![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)
National Merit Semi Finalists announced
National Merit Semifinalists for the class of 2015 earned the title by scoring at least a 218 on the PSAT. Seniors Rachel Pokorney, Bake Rice, Josh Wiggers, Megan LaMonica and Olivia Larkin qualified. “The most helpful thing I did was take practice tests,” LaMonica said. Kehoe, who graduated a year early with the class of 2014, also qualified.
October 2, 2014
Last week, PSAT national merit semifinalists were named. Seniors Rachel Pokorney, Blake Rice, Megan LaMonica, Josh Wiggers and Olivia Larkin were recognized for scoring at least a 218 on their PSAT last year. Former student, Haley Kehoe, who graduated a year early with the class of 2014, was also recognized.
Besides being a precursor to the SAT, the PSAT is used to award scholarships to high-scoring students, known as National Merit Scholars.
Semifinalist will not know if they will become scholars until next year.
NHS President Pokorney was just happy to know she is a semifinalist after the work she put in with More Than a Teacher, a PSAT/SAT preparation service used by several students. But even with preparation, Pokorney admitted her score was due partially to luck.
“It was crazy to know that the test came down to a few questions,” Pokorney said. “I’m really thankful the answers I chose worked out.”
After taking his test, Wiggers was unsure if he would be a semifinalist.
“I knew I had a good score,” Wiggers said. “But I wasn’t sure it would make the cutoff because it was close.”
In contrast to Pokorney, Wiggers, who hopes to major in chemical engineering, opted to prepare by participating in Cedar Park’s PSAT Team.
“I wouldn’t have been able to push myself to practice outside of school,” Wiggers said. “It forced me to prepare.”
Along with Wiggers, future bio-engineering major Spanish Honor Society Tresurer LaMonica practiced with the school’s program, taught by AP English III teacher Chriss Hexter and Pre-AP math teacher Linda Zeimann.
“It’s good to know that PSAT team paid off,” LaMonica said.
The National Hispanic Recognition and Commended scholar students were also announced.
Based on their PSAT scores from last year, seniors Noah Knight, Payton Morris, Julia O’Hanlon and Sarah Herzer qualified for the National Hispanic Recognition. “I am more of an ACT person, but I was pleasantly suprised,” O’Hanlon said.
In the class of 2015, 14 students were recognized as Commended Scholars based on their PSAT scores, including Alina Tang. “I didn’t really prepare for the PSAT, so when I realized I was commended I was really suprised,” Tang said.
![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)
