![Senior Jett Mckinney stores all the clothes in his own room, with half of it stored in his closet along with his personal clothes, and the rest taking up space in his room.
“There’s been times [when] there’s so much clothing stored here and it gets overwhelming, so I end up having to sleep somewhere else in the house,” Mckinney said.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DSC_0951-1200x800.jpg)
![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)
Best Homemade Costume Ideas for Halloween
Character Inspirations, Easy DIYs
With Halloween approaching fast, it can be difficult to find the perfect costume in time. No worries, there is an easy way to make a great costume with only a few supplies.
Halloween is just around the corner but, oh no, you don’t have a costume! And you can’t afford to buy a new one, what ever will you do? Well, have I got the perfect solution for you- just make your own. Don’t worry if you’re having trouble figuring out what to make, here are some costume ideas you can easily make yourself.
1. Eleven from “Stranger Things”
Just because the show is over, doesn’t mean you can’t kick some Demogorgon butt this Halloween season. For this costume you will need:
- Fake blood
- blonde wig
- Denim jacket
- Empty box of Eggos
- Pink dress
2. Morton salt girl
I don’t know about you but my favorite seasoning in the whole wide world is salt. My reasoning is simple: it goes well with everything, and I mean everything. So why not show salt some love by dressing up as its official mascot.
For this costume you will need:
- Short blonde wig
- Yellow raincoat
- White stockings
- Black shoes
- Yellow umbrella
- Norton salt container
3. Area 51 specimen
As many of you may know, the Area 51 raid was a success. Many captured alien specimens were rescued, and what better way to accommodate our new extraterrestrial friends than to dress up like them this Halloween.
For this costume you will need:
- Green bodysuit
- Scissors
- See-through black cloth (for the eyes)
- Balloon (for the brain)
- Hot glue (for gluing on the eyes)
4. Oscar the Grouch
Maybe Halloween just isn’t your thing, maybe holidays aren’t your thing either, or maybe nothing is your thing, if that’s the case then this costume is just for you… or not, as we already established that you are a grouch.
For this costume you will need:
- Fuzzy green sweater
- A large cardboard box
- Silver paint
- Black paint
- Scissors
- Brown eyebrow pencil (for uni-brow)
- Green gloves
5. Avocado toast
This is a costume for those who like to go against the status quo of peanut butter and jelly, those who really like avocado toast.
You will need:
- 2 cardboard boxes
- Cream colored paint
- Dark brown paint
- Green paint
And in the end, if none of these costumes fit you can always just pull something off of the internet… like me.
Isaiah is a senior and a third year reporter. In his free time he enjoys cooking while listening to music and watching good horror movies. Fun fact, he is the middle child of five other sisters. He enjoys writing about social issues as well as worldly news. After high school he plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin for business.
