The Wolfpacket

Plans for prom, graduation, and other senior events

Melina Tisopulos, Reporter • May 10, 2021

This unprecedented school year has taken away many of the iconic senior year experiences from the class of 2021. However, as Covid cases fall and restrictions loosen, it appears the end of senior year...

From chatting to cheating: students and teachers navigate the return to the classroom

Meghan Mason, Assistant News Editor • May 10, 2021

All student quotes were submitted anonymously through questions posted on the Wolfpacket Instagram. Almost a year to the day after CUSD originally planned to reopen campuses after their closure in March...

Student opinions on CHS’s pass/fail option

Izzy Thomas, Reporter • May 10, 2021

402 days after all Claremont schools shut down last spring, CHS reopened on April 19th for students who were willing to attend hybrid learning. Following the chaos of half in-person and half-distance learning,...

A sense of normalcy? The return of in-person AP exams

David Begazo, Reporter • April 19, 2021

Claremont High School has announced that the AP Exams this May are set to take place in-person despite students having taken their AP courses online as a result of the pandemic. CHS staff have analyzed...

Supporting CHS student mental health during online learning

Melina Tisopulos, Reporter • April 19, 2021

Attending school in isolation for over a year has brought unique mental health challenges to students. Going into the 2020-2021 school year, CHS’ top priority was to develop online mental health support...

Teacher’s perspective on the start of hybrid school

Izzy Thomas, Reporter • April 19, 2021

While most of the focus and sympathy this year has been directed at the students for having to endure online school, there is no denying that teachers have had at least an equally trying year. Quarantine...

Students demand action from CUSD

Asiya Junisbai, Co-Opinions Editor • March 22, 2021

The outrage and grief that followed American police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder of George Floyd in May of 2020 sparked a summer of historic protests in defense of Black life. Some have dubbed this...

CUSD schools reopening

David Begazo, Reporter • March 22, 2021

For a little over a year now, CUSD schools and most schools across the state have remained closed. Chances of reopening looked especially bleak between mid-December and mid-January, where cases in LA County...

The vaccination plan for teens and kids

Izzy Thomas, Reporter • March 22, 2021

On Friday, March 13th, 2020, Claremont Unified School District (CUSD) and thousands of schools across the country were shut down in hopes of slowing the spread of COVID-19. The initial plan was to shut...

Homecoming King: Jaiden Curlin

Sequoia Clark and Casey Shoultz • February 26, 2021

Introducing.. the official 2021 Homecoming King Jaiden Curlin! In this exclusive Wolfpacket interview with Features Editor Sequoia Clark and Asst. Sports Editor Casey Shoultz, Curlin talks about how he...

Homecoming Queen: Abby Liu

Sequoia Clark and Casey Shoultz • February 26, 2021

Introducing.. the official 2021 Homecoming Queen Abby Liu! In this exclusive Wolfpacket interview with Features Editor Sequoia Clark and Asst. Sports Editor Casey Shoultz, Liu shares her feelings about...

Inside the Biden administration: a closer look at President Biden’s cabinet picks

Izzy Thomas, Reporter • February 26, 2021

Less than a month into his time as president, Joe Biden is already receiving plenty of praise, not just for repealing President Trump’s ban on transgender people joining the military, but for the diverse...