The Wolfpacket

CHS poetry column: national poetry month

Isabelle Shie, Assistant Editor in Chief • April 4, 2025

The standard English curriculum at CHS is infamous for solidifying a structured “TIQA-IQA” essay into the minds of students, but April brings about a new iteration of writing. In 1996, the Academy...

From Awkward pauses to award winning cinema

Makayla Aguilera, Reporter • April 4, 2025

From having daily eight-minute videos that are forced to be played in class to, believe it or not, becoming a global sensation—CHS’ very own Wolfcast recently came home with an Oscar after receiving...

CHS Dance Team Now Student Run

Makayla Aguilera, Reporter • April 4, 2025

Whether they are hyping students up at rallies or performing individually at competitions, the CHS Dance team generally appears as a fun and exciting group to be a part of. But behind the bright...

Zodiac signs: the discriminatory stars

Zarish Zaidi, Reporter • April 4, 2025

On your first date, everything is going well. You have so much in common with your date and you think this might be the one, until they ask the question that changes the course of every first date to come....

To AP or IB: finding the right path

Paola Garcia, Contributing Reporter • April 4, 2025

As the Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate testing season approaches, students reflect on their experiences in both programs, weighing the challenges, benefits, and differences. While both...

Artist of the month: Mr. Carrillo

Nina Wu and Joy Cheng • April 4, 2025

Since elementary school, Mario Carrillo—Claremont High School’s AP physics teacher and percussion director—has been inseparable from music. Much of his first year as the CHS percussion director has...

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Isla Bulmer, Contributing Reporter • April 4, 2025

Are you struggling in your math class? Do you have questions that require detailed, in-person explanations? Are you nodding while reading this because these questions are hitting a little too close to...

Umi Chii: the (mask)-ara is off

Seong-Min Cho, Reporter • April 4, 2025

With over 400,000 followers on TikTok, Filipino content creator @umi.chii has been racking up views for her relatable and honest persona in her content. She was first recognized for her editing skills...

Q&A with the art quad trifecta

Julia Little, Reporter • April 4, 2025

When CHS students walk into the art quad they will see ceramics, photography, and visual art classes, but who are the teachers that have committed their time to teenagers' artistic educations? The art...

Nepotism: A recurring issue in high school sports

Cheng Hao “C.H.” Li, Head Sports Editor • April 4, 2025

High school sports have become ubiquitous with life in one’s teenage years as a way to help make friends and learn life lessons and skills. In fact, according to the California Interscholastic Federation...

SATIRE: April Fools Gone Wrong

Annabelle Brusky, Reporter • April 4, 2025

“At first I was skeptical about joining ‘Senior-Underclassmen Saviors’ or ‘SUS’,” the freshman said. “It was a bit suspicious. And so I declined their invitation, and now they’re after me. They took my cat–my Mittens! This has gone too far, I say, too far! I miss the days when my biggest worries were about Freshman Biology and the MYP mandate...not whether some psychotic prank cult would steal my cat!”

A guide to surviving exams

Tara Neemuchwala, Contributing Reporter • April 4, 2025

With AP and IB exams looming in the distance but closing in with each passing day, CHS students have begun to plan better studying habits in order to maximize their full potential. From IB History of the...