Farrell breathes new life into poetry

by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer Saturday, Feb. 27, Coppell High School senior Elisa Farrell competed in the state Poetry Out Loud competition in Austin in hope of advancing to the national level for a $20,000 scholarship and more. She was elected to be the one representative from CISD to compete at Texas Poetry Out Loud Competition. “I wanted to compete because of the scholarship money and also because I like poetry,” Farrell said. “It’s a catharsis, a way to release some of the built-up feelings I have [in order] to capture my emotions. I stink at keeping a diary [and] with poetry you can mess around with it. It’s an artistic release and it also…

Don’t stop YAC-ing

By: Loren Hughes Last year, the Coppell High School library began their first year as participants in the Youth Adult Choice program, (YAC). This year, librarian Lex Anne Seifert hopes to remind students to not forget about this program, and to encourage their voices to be heard through the books read. CHS was one of four high schools in the country selected to be a part of the YAC program. The program entitles students to read certain books and to fill out a ballot rating the book they have read. Throughout the year, Seifert will continue to keep tallies on the scores turned in and then report the results to the International Reading Association (IRA). The…