Students celebrate fall with Starbucks drinks

By Caroline Carter Staff Writer Starbucks has always been an essential for students to who need to pull through all-nighters. With Halloween approaching and the weather cooling off, fall themed drinks are now being served at Starbucks and everyone has become excited for the beginning of fall. On the first day of fall, Starbucks put two new seasonal items on the menu. The Pumpkin Spiced Latte is an espresso drink with pumpkin flavored syrup topped with sweetened whipped cream. The Salted Caramel Mocha is also an espresso drink but with toffee syrup and sea salt mixed in. The drinks are limited edition for the fall only, and will only be available for a little while…

The tell tale signs of fall

Corrina Taylor Staff Writer Every year around this time I start to notice the little things that hint at the coming of fall and and the approach of the holiday season. Its only 3 days into October and already we have been experiencing some chilly mornings below 60. I have to start checking the Weather Channel in the morning before I head out to school because I don’t want to be caught walking through the frigid air without a jacket or sweatshirt on. The chilly air is just a hint of the colder air that is soon to come in the winter months of December and January. The weather isn’t the only clue of fall, walking through the halls…

Golf team to travel to Lubbock for first tournament

Thomas Hair Staff Writer The temperature is finally dropping and the students of CHS are already falling back into the routine of school. Autumn has arrived, and Coppell’s many fall sports are starting up left and right. While the rest of the school cheers on the Cowboys football team on Friday September 9, the Men’s Golf team will be embarking on a 6 hour trip to Lubbock for their first tournament of the year. In Lubbock, the 2011-2012 Men’s Golf team will compete with other North Texas schools at The Rawls Course at Texas Tech and the Shadow Hills Golf Course, both in Lubbock. It will be a worthy test for the new Varsity golf team as they finalize preparations…

The Pumpkin Patch makes its annual appearance just in time for fall

by Shelby Jurca Staff Writer Video by Melissa Dailey, KCBY. This past Halloween, everyone was on the lookout for the perfect pumpkin to carve and fill their yard with joyful Halloween spirit. A Coppell pumpkin patch is set up every year at the Rejoice Lutheran Church to help turn yards everywhere from scarily plain to plainly scary. The Pumpkin Patch was established a group of Coppell women who wanted to do something good for the community. Marcie Sandall, one of the ladies working at the patch, was one of the women who first came up with the idea for The Pumpkin Patch. “One of the ladies in the group went to visit her mother and…

Tea -a current favorite beverage

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager This weekend I made one of the best investments of the year- on Teavana’s most popular tea flavor: Samurai Chai Mate, a combination of two seperate Chai blends. I had been eyeing this tea since last Christmas, I remember, when I tasted a sample as I hurried out of the mall, debating whether I should make the investment or not. For ten dollars or more per ounce of loose leaf tea, I figured that I should really love it before I buy it. When I visited the Galleria of Dallas again this Saturday, after having let the idea of the Samarai Chai marinate with each tea craving over the past year,…

Upcoming video games you just can’t miss

Zeb White Asst. Business Manager, Staff Writer Today is the first day of fall, which means that school, football, and T.V. shows are back in full swing. But the change in season also brings more excitement in the form of video games. Halo Reach kicked off the major video game releases last Tuesday with astonishing sales of $200 million on the first day, and it’s just the first of many new games. For a look at 12 upcoming video games you just can’t miss, check out this Yahoo article.

Annual College Night fast approaching

by Ashley Attanucci The annual College Night at the UNT Coliseum is taking place Tuesday, September 21. It begins at 6:30 and is open to all students and family. Hundreds of colleges, from all over the nation, will be attending with representatives ready to answer any and all questions. Attendance to College Night is recommended by counselors and will be an easy and convenient way from students to find out about prospective schools. For directions to UNT, click here. For a campus map, click here.

Band competes in All-Region competition

Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer If you are planning to stay at school for a while after school today, you might want to think again. By five-o-clock, band students from all around the metroplex are going to be flooding Coppell High School to compete in one of the most important competitions of the year: All-Region Band tryouts. While you might think to yourself, ‘I thought the band had been marching all year. When did they have time to learn tons of music?’ that is exactly what you should be asking. Few people outside of band know that along with all of the marching music the band members have to learn, they also must master three etudes…

2009, 2010 Winter Fashions

By Mary Whitfill Staff Writer The country is pulling itself out of a depression and the fashion world is rocking as this season’s shows predict what 2010 fashions will look like. Over the knee / knee high boots are showing up everywhere this season. The boots can be dressed up or down, and are available in towns all over America in general stores such as Dillard’s, JC Penny, and Macys. Leather clothing will be seen on the streets of cities such as Washington DC and New York City as they bundle up for the cold in outfits that are warm and fashionable. In the office, leather skirts are making it big with tights and flats,…

Fall brings flu season to CHS

Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer I love fall. It means falling leaves and pumpkin spice lattes, Halloween and good football. But with all the good it brings, there is a dark side to these mostly wonderful months: flu season. I’m sure you’ve noticed. There is a least one person gone in every one of my classes. It’s enough to make you want to chronically wash your hands. I myself have a usually strong immune system, but I am concerned. It’s impossible to keep up with make-up work after missing school for a few days, much less a week if you catch the swine flu. I would like to urge all of you to please take some…