![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)
Robotics Club
September 19, 2018
Club:
CPHS FRC Robotics Team 5052, The RoboLobos
Purpose of the club:
To build, fund, program, and design a robot from scratch. Every year there’s a new game field with a different theme and the team makes a new robot to meet new requirements. The team also applies for awards that will allow students to learn public speaking skills and business skills.
Who may be interested in joining this club?
Anyone can join Robotics. Members do not need any prior experience in anything to join. In Robotics, members can then learn more about programming, hardware and engineering (power tools), business skills, how to use Photoshop to make flyers and t-shirt designs, how to edit videos, or write up a budget and business packet documents in their business department.
Club Events:
Competitions will be in March and April and will start on the district level. After district, the team can advance to regional and then the world championship. Robotics also participates in various off-season competitions.
They have annual Halloween and Christmas parties, a Chili Cook Off in February and a Mario Kart tournament.
Requirements:
$25 dues to go towards the cost of building the a robot
There will be and once build season starts, the hour requirement will be higher, but there will be tons of meetings and hour opportunities for y’all to meet them.
Meetings:
When- Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Where- Mr. Kalb’s Room, S105
Quotes from the President:
“We honestly become a family, and it’s an incredibly cool experience because you learn so much from your time on the team,” senior Sanjana Gagrani said. “Also it looks incredibly good on college applications and there are a ton of scholarships available.”
Instagram: @frc5052
Twitter: @frc5052
Snapchat: @frc5052
Facebook: 5052 RoboLobos
Remind 101: @5052robot
![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)
