![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)
Homecoming kicks off early
Homecoming King and Queen will be announced at halftime od the Cedar Park vs. Westwood football game on Sept. 12.
September 10, 2014
Homecoming: the day of dancing, mums and football. It’s also when we crown homecoming King and Queen. This year, however, the date was moved up and the theme is completely different than years before.
Assistant to the principal, Linda Paris, explained why Homecoming is earlier, along with Assistant principal, Tereasa Back.
“There is only four home games this year and the game has to be at Gupton,” Paris said.
According to Back, the original goal was to have it late September or early October, but since the band has a competition in late September and working with only a handful of home games, this weekend was the best choice for everyone to be able to attend.
The homecoming dance will be held Sept. 13 from 8 p.m. – 11 p.m. in the cafeteria. Student council hosts the event and decided to change the theme this year because they found that attendance had been lacking. To encourage attendance, the theme was changed to Black Light to make it more enjoyable for the student body, according to the Anatomy and Biology teacher and new student council sponsor, Adam Babich.
“We will have black lights, decorations, laser lights and a DJ,” Babich said.
The dress for the dance is semi-formal.
There will be spirit days this week as well. Monday is Tie Dye day, Tuesday is Tropical Day, Wednesday is Animal Day, Thursday is 80’s Dance Party and Friday is CP spirit day. There will also be a Black Light pep rally Friday from 3:20 p.m.-3:50 p.m.
2014 Homecoming Court:
![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)
