Coppell Student Media

Decade Wrap-Up: Literary look back at decade’s growth

Anika Arutla, Social Media Manager • December 17, 2019

As a recently turned 18-year-old, the past decade is what I consider to be the growing point of my life. Throughout these years, I have learned more about myself and about the world, mostly thanks to the...

Turning a new page: Living in an age where reading about tough issues is the new normal (Part III)

Jessica Hernandez, Staff Writer • January 24, 2018

Editor’s note: This story is a part of The Sidekick series on the #MeToo movement and sexual harassment. It is uncomfortable, sensitive and difficult to talk about in everyday life, but in...

Four books to help you fall into reading over break

Jessica Hernandez, Staff Writer • November 16, 2017

As the weather grows cooler and days grow shorter, there is no better way to spend your free time than with your nose in a book while drinking hot chocolate and hiding under blankets. Prepare to kick back...

Bowden’s monstrous love for literature allows for connecting poetry with life

Lina Pyon, Co-Social Media Manager • April 26, 2017

Green slime, posters of horror movies and figurines of Frankenstein are the first things that stand out in Matthew Bowden’s room. Bowden teaches GT/Ap English IV and Creative Writing, and has been teaching...

Teacher Feature: Teachers struggle to teach literature “by the book”

March 11, 2011

Zach Sherman English Teacher Sometimes English teachers ruin books. We emphasize quantity more than quality, discuss too many “devices,” refuse to let a book be a book. When I say “we”...

Prepare for AP exam, read up!

April 15, 2010

By Rebecca Fowler Staff Writer With AP tests next month, students planning to take the AP Literature exam are brushing up on their book smarts—their knowledge of novels, that is. With a massive...

Kindle kindles my aversion

January 4, 2010

By Rebecca Fowler Staff Writer If you haven’t heard of the Kindle yet, you will. Largely growing in popularity, this little device is greatly altering the way we read and gain information. It...

C.L.A.M. deadline Friday

December 17, 2009

By Rebecca Fowler Staff Writer The C.L.A.M., Coppell Literary Arts Magazine, deadline for submissions is this Friday, Dec. 18. All pieces of writing and photography can be given to Mr. Bowden...