A smaller piece of pi
Jared Maddox
April 1, 2011
For centuries, the value of pi has remained indefinite. While supercomputers have solved for the value of pi to 4.5 trillion places, the exact value of this irrational number has never been solved because the digits go on infinitely. Due to the lack of accuracy in measuring the number, the International... Read more »
School uniforms effective this April
Amanda Weston
April 1, 2011
The recent No Place for Hate campaign proposed the idea of school uniforms at a recent Student Council meeting and, by unanimous decision, the administration has accepted the proposal. The No Place for Hate committee and Student Council believe that the uniforms will encourage equality and promote... Read more »
Two Cedar Park students killed in tragic car accident
Hannah Jane DeCiutiis
March 11, 2011
**This is the story The Wolfpack would have run had the Shattered Dreams mock accident been a real event. Remember to make good decisions and be safe during this spring break** Prom night is generally considered a rite of passage for many high school students. Dressing up, going to dinner and... Read more »
BuddyBot Project Brings Smiles To Children In Need
Hannah Jane DeCiuttis
February 14, 2011
There are many projects and services that can be done to benefit children’s hospitals such as toy drives and fund-raisers; many of these projects have even been done at Cedar Park High School. However, it is not often when a student spends three years creating a robotics project from scratch simply... Read more »
Division I Recruits Sign With School
Kristen Smith
February 14, 2011
Cedar Park athletics always strives for excellence in their programs, and encourages their players to put forth 100 percent day in and day out. But when the curtain is finally closed during their final season as seniors, a handful of lucky players are invited to continue playing at the collegiate level. On... Read more »
How to make the sun shine
Nathan Smith
January 27, 2011
Inside the luminescent nebulae of deep space, molecular clouds bunch together more and more until they become so dense that a gravity well is born, and the mass of dust and elements collapses into a newborn star. This is the beginning of one of the greatest dynamos in the cosmos, a ball of plasma and... Read more »
Cedar Park Rallies Around Mrs. Lowe
Hannah Jane Deciutiis
January 27, 2011
There are millions of people in need around the world. Illness and injury are common facets of daily life but it is still an unexpectedly difficult experience to witness a beloved friend or family member undergo a severe medical hardship. Such an unhappy occasion has arisen in the case of Danielle Lowe,... Read more »
Theatre students bring high-flying musical to Cedar Park
Amanda Weston
October 21, 2010
Audiences attending this year’s annual CPHS musical can expect to be dazzled not only by talented students, but by the famous “magical, fantasmagorical” flying car that is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. This fall, CPHS will make theatre history by becoming the first amateur theatre in Texas to perform... Read more »
The rise of Facebook
Alex Mendoza
October 21, 2010
Facebook is hard to ignore. It’s grown into one of the world’s most popular websites, with over 600 million users worldwide since its creation in 2004. According to PC World, if Facebook were its own nation, it would be one of the world’s most populated countries right behind China and... Read more »
Technology restrictions on teachers
Emily Jochimsen
October 21, 2010
With social media web sites such as Twitter and Facebook rising in popularity, some teachers are utilizing websites to help them inform students about events such as quizzes, upcoming projects, and tests. In response to this growing trend of social websites in the classroom, Leander is drafting rules... Read more »