For the Children Easter egg raffle to benefit Japan

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer As many of you might know, last month Japan took a hard hit from the earthquake, tsunami.  With so many generous clubs and organizations at Coppell High School it is no doubt that together they will make an impact. This week, For the Children will be hosting and Easter egg raffle along with a bake sale to help aid Japan. During this event Easter eggs containing prizes from candy to gift cards will be raffled off near the horseshoe after school. For the Children is a student organized club devoted to helping children in our society as well as those in other countries. Come out to support them in their efforts to…

Battle of the Bands to benefit Japan disaster relief

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer The Japanese tsunami, earthquake is one of the biggest disasters in history since World War II. In efforts to help one of our nation’s greatest neighbors, thousands of Americans have come together to devise all sorts of charity events and fundraisers to help raise money in hopes to help restore one of the world’s most precious countries. At Coppell High School we have many generous clubs which are always looking for opportunities in which they can give back. The Red Cross club is amongst those. Along with the help of Red Cross clubs all around the Dallas area, CHS will join together to sponsor a Battle of the Bands event at the Eisemann Center…

New Japanese transfers taking on Coppell

Erica Rohde Staff Writer Video by Travis Tarlton New Japanese student transfers Keisuke and Sumika Kawai are a long way from home. Let’s say across the globe, from the area of one of the largest recorded natural disasters since Chernobyl. The arrival of the incoming freshman on April 4 at Coppell High School spun curiosity among the students and administration. After the effects of the tsunami were plastered across newspapers and television screens, many Coppell citizens were shocked that the Kawai’s were just two regular teenage students but with a troubling background, originally from the center of the city ready to make friends and experience the calmer environment that is Coppell. The move was essentially…

Cranes help aid Japan relief

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer Last Friday, Wilson Elementary students came together with their cranes to help aid Japan along with The Bezos Family Foundation . For each crane that was donated, The Bezos Family Foundation donated $2 to Architecture for Humanity’s reconstruction efforts in Japan. This all started with 3rd Grade students wanted to help out Japan in some way after hearing about the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami; many students and staff members at wilson elementry have become friends with former Wilson students who now live in Japan. Hundreds of cranes now parade in the Wilson library and after today Coppell High School will join Wilson Elementary by contributing more cranes to the…

The World is Ending

By Angela Almeida Opinions Editor      I am greatly frightened. I go on CNN and hardly see a shortage of stories I’m not quickly clicking to read further on. Let me make a list of the untimely catastrophes that have recently plagued our world. 1. Not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 (give or take a few more) earthquakes in Chile. I am beside myself. Aftershocks here, aftershocks there. What have our fault lines come too? As of now, I’m frightened to venture anywhere outside of a secured, not earthquake-ridden zone. 2. Tsunami’s triggered by such earthquakes. In Hawaii, off the coast of Japan, the list goes on. The destruction mounts as does people’s…