel good that the students are really kind and supportive of me,” Terry said. “[I’m also] proud when I see students perform really well in their extracurriculars because I can see how hard they’re working in my classes, [so] when I see that they’re also working so hard in other things. Like they’re winning band competitions or they’re getting awards for their theater productions, or I see them put on their choir shows, that’s like, wow, you guys are incredible.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rags-6.png)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901.jpg)
Theatre department welcomes new director
Christine Hathcock, new head director of the Cedar Park High school theatre department, will make her directorial debut with Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s The Illusion, “I like the dramaturgical aspect,” Hathcock said. “You don’t know where you’re going, ’till you know where you’ve been.”
September 16, 2015
As a new year is reigned in, CPHS theatre department heads in a new direction, with a new director. Christine Hathcock will be making her Cedar Park directorial debut with Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s “The Illusion” Oct. 30 and 31.
“I’m really pleased to be here,” new director Christine Hathcock said. “I know that we can take the department to maximum potential.”
From voice over work, to Broadway, the Boston University alum’s resume more than qualifies her for the job. Coming from Pflugerville Middle School, Hathcock elected to come to Cedar Park after seeing the drive the students had for their own success.
“I’m not bringing but adding structure and direction,” Hathcock said. “The focus [of the department] needs to be graduating actors who want to go into the profession.”
Hathcock (like a majority of the student actors) is most looking forward to the UIL one act play competition, in which schools from around the district, and eventually the state, compete in an intense play competition.
“I enjoy the process,” Hathcock said. “ It can be frustrating, but the payoff is great.”
Hathcock became aware of the department when she took her children to CPHS’s production of the musical “Wand” in 2013.
“I love it here, nothing works here, but I love it,” Hathcock said. “The kids are spectacular, I can teach, the kids [have] a sense of responsibility of their education.”
Heading in a new direction, CPHS theatre department will soon sparkle in light of a new director.
![Holding her dog, Nova, senior Ariana Balakrishnan poses for her senior pictures while Nova wears a bandana with her college decision. Balakrishnan applied to 18 colleges in total, but she decided on Columbia in the end. “Right before I clicked the button to open Columbia’s letter, I literally looked at the camera and go ‘This is just gonna really suck because I wanted it so bad,’ and I clicked it and all of a sudden you hear trumpets,” Balakrishnan said. “There’s a video that plays when you open it and I actually didn’t watch the video, I just watched the screen go black, because every day of December before ED [Early Decision] I would go on YouTube and watch the acceptance video to manifest it, so immediately when the screen went black, I started screaming and jumping up and down. And my parents in the video are like ‘What are you doing, where’s the letter,’ and I was just screaming ‘I got in, I got in.” I just started crying, and it just felt like everything in the world came together.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ariana-2-300x217.jpg)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901-600x400.jpg)
