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,…
Upperclassmen prepare for SAT
This weekend, many juniors and seniors from across the metroplex will congregate at middle schools and high schools to participate in one of the most feared standardized test high school students must all face: the SAT test. For Coppell students, there are several places they will go. The closest place the SAT will be given is at Coppell Middle School North, just down Denton Tap from CHS. However, many students opted for other schools, mostly due to late registration. Tonight, many upperclassmen will be cramming vocabulary words and reviewing strategies from their prep classes instead of hanging out with friends, telling themselves that in 24 hours it will all be over. The SAT results are…
Band competes in All-Region competition
Rebecca Neumann Staff Writer If you are planning to stay at school for a while after school today, you might want to think again. By five-o-clock, band students from all around the metroplex are going to be flooding Coppell High School to compete in one of the most important competitions of the year: All-Region Band tryouts. While you might think to yourself, ‘I thought the band had been marching all year. When did they have time to learn tons of music?’ that is exactly what you should be asking. Few people outside of band know that along with all of the marching music the band members have to learn, they also must master three etudes…
Thanksgiving break ends, countdown to winter break begins
Students of Coppell High School returned to class yesterday after the extended break. Even after what was for many a relaxing week, the social networking website Facebook was littered with countdowns. They read, ‘Only fourteen days left’ and ’98 more periods before break!’ along with many other numbers. I posted a similar one as my own status. Then I began thinking: does this breakdown of time help students, or hurt them in the long run? For some, it is helpful to keep their eyes on the prize, give themselves a goal to shoot for. It can make the time seem more manageable, less frightening, especially since the three weeks between fall and winter break can be filled with…
College Application Stress
For CHS Seniors, crunch time has arrived. Students who are planning on attending Universities next fall have started to begin the arduous process of college applications, which are not only stressful but time consuming. Most colleges will accept applications up until a certain point sometime in the spring, typically around January but a majority of seniors have decided to get on the ball and apply for early application to the colleges of their choice. One of the hardest parts about college applications is not the application itself, but the application system, which requires several different factors. For example, Harding University, a private Christian college in Searcy, Ark. requires a completed Application Form, a $35…