Community fights child hunger with One Meal One Day
By Julianne Cauley News Editor Too many times, the daily privileges of this wealthy community are overlooked. Most students look at lunch as their social break of the day. No thought is ever spent on how lucky one is to have a meal at all. According to Compassion International, 16,000 children die per day from hunger related causes alone. When broken down, that simplifies to one death every five seconds. Since you began reading this story, the lives of five malnourished children have been lost. Founded in 1952, Compassion International has served as a Christian child-development ministry that releases children from spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty, enabling them to become responsible, fulfilled adults. The…
Sidekick hauls in awards at Dallas Morning News Day
Thomas Hair Staff Writer Dozens of high schools across North Texas participated in the Dallas Morning News Day and Competition on Tuesday April 19. For the first time in its history, The Sidekick Newspaper was deemed the Best Overall Newspaper and its website, coppellstudentmedia.com, was awarded the title of Best Student Website. Legacy High School received Honorable Mention in Best Website while The Eagle Angle of Allen and The Hawk Eye of Hebron received Honorable Mention in Best Paper. The Sidekick also had an individual award winner, Divya Kumar, whose story won Best Editorial at the competition. With so many schools involved in the competition, these are tremendous honors for The Sidekick and Coppell High School as a…
Candy grams are sent in time for Valentine’s Day
Addy Buigas-Lopez Staff Writer As the season of love and Valentine festivities flourishes, Coppell High School takes hold of the opportunity to spread feelings of love and kindness throughout the school. With seasonal “candy grams,” students are able to purchase treats for $1.50 to send to anyone in the school. Sponsored by Kiva, CHS’s profits will go to lend a loan to someone else from around the globe. Sales end tomorrow, Feb. 11, and will be delivered Mon. Feb. 14, just in tie for Valentine’s Day. Show your friends that you care and purchase your candy grams today.
Game Days
Chase Porter Staff Writer Friday nights are what Texas high school football is all about and the players practice everyday for there chance to go in but what preparation do the fans have to go through before the big game? True fans of the team either have a tail gate or go eat with friends and family before the game. After being stuffed with pre-game food they head out to the stadium and complete there appearal for the game. Many fans just wear the school colors and cheer on their team but some go to the extremes. Body paint is always a likey choice for a football game with the combination of some type noise…
What I learned at Dallas Morning News Day
Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer On Wednesday, I traveled with seven other newspaper students to SMU in Dallas where we all attended Dallas Morning News Day. The event consisted of two sessions where we were able to choose different seminars to attend. The journalists who spoke at the seminars were extremely inspiring. Coming home, I felt like I now had all of the tools to become a successful journalist, even if I haven’t decided whether or not I will always want to pursue it. Jean-Jacques Taylor, a sports columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and his colleagues from the sports world gave the room of budding journalists, innumerable journalism tips. I learned three very important lessons…
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 change and transition. Taking place from Feb. 15-17, eighth graders throughout CISD ventured outside of their CMS North, East and West comfort zones to bravely face the unknowns of high school. During the scheduled visits to their next home away from home, the incoming freshman class was able to familiarize itself with the unique facets of campus, such…
Snow day make-up set for June 3
By Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer After the fabulous snow day everyone enjoyed last Friday, many people must be wondering when we will make up that lost day of learning. In an email from Tracey Wallace, Executive Director of Human Resources for CISD, the fears of many were confirmed: the state will not let the district count the day as ‘instructional’, so a makeup day is obligatory. CISD has chosen to make up the missing day on Friday, June 3, the day after the school year was originally scheduled to end. However, April 2, the day when many normally celebrate Good Friday, will still be a day off for everyone if weather permits.
Please, let them be good
By Wren Culp Staff Writer I am not interested in seeing any movies this weekend. Why you ask? Because all of them are going to be terrible. Percy Jackson. A small rip off of Harry Potter and will be just a childish movie. No background knowledge behind it, and no fun whatsoever. Unless your 12. You can watch the trailer here. Valentine’s Day. This movie has the potential to be excellent, considering it’s all star cast, but it’s a romantic comedy about a subject that has been buried alive so many times.You can watch the trailer here. Now, here is one that I think will be amazing, just to counter-balance all of my hate. The…