![On March 20, the theatre program performed their UIL One Act play Frankenstein. “I could barely believe what I heard after [it was] announced that we were advancing,” freshman Zack Williams said. “It was crazy. Being one of the only freshmen in the show and also [being] a lead definitely put pressure on my shoulders. I knew that the only thing I could do was my best, but that was until I started to think what if my best was not enough? I was feeling like I could never amount to being what [everyone else] thought I was. Although, after hearing that announcement, I realized that maybe I have something going for me after all.”
Photo courtesy of Cayden Bartolo](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Capture.png)
![Dressed in the school colors, senior Jack Malouff poses for the camera in the bleachers during a football game. During his senior year, Malouff was able to meet lots of people while he was one of the student section leaders. “[My job] was to get everyone involved in the crowd,” Malouff said. “[I brought] the fun things like the trash cans, bells, costumes, whistles, whatever I could bring. Tissue paper, toilet paper, whatever it was. But it was less of a job and more just having fun with everyone.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jack-M.png)
![Standing with their hands raised to the sky, show choir finishes their performance of “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen performed in the winter concert. This year, the show choir participated in the Capital City Showcase where they sang and danced to “Crocodile Rock” and “Don’t Stop Me Now.” “My favorite memory in show choir is the showcase,” freshman Eshita Agrawal said. “We were the first to perform, and we got the chance to watch all the other amazing contestants. [We] were amazed. It was an amazing experience, I think we bonded very well.”](https://cphswolfpack.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Show-Choir.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)
![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)
The fire alarm went off unexpectedly around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, March 24. It was not a drill. Many students assumed that someone had pulled it—a perfectly plausible explanation. But when three additional fire trucks rushed to Cedar Park High School after the usual one, plus an EMS vehicle and police, students began to think that there was a real fire. Standing outside in the cold mist, students speculated as to what could have caused the assumed fire and fretted about their belongings.
“I was mad because it was cold and I didn’t have a jacket,” Jackie Blaine, sophomore, said.
At first, the cause of alarm was unknown, so four fire trucks came to the rescue, including trucks from neighboring departments, not just the station on Cypress Creek.
“It’s better to come with [all the firemen] and have it be a false alarm than wish we had sent everyone because it would take so much extra time to call everyone. By that time, people could be hurt or even killed,” a representative from the Cedar Park fire department said.
When the firemen arrived, they spread out and searched for fire, smoke, or even the smell of smoke. Finding nothing, they allowed people to return to class in all buildings but the C building, where the alert came from. Turns out, there wasn’t actually a fire.
There’s a big sprinkler pump in a room in the back of the school responsible for keeping water pressure up in the fire-prevention sprinkler system. The pressure falls when one of the sprinklers in the ceiling turns on, and this drop in water pressure is detected via a sensor on the water pump. The alert sets off the fire alarm, because generally when a sprinkler turns on, it’s because there is a fire. In this case, there wasn’t really a fire.
“A sensor said the pump turned on, but it actually hadn’t,” Joe Ciccarelli, assistant principal, said. “We knew it was a sensor, so at that point, the fire chief let people back into the C building.”
The specific sensor that had malfunctioned was discovered later Tuesday afternoon.
