Searching for greener grass

By Jordan Thompson Staff Writer This generation is racing to grow up. Almost any kid in high school, if asked, will easily tell you what it is they are trying to escape from. The top of the food chain has become a crowded place. Going back in time sounds like the perfect solution to students who feel defeated by standardized tests and GPAs. Unfortunately, every generation seems better when it is a part of history, despite its hulking walls that had to be overcome. “Students have become obsessed with their college choice as opposed to if they can actually afford it,” AP teacher Kevin Casey said. Casey attended South Grand Prairie High School, which at…

AP study books produce more stress than 5′s

Abby Drake Staff Writer Students sit at their desks for each 52-minute class period with a pen in their hand and their nose in a book, vigorously copying down notes. This repeats itself everyday, all year long. The same students who are always learning and studying are the ones who are carrying around the huge 400-page AP study books with pages upon pages of repetitive study material. Why take the time and do all of the work and preparation in the class if you are just going to buy the book with all of the information in it? Many students agree that it is unnecessary. “I feel like my notes from the class are sufficient…

Race to Nowhere hits Coppell

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer With school being such a big contributing factor of stress among students a nation-wide, six month screening of the film Race to Nowhere has opened America‘s minds and hearts.  Being active participants, Coppell set forth multiple screenings on campuses all over Coppell Independent School District (CISD) which undoubtedly made an impact. “I went to the screening, and I just started crying,” Marilyn Ambrose said.  “It is a very harsh reality that we have come to face.” The Race to Nowhere follows the story of burned-out young individuals across the nation who have been pushed to the brink, along with educators who feel that students aren’t developing needed skills and parents whom wish to do the best…

Less stressing more happy

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer Over the course of the school year one of the biggest things that has been brought to my (and surely many more people’s) attention is stress among students. It is an everyday factor of are everyday lives, and I think I have finally come up with a solution (well sort of). Stress isn’t something that I have been able to rid myself of or been able to avoid by any matters, but that doesn’t mean that I am unable to treat it. It’s crazy to refer to something like stress as treatment, but that–if it must be labeled–is what it is for many students. I know many adults who truly…

Students take control of finals with varying study habits

Mary Whitfill Features Editor Chris Reagen KCBY Finals week is known to bring caffeine binges, study sessions, large amounts of money spent to support the Starbucks franchise and the realization that high school isn’t always a walk in the park. With the additional stress and workload coming with the last week of the semester, many students are forced redesign their study habits and figure out a way to manage everything that is suddenly placed on their shoulders. As a student at CHS, I am no stranger to cram studying, late night essay writing and three hour class study sessions at Starbucks on a Sunday afternoon. I am used to watching my fellow students try to…

Homework got you down?

Chase Porter Staff Writer The week after break and the week before finals are always the hardest of all homework weeks, or at least it appears that way to me. Homework and finals are always stressful, but I always do a few things to lessen the load and decrease the stress. Most of the time when I’m stressed out the best thing for me to do is to go to lacrosse practice. It requires me to do physical activity and it gets my mind off of school and the homework that lay ahead. Anything that you love, that being lacrosse for me or art or maybe even video games, can help to relieve some stress….

Learning to enjoy the roughest of days

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager Though today was cloudy, dreary and cold (not to mention exceptionally stressful), I still enjoyed it, mostly I think because it is my favorite commercial free music Monday on Kiss FM.  On the way home from school, I bopped to the music on the radio, and I listened closely when the song ended for the DJ’s transition into the next: “Because new music helps your day go faster.” It was the Black Eyed Pea’s new single, my new favorite song to dance to, so I turned the volume up and let a smile spread wide on my face as I let my school stresses melt away and bathed in the simple pleasure of listening to this…

Anyone else ready for Thanksgiving break?

Jane Kim Staff Writer Although the weather here in Coppell is slowly starting to cool down, the stress levels have yet to follow in pursuit. Especially at the end of the six weeks where teachers are quickly trying to cram in tests, projects and grades. Most students here at CHS would call the week before the end of the sixth weeks crazy week, torture week or super stress week. What a fitting name to this hectic week. Thank goodness that Thanksgiving break is in T-minus 9 days. With everything going on like the various tests and projects, with the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie to be released, the end of the second…

Sixth week brings stress

Sammy Robben Staff Writer Waking up on Monday morning it seemed like this was going to be just like the last five weeks, but by Monday night I quickly realized that the sixth week of the six weeks was going to be much worse. Needless to say, with a quiz on Monday, 3 tests on Tuesday, 2 tests and a project due Wednesday, and another project due Thursday, I was very stressed. I was not pleasant to be around and suffered from a major lack of sleep, but I wasn’t alone. Everywhere I turned I either saw someone yawning, cramming all the information they could into the brains before a test, or I heard “I’m…

Naviance eases college prep stress

by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer As Juniors find senior year approaching, Naviance Family Connection serves as a great all-purpose tool for anything and everything related to college. Earlier this year, students should have set up a Naviance account with their counselors and teacher -the username following the format of the student’s older school e-mail (ABC2345@students.coppellisd.com) and password (mm/dd/yy). With the three main categories of college, career and “about me”, Naviance users can have access to information on upcoming college visits, scholarship opportunities, college maps; career choices and personality and interest tests; and history about you, the student. With the “about me” feature, students can access their recorded favorite colleges, favorite careers, their personality type, resume,…