Open House tonight to feature another year of student excellence
Ashley Attanucci Web Manager Coppell High School is holding its annual Open House event for all parents and students to visit the halls of CHS after hours and revisit students’ works from this year. Doors will open at 6:30, but families can come and go as they please until close at 8:30. Teachers will showcase students’ works in classrooms and hallways, and parents will have the opportunity to hear raving reviews about their students. It’s a night to meet and get to better know teachers and what students have accomplished since August. All teachers are required to attend Open House, and all administrators will be in attendance as well, so don’t miss out on this…
CHS opens house
by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer The high school’s annual Curriculum Night –the one night parents experience that truly mimics the chaos of the jam-packed halls of an enormous school- has come and went. Countless parents slipped on their students’ shoes and added to the open house frenzy as they inquired Red Jackets for classroom locations. While parents learned about what their children’s classes are like this year, students lolled down the main hallway, signing up for different clubs that showcased themselves last night. Every organization from Yearbook -with a television screen playing last year’s memories- to Chinese club, whose table displayed various Chinese souvenirs, to Hope for Africa selling early their new ‘mums’. Parents and…
Teen magazines aren’t so bad afterall
by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer You are intrigued by the headlines on the covers of Seventeen, Teen Vogue and Cosmopolitan as you wait in line at the grocery store. Ads, photos and advice grace the pages and fill your adolescent mind with curiosity and wonder; you know you want to buy it for only $3.99 but don’t want your parents to question your taste or intelligence. But forget about racy photos and stick-thin models. The truth is these magazines are a form of entertainment, just like sports or car magazines are for guys. So of all media, why do teen magazines get such a bad rap? They are accused of creating an image of a…
Spring Open House offered opportunities for parents
Story by Rebecca Neumann Video by Roshni Patel and Diana Abousaleh Many parents and students took the opportunity to get in touch with teachers and administration this past Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Spring Open House. Senior Patrick Foss is a Red Jacket and was in charge of guiding parents to their students’ classrooms and he noticed the difference in atmosphere compared to that of the Fall Open House. “There’s not really much structure,” Foss said. “Everyone is just wandering from classroom to classroom. The event is basically just an opportunity for parents to meet the second semester teachers and learn about the curriculum. “ Tracey Fisher visited her son’s classes and learned about…
Parents use facebook?
By Michael Pankonien Staff Writer Video by Ryan Clancy and Monica Moran Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerman in2003. The website’s membership was initially limited to Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University. It later expanded further to include any university student, then high school students, and, finally, to anyone aged 13 and over. The website currently has more than 350 million active users worldwide. So why is it that most people I see on facebook are definitely not adults? As facebook has become the world’s most popular social networking site with an online population larger than that of the United States itself, facebook…