Students show love for Attaway through letters, fundraisers

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross, then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own. – Nikos Kazantzakis When Coppell Middle School North teacher DeLana Attaway, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma brain cancer in December, the news came as a shock to students who had grown close to the teacher who dedicated her life not only to making learning more enjoyable, but to creating a special bond with her students. “Everyone loves It’s a Wonderful Life, and when you realize your life has touched someone else’s, it is so humbling because you…

Dallas emerges from drought conditions

By Jay Carroll Staff Writer After a long summer of temperatures of over 100 degrees for 71 days in a row, the drought conditions in Coppell and the rest of North Texas are officially over. Over the summer, it rarely rained. Combined with the scorching heat, this created one of the worst droughts in Texas history. The water level of lakes all over North Texas plummeted to record lows, Lake Lavon reached a point where you could see the bottom of the lake in some places. Even that the water of level of Lake Lavon has raised to just over five feet below full pool. This is still relatively low, but it is rising. Lake…

Register to make a change in Coppell

By Jordan Bickham Staff Writer As students in high school, some of us, myself included, do not care much about politics until they start affecting us personally.  One of these moments is when you turn 18 and the time to have your political opinion noticed  finally arrives.  While the Presidential Election is not for a while, you can still vote for the next best thing: the mayor of Coppell. This Saturday, Coppell is opening Municipal Officer Candidate filing until Monday Mar. 5.  Although you are probably not able to run for office just yet, you can be a part of the voting process that begins on May 12.  Of course, to vote you must be…

Pre-teens learn importance of manners, etiquette in Cotillion

By Caroline Carter Staff Writer Every Friday in January and February, middle school students put on their best attire, dancing shoes and white gloves to attend the Jon D. Williams Cotillion in Coppell. Through the program, pre-teens learn the importance of proper manners and the skills needed to be successful as an adult. Founded in 1949 by Jon and Vivian Williams, the JDW Cotillion would eventually impact over 10,000 young people nationwide. The Williams, both of who were professional ballroom dancers, saw the importance of proper etiquette in youth. Now there are over 47 different divisions of Cotillion across the country that annually holds classes. Brought to Coppell in 1997 by Kit Whitehill, the Coppell…

UIL realignment places Coppell in District 5-5A

By Julianne Cauley News Editor Every two years, the University Interscholastic League (UIL) realigns the state’s athletic districts. This morning, Coppell was placed in District 5-5A with some familiar foes. Distrct 5-5A Coppell Denton Ryan Lewisville Lewisville Flower Mound Lewisville Hebron Lewisville Marcus Coppell is currently in District 7-5A with Southlake Carroll, Keller, Keller Fossil Ridge, Keller Central, Denton Guyer, Saginaw and Justin Northwest. The traditional rivalry between Coppell and Southlake Carroll will not occur in district play in the new alignment. However, the school is in Region I along with Coppell and they could go head-to-head in the playoffs or non-district play. Additional realigned districts and regions can be found here.

Cowboys dominate Saginaw in first district game

By Chris Reagan Staff Writer The Cowboy soccer team started off district play with a 3-0 rout of Saginaw to start district play on Tuesday night. Coppell dominated the game from the beginning playing a possession oriented game with a lot of short passing, in contrast to Saginaw’s play which tried to work the ball up the field as quickly as possible. Coppell maintained possession for well over the majority of the game within the opposing half of the field, stopping Saginaw offensive attempts almost as soon as they started. Tanner Lines earned a hat trick, scoring all of the team’s three goals for the game in the first half, including one in the last…

Boaz creates Flow Check app

By Thomas Hair Online Copy Editor The Apple iPhone has become an iconic part of American culture. The device is used by millions of people every day, including what oftentimes seems like the vast majority of CHS students. For the past year, however, while most iPhone and iTouch users frittered away their time accumulating applications, junior Jake Boaz was hard at work constructing his own app – “Flow Check”. With Flow Check, users can upload photos of their “flow” (hairstyle) from Facebook to be rated and commented on by others. Boaz’s app is complete with features such as a worldwide leaderboard and the ability to bookmark your favorite flows. Flow Check was released to the…

Illegal immigration within our borders: Con

Corrina Taylor Staff Writer America was established by immigrants with the intent of making a better life for themselves and their families. America today is one of the most medically and technologically advanced countries in the world. Who would not want to have a chance to prosper in a country as great as ours? However, this opportunity does not give people the right to illegally come to America just because they do not want to have to wait the appropriate amount of time, or cannot meet the qualifications to enter the country. Even in 1921 immigrants were required to provide a passport, visa, and pass a literacy test. Even after the immigrants provided the correct…

Soccer team claims No. 1 ranking in state

By Thomas Hair Online Copy Editor The Coppell High School soccer program is one that is accustomed to success of the highest level. Both the boys and girls teams have State Championships under their belt and are consisten postseason contenders. Even for the most successful of teams, however, being ranked first in the entire state of Texas is a prodigious honor. Only a few weeks into the 2012 season, the Cowboys have achieved that honor. According to ESPN’s Fab 50 rankings, the Cowboys are not only the team to beat in Texas, but are also the second-best high school soccer team in the entire nation. The Cowboys’ 11-0 start under first-year coach Chad Rakestraw  has…

Swim team attends district meet in Southlake

By Caroline Carter Staff Writer On Jan. 28, the Coppell High School varsity swim team will attend a district competition in Southlake. The meet is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and will be held at the natatorium in Southlake. The swim team hopes to score high in this meet and then attend the regional meet in Addison, which will be held in February. Varsity swimmer Caroline Overman says that she is looking forward to swimming in the meet and is hopeful everyone will preform well. “I have a feeling that we should do really well in this meet,” Overman said, “We have a lot of talent especially in the upperclassmen, so we should do well.”