![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)
![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)
![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)
![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)
Registration Station
Voter Registration Table Tomorrow During DEN, Lunches
September 24, 2018
To give 18-year-olds a helping hand in the midterm voting process, Rho Kappa is hosting a voter registration table tomorrow in the courtyard during DEN and both lunches.
After tomorrow, which is National Voter Registration Day, less than a month remains for eligible seniors to register to vote to participate in the November midterms. Rho Kappa sponsor Jennifer Fortenberry said that she is setting her goals high for the booth tomorrow, and is hoping that every eligible student registers so that it will not become a barrier for them on election day.
“This is their first time to participate in society as an adult,” Fortenberry said. “I would love to see 100 percent of the eligible students registered, so they at least have the opportunity to vote.”
Eligible students will need to bring either their driver’s license or social security number. Anyone who is 18, or will be by Nov. 6, passes the age requirement, however non-citizens could face persecution by submitting registration. Once registered, students will not have to register again unless they move, change their name, political party, or do not vote in two federal elections. Fortenberry has rounded up student and adult volunteers to help and answer any questions at tomorrow’s table.
“It’s important to try to educate young people so that they can participate from the get-go,” Fortenberry said. “We try to do something more to make it easier and to make sure people know what they need to do to be able to vote.”
For students who have walked out with the past year’s March for Our Lives movement, or argued against the proposed ends to both Net Neutrality and DACA, Fortenberry said that showing up to vote in November will be their most powerful weapon.
“If young people don’t vote, they get ignored,” Fortenberry said. “They have a lot to offer, they have a different perspective. It is important for our government to hear those voices, and I think they will hear them a lot better if they show up to the polls to vote.”
Senior Madi Fujawa, who registered months ago when she turned 18, said that she believes some people are stuck in the mindset that their vote will not make a difference.
“I feel like a lot of people believe their vote doesn’t count, but when you have a large sum of people believing that, it hurts the system,” Fujawa said. “Our voting system only works if we’re all actively participating.”
Treasurer of Rho Kappa, senior Rehm Maham, said that every vote is crucial regardless of the end result.
“The vote of any person matters in elections for the simple fact that those elected will only help those who vote,” Maham said. “Even if you don’t vote for the winning candidate, it matters that you voted as it shows politicians that you care, and they are more likely to institute programs to help you.”
There are roughly 140 age-eligible students who could register tomorrow. Maham said that apart from encouraging them to vote, he thinks that their table could be what influences students to get more involved in politics from here on out.
“The people that register at our table may be the activists that volunteer for a campaign, the journalists that cover these elections or even the candidates running for office to make this a better country,” Maham said. “In the long run, the impact our one table has truly can change the nation.”
Seniors can check if they are already registered by clicking here.
![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)
