EMAC showcase successful

By Kelly Stewart Opinions Editor Newspaper advisor Chase Wofford got a surprise today when he received an ‘I Rock CHS’ T-shirt for putting together a very successful EMAC showcase. The EMAC showcase is set up every year to display the projects and various stories that the EMAC students have been working on. It allows them to show off all of the hard work they have done in the first semester, and lets parents and other students see into the world of EMAC. Lots of time and effort is required to pull it off successfully, and Wofford has done just that. Good job, and good luck for next year!

EMAC News Showcase

By Tanner McCord Staff Writer Today students in the EMAC classes are having a full day of reporting. Those that are a part of the academy will be found all around the school coming up with story ideas, writing scripts for interviews and completing stories, as well as posting other forms of media. Students are on a strict deadline system that includes blogs, broadcasting scripts, a video due for editing and posting, and finally a 350 word feature story all due at separate times that are to be presented at the end of school today. Students are also in charge of updating a twitter account regarding what they are working on. You can follow these students…

EMAC gains insight from Katie Couric

By Christina Burke Staff Writer One of the many advantages of being in the academies at Coppell High School is being able to take part in extraordinary opportunities that are not available to other students at the school. In my time with the Emerging Media and Communications (EMAC) Academy, I have had many experiences that are great for a developing journalism student such as myself. My most recent experience was a question and answer session with the experienced journalist, Katie Couric. Couric’s well-known television career began in 1979 as a ‘low-level’ assistant for ABC news. She has made it all the way from brewing coffee and answering phones to being the first woman to regularly…

EMAC, other Academies recruit students for upcoming school year

By Caroline Carter Staff Writer With the first semester of the 2011 school year coming to an end, the Coppell High School Academies began the process of trying to recruit fellow students for the upcoming school year. Though scheduling for the 2011-2012 school year does not begin until the spring, Academy students hope to recruit freshmen, sophomores and juniors. EMAC Academy sophomore Emma Eells was one of the students that visited history classes to promote the learning experience that the Academies have to offer. “We are basically trying to inform students that are already at CHS about the benefits of joining EMAC,” Eells said. “We just spent about five minutes in each class giving out…

EMAC showcase shows off students’ hard work

Coleman Armes Staff Writer On May 13, the Emerging Media and Communications Academy celebrated its first year on a high note with the EMAC Showcase. This showcase encompassed all the aspects and skills the students had learned over the year. After long and hard work over every aspect of the event it was their chance to show people from the community what they had learned along with important topics facing teens. “There has never been this much preparation for media students,” EMAC director Irma Kennedy said. “It’s always been isolated to one thing. This brings everything together to create a common goal, they learned to put an event together.” The students were split up into…

EMAC students put projects on display at showcase

Sammy Robben Staff Writer For the past few month’s students in the Emerging Media and Communications, or EMAC academies have been working to create a capstone project consisting of newspaper articles, photos, movie posters, and Public Service announcements. Each group of students chose topics that they found interesting and worked to create a package that incorporated all forms of media. Tomorrow, May 13, 2011, the EMAC academy will be holding their first ever EMAC showcase where the students will display all the hard work that they have put into their projects. The theme of this years showcase is “Experiencing Reality: Witness the Present, Change the Future”. The showcase is from 6-8pm, in the CHS commons…

EMAC car wash Saturday, April 23

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager Shine up a dirty car this weekend while supporting EMAC with a donation: EMAC is having a car wash this Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind 7-Eleven (corner of Denton Tap and Sandy Lake Roads) to raise money for the Emerging Media and Communications activity account for various activities and items for the program. EMAC students and parents will be present to get dirty cars squeaky clean when you stop by to get gas, a snack or just drive by to support Coppell High School’s EMAC.

EMAC journalists put skills to work at downtown demonstration

Michelle Mayes Guest Blogger While caught in the cross fire of beating drums, colorful posters, and black cement roads flashing red with police lights, El Centro college demonstrators shouted above the noise “Can’t vote, can’t drink, don’t take away our right to think.” And at the sight of two demonstrators being dragged away by the Dallas Police, the Coppell emerging media students were able to feel more than just the chill in the air. They were able to see journalism and history leap into action. A group of 40 students, five teachers and five parent chaperones from the Coppell High School Emerging Media and Communication (EMAC) Academy were split up into two groups on March…

Early weeks of EMAC budding with talent

Madison Ford Staff Writer To hold a leadership position is an accomplishment many wish to achieve. When the goal is attained, the rewards and responsibilities are universally met with excitement and optimism. The officers of Coppell High School’s EMAC academy have just begun their voyage into all that comprises being a leader of their peers. The academy system is new to Coppell High School, and with its newness comes a whole new way of structuring the students’ learning environment. Many students’ reason for becoming involved was tied to the academy’s determination to approach learning differently and establish a small learning community. EMAC Academy is getting students excited about their education by implementing a council of…

EMAC visits Cowboys Stadium

Story by Rebecca Neumann Entertainment Editor Video by Davis DeLoach and Chris Reagan Cowboys Stadium offers many things: great entertainment, great food, great facilities, and, for the students of the Coppell High School EMAC academy, a great opportunity to learn about media and technology. On Tuesday, around 60 students, excited about the trip and the prospect of missing a school day, piled into two buses and visited one of the NFL’s newest stadiums. Upon arrival, they all split up into different groups of four, each including one advertising student, one photographer, one reporter and one videographer. For the first part of their visit, they filmed video introductions, took pictures of the massive structure and scribbled…