![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)
![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)
![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)
During the school day on April 8, the Total Solar Eclipse will pass over the school at approximately 1:30 p.m. In effort to properly educate the student body on the eclipse, AP Physics and Seminar teacher Christopher Voss invited Baylor Professor and Department head of Astronomy Dr. Barbara Endl, PHD to give a presentation about the eclipse during DEN on March 21.
“Astronomy is arguably one of the most fundamental sciences because we can not set the perimentors when we do an experiment,” Endl said. “You can set things apart in a lab, but we cannot do that with planets; they are just in the universe and we have to try to understand it, which is what makes the eclipse so unique and interesting.”
Endl gave a presentation about the science behind the eclipse and included interactive activities that gave visual representations of how the solar system works. Endl also explained the safety precautions students should follow to remain safe during the solar eclipse.
“Make sure you have the proper protection for the eyes,” Endl said. “In terms of other safety measures, if you are going to go somewhere, be prepared. For example, pack water and snacks. The travel on the way back can be very complicated because everybody goes at the same time, when the sun is out of the eclipse, everyone leaves at the same time, so there have been lots of traffic jams in the past.”
Endl stressed the importance of wearing the proper eyewear as the sun’s rays will permanently burn retina’s in the back of the eye. However, during totality you can remove the eclipse glasses and view with the naked eye.
“I’m intrigued by being able to see other planets,” freshman Gustov Mt. Joy said. “When I heard you might be able to see like Jupiter, and you can look without the glasses during totality, I thought that was crazy.”
Band is taking advantage of this opportunity for their trip to BOA Grand Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana on Nov. 14 by selling solar eclipse glasses to earn money.
“[Selling eclipse glasses] is going to help us pay for a lot of our stuff on our road to Grand National,” assistant band director Kendall Santos said. “It’s a really expensive trip. We take pretty much the whole neighborhood to Indiana and it costs a lot of money to move a lot of people and a lot of equipment, so any money we can raise from the fundraiser will be beneficial for the band.”
The glasses were available in the link on the weekly newsletter sent to families as well sold at Birdie Fest at Spare Birdie last Saturday. The glasses will also be available at the Crossover on April 6 before prom.
“The glasses are pretty awesome,” Santos said. “It’s got the Timberwolf on it. It’s nothing specific to band. We wanted to keep it generic for the whole high school, so you can get it, it just happens to support the band program.”
The district will be operating on a modified schedule to ensure students and teachers have the opportunity to see the eclipse when it reaches totality. Although one of the few school districts in school the day of the eclipse, Endl said it is an opportunity for students to apply what they learn in the classroom to a real world experience.
“People say ‘when am I ever going to use the science that I learned at school?” right,” Endl said. “So, this is an opportunity to use the science you learned at school like Biology, Zoology, of course Astronomy, there is lots of Physics behind it as well. Also, it’s an opportunity to teach the students and to learn and connect all the dots that day.”
