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

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You’re letting the need for academic validation show

Oliver Carrero, Reporter December 21, 2023

“Academic weapon” a phrase uttered by every high schooler. To be an academic weapon is to be enrolled in a billion different courses, participate in extracurriculars and sports, and acquire service...

Sun Sets On High-Set Prices For Solar Energy In California

Sun Sets On High-Set Prices For Solar Energy In California

Pablo Guevara, Reporter December 21, 2023

Considering that many live in the city of trees and PhDs, it should come as no surprise that Claremont knows a thing or two about going green. Our person-to-car ratio is nothing to scoff at, our bike-to-car...

art | Kayla Ranney

Formula 1: racing into the mainstream

Natalie DeWees, Reporter December 21, 2023

At this point in pop culture history, it seems like not knowing about Formula 1, more widely known as F1, is just about sacrilegious. Everyone who spends a little too much time online has heard of Charles...

art | Danni Fajardo

Food? Maybe. Snacks? No. Why club fundraising is cut

Joy Cheng, Isla Bulmer, and Fiona Bulmer November 17, 2023

As the new school year commences and clubs begin to form, the inevitable need for fundraising arises. Clubs at Claremont High School are self-sustaining and therefore must engage in fundraising activities...

Speech and Debate is Dominated by Elites: Its Time to Change the Game

Speech and Debate is Dominated by Elites: It’s Time to Change the Game

Nina Wu, Reporter November 17, 2023

In 1925, the NSDA (National Speech and Debate Association) was established to motivate high school students to improve public speaking abilities. Today, the NSDA hosts seventeen different events that range...

Laufeys Bewitching Effect

Laufey’s Bewitching Effect

Nina Wu and Lisa Yi November 17, 2023

In her hit song, “Bewitched”, Laufey sang, “You wrote me a note, cast a spell on my heart, and bewitched me.” Besides being bewitched by the lover depicted in the song, 24-year-old Chinese-Icelandic...

art | Lindsay Chung

Got milk? I’ll just take oat please

Fiona Wu, Reporter November 17, 2023

"Excuse me, can I please get a nonfat, triple shot, oat milk, chai tea latte? I would like three ice cubes, no shake, and a thin layer of vanilla sweet cream cold foam on top." This majestically long order...

WGA-SAG Strike Strikes Out Shows

WGA-SAG Strike Strikes Out Shows

Rhea Sethi, Reporter October 13, 2023

‘Writers Guild on Strike! Turns Out, the Thing Doesn’t Write Itself’ a sign loudly declares, held up by a striking screenwriter. The sign’s words ring true: without their currently striking writers...

Athlete of the Month: Running into Greatness

Athlete of the Month: Running into Greatness

Isla Bulmer, Reporter October 13, 2023

The CHS girls’ cross-country team just got a whole lot faster with the arrival of senior L’Mio Edwards. After transferring in the middle of her junior year, she ran one track season and only three...

Barbies World Domination

Barbie’s World Domination

Anais Talbott Meza, reporter October 13, 2023

With over $244 million made on its opening weekend, $1.4 billion attained overall at the box office, and an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay, the Barbie movie has not only taken the United...

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...

art | Lindsay Chung

Mosquito Apocalypse

Fiona Bulmer, Reporter October 13, 2023

With summer ending and the beginning of fall, residents of Claremont have geared up for more days of hiding in their houses, away from the heat and the mosquitoes. The endless scratching of mosquito bites...

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