![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)
![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)
![Smiling at the camera, the Varsity Tennis team celebrates winning districts. They played against Liberty Hill on Tuesday night and won with a final score of 10- 5. “We improved a lot even from the last game,” senior Blake Hillis said. “We lost against them the last time we played [Liberty Hill], but it was really close. It was just really important for us to win this match since it was the district finals. [When we won I felt] overwhelmingly happy, especially being there with my teammates and it being my senior year. It was just really great. It [felt] like a community.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tennis-Districts-e1728060882260.png)
Celebs make time for Timeless Classics
Dancing to the Beach Boys, juniors Cassidy Cadena and Caroline Woodall dance to the song “Fun, Fun, Fun” at the Spring Show on Apr. 30. The dance had all the juniors on the Celebrities team dancing together. “It was really exciting and fun dancing to the song,” Cadena said. “My favorite part of the dance was when I was lifted in the air by Mason Parker, I was really nervous about the timing but it all worked out really well.”
June 1, 2015
After three days of performances, the Cedar Park Celebrities Spring Show came to an end on May 2. The performances started on Apr. 30 and the theme was Timeless Classics. One of the sets was based on the famous eighties’ movie “Dirty Dancing,” and was the best routine according to junior Jessie Thiemann.
“Oh my gosh, it was so much fun,” Thiemann said. “I had only seen the movie once, so it was fun to see the movie and then choreograph the routine from that. Then having us all in the triangle and then all spread out, I don’t know how to describe it because it was just so amazing.”
The showcase also included a performance by the Celebrities’ escorts called the “Guy’s Dance.” The dance consisted of the guys performing a routine and then a freestyle dance towards the end. The end of the dance included a stunt where the boys picked each other up or did back-flips off the stage.
“I found it so hilarious, this is the first time they’ve done this and they didn’t even remember the full dance,” junior celebrity Hope Lyle said. “The dance is so funny. I had to dance on the wings so the guys wouldn’t forget their choreography. Having them dance was completely ridiculous and funny.”
The performances of the night also included dances from dances companies, like MUV, and a performance from the school Jazz Band on Friday night.
“The dance company performers especially know what they’re doing,” sophomore manager Erin McFarland said. “They dance 40 hours a week, so they’re definitely the real professionals. The band has always seemed to bring in a lot of people, it’s nice that they come out and support all of us.”
The next showcase is the MUV showcase on the last day of school, Jun. 6. The Cedar Park Celebrities will be hosting the showcase in the PAC and will be free to the public.
