A walk in your shoes: Health Science Technology

Addy Buigas-Lopez Staff Writer   I am incredibly afraid of needles. When I get a shot, I have to look away, and when the doctor starts to come near me with a needle in hand, my heart pounds and threatens to burst through my chest. It terrifies me. Needless to say, being a doctor has never been a career interest of mine. Just the idea of having to be the person to give an injection to someone else sends chills down my spine. However, for people like Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Kevin M. Honig, injections, among other things, are nothing more than a regular part of the day. So is having a Coppell High School student…

Eighth graders learn the ropes

Addy Buigas-Lopez Staff Writer Video by Lauren Louis and Garrett Anderson, KCBY Joining a school as big as Coppell High School is never easy. And being a freshman means starting at the bottom, learning everything for the first time and not knowing your way around the maze high school portrays itself as. For those who have older siblings or friends at the high school already, they may be more comfortable with the idea of joining the high school. However for those who don’t, CHS can be beyond overwhelming. In efforts to make the transition from middle to high school easier, CHS allows eighth graders to visit the high school on “shadow days,” or a time…

CHS prepares to welcome freshmen

Frances Ruiz Staff Writer While no thoughts are more terrifying to an incoming freshman than mercilessly being thrown over the senior bridge or having to eat the sack lunch mom packed alone in the bathroom, certain measures have been taken by Coppell High School and New Tech High@Coppell to help students adjust to the upcoming period of change and transition. Taking place from Feb. 15-17, eighth graders throughout CISD ventured outside of their CMS North, East and West comfort zones to bravely face the unknowns of high school. During the scheduled visits to their next home away from home, the incoming freshman class was able to familiarize itself with the unique facets of campus, such…