![Walking through the tunnel created by the cheerleaders and Celebrities, senior Frances Tran smiles as the soccer team is sent off during DEN for their playoff game against Rouse tonight. Tran said the wins against Smithson Valley and Alamo Heights gave the team a morale boost to take on the Raiders tonight. “I know we were not 100% confident in those games,” Tran said. “But, Rouse is a big opponent for sure. We’re definitely going into tonight with a lot of morale [because of the previous wins].”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/frances-tran.jpg)
![Holding a bucket of materials in one hand and a roll of tape in another, anatomy and biology teacher Tyler Terry prepares for a lab. Terry said his proudest moments are when his students are happy to see him. “When I take my wife to a football game or something and a bunch of students want to say hi to me or they like to smile and wave and it just makes me feel good that the students are really kind and supportive of me,” Terry said. “[I’m also] proud when I see students perform really well in their extracurriculars because I can see how hard they’re working in my classes, [so] when I see that they’re also working so hard in other things. Like they’re winning band competitions or they’re getting awards for their theater productions, or I see them put on their choir shows, that’s like, wow, you guys are incredible.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rags-6.png)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901.jpg)
2000 Cranes, 2000 Prayers
Ms. Sue Gives Paper Cranes to Coach Danielson to Heal her Cancer
Rooting through the 2,000 paper cranes Sue Stifflemire made for coach Stacy Danielson, dancers were in awe. Junior Becca Thiemann said the kind act meant a lot to her and the team. “I felt so happy and touched that someone who loves D as much as I do would put that much thought and effort into her,” Thiemann said. “It was the sweetest thing and I love that D has so many supporters that are helping her get through this rough time.”
February 9, 2018
It was a normal Thursday practice, Celebrities were practicing their routines. This was until Ms. Sue, who works on the cafeteria staff, came into the dance gym with 2,000 handmade paper cranes for Coach Stacy Danielson.
“I’ve known her for many years and she always smiles,” Stifflemire said. “When I found out she had cancer, I was so sad.”
Danielson was diagnosed with colon cancer in June of 2016. Stifflemire didn’t hesitate to take action. She said that she suddenly felt the need to make these cranes for her. It took two or three months to complete, but Stifflemire said that with things like these, time is not an object to her.
“Time doesn’t matter, I came home and started making them,” Stifflemire said. “I could feel in my heart, it told me to do it.”
These weren’t just any cranes either, Stifflemire made them from calendars, receipts, magazines and candy wrappers. She then said a prayer on every single one, asking God to help heal her best friend.
“2,000 times I did it for her,” Stifflemire said. “I prayed saying ‘please God, help heal her.'”
Danielson has a team by her side helping her through the fight, but seeing people do things for her out of the kindness of their heart brings her to tears.
“I don’t even know how to explain it,” Danielson said. “She’s been a wonderful lady from the first day I met her. I don’t see her every day, but to know that she still thinks about me when I don’t see her is really sweet.”
In the midst of responsibilities of her day to day life, Danielson wants the world to know that there is more to school than grades and classes.
“Life is all about relationships, hopefully that’s something I share with my students,” Danielson said.
Stifflemire said her husband questioned her as she made these 2,000 cranes throughout the past few months, but doing this act of kindness for Danielson is just who she is.
“I told him that she was my favorite person and teacher, but it doesn’t matter who it is,” Stifflemire said. “This is me. I would do this for anyone, why not do it?”
![Holding her dog, Nova, senior Ariana Balakrishnan poses for her senior pictures while Nova wears a bandana with her college decision. Balakrishnan applied to 18 colleges in total, but she decided on Columbia in the end. “Right before I clicked the button to open Columbia’s letter, I literally looked at the camera and go ‘This is just gonna really suck because I wanted it so bad,’ and I clicked it and all of a sudden you hear trumpets,” Balakrishnan said. “There’s a video that plays when you open it and I actually didn’t watch the video, I just watched the screen go black, because every day of December before ED [Early Decision] I would go on YouTube and watch the acceptance video to manifest it, so immediately when the screen went black, I started screaming and jumping up and down. And my parents in the video are like ‘What are you doing, where’s the letter,’ and I was just screaming ‘I got in, I got in.” I just started crying, and it just felt like everything in the world came together.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ariana-2-300x217.jpg)
![Catching a ball, junior Alivia Robinson plays at the Cedar Park vs Glenn game. Having played since she was 5 years old, she is dedicated to softball and has committed to UTPB for softball. “When I got my offer it took me a very long time to decide where,” Robinson said. “Softball has always been my dream for college, and UTPB is my fit. When [I committed] I knew I was going to be loved and supported.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lilly-Adams-3.13aliviaedit-901-600x400.jpg)
Sandy Lawrence • Feb 10, 2018 at 11:21 am
Thank you Ms Sue for loving our daughter, Ms. D, and your prayers for her wellness .
Ms. Trauze and Wolfpack thank you for all the great stories about your CPHS family’s generosity toward Stacy, Luke , and Lane. We treasure each one.
Celebs, all athletics, faulty, staff and all stidents, we thank you for your prayers and generosity.
Each of you are angels on earth . Blessings.
Kirk & Sandy Lawrence