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CHS9 is currently experiencing a partial power outage due to Tuesday’s storms. The campus is closed Wednesday while all other Coppell ISD campuses are operating as normal.

CHS9 closed due to power outage

Anvita Bondada, CHS9 Editor March 5, 2025

Editor’s note: This story has been updated from its original version. UPDATE: Power has been restored at CHS9 and school will resume Thursday. CHS9 is closed Wednesday due to a partial power outage...

On Dec. 6, CHS9 special education teacher Kara Lindquist was recognized as the 2024-25 CHS9 teacher of the year in the library. Lindquist has worked as the Special Education Department Head at CHS9 for over 3 years.

Lindquist fueling learning as 2024-25 CHS9 Teacher of the Year

Caitlyn Concepcion, Staff Writer December 19, 2024

Lights dimmed and voices hushed in the library of CHS9, teachers gathered past the dismissal bell to watch as the 2024-25 nominees for Teacher of the Year illuminated the screen. Special education teacher...

CHS9 Principal Dr. Greg Axelson teaches a lesson on conjugations to Reyna Conger’s Spanish II class during eighth period on Oct. 18. Axelson holds a raffle every month for him to take over two class periods, giving teachers a break.

Axelson trading offices for classrooms

Anvita Bondada, CHS9 Editor November 18, 2024

October and November bring many things: cooler weather, amber-colored leaves and sunsets at 5 p.m. At CHS9, these months also include projects, piles of grading and monotony in classroom structure, all...

CHS9 student Alexis Hester films the upcoming week’s announcement broadcast. The audio-visual technology class produces campus announcements for the 2024-25 school year.

Live from CHS9: Broadcast announcements giving students field experience

Elizabeth De Santiago, Staff Writer October 22, 2024

When Dr. Greg Axelson stepped into the role of CHS9 principal, he noticed students were not engaged with the spoken daily announcements blaring from an overhead speaker. Students did not pay attention...

CHS9 Hopes for Homeless CEO Gargi Thakur and chief operating officer Saadhvi Thatipally explain a volunteering opportunity to members during a club meeting on Oct. 3. Hopes for Homeless, a new club at CHS9, seeks to make an impact on the community.

Hopes for Homeless club making profound impact

Neev Chickermane, Staff Writer October 9, 2024

As you walk into room C105 at CHS9, you are greeted by the sound of students planning how they can help Coppell and its surrounding community. Hopes for Homeless is a new club started by a group of...

CHS9 students play a game of tug-of-war on the football field on Friday. CHS9 held its fourth annual Cowboy Fest to celebrate the end of the school year and boost school spirit.

Expanded Cowboy Fest brings festivity to freshmen

Anvita Bondada, Staff Writer May 20, 2024

Under the shining sun, CHS9 students eagerly run outside, either embracing the heat with fiercely competitive games of tug-of-war, or beating the heat by flocking to the cyan Kona Ice snow cone truck....

CHS9 Principal Cody Koontz gets his blood pressure taken by freshmen HOSA members in the cafeteria during lunch on Tuesday. In honor of American Heart Health Month, HOSA members measured blood pressure to spread awareness about heart and blood health.

CHS9 HOSA blood pressure drive endorsing heart health, helping hone vital medical skills

Yug Talukdar, Staff Writer February 22, 2024

A blood pressure cuff huffs as it tightens on a CHS9 Principal Cody Koontz  arm, hissing as it loosens its grip and a reading appears on the nearby blood pressure machine. CHS9 HOSA has recently started...

Getting ready for course selection

Getting ready for course selection

Nyah Rama, CHS9 Editor January 25, 2024

With Home Access Center (HAC) officially open for course requests, eighth graders will need to start thinking about what pathways they would like to pursue throughout high school. Here are some helpful...

For the past couple of years, the CHS9 shuttle to CHS has been posing many problems for many freshmen students. The Sidekick staff writer Elizabeth De Santiago addresses the issues that the shuttle brings to students daily and how this problem should be resolved in the future.

Struggles of the shuttles

Elizabeth De Santiago, Staff Writer October 30, 2023

Five minutes prior to the bell, CHS9 students speed walk through the hallways carrying color guard rifles, various types of band instruments and bags stuffed full of athletic equipment.  Outside, a yellow...

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