Senior prom ticket prices released

Ticket prices for the senior prom taking place on April 24 have been released. Shelly Redding, senior class sponsor and Ready, Set, Teach! sponsor, confirmed that ticket prices are $85 per ticket for the first week of sales (three weeks before prom), $95 the second week and $105 the third week.

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Cowboys play tonight

by Caitlin Conner
Staff Writer
Tonight, the Cowboys take on the Marcus Marauders at 7:30PM at Chinn Chapel Fields. Coppell (2-3-2) only has three games left until playoffs. Tickets are $2 for students and $3 for adults.

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CHS prepares to welcome freshmen

Frances Ruiz
Staff Writer
While no thoughts are more terrifying to an incoming freshman than mercilessly being thrown over the senior bridge or having to eat the sack lunch mom packed alone in the bathroom, certain measures have been taken by Coppell High School and New Tech High@Coppell to help students adjust to the upcoming period of [...]

Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater: Why we cheat

By Daphne Chen
Editor-in-Chief
Every student and teacher knows the telltale signs. A yawn and a stretch. The ever-so-slight glance of eyes to the left and right. The glint of an iPhone held casually beneath the table, away from the prying eyes of teachers.
It’s cheating.
And to some, it’s also a survival technique. In the words of one [...]

CHS to introduce Career Academies for incoming freshmen

By Daphne Chen
Starting with the Class of 2015, CHS will be introducing Career Academies in order to encourage freshmen who already have an interest in a certain career.
The three academies are the Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Academy headed by science teacher Mike Yakubovsky, the Public Services Academy headed by science teacher Brenda Brinkman [...]

Students band together to feed homeless at Austin Street

Story by Daphne Chen
Video by Kara McFarland

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On one Saturday every month, people can witness a caravan of cars, full of high school students, cruising down I-35 at 4 a.m..
In the trunks, giant coolers filled with sandwiches, fruit, bread and boiled eggs are along for the ride.
About twenty students, led [...]

Coppell Police Explorers take the field

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By Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
Senior Michael Gonzales is negotiating a hostage situation when the unthinkable happens: the perpetrator decides he’s had enough talking, and, frustrated, decides to vent his aggression on one of the hostages. The violence is atrocious. On the cold floor of the weight room, the hostage dies.
Then [...]

CiCi’s Eaters Enjoy Lower Price

by Ellen Cameron
Staff Writer
CiCi’s Pizza, a chain based in our own Coppell but that first opened in Plano, is currently celebrating its 25th Anniversary by offering prices of $3.99 per person.
This discount began February 17th and will end on the 28th, making this the last week food fanatics can jump on the low prices.
On a [...]

The safety of our skies

By Ben Cowlishaw
Special to The Sidekick
For some CHS students and teachers, the worst part of flying isn’t a long line at security, or the airline losing their luggage. It’s not a crying baby in the next row, or the flight attendant running out of Dr Pepper; its fear of the flight itself.
You might ask [...]

Winter markets opens in Old Town Coppell

By Daphne Chen
The Coppell Farmers Market is opening up a “Winter Market” on Saturday, Feb. 20 and Saturday, March 20 (or the third Saturday of both months) from 8 a.m. to sell-out at noon at Bethel Road and S. Coppell Road in Old Town Coppell. In addition to shopping for local produce, natural meats and [...]

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