Gutierrez ’rounds up’ final year at CHS

Laura Kattilakoski Staff Writer High school has plenty of media classes to prepare students to take on their future careers. When looking back on her years Coppell High School, senior Tina Gutierrez has many fond memories of her time on the Round-Up yearbook staff. This year, Gutierrez is the academics section editor for the yearbook. Next year, she plans to attend the University of Southern California to continue her education in the journalism field. “I’m perusing journalism in college,” Gutierrez said. ”I’m going to be a broadcast major and take communications too. [Yearbook has] definitely prepared me for it because it’s a job setting; we work towards a goal, we have responsibilities, it costs money, so it [has] definitely prepared me for the work setting.”…

CHS Academic Decathlon team advances to state

by Divya Kumar News Editor Video by Aleya Noor They practice daily during the school day, two days after school and a majority of Saturday. They prepare in order to compete against a series of schools from around the area. Their excellence brings esteem to the school, just as any other Coppell team. And now, with the advancement from regionals to the state round of competition, the CHS Academic Decathlon team proves to provide yet another mark of distinction to the high school. Official sendoff to the AcDec team took place on Thursday, Feb. 25 during first period, as the competitive team headed off towards their meet in San Jacinto College in Houston. The team…