![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)
![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)
![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)
IGOR Review
Tyler, The Creator Releases His Sixth Full Length
Courtesy of Tyler Okonma's Twitter
Tyler, The Creator sporting a new look before the release of IGOR
May 24, 2019
Tyler Okonma, known as Tyler, The Creator, released his sixth studio album, “Igor” on May 17. Features from Kanye West, Playboi Carti, Solange, Lil Uzi Vert, Pharrell Williams and more, these features definitely made this album something special.
This album had a different sound to it than the rest of the music Tyler has released, but it has been a testament to the growth of his artistry. After the hard, grimy and snare-filled production in “Wolf,” he then transitioned to more chords and composure in “Cherry Bomb,” and then in his 2017 release “Flower Boy,” he made the production seem more sparkly and pleasant to listen to, gifting every song a pretty melody. With “Igor,” the production was completely overturned from the rest. It had plenty of N.E.R.D influence, which Tyler has cited many times as a huge influence of him and his music. To me, “Igor” took the best parts of “Flower Boy” and N.E.R.D.’s “Seeing Sounds” and “In Search Of” to create this album. With this album, Tyler made his most experimental and his most sonically pleasant record.
The album sits at 12 songs and 40 minutes total, with many standout tracks. First and foremost: “EARFQUAKE.” The song has a feature from Playboi Carti and additional background vocals from Charlie Wilson and Jessy Wilson. It is amazing. I was surprised when Charlie Wilson, the GOAT, had a feature on “Cherry Bomb” on the song “YOUNG”, and then he just came back to bless this joint. He put forth a lovely melody that will never escape my mind as long as the Earth keeps spinning. Then, Playboi Carti drops a verse over the ethereal instrumental that Tyler provided for him, and it brought world peace. Definitely one of my favorite songs on the album. Other standouts consist of “I THINK”, “RUNNING OUT OF TIME”, “A BOY IS A GUN” and “ARE WE STILL FRIENDS”.
The album has a central theme of love and relationships, trying to hold onto feelings and stuff like that. With the pretty production behind each and every song, I quickly fell in love with the new sounding Tyler. With every song being so replayable, it’s definitely something I can listen to ignorantly without it getting oversaturated in my brain. All in all, I’m going to give this record an 8.5/10, because I did want to hear a little more rapping from Tyler on some of the tracks, and bigger contributions from the artists that were featured.
![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)
