![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 Pickett’s LDE is Greenhand Creed Speaking. “Honestly, [I’m excited for] just traveling around, maybe meeting more people,” Jaramillo-Gallegos said. “And [I’m] 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 it’s fun.”](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. “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)
![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)
![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)
![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)
CPHS News Hosts Annual Variety Show This Thursday
Cedar Park Tonight is taking place on April 25 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center (PAC).
April 24, 2019
For the past two years, CPHS News has organized Cedar Park Tonight (CPT), an event that showcases the best of CPHS in one night, according to CPHS News advisor Anthony Garcia. This year is no different, as they host their third annual variety show this Thursday.
CPT will take place in the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at 7 p.m. and is being hosted by The Wolfcast anchors, sophomore Ella Neel and junior Evan Vines.
Tickets are on sale online for $5 and $10 at the door. Teachers can get in free with their badge or a donation of their choice.
Performances range from the Pitch Black and Seasons choirs, a preview of the “Willy Wonka” musical, carpool karaoke with teachers and a student band, The Lööps.
The Lööps’ lead guitarist and singer, junior Luke Ferguson, said that they have been refining their songs for the past week and making sure that everything is accounted for before the show.
“I’m looking forward to the experience of playing in front of this many people, especially my peers,” Ferguson said. “I’m looking to just have fun with it.”
Preparations for the show began two months ago. Executive producer of CPT, junior Iriyana Lipkin, said that preparing consists of brainstorming concept ideas, scheduling with teachers, coming up with interview questions for segments and overall making sure that the show flows.
“Each person involved with the show and broadcast has a specific job and specific part of the show that they’re in charge of,” Lipkin said. “It takes a lot of planning and organization to have all your little pieces in line for it come together for the final show.”
Sophomore Braxton Fehrenbach, who plays Charlie Bucket, said the “Willy Wonka” preview at CPT is important because it provides an opportunity to share the theatre’s hard work and moral of the play.
“The preview is important because it will give our potential audiences the best look at this incredible project,” Fehrenbach said. “I want the audience to see this show because it captures the mysticality and wonderful rags to riches story that I grew up watching. This show is incredible because it has this awesome moral of what might become of you if you treat people with respect and kindness.”
According to Lipkin, CPT is going to be more fast-paced than last year’s, but it will still include crowd favorites. Lipkin said she encourages people to see the show because of its uniqueness.
“I would invite students to go see the show because it’s not like any other show Cedar Park puts on, and it’s more about the personalities at Cedar Park,” Lipkin said. “It’s a super funny and lighthearted show that includes what students want to see, so I think it’s definitely worth it to come and see it.”
After CPT wraps up on Thursday, theatre presents “Willy Wonka” this Friday in the cafeteria at 7 p.m., Saturday at 10 a.m, 1 and 6 p.m. and on Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets are no longer available online, but will be sold at the door one hour before showtime. It is $10 for students and $13 for adults.
![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)
