![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)
![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)
Parade honors Band and Football’s State achievements
The crowd raises up their T-wolves while mayor Matt Powell takes a picture from the stage.
February 11, 2016
On Saturday Jan. 23 a parade was held in honor of both football and band winning State Championships this year, an unprecedented achievement in the state of Texas. The event was from 2-3:30 p.m. and after the short procession from the middle school to the high school, there were booths, concessions and a live music performance by the Zach Willard Band on the front lawn of the school. Speeches were given to honor those who made this feat possible, and both the football team and the band were praised by the speakers and the crowd.
“It felt great [to have the parade in our honor],” said junior fullback and linebacker Tyler Lavine. “We have a great community here in Cedar Park and it’s nice to know we have their support. I liked getting to be with my friends out in the community.”
The band marched along and played familiar songs such as Metal Shop as the parade progressed. Band member sophomore Claire Sears enjoyed getting to march with the band again.
“I was looking forward to it for about a week before it actually happened,” Sears said. “It was sort of our last chance to all play together as one marching band before the seniors leave. It was really fun to hang out with all the band members I don’t get to see during concert season.”
Though the choir did not get the chance to sing at the state game, they were given the opportunity to sing the national anthem after the parade. Freshmen choir member Kara Bonorden enjoyed the recognition and support.
“It’s always fun to be able to show the community what you’re working on and show them sorta ‘this is what we do everyday,’” Bonorden said. “It’s really cool how the whole community comes together and even the little elementary school kids came out to enjoy the parade.”
The parade gave the opportunity to recognize football, band and the teachers that lead them to excellence.
“I’m really grateful we go to a school that chose to honor us along with football team because that kind of equal support doesn’t happen at a lot of other schools,” Sears said. “It felt great to be recognized for the hard work we put in everyday since band camp back in August.”
The band played at the parade on Jan. 23 to commemorate their state win earlier this year. Marching season favorites such as Metal Shop were played as the parade progressed. “It was a little weird to play stand tunes and march again after all the time off marching season, ” sophomore Claire Sears said. “But it was really fun to get to hang out with the band members I don’t get to see during concert season.”
![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)
