Students have generosity running through their veins

By Michelle Pitcher Editor-in-Chief Coppell High School’s National Honor Society joined forces with Carter BloodCare to host the annual Fall blood drive in the CHS gym. In total, 202 donations were made throughout the day by CHS staff and students. This is the largest turnout in CHS history. 230 volunteers from the community turned out to lend a helping hand. Some donated, some helped the professionals and some were on the cleanup crew. NHS is doing way more than just helping the community. They are saving lives.

Give blood, save lives

By Kristen Shepard Staff Writer Tomorrow in the small gym, something other than PE and Dance classes, will be taking place in the small gym. On Thursday 6, 2011 Carter BloodCare will be working with the Coppell High School to offer students the opportunity to give blood to people in need. Each year Carter BloodCare works with schools around the area to offer blood drives to students, an opportunity they might not normally have. With help from the CHS National Honor Society, volunteers in partnership with Carter will take blood donations from students and teachers during the school day.  But before you come, its important to understand that there are a few cautions that should…

Carter Blood Care to host their annual blood drive at CHS this Thursday

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer Every year Coppell High School hosts a blood drive in partnership with Carter Blood Care, in order to help expose students to a greater cause in which they can take part in. One of these donations can save up to three lives. Students can sign up this week for a specific time range in which they’d like to make their donation throughout the day on Thursday, Oct. 6 during their lunches. A few things to remember before you give: You must be at least 16 years old, weigh 110 lbs or more and be in good health, have parental consent for donors under the age of 17, bring a photo…

PSA to host Health and Education EXPO

Julia Kim Staff Writer On Sat., Jan. 29, from 9:00 a.m. to noon at Coppell High School, the Public Service Academy (PSA) will host their first annual Health and Education EXPO. Sponsored by Baylor Medical Center at Irving and Discovery Education, the event is free and requests each visitor to bring a canned food item that will be donated to the CHS food pantry. The EXPO will feature exhibits including science fair projects, Discovery Education Adventures, face painting, Apache and Chinook Helicopters, the Dallas Zoo and the Coppell Fire Department. It will also provide free health screenings and assessments for cholesterol, glucose, body fat, bone density, sleep apnea, lung function and blood pressure. One can…

CHS donates to save

By Julia Kim Staff Writer Video by Savannah Shealy and Sierra Nelson KCBY One… two. Someone in the United States needs blood. A day passes, more than 38,000 blood donations are needed. Two more seconds have just passed, adding another faceless name to the never-ending list. Blood cannot be made. It cannot be manufactured. Blood can only come from generous donors, a pool that saves millions of lives. On Oct. 6, Carter BloodCare hosted its biannual bloodrive sponsored by the National Honor Society, encouraging hundreds of students and adults alike to donate blood. “Donating blood is a great thing to do because everybody needs blood,” senior donor Sydney Kapp said. “You have to do these…

Students donate to save

By Julia Kim Staff Writer Weds., Oct. 4 marks Coppell High School’s fall blood drive hosted by Carter BloodCare and assisted by the National Honor Society. Students still interested in being a donor should talk to NHS President Judy Hong and sign up for a slot to receive a pass that will excuse him/her from class. The drive will start at 8 a.m. and continue until the end of school. There are times available for students to donate every 30 minutes. NHS volunteers will be at the site helping nurses as monitors, and distributors of snacks for donors. A second blood drive will take place in the spring which gives seniors an incentive for donating blood; seniors that donate…

CHS donates blood, saves lives

By Julia Kim Staff Writer National Honor Society partnered once again with Carter BloodCare to organize the blood drive at CHS that took place in the south gym on Wednesday, Oct. 7. This was the first of two blood drives at the high school, the next to follow in spring. NHS officers volunteered at the blood drive along with professionals from Carter BloodCare to host a successful drive. Although students had the option to do walk-ins, most began signing up a week before in preparation for the event. “This is actually my second time giving blood,” senior Grayson Akerly said. “I saw upperclassmen doing it and I wanted to be a part of that.” NHS…