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The Wolfpacket

The student news site of Claremont High School

The Wolfpacket

The student news site of Claremont High School

The Wolfpacket

The Teaching Fellowship: An Interview with a South African Educator

The Teaching Fellowship: An Interview with a South African Educator

Frida Garcia, Reporter November 19, 2021

The Teaching Fellowship program grants educators the opportunity to study in life-changing ways. A select few teachers receive personalized support from the program, cultivating their educator skill-sets...

The 2021 Claremont High School Homecoming Court!

The 2021 Claremont High School Homecoming Court!

November 3, 2021

Congratulations to all on the court! From left to right: Ella Kuriyama; August Waggener; Viraj Urkudey; Kareen Holstrom; Mercer Weis; Aly Batista; Hyun Cho; Diego Limon; Brooke Higuera; Victor Chen; Drew...

Homecoming Queen: August Waggener

Homecoming Queen: August Waggener

Izzy Thomas, Editor October 29, 2021

From teaching kids about art, studying marine biology, and learning Japanese, there’s practically nothing CHS senior August Waggener doesn’t do. As an involved member of musical theatre, choir, and...

Homecoming King: Viraj Urkudey

Homecoming King: Viraj Urkudey

Lorenzo Cano, Reporter October 29, 2021

Viraj Urkudey, a senior at CHS, finds himself on the 2021 Homecoming Court. As Homecoming makes a stunning return after a 2-year hiatus, Urkudey is honored to be featured as one of the first people on...

245 years later, the American Dream is still thriving

245 years later, the American Dream is still thriving

Lucas Grannis, Reporter October 29, 2021

The phrase “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” has been repeated so frequently by political figures that many just believe it without question. After all, watching politicians from both sides...

National forests temporarily close as fires in Southern California emerge

National forests temporarily close as fires in Southern California emerge

Anna Jiang, Reporter September 24, 2021

Throughout the past month, wildfires emerged from Glendora Ridge and Sunset Peak, two of the many trails that are located near Mt. Baldy, which wreaked danger for the hundreds of residents living near...

Striking out on Sportin Sadies (Satire)

Striking out on Sportin’ Sadies (Satire)

Lorenzo Cano, Reporter September 24, 2021

Sadies is coming in full force this year on the 26th of September. Wow, the first Claremont High School dance open to all grades in 17 months, as we’ve all struggled through a pandemic full of loss,...

Photo | Isha Raheja

The Benton is back: Featuring James Turrell Exhibit

Frida Garcia and Isha Raheja September 24, 2021

For years, the Benton Museum and James Turrell’s “Dividing the Light” exhibit have been staples in the Claremont community. Whether it be the Art Start program for CUSD elementary schoolers, a relaxing...

Image | John Warren

A bird-brained marketing strategy; KFC needs to stop.

John Warren, Reporter September 24, 2021

KFC spends $100 million a year on marketing. A large slice of that pot-pie goes to their research and development team, who concoct such great ideas as “I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’...

Image | Mayo Ou

PE “inclusivity” has women locked out

Mayo Ou, Reporter September 24, 2021

With the start of a new school year, a new revamp of stress has piled on freshmen, proctors, and a P.E. coach alike. P.E. is being extremely exclusive to women, and that needs to change. The female locker...

You are on #TongvaLand: decolonizing Claremonts history

You are on #TongvaLand: decolonizing Claremont’s history

Isha Raheja, Reporter September 24, 2021

Claremont High School, like the vast majority of high schools in the United States, occupies stolen land. CHS was founded in 1890 and for 131 years has inhabited the land of the Tongva, an Indigenous tribe...

2021 Senior College List

2021 Senior College List

June 11, 2021

Through a Google Survey, the Wolfpacket gathered information from as many seniors as possible, as to where they will be attending come Fall 2021. 220 responses were gathered in total. Congratulations to...

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