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The student news site of Claremont High School

The Wolfpacket

The student news site of Claremont High School

The Wolfpacket

Is it pass-tastic? CHS passes over paper slips for digital Minga

Is it pass-tastic? CHS passes over paper slips for digital Minga

Mayo Ou, Editor-in-Chief January 10, 2025

Two years ago: “Grab a pass!” Then, in early 2023, began “Hold on, I’ll write you a slip.” And now, ever since homeroom on December 4th, 2024, it is “Yup, just make a pass on your Minga.” Over...

Seniors, UC applications are now closed!!

Seniors, UC applications are now closed!!

Emma Calimlim, Reporter January 10, 2025

December 2nd, 2024—a date marked on so many seniors’ calendars as—the UC application deadline. Applying to colleges can be a large part of a senior’s first semester, especially for CHS applicants...

Lucke presenting her poem at the LA Youth Poet Commencement at the LA Public Library's Mark Taper Auditorium.

photo courtesy of Mairead Lucke

It’s not luck, but it’s Lucke: Mairead, LA County Youth Poet Ambassador

Mayo Ou and Caroline Warren January 10, 2025
On July 13th, 2024, in the Los Angeles Public Library, Claremont High School senior Mairead Lucke stood at a microphone and read a poem at the Poet Laureate Commencement Performance at LA Public Library’s Mark Taper Auditorium. She was one of twelve Finalists for the LA Poet Laureate competition. Now, she has been named an LA Poet Ambassador.

The death of traditional news

Brooklyn Roston, Reporter January 10, 2025

The First Amendment grants the freedom of the press. News, born from this freedom, has been a cornerstone of democracy for the past century, shaping the course of our nation and the world. Newspapers,...

Policy With Pablo: billions of bills

Policy With Pablo: billions of bills

Pablo Guevara, Assistant Opinions Editor January 10, 2025

The one feeling that every CHS student feels is burnout. For students with a full zero-through-six schedule, sports, clubs, volunteer hours, and somehow more, it is impossible to deny that work can feel...

A meal fit for a king.

SATIRE: Hannibal Lecter for the FDA

Annabelle Brusky, Reporter January 10, 2025

“Well, Mr. President, have the libs stopped screaming?” On December 20, 2024, just a month shy from inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump announced another controversial choice for his cabinet....

Department of Education Bill

Department of Education Bill

Jiseo Park, Reporter January 10, 2025

“Abolish the Department of Education.” is not a statement you hear every day. However, it has been proposed as a bill in the Senate. From Donald Trump’s cabinet to federal financial aid, this bill...

Greenwashing: The Corporate Trend Undermining True Sustainability

Makayla Aguilera, Reporter January 10, 2025

The destruction of the Earth quietly unfolds while companies, governments, and places with influences and power have led many to believe they are sustaining a solution, a hidden issue which needs to be...

Policy With Pablo: so long, legacy

Policy With Pablo: so long, legacy

Pablo Guevara, Assistant Opinions Editor November 22, 2024

Now that the dreaded college admissions season has rolled around, seniors at CHS are undoubtedly stressing over how their future education will unfold. That is, of course, unless someone is lucky enough...

Día de los Muertos at CHS

Emma Calimlim, Reporter November 22, 2024

Conchas. Tamales. Fizzing orange soda. The spices and sweet scents of food weave through the entire town, inviting everyone—the dead and the living—to return home. Burning candles and the perfume of...

Death penalty in the USA

Death penalty in the USA

Makeda Keab, Reporter November 22, 2024

With a leading 12.6% of all ethnicities, Black people are among the biggest minorities in the United States and have been for centuries. Inequality has historically impacted the Black community far more...

Image courtesy of the Wall Street Journal

How free speech will change under a Trump administration

Annabelle Brusky, Reporter November 22, 2024
With a Trump government friendly to him, Musk could continue to amass wealth and power, all while using his influence over X, formerly Twitter, to endorse his allies...
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