![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)
![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)
![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)
CPHS UIL Results
April 4, 2017
While CPHS is known for our outstanding sports, we are also known for how well we do academically. Over this past weekend while many of our students were gearing up for prom, a group of students travelled over to Magnolia High School to compete in the District and Regional events of UIL Academics.
While at the meet our own yearbook editor Lindsey Buggi placed 5th in Regionals. “You’re given a prompt of all the interviews and you put it together the best way you can. So you can beat people with your greatness” said Buggi.
Along with Lindsey moving to regionals, our math team did especially well and had many people advance from district to regionals. While we were unable to get a statement from Ms. Ziemann, we did get the Speech and Debate teacher, Ms. Dawn Azbill-Smith, to give her opinion on how they did, she told us about the results.
“We got the speech sweepstakes, the journalism sweepstakes, and are the district 19 Champions” said Azbill.
Truly a great accomplishment for CPHS and it proves that we are more than just sports.
Below are all of the results for all CPHS groups that competed in Regional UIL Academic meets.
1st through 3rd place individuals have qualified for Regional, 4th and 5th are alternates, and 1st place teams also qualify. 2nd Place teams are alternates.
Calculator Applications
1st – Josh Kolenbrander
3rd – Rithvik Saravanan
4th – Sai Kumar
6th – Joshua Ou
1st Place Team
Computer Science
2nd – Robert Hrusecky
6th – William Ingarfeld
1st Place Team
Current Issues and Events
3rd – Jack Shields
2nd Place Team
Editorial Writing
2nd – Megan Bonsall
4th – Deena Ismail
Feature Writing
2nd – Emilee Guernsey
3rd – Deena Ismail
4th – Lindsey Buggi
Headline Writing
3rd – Deena Ismail
4th – Lindsey Buggi
Informative Speaking
5th – Laura Neu
Lincoln Douglas Debate
1st – Morgan Grosch
2nd – Macalah Thomas
Math
1st Josh Kolenbrander
3rd – Jack Si
5th – Rithvik Saravanan
1st Place Team
News Writing
4th Emilee Guernsey
6th – Emily Ellzey
Number Sense
1st – Josh Kolenbrander
1st Place Team
Persuasive Speaking
4th – Ricky Rosario
Poetry Interpretation
1st – Luke Williamson
2nd – Elisabeth Ford
4th – Emma Lyttle
Prose Interpretation
1st – Trevor Martin
3rd – Olivia Cantrell
4th – Sydney Herrick
Science
1st – Kelsey Nelson
2nd – Nolan Bitner
3rd – Josh Kolenbrander
Top Chemistry Score – Kelsey Nelson
2nd Place – Josh Kolenbrander
Tope Physics Score – Nolan Bitner
2nd Place – Josh Kolenbrander
3rd Place – Kelsey Nelson
1st Place Team
Social Studies
4th – Christina O’Hanlon
On top of all these amazing results we took Journalism Sweepstakes, Speech Sweepstakes, and are the District 19 5A Academic Champions! Please congratulate these students when you see them!
![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)
