Pro: Elimination of class rank affects students’ attitudes about learning
By Julia Kim Staff Writer To sleep or not to sleep. In a neck and neck race, I choose the latter. I can’t quite speak for everyone though—not everyone is as slow a worker as me. Not everyone stares, dazed, at the clock reading 3 a.m. Not everyone glares at their transcript, frustrated by the two-digit number that’s there. But, I know a portion of the student population finds themselves in the same shoes as me, struggling to raise a number by even just 0.01. It makes a difference. Come end of first semester, students outside of the top 10 percent will not find the number on their transcript that haunted me for the last…
The Curse of GPA
By Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor For some reason, I am in AP Physics. Anyone who knows me knows that, when it comes to math, I kind of crash and burn on a regular basis. So anyone who knows me must also ask, “Why in the heck are you enrolled in one of the most difficult, math-intensive courses at the high school?” GPA, my friends. GPA. GPA has become the norm at competitive schools such as our own. Everyone is concerned about their rank, getting into college and getting ahead. In reality, GPA is statistic determining the boom or bust of a student, fuels the competitive fire. This has become a rat race for placement in…
Naviance eases college prep stress
by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer As Juniors find senior year approaching, Naviance Family Connection serves as a great all-purpose tool for anything and everything related to college. Earlier this year, students should have set up a Naviance account with their counselors and teacher -the username following the format of the student’s older school e-mail (ABC2345@students.coppellisd.com) and password (mm/dd/yy). With the three main categories of college, career and “about me”, Naviance users can have access to information on upcoming college visits, scholarship opportunities, college maps; career choices and personality and interest tests; and history about you, the student. With the “about me” feature, students can access their recorded favorite colleges, favorite careers, their personality type, resume,…
Senior bid first semester goodbye, look ahead to second
Maddie Walters Staff Writer For 713 of CHS students, Winter break has never looked so promising. Not only has ‘senioritis’ officially kicked in, but with the close of the first semester comes the knowledge that there is only 36 school weeks separating them from their glorious (parental free) higher education. For most seniors, winter break means time spent finishing the last of college applications and for some, receiving their first letters of acceptance. Personally, I was accepted to both of my top schools by the beginning of December thanks to early application. But for most students, acceptance/rejection letters will begin to flood mailboxes around March. Another reason seniors love senior break is the guarantee of the class rank…