IB Visual Art students finish exam

By Julia Kim Staff Writer April 12 marked the end for half of the International Baccalaureate (IB) students in Visual Arts. Students in the class completed their final assessment, a compilation of works and documented research, for the program and will send a copy of their works to Greece to be moderated. Allen High School IB Visual Arts teacher, Susan Tadlock, visited Coppell High School on Tues. to assess the works of students in Standard Level (SL) Visual Arts. As an official IB examiner, she interviewed only nine of eighteen art students, while the remaining half will be interviewed in their second year of art. Tadlock has taught the Visual Arts programs for ten years…

IB program creates concerns over junior class ranks

Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer Though many may not know it, a struggle over GPA and ranking is underway within the junior class. On one side, there are the IB students, who some believe have benefited from a rise in GPA because all of their classes are worth 6.0 credit. On the other, AP students are distraught with their slipping ranks and a situation that they believe gave unfair advantages to the IB students. This problem is not just confined to parent e-mails and counselor conferences. The hallways are filled with estranged friends, not speaking due to arguments caused by the fairness of the updated ranks. Principal Brad Hunt realizes the conflict and reminds juniors the…

I Dare to B club opens doors for IB students

Staff Writer Paige Wilson The International Baccalaureate program has definitely made a mark on Coppell High in a short amount of time. Junior Farah Mithani is taking the lead to bring more IB activities to CHS. Mithani has created a new club for the IB students called I Dare to B. With so many clubs at CHS it is hard for one to stand out amongst the rest but Mithani is determined to do just that. The sole purpose for the creation of the club was to help IB students gain CAS hours in creative ways. CAS stands for creativity, action, and service. IB students must obtain 150 CAS hours by half way into their…

IB students begin major projects

Staff Writer Paige Wilson The IB students have another task to face on the road to their IB diploma. Students are challenged with the task to create a 15 minute lecture about anything that can relate to their Theory of Knowledge course. The whole purpose is to engage students in TOK through topics they are personally intrested in. Students were definetly not affraid to hold back with there topics. Students chose topics ranging from how society treats people being released from prisoners to the minds of a psychopathic killer. Junior Drew Hull was the first person to present. “The presentation was challenging,” Hull said. “It was nice to talk about something intresting and relatable.” The…

IB Garage Sale raises money for Three Cups of Tea charity

            Coppell High School’s International Baccalaureate program held a garage sale on April 3 in order to raise money for the Three Cups of Tea charity.                 IB students donated their unwanted clothing and other items to the sale and volunteered to run the actual event from 6:45 to 12:00 on Saturday. Signs and flyers were posted around the community and high school to raise awareness. Twenty-two out of the 47 students in IB helped run the garage sale.                 “We made $990.98 which is well over our goal for the year,” Junior Mitali Satheye said.                 Three Cups of Teas is an organization that funds schools for girls in Pakistan and is the IB…

IB students ready artwork for Wales

School’s been in for a while now, and for IB students, part of this time was spent building up to putting together their portfolios, with the technical term being, candidate record booklet or CRB. Each of the 47 students involved in the IB program are required to put together a CRB. Every portfolio will contain 8-15 works of art that they’ve done throughout the year. After they’ve picked which pieces they’d like to go in, the students must then take a picture to put in the portfolio and write about them and the journey of creating it. Students will also place works from their sketchbooks along with the other pieces they’ve selected. After the process…

IB to hold garage sale

By Julia Kim Staff Writer In continuing with their international project, IB students are organizing a garage sale for April 3 to raise more funds following their hot chocolate sale earlier in December. The garage sale will be at the Sprouts parking lot from 7 to noon. As of now, the students are working to raise a minimum of $800 which would fund one student’s annual scholarship. For next year’s international project, students are looking at LiNK, an organization that came to CHS and talked to IB students.

IB links with North Korea

By Julia Kim Staff Writer On Feb. 26, LiNK will present the crisis in North Korea to International Baccalaureate students. The visitors will speak from fifth to seventh period and show both a screening of a documentary, Inside North Korea, and make a presentation. LiNK is a non-profit organization that travels the country and attempts to educate, protect, advocate, provide and empower the North Korean people. Although the group does not charge for speaking, they ask for a honorarium of $100 to cover expenses. For more information, click here.

IB kids warm up CHS in time for finals

By Ashleigh Heaton Entertainment Editor With tempertatures continuing to plummet toward subzero levels, Coppell students and staff find themselves needing a warm pick-me-up as they make the morning trek through the chill from their toasty car to the heated school building. Starting next week, a select group of International Baccalaureate (IB) students will be there to help with a warm cup of hot cocoa. Just in time for finals week, IB students will set up outside the north entrance to the school near student parking armed with Styrofoam cups and thermoses filled with piping hot chocolate. For only 50 cents, students and staff can pick up their own on their way into the school in…

IB students exchange gifts through secret santa game

By Julia Kim Staff Writer IB students are having their mini-secret santa event as school wraps up for winter break. Junior IB student Sarah Hilier planned the exchange of gifts and informed both IB students and teachers. Students are expected to deliver two gifts in secrecy, most of which is done through placing gifts underneath the tree set up in IB English teacher Michael Vergien’s room. Hilier suggested each present be no more than $10. A third gift is to be shared at the IB Christmas Party on Tues. Dec. 15, and secret santas are to be revealed. For more information on the holiday game, secret santa, click here.