The Wolfpack| Newspaper

Stories That Matter

The Wolfpack is Cedar Park High School's award-winning, student-led news publication. Produced by a staff of 21 student journalists, the Wolfpack covers the stories that matter to our school community, from breaking news and district decisions to student life, sports and major campus achievements.

Our reporting has covered everything from the superintendent's departure from Leander ISD to the marching band's state championship. Through original reporting, interviews and multimedia storytelling, students keep the Cedar Park community informed while giving a voice to the people and perspectives behind the headlines.

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Behind the Stories

The Wolfpack operates as a student newsroom, with reporters and editors responsible for pitching stories, conducting interviews, researching topics, writing, editing and publishing their work.

Students make editorial decisions, collaborate to meet deadlines and develop hands-on experience in reporting, photography, editing and digital publishing. Throughout the process, they learn the importance of accuracy, journalistic ethics and responsible reporting.

Beyond the Headlines

As an online news publication, the Wolfpack continues to explore new ways to reach audiences and tell stories. In addition to traditional news reporting, students produce podcasts and experiment with short-form video, social media and other forms of digital storytelling.

These platforms give students opportunities to develop new skills, connect with audiences and adapt their journalism to an evolving media landscape.

Interested in Joining the Wolfpack?

Whether you're interested in writing, photography, investigative reporting, sports coverage, podcasts or digital storytelling, the Wolfpack offers opportunities to develop your skills while contributing to a student-led news publication.

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Meet the Staff

2024-2025 Wolfpack Staff

Editor in Chief - Kacey M

Assistant Editors - Jane Y and Kaydence W

2023-2024 Wolfpack Staff

Editor in Chief - Kacey M

2022-2023 Wolfpack Staff

Editors - Madison S and Jaden K

2021-2022 Wolfpack Staff

Editor-in-chief- Ally JP

Assistant Editor- Ruchi S

2020-2021 Wolfpack Staff

Editor-in-chief- Estefani R

Assistant Editor- Morgan K

2019-2020 Wolfpack Staff

Editor-in-chief- Estefani R

Editorial Policies & Guidelines

The Wolfpack is committed to accurate, ethical and responsible student journalism. Our editorial policies outline the standards that guide student reporting, editorial decisions, corrections, privacy and copyright. We encourage students, families and readers to review these policies to better understand how our newsroom operates.

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Award-Winning Journalism

The Wolfpack has earned recognition for the quality of its student reporting, including work selected for Best of SNO, a national recognition program that highlights outstanding journalism from student news publications.

Stories selected for Best of SNO are reviewed for their reporting, writing and presentation, with selected work republished for a national audience.

SNO Distinguished Site - 2019-2020

The Wolfpack officially became a distinguished site through School Newspapers Online, the organization that hosts online school news sites across the country. We are currently ranked #1 in the country and will continue to write in-depth features over our awesome CP students to stay in the Top 5. In order to become distinguished, we had to earn six badges, from social media engagement where we had to have a certain amount of traffic to our site and post on social media every day for 4 weeks in a row, to site design excellence, to multimedia, which included starting a podcast. The staff worked so hard for this accomplishment. Congratulations to all of them!

2019-2020 National Q&S Award

Students from five countries submitted over 2,400 entries in 30 categories, and judges chose 277 winning entries. These National Winners earn a Quill and Scroll Gold Key.

2019-2020 National Q&S Award

Students from five countries submitted over 2,400 entries in 30 categories, and judges chose 277 winning entries. These National Winners earn a Quill and Scroll Gold Key.

Interscholastic League Press Conference 1st place and Tops in Texas - Entertainment Review

The Interscholastic League Press Conference is the UIL of Journalism for the state of Texas. We compete against hundreds of schools across the state in 5A. To place or win in these categories is incredibly difficult and a great achievement in student journalism. In addition, to win a Tops in Texas, means that the judges thought that the work was the best across all schools, from 1A to 6A.

Interscholastic League Press Conference 1st place - Computer Art

Additional ILPC awards 2019-2020

2018-2019 ILPC Bronze Star

The Wolfpack staff earned the Interscholastic League Press Conference's Bronze Star award as well as an Award of Distinguished Merit for their newspaper. Star awards are given to the top 10 percent of newspapers and yearbooks in Texas.

2018-2019 SNO Distinguished Site

The Wolfpack officially became a distinguished site through School Newspapers Online, the organization that hosts online school news sites across the country. We are currently ranked #1 in the country and will continue to write in-depth features over our awesome CP students to stay in the Top 5. In order to become distinguished, we had to earn six badges, from social media engagement where we had to have a certain amount of traffic to our site and post on social media every day for 4 weeks in a row, to site design excellence, to multimedia, which included starting a podcast. The staff, especially our editor-in-chief Deana Trautz, worked so hard for this accomplishment. Congratulations to all of them!

2018 -2019 Editor-in-chief- Deana Trautz

Interscholastic League Press Conference's Online Editor of the Year!

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