The student news site of Claremont High School

The Wolfpacket

The student news site of Claremont High School

The Wolfpacket

The student news site of Claremont High School

The Wolfpacket

Image courtesy of CIF, Wikimedia Commons, pixabay, and Canva

Pandemic athletics update: state championships, practices cancelled

Rowan Orlijan-Rhyne, Sports Editor December 14, 2020

In March of 2020, life, including high school athletics, was put on indefinite hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the fall, some sports which were scheduled to begin competition in early January, or...

COVID-19 catch up: an update on rising cases, restrictions, and vaccines

COVID-19 catch up: an update on rising cases, restrictions, and vaccines

Melina Tisopulos and Izzy Thomas December 14, 2020

As the holiday season begins, Coronavirus cases have been rapidly on the rise, reaching some of the highest numbers yet. On Dec. 1, Los Angeles County gained over 7,000 new COVID cases, and had just over...

Can reading vanquish racism in America? The pen may not be mightier than the sword, but it sure is not weak

Can reading vanquish racism in America? The pen may not be mightier than the sword, but it sure is not weak

Rowan Orlijan-Rhyne, Head Sports Editor December 14, 2020

During the first months of the country’s collective reckoning with racism and proclamation of anti-racism, social media platforms such as Instagram were abuzz with posts instructing quarantined teens...

Cross-country coach Brittany Carvalho takes a runners temperature as a part of mandatory, daily health screenings done on each athlete.

Novel coronavirus infects sports: recently begun practices include novel routines

Melina Tisopulos and Michael Ball November 16, 2020

Although the first chance for academic life in Claremont to return to some semblance of normalcy is February, the possibility for a somewhat typical routine is far greater for athletics. At the moment,...

Dual Perspectives: Should students download TikTok?

Dual Perspectives: Should students download TikTok?

Meghan Mason and Michael Ball November 16, 2020

Yes (Meghan Mason): One TikTok, indivisible, with Charli D'Amelio for all Two eyes and lips, superimposed onto a grocery store shelf of vegetables, mournfully look into the screen. “You love the idea...

Students poll in on the 2020 Presidential Election

Students poll in on the 2020 Presidential Election

Izzy Thomas, Reporter November 16, 2020

On Nov. 3, millions of Americans were glued to their televisions as they anxiously awaited the results of the 2020 presidential election. Americans on both ends of the political spectrum were on the edges...

Letter to the Editor: Thanksgiving announces move to May; justifies early Christmas decorations (satire)

Letter to the Editor: Thanksgiving announces move to May; justifies early Christmas decorations (satire)

Andrew Eisenberg, Guest Writer November 16, 2020

Earlier today, Thanksgiving held a press conference to announce his retirement from the month of November, thinking first of his family: “The move to May will be hard on the entire family. The kids have...

From Bellinger to Betts: how the Dodgers broke out of their World Series blues

David Begazo, Reporter November 16, 2020

“High fly ball into right field. She is … gone!” baseball commentator Vin Scully said, tracing the trajectory of Kirk Gibson’s 1988 game-winning home run. 17 years after the Dodger’s famous...

A critique of political theater and neoliberal ideology

Asiya Junisbai, Opinions Editor October 26, 2020

Donald Trump can not be voted out of existence. He is your neighbor with an American flag on their truck, he is your employer who thinks Blue Lives Matter, he is Joe Biden. He is corporatism, he is...

It’s time to terminate lifetime Supreme Court appointments

Michael Ball, Reporter October 26, 2020

The Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, is the protector of the Constitution and interprets if laws follow it. There are nine seats on the Supreme court and the justices who sit in them serve...

Yes on Proposition 18 ought to be a no-brainer

Charlie Warren, Assistant Sports Editor October 26, 2020

Democracy and voting are two halves of the same whole, and without one, we can’t have the other. “Democracy” comes from the Greek roots of demos (people) and kratos (power). And while kratos is omnipresent...

Claremont performing arts programs transition to Zoom

Rowan Orlijan-Rhyne, Head Sports Editor October 26, 2020

Shafts of gray light shine through the windows of empty spaces, illuminating the ghosts of performances past: lively comedians in red and blue attire, rowdy trumpeters and saxophone players, high schoolers...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Wolfpacket
$50
$500
Contributed
Our Goal