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

ASB! Support Sports!

Johnathan Lee, Reporter October 13, 2023

Everyone knows the football team at CHS, and this is due largely in part to the advertisement of the ASB. Don’t get me wrong, this support is good. But the level of support sports teams are getting are...

The Supreme Courts Affirmative Action Decision: Con

The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: Con

Theo da Silveira, Reporter October 13, 2023

The recent decision to overturn Affirmative Action is a step backward for the United States. Affirmative Action is a policy that increases the representation of marginalized groups in the U.S. Its goal...

Stop leading ourselves to madness

Stop leading ourselves to madness

Nina Wu, Reporter October 13, 2023

Behind the three-story buildings and grand arches of Palo Alto, students are working themselves to death. Teen suicide rates in Palo Alto have risen to more than four times the national average. Palo Alto,...

Many memories lost due to expensive yearbook costs

Fiona Wu, Reporter October 13, 2023

Memories and nostalgia –good or bad— are integral to our high school experience. Frequently, we can find all the memories and recollections condensed into one book–the yearbook. Almost every school...

The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: Pro

The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision: Pro

Pablo Guevara, Reporter October 13, 2023

After forty years, the Supreme Court has finally overturned the use of Affirmative Action in college admissions. Though it was fairly contentious and only overturned on a 6-3 vote, this decision ensures...

The dreaded icon of the Star test lingers in every CUSD students memory. Photo courtesy of San Miguel Schools

The Star test is not a five-star experience

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor May 5, 2023

As soon as an English teacher says, “we’re going to be taking the Star test today,” everybody groans and resigns themselves to another boring day in class, set to take the same test they have taken...

Spanish program in need of ayuda

Utsav Gupta May 5, 2023

IB and AP students know the feeling well. It’s finals season and you’ve worked hard all year to maintain your grades. You did all the journals, solved all the equations, and wrote all the essays. It’s...

A heartfelt letter to the disgraced class of 2025: sit down, but stand up.

Lucas Grannis, Assistant Opinions Editor May 5, 2023

As points were totaled, there was an evident tie. An intense matchup with one more game would determine a winner – not just for the outcome of a measly night rally, but for the outcome of something much...

Official portrait of President Joe Biden, taken in the Library room at the White House in 2021. Him running for re-election means he could be running the country at age 86.

At age 79, Biden tested the boundaries of age in the White House. He failed.

Enya Wang, Reporter May 5, 2023

Dear President Biden, please don’t run for reelection. Running a country is quite a feat and forgetting your train of thought mid-sentence only adds to the challenge. From his garbled definition of...

We need economics class earlier

Rhea Sethi, Reporter March 31, 2023

It goes without saying that teenagers can be a little stupid. Why wouldn’t they be? As teens break out of the bubble of childhood and start to adapt to the real adult world around them, some missteps...

The Government is Failing Us: School Shootings Must End

Rhea Sethi, Reporter March 31, 2023

The students of Claremont High School have always been afraid. They are afraid of responsibility, vulnerability, and commitment— all normal teenage worries that everyone experiences as they try to figure...

The signs are a-changing! Wait... not for Tropical Lei. Be more creative, at the very least.

“A hard conversation”: a letter to Tropical Lei

Carrie Anne Little, Assistant News Editor March 31, 2023

Dear Tropical Lei, I am writing to you in regards to your marque. For years, pre-pandemic, it has been a source of amusement and an educational tool for many new readers driving along Foothill blvd. between...

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