![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)
Best Dressed, Never Stressed
May 31, 2019
Throughout high school, senior Willow Knight’s passions for lacrosse, the environment and her personal style, have inspired her involvement as co-president of Timberwolves for the Environment, UIL Science, captain of the lacrosse team, as well as the recipient of the “best dressed” senior superlatives award.
Not only has Knight shown her commitment and drive through these extracurricular and curricular activities, but also through being involved in SNHS, NHS and Mu Alpha Theta.
“These activities have impacted my high school experience by allowing me to get to know a lot of different people and finding different things I’m passionate about,” Knight said. “Lacrosse has helped me to be a better leader and strive for constant improvement. It has brought me so many friends and made my life so much happier. All the other activities as well have brought me closer to people and made high school feel like a place I could belong.”
As she has gone throughout high school, Knight said that her personal style has been a way for her to reflect her individuality and creativity. Knight feels that her clothes are a way to help herself feel more confident.
“I feel like my style reflects me because it’s always different and changing,” Knight said. “I like trying different things and making them my own. I don’t feel constrained to a certain style of clothes so I really just wear what I think looks cool and makes me feel most confident in myself. I’m a strong believer in that ‘if you look good, you feel good.'” I feel like my style reflects me because it’s always different and changing. — Willow Knight (12)
After graduation, Knight plans on going to the University of North Texas to major in material science and engineering. As Knight’s high school career comes to an end, she reflects on her future and her past four years at this school.
“The only thing I would change about my high school experience is all the stress,” Knight said. “I used to stress myself out over everything, especially my grades and always tried to make them perfect. I feel like now, I have a better view of the big picture and see that I didn’t have to be so hard on myself and that nothing was ever that serious.”
![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)
