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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

Mayo Ou

Mayo Ou, Head Editor-in-Chief

Mayo Ou is the Head Editor-in-Chief of the Wolfpacket and a senior at CHS in her fourth year on the staff. Her goal this year, other than not procrastinating on her college applications, is to figure out how to keep the Wolfpacket functioning and in print with her fellow EICs and the business team. Her passion on the paper is graphic design, but having previously been business and website manager as well as Head News Editor for two years means she knows (and loves) every part of the process. Outside of the Wolfpacket, Ou is the president of German club and Women in STEM, a captain of the cross-country team, runs and pole vaults in track and field, volunteers at the Botanic Gardens, and leads a chapter of KidzCoding, a nonprofit that teaches children how to code. In her nonexistent free time, she likes to read, unicycle, make balloon animals, and chat with her friends, both from Claremont and around the world. She hopes to help everyone have a great year in Wolfpacket!

All content by Mayo Ou
photo courtesy of Matias Lozano

Lozano’s ideas leap to Macalester College

Mayo Ou, Editor-in-Chief
June 7, 2024

“I don’t regret anything. It’s weird, I’m very happy with the way my life has turned out. And maybe me saying that is actually evidence that I’m...

Angelina and Evan, a crew of two at Cal Lu

Mayo Ou, Editor-in-Chief
June 7, 2024

Two laps around the track, comprising 800 meters of racing. Often considered one of the hardest distances to race, placed between outright sprinting and...

Sprachen, langues, and idiomas: MYP and the death of languages

Sprachen, langues, and idiomas: MYP and the death of languages

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
March 4, 2024

The struggle of the language teachers and the language department is well-known around campus, with the combination of French 1 and 3, the rush to get...

Photo courtesy of Forney Wellness Dental

SATIRE: Popular. Controversial. Gum.

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
December 22, 2023

Gum. The love of students. The bane of teachers. The decoration found under desks Stuck to shoes. Wonderful, amazing, stupendous, horrible,...

Homecoming Royal: Beverly Be

Homecoming Royal: Beverly Be

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
October 13, 2023

Captaining for color guard, running for track and field, and having a love of cheese bagels, the color pink, chocolate ice cream, and horror movies can...

BREAKING NEWS! Wolfpacket room relocated!

BREAKING NEWS! Wolfpacket room relocated!

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
October 13, 2023

Since even before the start of the school year, returning editors and reporters alike texted the new Wolfpacket Editors-in-Chief about an odd change to...

Wedel wanders across the United States and then to Germany

Wedel wanders across the United States and then to Germany

Mayo Ou, Page Editor
June 9, 2023

Everyone faces the question of what they will do after high school ends, whether it be something they have dreamed of since elementary school or something...

Bicycles have been disappearing one by one from the unguarded bike racks at CHS. 

art | Tessa Casper

Bikes are disappearing from the 800s bike racks!

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
May 5, 2023

Claremont is often considered a place of safety, with little criminal activity. Yet recently stolen bikes may have changed students’ opinions on how...

The dreaded icon of the Star test lingers in every CUSD student's 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...

image courtesy of Claremont Athletics

Goodbye CXCP: XC and Track & Field Coach Chris leaves for the East Coast

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
May 5, 2023

As the end of the school year draws closer, students begin planning their summer vacations and outings with friends. However, one group of athletes knows...

photo courtesy of Ryan Easton

CHS teacher Ryan Easton awarded 2023-24 Teacher of the Year

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
May 5, 2023

Every year, Claremont Unified School District brings one teacher to the spotlight, whether it be from any one of the elementary schools, El Roble, Claremont...

Petrocelly and Lucke both dive at once at the Pomona-Pitzer Hadelman Pool.

A deep dive into CHS’s newest sports team

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
March 31, 2023

With all of the sports around campus, such as soccer, track and field, swim, cheer, basketball, and so much more, it is easy to miss a very small part...

photo courtesy of Jennifer Tsai

German exchange visits CHS for the first time since the pandemic

Mayo Ou and Ben Chapman
March 3, 2023

During the week before spring break, CHS students may notice a sudden influx of people around campus, in the hallways, and perhaps even appearing in their...

Fall COVID tests expired... or not?

Fall COVID tests expired… or not?

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
December 22, 2022

Time to pass out the tests! Wait, a test today? Well, one for COVID, at least. Over the course of the pandemic, almost everyone has gotten used to sticking...

