What I learned at Dallas Morning News Day

Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer On Wednesday, I traveled with seven other newspaper students to SMU in Dallas where we all attended Dallas Morning News Day. The event consisted of two sessions where we were able to choose different seminars to attend. The journalists who spoke at the seminars were extremely inspiring. Coming home, I felt like I now had all of the tools to become a successful journalist, even if I haven’t decided whether or not I will always want to pursue it. Jean-Jacques Taylor, a sports columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and his colleagues from the sports world gave the room of budding journalists, innumerable journalism tips. I learned three very important lessons…

Tiger Woods apology really news?

Allie Perison Editor in Chief Today I realized a sad truth. As I flipped through the news channels when I arrived home from school, an “important update on a recent story” appeared. My ears immediately perked up. As I watched expecting to hear something about the President or the economy, Tiger Woods appeared on the screen. What was this “important update?” Merely information on Tiger Woods and the apology he made today. After rolling my eyes, I flipped to another news station only to find the same update. Frustrated, I thought surely not every news station considers this breaking news. Sure enough, every channel I flipped to had Tigers sorry face. Has this really what…

New semester brings new changes

With exams coming to a close, the new semester is ready to begin. Coming with the semester are changes to schedules but also some changes in our school. As the students at CHS know, there are classes at the school that only last one semester such as speech, advanced reading, P.E. classes, and many others that will be replaced by a different class at the end of the semester. Often this means going to classes where students don’t know many people and leaving behind friends in other classes. Lunch periods and core class periods are also subject to change as well. “My lunch is changing and I’ve always thought that lunch is the hardest thing…

IB Secret Santa brings holiday cheer to students

Before the holidays, students and teachers involved in the IB program held a Secret Santa party in the lecture hall to celebrate the upcoming holidays. With only 50 students involved in the IB program, the students were split into partners by drawing names anonymously from a hat. Each partner group had to buy the other three presents worth $10 or less. The presents would then be placed under a Christmas tree in Mr. Vergiens room until given to its recipient. The final gift exchange took place in the students’ Theory of Knowledge class, during their party. The gift givers were revealed, though students had been working on trying to guess who their partner was prior…

Plans for the Kirkland house in Coppell

By Wren Culp Staff Writer Coppell residents have noticed the road construction near Wilson Elementary, but something else is occurring in the same neighborhood as Old Town Coppell is changing once again. Last year when the roads were ripped, raked, and torn up all eyes were on the road and when it would be completed. But alas while all this was occurring we overlooked a very important part in our cities history. A seemingly old and rotting house has been sitting at the intersection of South Coppell Road and West Bethel Rd since 1904. Remarkably, after years of erosion, termite damage and rotting wood, the house still stands today. The house was located right next…