![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)
THE SOCIAL MEDIA RANT
A picture of Twitter’s logo. On April 13, 2014 @QueenDemetriax_ posted this tweet:”@Americanair hello my name is Ibrahim and I’m from Afghanistan. I’m part of Al-Quida and on June 1rst i’m gonna do something big bye.” She was taken away by the FBI and is facing serious consequences.
November 4, 2014
During the course of our years, many things have come to life. We have iPhones with touchscreens (may Steve Jobs rest in peace), iPads and computers- both of which are available in almost any school, and the students living in these ages are well immersed in social media. Welcome to my social media rant.
Any teenager has had at least ten lectures about it. The: “be safe,” “don’t do anything stupid,” “once it’s online, it’s there forever.” All those phrases and many more are sayings that have been drilled into our minds; so why is it that we still have such a problem with social media? It has been perforated, and pierced into our heads, yet some kids still don’t get it.
Now, I want to start off by saying, I understand that there are way too many of these arguments (for and against) online, but I am playing the American card and exercising my freedom of speech.
First off, no matter how many times you tell some teens (or adults for that matter) that what you put online stays online, they don’t get it. SNAPCHAT KEEPS ALL YOUR PICTURES. Many people argue that Snapchat is only a 10 second picture and the person on the receiving end can never get that picture. Yet what some don’t realize is that the person on the receiving end can screenshot the picture and still have the opportunity to put it online or send it to their friends. Snapchat basically has a folder of pictures that have been sent and received, according to many articles that I have read researching for my rant.
Let me simplify this for you, when you send something to the trash, it might be out of sight out of mind, but it STILL GOES SOMEWHERE. Likewise, once you hit delete something on the internet or on your computer, IT STILL GOES SOMEWHERE. Nothing is ever truly deleted on the internet.
This leads to many kids losing college scholarships, adults losing jobs because of a post they made they made in high school. IT NEVER GOES AWAY.
Want an example of this? Remember last year when there was that girl who posted a tweet saying that she was apart of Al-Qaida and on June 6th something bad was going to happen? She was then taken in by the FBI and put into questioning, according to many news outlets. Now, while she might have not been convicted, what are the chances that anyone is going to want her at their school, or their office.
However, it’s unfair for me to say all these things about social media and how much it destroys our daily lives, without saying how much it as enhanced our lives in more ways than one. One of my favorite shows to watch (when I have the time to watch TV) is Shark Tank. It’s a show that has millionaires and billionaires that make deals with entrepreneurs to accentuate their businesses. Understand that these entrepreneurs are regular people who don’t have a lot of money to put into advertisement, so the way that they get there products sold through social media.
Social media can be beneficial in many ways. For high school students, posting your accomplishments or your day during community service on your Instagram or Twitter, can help colleges see what you do during your free time.
Social media doesn’t have to be a negative thing that we hear about in lectures and school assembly’s. Using social media in life can do things that you have never thought about before.
![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)
