![After placing second in their respective LDEs at the Capital District contest in early November, freshman Jesus Jaramillo-Gallegos and freshman Wyatt Pickett will compete at the Area XII LDE contest in Georgetown on Nov. 23. Jaramillo-Gallegos is competing in Greenhand Spanish Creed Speaking, while Pickettâs LDE is Greenhand Creed Speaking. âHonestly, [Iâm excited for] just traveling around, maybe meeting more people,â Jaramillo-Gallegos said. âAnd [Iâm] nervous about probably just not being able to define my weak areas. I feel like I did decent for my first time ever doing this. I just think itâs fun.â](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Navy-and-Yellow-Simple-Group-Project-Presentation-1200x675.png)
![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. âI was so excited when I heard I would get to give the tour because itâs a big deal,â Ou said. âSheâs from the US embassy for Taiwan, so sheâs really important. Iâm so privileged [to get this opportunity] and Iâm so excited.â Photo by Skyler King](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Main-Taiwan.jpg)
![Sitting at a desk past the rows of books laid out for the Book Fair, senior Kimberley Walters assists people in purchasing books and finding titles. The Book Fair is taking place Dec. 16 through Dec. 20, and is an annual event during which students and faculty have the opportunity to go and purchase books and other trinkets in the library. Kimberley said she encourages all to go to the Book Fair, even if they think they donât like to read. âIf you make reading something that is fun for you and you find the things that you like to read, it will never be a chore,â Walters said. âSo [the Book Fair is] a good opportunity to find something that will respark your want to read [like] when you were a child and you went to the book fair and you loved the âI survivedâ books. Maybe you'll find your âI survivedâ books of your high school experience, and it'll re-spark that kind of love for reading that may have died out.â](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Addie-L-47-1200x800.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, sophomore Olivia Mahlmeister and seniors Samantha Jameson, Adhit Eswaramoorthi and Justin Khadavi celebrate completing first chamber in the Congress Meet. All four students advanced to the final chamber. âOut of the 20 kids in the final chamber, we had a seventh, ninth, 11th and 13th, and they took the top four to move on to state,â AP US History and Debate teacher Josh Marsh said. â[Even though] we didn't make state this year, all four of them moving on [and] placing is phenomenal.â Photo courtesy of Josh Marsh](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-Regional-Congress-Team.jpg)
![Standing in front of a small audience, senior Kimberley Walters shares a social criticism poem titled âPity the Nationâ by Lawrence Felinghetti. Every month, sponsored by the poetry club, the library hosts a poetry reading. âI never thought I would be interested in [poetry readings] because Iâm not the biggest poetry fan,â Walters said. âI think poetry is a very succinct way to express feelings and get a story across. Whereas lots of books have a span of a whole story, but itâs put in a lot of words. The power of poetry is that you can be so succinct within, and thereâs a lot of power within the words that are used.â](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KIM-1200x800.jpg)
![Smiling at the camera, Author Ehigbor Okosun, members of Page Turners, and other students reflect on the author's visit. âI thought the visit was great,â Senior Amia De Leon said. âIt 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 authorâs responses] felt very articulate.â](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Sebastian-5-1200x800.jpg)
![Holding the Grand Nationals trophies, drum majors Helashi Wijayawardhana, Abigail Pettey and Eddy Kim pose for a photo. The BOA Grand Nationals competition took place in Indianapolis on Nov. 14-17. âMy favorite thing was just looking back at the field, and I was like, âOh, crap. I know all of their names, I know who all of them areâ,â Wijayawardahana said. âIt's just insane to me that I was able to make so many connections. [Being a drum major] taught me how to build relationships with people who Iâm not really that similar to, and how to juggle a ton of things all together.â
Photo courtesy of CPHS Band SmugMug](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AJC.GrandNatsFinals-169-1200x801.jpg)
