IB Garage Sale raises money for Three Cups of Tea charity

            Coppell High School’s International Baccalaureate program held a garage sale on April 3 in order to raise money for the Three Cups of Tea charity.                 IB students donated their unwanted clothing and other items to the sale and volunteered to run the actual event from 6:45 to 12:00 on Saturday. Signs and flyers were posted around the community and high school to raise awareness. Twenty-two out of the 47 students in IB helped run the garage sale.                 “We made $990.98 which is well over our goal for the year,” Junior Mitali Satheye said.                 Three Cups of Teas is an organization that funds schools for girls in Pakistan and is the IB…

IB to hold garage sale

By Julia Kim Staff Writer In continuing with their international project, IB students are organizing a garage sale for April 3 to raise more funds following their hot chocolate sale earlier in December. The garage sale will be at the Sprouts parking lot from 7 to noon. As of now, the students are working to raise a minimum of $800 which would fund one student’s annual scholarship. For next year’s international project, students are looking at LiNK, an organization that came to CHS and talked to IB students.

IB students begin preparation for International Project

by Divya Kumar News Editor As part of the International Baccalaureate curriculum required in order to obtain a diploma, the IB students are required to complete a certain number of service hours, including one international project. This year’s IB students have chosen to participate in the “Three Cups of Tea” project and this week marked the beginnings of their efforts. The “Three Cups of Tea” project is based off of the bestselling novel, The Cups of Tea by Greg Mortinson, the founder of the organization. It attempts to collect money in order to help promote education for girls in countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan where it is otherwise ignored. Through his “Pennies for Peace”…