Ready, Set, Teach! students feel the love during Valentine’s Day

By Rebecca Fowler
Sidekick Staff Writer
Emily Mankin
KCBY
Generally, Valentine’s Day is a hit-or-miss holiday.  It is great for those with significant others, but not so enjoyable for singles.
However, students involved in Ready, Set, Teach! have the opportunity to really enjoy Feb. 14 this year.  By watching kids they have come to know and love experience Valentine’s Day [...]

Holiday Break Travels

By Angela Almeida
Opinions Editor
Video by Kim Dalrymple
                For most students, holiday break was spent within the confines of Coppell. More often than not, Starbucks became their haven for hot chocolate and AMC Grapevine Mills was their salvage from the cold. However, for the lucky few that got the opportunity to venture outside, this is their [...]

Beloved holiday shopping

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
Everybody knows that the holiday season is all about the joy of giving -buying or making gifts and distributing them to the ones you love. While I admit that giving is the most rewarding part of the the season, December goes deeper than the “giving” aspect.
I am not an avid shopper myself, [...]

Secrets revealed throughout CHS

With the upcoming holidays to celebrate, CHS finds itself spilling secrets and dishing information.
Although there are many aspects of the holidays to enjoy, my personal favorite is the Friday before break and the activities which take place. With delicious food to eat and fun games to play, this day is one of the best within the school [...]

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 [...]

December brings a surge of Christmas decorations

By Julia Kim
Staff Writer
I often find myself mesmerized by the lights that illuminate the streets at night, but not by your typical street lamps. I’m referring to the Christmas lights put up every year at just about this time time of year, the holiday season. The lights that not only attract my eyes but also assist in brightening dark streets.
Similar [...]

“Wreaths and trees, ribbons and bows” Coppell holiday parade around the corner

by Ashley Attanucci
Staff Writer
The much anticipated Spirit of Coppell Holiday Parade of Lights on Saturday, December 5 will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Samuel and follow down Parkway to Town Center Plaza where Coppellians will meet the lighting of Town Center.
This year’s parade theme is “wreaths and trees, ribbons and bows” so expect to see [...]

Don’t mix the holidays

By Rebecca Fowler
Staff Writer
It really is the most wonderful time of the year.  From picking out new coats and winter wear to getting three weeks off of school, the season of Thanksgiving and Christmas brings with it a special warmth and happiness.
Though I absolutely love summertime with its nice weather and freedom, I have to [...]

Americans give thanks, turkeys do not

Thursday, November 25th is Thanksgiving. It is one of the most commercialized holidays in the world, second only to perhaps Christmas. It is a day of eating turkey, watching football, and surprising religious overtones.
Thanksgiving was begun as a religious feast, and although the prayers have gotten much shorter, the concept of giving thanks– the thanks [...]

Students celebrate Korea’s Pepero Day

This past Wednesday, 11/11, marked national holiday Veteran’s Day but also Pepero Day.
Pepero, a popular Korean snack, are thin pretzels traditionally covered in chocolate, and Pepero Day -distinguished by 11/11’s Pepero stick-shaped date- is celebrated in South Korea almost like the American Valentine’s Day where friends give friends Pepero.
Pepero’s been a popular snack as long as I can remember. Peers [...]

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