![Delicately placing the string to form the shape of a cornucopia, seniors Haley Burton and Avery Nelson create the November arrangement for the Flower of the Month Club. This club is led by Advanced Floral Design Students and provides a monthly arrangement to community members who subscribe to receive them. âI think flower of the month club is a really impactful way to show your loved ones âhey I really care about you,â or even if theyâre just for yourself, theyâre a little pick-me-up throughout the month that [say] âIâm doing ok, and these flowers make my day a little bit brighter,â Nelson said. âI like giving people flowers because people value the flowers more and they value themselves more.â](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ava-Holmes-3-edit.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. â[Cheer has] definitely given me a much more outgoing personality,â Gaudreau said. âI used to be very introverted, so it's definitely made me more extroverted towards people.â](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. âWe add[ed] two more classrooms,â Peterson said. âItâs kind of hard when you have two or three grades in one classroom and you only have one teacher. Itâs very hard to actually get some beneficial learning. [The extra classrooms will give the students] a better quality of education because theyâll actually have a place specific for their learning.â Photo by Taylor Peterson](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-P.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. âMy favorite stroke is butterfly because I do the best in that stroke,â Pope said. âI 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.â](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/POPE-1200x804.jpg)
![Swinging with his arm extended, senior Nolan Park hits the ball smoothly over the net and to the opponentâs side. Park is one of four varsity tennis captains and helped the team win district championships. âWinning district champs was a pretty awesome feeling,â Park said. âWe 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.â](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Kassidy-419.jpg)
Volleyball Looking Strong at Halfway Point
The Lady T-Wolves celebrate after winning the first set 25-19 against Vandy on Aug. 30. They are 7-1 in district play as of Oct. 3.
October 4, 2016
At the halfway point of the season, the Cedar Park volleyball team looks poised to make another appearance in the playoffs. With a 28-9 record , the Lady Wolves are playing confidently, hoping to win a district title in the new District 19-5A.
After a difficult non-district schedule filled with quality opponents from all over the state, such as Denton Ryan and Byron Nelson. The team has began district play perfectly, opening with a perfect 6-0 record.
âMy goal was to be supportive,â senior Alana Geymer said of her early season breakout performances including a huge win over Hutto where she recorded fourteen kills and eight blocks in four sets, according to MaxPreps. âI work hard to set a good example for my team, especially the younger middles.â
Senior Lindsey Ledyard, one of the veterans on the team, was highly impressed with middles Geymer and Luci Albertson, who she said are âgreat players that help a lot on the front row and have a big impact on this team.â
Cedar Park opened in early August with wins over high-caliber programs like Vista Ridge and Round Rock. After winning their first six matches, the team finally suffered defeat for the first time at the hands of Vista Ridge, in the second match between the two. This loss marked the beginning of the tournament schedule for the Wolves, which saw them go an impressive 20-7 against stout non-district competition.
â[The tournaments] really helped us get comfortable with each other, making us play better together,â Ledyard said of the non-district schedule. âIt gave us some extra practice to help us get ready for district and a long run in the postseason.â
After the tournaments, the Lady Wolves opened district play with a straight-set victory over Elgin. Since then, the team has only lost one game for a 7-1 district record, only losing six sets along the way. They now sit second in the district behind Rouse, the only 19-5A team to defeat the Timberwolves so far.
âWe are just trying to win the next match,â head coach Kori Cooper said of the teamâs goals. âWe donât know anything about a ârun.â Our motto is Win1More.â
The Timberwolves will keep trying to Win1More all the way to the playoffs. With games coming up tonight at Elgin and Friday night at Cedar Creek, the team will look to keep their hot streak going one game at a time for the remaining seven matches of the season.
![Smiling during the annual Decals with Dads, varsity starting quarterback and sophomore David Cooper and his dad Jim Cooper pose for a picture. During this varsity event, players and their dads get together to put new decals on their helmets. This year, in addition to being announced QB 1, David was also voted as one of six captains on the varsity team, a role that he had difficulty adjusting to as a younger player on varsity. âIt was a struggle for me, being younger than everyone else and being a leader,â David said. âI wondered if [the team] would respect me, or if they would just see me as a younger person from a younger class. I think I've become a leader, [though] and let people know that even though I'm younger, I'm still going to lead them well.â Photo courtesy of Cedar Park Football SmugMug.](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_8493-1-300x200.jpg)
