![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)
The long haul; tips to get through the last weeks of school
April 21, 2014
Buckle your seatbelts, Cedar Park High, we are about to embark on the slowest six weeks of our lives. Yes, you heard me correctly, the next six weeks is going to drag by oh so slowly as all of us students watch the minutes tick by on our exhausted summer countdowns.
What did we do to deserve this? we will ask as we roll our eyes at our piles of homework and choose to bitterly look through our old ‘summer 2k13’ photo album on Facebook. With only one student holiday left, we are to wonder how many days we can afford to be absent without risk of getting behind.
If you are already beginning to be plagued by these infectious summer thoughts, stop right now. In this situation, and this one only, am I to be your voice of reason. It isn’t summer. Yes- I said it. It is still spring, and while flower crowns are very appropriate for this weather, so is school. There are only a mere six weeks left in the 2013-14 high school year, and for some of you it is your last.
The following tips are to be used in an effort to combat the preceding summer laziness:
- Do something on the weekends- I mean really do something. Go downtown with your friends, go out to a nice dinner with your family, go shopping, go hiking, go to the lake, and do something. While many people will say that this causes a dreaded ‘summer tease’ it also keeps you busy and will have you feeling happy and accomplished when that alarm clock rings on Monday morning.
- Go to school events- Maybe support a sports team or go to a PNG show. School organizations and clubs have a number of events going on during the week so that you can attend an event and try to remember that you (hopefully) have school spirit (after all, you are having to re-channel that energy from football season).
- Do something new- Try to watch a new Netflix series with your friend, or go to a new restaurant or listen to different music. Trying new things can take your mind off of all the routine things you still have to do like going to school, or doing homework, or pretending to be happy when doing either of these things.
- Stay busy- Basically, the main point of all these tips is to stay busy, very busy. Honestly, is there any other way to beat dreaded end of school lull? Schedule things with friends ahead of time so that you know you will be doing something in the days to come. This can make the weeks seem more enjoyable as you are constantly looking forward to something new.
![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)
