Thursday, March 11, 2010

NHS community service opportunities

National Honor Society is offering many upcoming group hour opportunities. First and foremost, benefting CHS directly, is month trash pick-up at the school. The first Saturday of each month, NHS members are to meet at the high school to pick up trash outside around the school; check in with an officer outside the gym. Volunteers [...]

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Coppell honors National Merit Finalists

February 27, 2010 by Ashley Attanucci  
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By Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Last year, countless juniors took the PSAT/NMSQT, very well aware the grand opportunity the next couple hours could bring them.
Each year the National Merit Scholarship Corporation awards hundreds of thousands of dollars to high school students who performed exceptionally well on their Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), taken junior year [...]

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Senior Pope is Army strong

February 27, 2010 by Ashley Attanucci  
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By Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Imagine knowing exactly where you want to be in 20 years. Senior Chase Pope, who is already enlisted and committed, plans on dedicating the next 20 years of his life to the United States Army.
Since childhood he has known that the army was the place for him, mainly influenced by his older [...]

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New EMT course to be offered next year

February 27, 2010 by Ashley Attanucci  
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By Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Beginning next year, Coppell High School will offer a new Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) dual credit course providing career minded seniors with an opportunity of a lifetime.
With the cooperation of Brookhaven Community College and the Coppell Fire Department, students will be able to become certified EMTs upon high school graduation.
In addition to [...]

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Free pancake day at IHOP

My classmates raved about another free pancake day at IHOP this week, but frequenters warned inquirers that the wait for some after-school breakfast would be long.
Earlier this week -Tuesday, Feb. 23 it was, to be exact- wasn’t just any ordinary free pancake day, though. It was in celebration of National Pancake Day. Who knows where [...]

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Art for Freedom art auction tonight

February 18, 2010 by Ashley Attanucci  
Filed under Blogs, News Blog

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
New Tech High @ Coppell is collaborating with Barnes and Noble (directions),  Hope For Africa and the Touch a Life Foundation to present an art auction to help raise money for Touch a Life, a foundation that rescues traffiked children from around the world and helps care for them. 
Tonight from 6:30 to [...]

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What’s in theaters today

February 12, 2010 by Ashley Attanucci  
Filed under Blogs, Student Life Blog

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Today is another Friday, which marks new movie releases. But it’s not just any ol’ Friday -it’s the Friday of Valentine’s Day weekend. There are great new movies out tonight and many must-see’s.
“Valentine’s Day” is one of them. It’s a romantic comedy perfect to watch with parents, for a girl’s night out, [...]

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Rally Week winners

February 5, 2010 by Ashley Attanucci  
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by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Monday, Feb. 1st marked the first day of Rally Week at Coppell High School. It was an event organized by our Student Council of which giant posters adorned the halls weeks before hand, announcements updated Blackboard and brochures and candies were handed out to advertise the big week and specifically advertise Thursday, Feb. 4.
Yesterday, [...]

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Coppell tennis teams serve up $7,500 for Jack’s Closet Image and video hosting by TinyPic

February 5, 2010 by Ashley Attanucci  
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by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Video by Liz Meyer and Chloe Lanier
“We’ve got Jack’s back” read the Styrofoam cups in the fence of the tennis courts, advertising the CHS tennis team’s Serve-A-Thon fundraiser. The Serve-A-Thon took place Wednesday, Jan. 27 throughout the day in honor of Jack’s Closet and its founder, CMSW 7th grader and tennis player [...]

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CMS West student gifts Snuggies to patients

February 1, 2010 by Ashley Attanucci  
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by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer 
Twelve year old Jack Barker is a cancer patient. He is also a student, son, brother, athlete, friend and an inspiration to the 1,000- plus lives he has recently touched.

Days before his birth­day in September, Barker was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphocytic leu­kemia (ALL), a disease which overproduces bad T-cells instead of [...]

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