Restland Coppell Chapel hosts community remembrance service

By Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer This Sunday, Rolling Oaks Memorial Center and Restland Coppell Chapel, both located at 400 S. Freeport Parkway, will be hosting a community candlelit  remembrance in honor of those who’ve recently lost a loved one. The service will be held on Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. and will feature the names of each loved one as a candle is lit in their memory. Seasonal harp music will play throughout the funeral home lobby in efforts to create a comforting environment for all. Between Dec. 1- 31, the public is invited to visit Restland Coppell Chapel to place an ornament in memory of loved ones on a special memorial tree. A dove ornament will be provided free of charge…

A Party in the U.S.A

by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer This past weekend for Coppell was marked with everything Homecoming –the parade, the football game and, for students, the Homecoming dance, appropriately themed “Party in the U.S.A”. While students were dancing Saturday night away at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, they did not forget to remember the ninth year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Midway through the dance, the music stopped as Principal Hunt took over the mic to commemorate the tragedy. After Alanna Diggs, junior, and Kaci Carroll, sophomore, sang the National Anthem, students observed a moment of silence for remembrance. 9/11 –we shall never forget.

Memories grow at Storch memorial

by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer Video by Drake McWhorter After losing one of their most beloved students, Coppell Middle School East has built an on-campus memorial site for eighth grader Taylor Storch. An oak tree, known as Taylor’s Tree, was planted in the center of a student-designed garden to make permanent Storch’s presence at the school. Both for the students and teachers that knew her, and for her family –Mr. Todd Storch, Mrs. Tara Storch, Ryan, 11, and Peyton, 9-  the site dedicated to Storch’s memory is a comfort and daily reminder of her spirit. “When all this happened, when Taylor passed away, Tara and I knew that the school is really important to her -it’s important…