Credit courses provide varying amounts of benefits to students

Divya Kumar News Editor For years, high school students have attempted to gain college credit before they graduate by means of dual credit, AP and IB courses. These classes are more rigorous and fast-paced than those on other levels, but many see the benefits beyond just a higher GPA. Through this, they can gain credit and pass out of core-classes to take in college, saving both time and money. But the question arises: how much credit do these classes really offer? Often students blindly accept these courses will save them from taking the same ones in college, only learning later that such is not the case. Many colleges have a certain number of AP and…

Solar Car team races toward a brighter future

by Divya Kumar News Editor Video by Brian O’Connor While most of the products that the Coppell Engineering team produces require intense knowledge in mathmatical and scienficic areas, none are quite so challenging as the Winston Solar Car competition. This competition, designed for high school engineering students, focuses on the creation of a car that will be drivable solely off of a battery charged by solar power. Though such a task seems beyond the means of an average student, the CHS Solar Car team proves otherwise. Beginning last July, the team has been meeting to work and design the basic elements for their car. A combination of 15 students, ranging from sophomores to seniors, meets…

SAS teams travels to Fredericksburg to launch rockets

by Divya Kumar News Editor Thursday and Friday, April 22 and 23, Bill Montana’s Aeroscience Studies (also known as Rocket Studies, or SAS) classes travelled to Fredericksburg, Texas in order to launch the rockets they have been preparing in class for weeks. The junior rocket was designed to carry a one-pound load to an altitude up to a mile, and the senior rocket was designed to exceed the speed of sound while traveling more than two miles, straight into the air. “It seems like something complicated,” junior SAS member Meera Patel said. “But we’ve been learning about rocketry and physics all year in this class, which have really helped us to design these rockets.” Each…