CHS opens house

by Ashley Attanucci
Web Manager
The high school’s annual Curriculum Night –the one night parents experience that truly mimics the chaos of the jam-packed halls of an enormous school- has come and went. Countless parents slipped on their students’ shoes and added to the open house frenzy as they inquired Red Jackets for classroom locations. While parents [...]

Students and teachers anticipate ‘Smart’ 2010-11 school year

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
As students know, Smart Boards were installed over spring break in several teachers’ classrooms. The boards, however, were not connected until just recently and even with the little curriculum left to teach, teachers are making good use of their new technology.
From jeopardy games to throwing Koosh balls at the screen to drawing [...]

Teen Leadership experiences faux intoxication

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
As drug and alcohol abuse grows rampant among teenagers, Coppell High School’s freshmen Teen Leadership/Health classes take initiative to give students a first-hand experience on what drunk driving is like.
On May 5, freshmen Teen Leadership/ Health classes took a step out into the hall and into the shoes of a drunk driver [...]

Memories grow at Storch memorial

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Video by Drake McWhorter
After losing one of their most beloved students, Coppell Middle School East has built an on-campus memorial site for eighth grader Taylor Storch. An oak tree, known as Taylor’s Tree, was planted in the center of a student-designed garden to make permanent Storch’s presence at the school. Both for the students [...]

Last chance at NHS hours

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
For all NHS members and seniors especially, the countdown has begun for the end of school, which means that NHS hours will be due.
The club has posted times for trash pick-up opportunities all week, from 5 to 8 p.m., offering a total of 15 hours. Trash pick-ups would go toward group hours, extra [...]

ABC’s new show Happy Town

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Murder, mystery, dramatic music -all the ingredients for a perfect scary TV show that have me hooked on ABC’s new show Happy Town. Ironic to the title, the quaint town of Haplin is creepy, its people are creepy and the series of events are creepy and pretty much the exact opposite of anything happy [...]

The C.L.A.M. impresses from morning to night

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
It was first conceived in 1993 as Digambara, implying “standing naked”, then transformed into the Chrysalis, the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly. Finally, it evolved into the simple and catchy name we know today – Coppell Literary Arts Magazine, or C.L.A.M.
A compilation of prose, poetry, photography and art, the C.L.A.M. showcases the [...]

Lariettes close year with banquet

By Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
You’ve probably seen the Lariette girls sporting their pinkish orange Candy Land themed banquet T-shirts today, welcoming the year-long anticipated Lariette banquet to celebrate a year of hard work.
This year’s banquet will be held at Omni Park West Hotel (1590 LBJ Freeway), Saturday, May 8th and will last five hours, from 7 [...]

A small tribute to… gum

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
We all love gum. We love to have some, share some, ask everybody in our class for some. Some of us like to stick gum on other people’s things, or play with our a-b-c gum, and smack our gum; some chew gum for its unique texture, others for its flavor. Some even [...]

Coppell’s first ever Bounce!

Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Looking for some fun? Mark your calendar for Bounce! at Wagon Wheel Park on Saturday, May 15th. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., you, your siblings, friends and neighbors can enjoy a day filled with bouncy… ness. Inflatable slides, balloon animals, bungee trampolines, bounce houses of all sorts -anything that you connotate with [...]

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