And then there was just one week

Staff Writer/Business Manager
Henna Khan
For the past 30 days, Muslims all across the world have been fasting from sun-up to sun-down as a ritual of the religious month of Ramadan.
Having started in late July, cutting 15 hours every day without any food or water in the brutal 100 degree heat was unthinkable at first. However, once [...]

Parents take a walk in students’ shoes at Curriculum Night

by Divya Kumar
News Editor
Regardless of whether a student is returning for their final senior year or entering as a timid freshman, Open House provides opportunities for those at all levels of Coppell High School to gain information and insight into the upcoming school year.
Teaming with students and parents alike, CHS was filled on Monday night, [...]

Fisher marches forth to the beat of his own drum

by Divya Kumar
News Editor
Travelling across the country, spending nights on a charter bus and performing at different venues across the nation seems like the kind of activity reserved to rock stars and famous celebrities. This image is a difficult one to picture a marching band completing. However, in the case of the Phantom Regiment drum [...]

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 [...]

Lakeside Elementary finds unique way to give back

[by Melissa Brisco
Staff Writer
There are many different ways to volunteer or to give back. Some of the more common ways are donating money, volunteering at a soup kitchen or purchasing a product where some of the proceeds go to a certain cause. There is one other form of helping out not often considered: hair donation.
In [...]

Yearbook distribution means early morning work for students

Rebecca Neumann
Staff Writer
When you see a bunch of students carrying 69 pound boxes into the gym from a truck parked outside, you know something interesting is going on at Coppell High School.
This morning, the yearbook and photography students carried their creation into the school in order to distribute them to more than half the student [...]

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 [...]

Erykah Badu stimulates conversation

“On Artistic Nudity”
 
          Recently, I went on an Art History field trip to the Nasher Museum. While I was there, I noticed a gaggle of Muslim high school students sitting right in front of the place. Walking into the museum, and then witnessing the many pieces of art including some nude forms, I pondered how [...]

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Mathai keeps the faith with Christian performance program

By Chris Nguyen
Features Editor
Senior Sharon Mathai strolls on stage, standing 5 foot, 3 inches with a smile on her face, beaming like a young woman fresh with possibility, but when she opens her mouth and sings—there’s no other way to put it—the girl has got soul like a woman years ahead of her.
She has a [...]

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