ESPN recognizes varsity volleyball coach

By Mary Whitfill Features Editor It took more than cowboy miles, serving drills and play practices to make state champions out of the 2011 CHS volleyball team. When Julie Green took over the position of head volleyball coach last March, she implemented new drills and routines designed to increase both physical fitness and competitive nature. When Green’s strict policies met the varsity volleyball team’s desire to bring home a state title, the result was a record-breaking season and comeback year for the girls who were eliminated in the first round of the 2010 playoffs. Green is now being recognized on a national level for her unique coaching and undeniable results as ESPN names her High…

Most anticipated games of the year

By Chase Porter Staff Writer With 2011 behind us, game developers are already trying to come out with the next best game to compete with games like Battlefield and Modern Warfare 3. Some of the biggest news in the gaming community is the release of Halo 4 expected for sometime this spring or summer. Also Mass Effect 3, the follow up to one of the best games of 2011, will be releasing this year which will end the trilogy. Along with these franchise games Assassins Creed will be releasing another game and of course Call of Duty is sure to have one or more games being released but as of right now there has been…

Third annual Sustainability Expo offers practical advice for students

Ashley AttanucciView Post Web Manager Video by Susie Shahsavari The Sustainability Expo is an annual educational endeavor to spread information about ways to live environmentally friendly, hosted by Environmental Science students. From meeting Exxon Mobile representatives to making homemade lip balm, the Expo serves to educate students on the effects their non eco-friendly effects have on the environment. On Friday, the 3rd annual Sustainability Expo brought with it a new generation of sustainability, reaching students through interactive demonstrations. Students learned how to make sacks out of recycled papers and stylish rugs made entirely from plastic bags, and listened to lectures featuring Coppell High School’s own solar car and eCoppell clubs. “The main goal is to…

Coppell is going green

Paige Wilson Asst. Business Manager On Friday, April 29, CHS will host their annual sustainability expo with the purpose of educating students on the numerous troubles facing the environment and find easy ways to go green. On Saturday, April 30, the city of Coppell is hosting Earthfest, a festival dedicated to helping educate the entire community on going green. They will also be hosting the “Clean Up, Fix Up” drive through collection from 10 am- 2 pm on April 30. The collection will take place at Town Center Elementary School in the parking lot. People will have the opportunity to properly dispose of old electronics and donate old household goods. They will also be able…

“Play Green” project funds recyclable containers for Coppell parks

Mary Whitfill Features Editor Coppell’s “Play Green” project was recently awarded funding to furnish Coppell’s public parks with permanent recycling receptacles as well as to purchase more portable recycling containers for special city events. With these containers, park users will be able to recycle the objects most commonly found on park trails – water bottles and cans. The containers will be paid for by a Solid Waste Implementation Project grant from the North Central Texas Council of Governments and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The grant, for just under $15,000 will provided enough funding for 17 new trash containers scattered along trails and throughout the parks. The containers have been placed at Andy Brown East…

Environmental science students continue Blackland Prairie restoration in Coppell

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager This year, AP and IB Environmental Science teacher Holly Anderson and her students began a new project to help restore the diminishing Blackland Prairie eco-region in Coppell’s own Coppell Nature Park. After an idle winter season, Anderson and her classes are transitioning from their planning stages and moving on to physical restoration. Students are planning to re-visit the recently mowed site to disperese seed balls -clusters of seeds of natural native species of plants- in hopes to recreate biodiversity at the field. Though faced with a current setback of seeds not having arrived on schedule for a field trip planned for Wed. March 23, the seed dispersal is being rescheduled for either…

eCoppell hopes to rid city of plastic bags

by Ashley Attanucci Web Manager It was the hot summer of 2008. Junior Shorjoe Battacharya was touring with his family the country he now visits every other year. He marveled at the mountainous landscape, beaches, temples, cities and the Taj Mahal, making memories that would last a lifetime. To his surprise, what intrigued him the most was not any of the great world wonders before his eyes. “We were out near a lake and we just saw how polluted some of the rivers and lakes were in India because people were just dumping plastic and trash,” Bhattacharya, eCoppell founder and president, said. “The lake was just full of plastic. I was in surprise and in…

Highly Anticipated movies to be released

I’m a movie fanatic, if you have not already guessed. Every part about movies interests me. The writing, the producing, even the camera man. He intrigues me for some reason. So for this blog post I thought I would preview my three most anticipated movie releases for 2010. Let’s get started. MOVIE # 1: Green Zone Matt Damon (Bourne Ultimatum) pairs with director Paul Greengrass (Bourne Ultimatum) to bring you an afghan- war scenario where Officer Roy Miller (Damon) stumbles on evidence of several cover up missions that threatened the lives of innocent civilians. Miller now must decide to sweep his knowledge under the rug forever or try to show it to the world. But…