Image courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Scripps professor named as recipient of 2022 MacArthur Fellowship

Mayo Ou, Head News Editor
October 22, 2022

On October 12th, 2022, an email went out to Scripps faculty notifying them of a colleague’s achievements, and a wave of excitement sprang up. Professor...

Image courtesy of Martin Renteria

Adding to the “middle years” of El Roble: MYP Languages join the curriculum

Mayo Ou and Carrie Anne Little
September 30, 2022

Mornings at El Roble would be unrecognizable to many current Claremont High students. One, there is a whiteboard at the front entrance of the school with...

Table for Banned Books Week in the CHS Library.

[Photo] Book Bans: Censoring Knowledge

Callum Stewart-Glavin, Reporter
September 30, 2022

Table for Banned Books Week in the CHS Library.

photo courtesy of Bella Sanvictores

Reaching new heights: Sanvictores pole-vaults from land to sea

Mayo Ou, Assistant News Editor
June 10, 2022

When one thinks of Hawaii, they might think of beaches, green mountains, palm trees, and surfing. They may think of it being the fiftieth state to join...

photo courtesy of Shaina Chen

Soaring to success: Shaina Chen swings and flips to Cornell

Mayo Ou, Assistant News Editor
June 10, 2022

The sound of cheering fills the gym as Shaina Chen sticks her landing and lands her vault. In various parts of the massive room, gymnasts are competing...

photo courtesy of Jin Kay Teo

It’s lights out and away he goes: Teo flies home to Singapore, leaving family and friends in the past

Mayo Ou, Assistant News Editor
June 10, 2022

When thinking about who are the most passionate music lovers at CHS… wait, that gives us a whole lot of people. When thinking about who are the most...

Graphics courtesy of Canva

New changes to the CHS curriculum to be implemented 2022-24

Isabelle Shie and Mayo Ou
May 6, 2022

With the semester soon to conclude, returning students have chosen their courses for next year. With a new year comes new courses to be added and new syllabi...

SATIRE: The Tree Who Lived

SATIRE: The Tree Who Lived

Mayo Ou, Assistant News Editor
March 4, 2022

It was a cold, dark, windy night. The mighty warriors against the dark forces were falling. On the fateful day of January 21st, 2022, shrieks of pain and...

Hot Yoga Claremont's featured symbol as seen in the entry shop.

Bring on the heat at the Hot Yoga Claremont Studio!

Mayo Ou, Reporter
January 21, 2022

Hot Yoga Claremont's featured symbol as seen in the entry shop.

El Roble classrooms zoom away from Zoom chat rooms

El Roble classrooms zoom away from Zoom chat rooms

Mayo Ou, Reporter
January 21, 2022

It is December 4th, 2021, and three El Roble debaters are clustered around a single computer, the only device in the room that they can use to compete...

Cahuilla Park (next to Claremont High School) after city turf reduction.

Keen to go green: Claremont stops talking trash and starts talking compost & water

Mayo Ou and John Warren
December 18, 2021

In the wake of climate change, with food piling up in landfills and droughts descending across the land, the City of Claremont has put into place new...

Photo curtesy of Mayo Ou

Sport-Light: CHS Colorguard

Mayo Ou, Reporter
December 17, 2021

Colorguard: a blend of movement and dance with silks, rifles, and sabers. During the fall season, the colorguard ensemble worked as a part of the CHS marching...

Serving free food serves another purpose

Mayo Ou, Reporter
November 19, 2021

In the beginning of the year, and even now, posters and flyers are all over school advertising clubs. They encourage people to join, extolling their virtues...

Art courtesy of Wobi Antoniolli

Scanning the school for safety

Mayo Ou and Anna Jiang
November 19, 2021

In the first few months fully back in-person, amid dances, rallies, and just normal day-to-day life, CHS has become a place for COVID to spread. After...

Image courtesy of VectorStock

Left-handed people are left out

Mayo Ou, Reporter
October 29, 2021

If one looks around their classroom, they can usually see one or two people writing with their left hand. Those people are flipping their notebooks over,...

Classrooms in the fall are too cool for school

Classrooms in the fall are too cool for school

Mayo Ou, Reporter
October 29, 2021

When thinking about fall at CHS, a couple words can come to mind: Freezing-cold classrooms. Students should never walk into a fully air-conditioned classroom...

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...

Dual perspectives: mask mandates at CHS

Sebastian Gomez and Mayo Ou
September 24, 2021

No mask mandates (Sebastian Gomez, Guest Writer) Time to unmask this CUSD mandate Mask mandates come down to two major factors: effectiveness and the...

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