![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)
It’s that time of year again. You feel like you’re drowning and you are wondering if you will ever see daylight again or if you are doomed to a life of lonely study sessions. You see the light at the end of the tunnel: the four-week drop point.
Should you get out while you still can, or are you just panicking?
Odds are, you are probably just panicked and sleep-deprived. There is a reason the school makes everyone wait four weeks.
But while you’re waiting, here are some things to consider if you really are worried about your schedule.
If you aren’t willing to do the work:
Be honest with yourself, if you really aren’t motivated then you might as well quit now before your grade average takes a serious dip. No one’s judging. Homework packed weekends and test anxiety aren’t for everyone. Just remember, advanced classes always look good to colleges.
If you want to socialize with your friends every night:
Having multiple advanced classes and trying to hangout Monday through Friday isn’t realistic. Pre-AP and AP students have to buckle down Monday through Thursday. If you are really serious about school, save your partying for the weekend. I know, the struggle.
If you’re an upperclassmen:
All students should be focused on getting ready for college, but juniors and seniors should be especially. In two years or less, college will be a reality. Might as well condition yourself.
If you aren’t sleeping:
I hate to break it to you, but your body can’t run on coffee alone. If you can’t find time to sleep, you really need to consider dropping a class or finding a more efficient way to handle your homework. Do you really want to zombie around all year?
