Red Cross club given ultimate gift

Story by Lexus DeLoach Video by Matt French With the holidays happening all around, the season for giving is also abundant. Gift giving and holiday cheer are celebrated and cherished. This generous holiday attitude was displayed nowhere more than in the $16,000 donation given to the Red Cross club last week. “We were real excited about it, just thrilled really. We have a lot of ideas but nothing specific in mind yet of what were going to do with it,” Coppell High School nurse Beth Dorn said. “The full amount of the money is not going to go for our (Coppell High School) Red Cross club, we will have a certain amount of money allotted…

Phillip’s Wish clothing drive brings students together

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager Come holiday season, Coppell High School finds itself flooded with charities of all kinds, usually the same charities other high schools in the region are contributing to. This year, Lil Rascals club brought a new charity to the school, called Phillip’s Wish, a local organization founded by a 7-year-old boy based out of Keller that is dedicated to providing warmth to the homeless. Lil Rascals, a club started last year at the high school that revolves around helping local underprivileged children, decided to introduce Phillip’s wish to CHS as a clothing drive, collecting blankets, coats, scarves, gloves and the like. The foundation strives to collect funds and used or new clothing…

Lil Rascals club still acception donations

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager Though the competetive clothing and blanket drive put on by Lil Rascals for the Phillip’s Wish foundation ended last Friday (congratulations to room E101 on collecting the most and earning a baked goods party), Lil Rascals is still accepting donations. Drop off new or gently used blankets, coats, sweaters, gloves, scarfs, jackets and the like to Lil Rascal’s sponsor Coach and Physics teacher Clint Rushing’s room, B102, anytime throughout the week. So far, the foundation has collected over 40,000 blankets. All that is collected will go to benefit the homeless of Dallas in honor of the late Corinne Peters, Coppell graduate of 2010, to whom the Phillip’s Wish event was dedicated…

New club PAWS to hold second meeting

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager This year many new clubs have been birthed, among them being a club called PAWS -Pets Are Worth Saving- created by junior Monse Gonzales. You may have seen the posters in the halls -this club is all about helping animals and pets. Members plan to hold fundraisers throughout the year to raise money to help support dogs in shelters and other animal organization across the Metroplex. PAWS will be holding its second meeting this Thursday, Nov. 4, in sponsor Mr. Scott’s room, B102 after school to discuss officer positions and upcoming events. This club accepts no dues but does accept donations that will go straight to other animal organizations.

Poets on Shirts red v-necks have finally arrived

By Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer All Poets on Shirts T-shirts are now in! After a two-week wait the red American Apparel v-necks (If I shall stop one heart from breaking… I shall not live in vain –Emily Dickenson) have finally arrived. The beige and black T-shirts have been on campus at all lunches since the week before spring break for sale and for pick-up. Students and faculty that have purchased the red shirt (or any of the three shirts) can pick up their size at any lunch today until at least the end of the week. The T-shirts were designed in collaboration of various students in JWAC to create the Poets of Shirts campaign. All…

Click here for good karma

 by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer People around the world face suffering each day. Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to put the harsh realities of the lives of some into perspective for us. While the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12 dispersed Haitian families, the disaster united foreign peoples under a common effort for relief aid. Do your part to help relieve Haitian families in need, whether it be through prayer, a tax-deductible monetary donation or enjoying the delicious home-baked desserts the Red Cross club was selling after school this week. While on-line: Donate any amount of money to World Vision, a foundation with 30 years of experience in Haiti, to help provide food, medicine…

Make a Child Smile deadline fast approaching

by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer The City of Coppell is again hosting the Make a Child Smile program that offers some extra help to Coppell families during the holidays. For its twentieth year, Make a Child Smile allows members of the community to help their neighbors by donating gifts for Coppell children. Participants choose an ornament from the tree at Town Hall which will name a few gifts of the child’s wish list. Those interested in participating should visit the City Secretary’s Department, at Town Center 225 Parkway Blvd., and pick a paper ornament off the holiday tree. Participants who have previously picked up an ornament should return their wrapped gift of clothing and/or a toy…

Christmas cheer in the math department

The math department has decided to gather up money to donate to a Christmas angle tree.  But the math department has also decided to help spread the holiday cheer by turning this simple donation excersise into a raffel.  Up for grabs are two parking spots the math department gained in the turkey drive weeks earlier.  The tickets will be selling at one ticket for $5 or three for $10.  The winners of the raffel will be allowed to park in the two “prime” spots the week of Dec. 14 – 18.  The department will be accepting all donations, regardless of ticket sales.  The raffel will be open only to other teachers.