Video: Fine arts students flourish from home
June 9, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Coppell High School students are affected by the school closure and cancellations of concerts and music-related events. This video features students with their music talents, hoping to spread positivity and rhythms to the music lovers.
Look good, feel good: A positive quarantine lifestyle
Lilly Gorman, Photographer
May 16, 2020
Self-isolation has created changing in our daily lives but The Sidekick's Lilly Gorman has some helpful reminders on how to remain positive during these challenging times.
Aguilar’s upcoming film Titleholder explores a story of resilience, showcases Filipino culture
Alishba Javaid, Staff writer
May 15, 2020
A story of a boxer and a beauty queen in the Philippines is not a story like that commonly lights up the big screen. Coppell-based independent filmmaker and The Sidekick staff designer Kaylee Aguilar’s father Danny Aguilar is directing and producing his eighth film, Titleholder starring multi-award...
Scoring more than just papers
Sreeja Mudumby, Staff Writer
May 15, 2020
What started as a simple discussion in a movie theatre soon turned into a long lasting hobby. Before she knew it, she had more than 600 reviews in her portfolio. Coppell High School honors physics teacher Cynthia Lee has a fervor for rating and reviewing movies. So far, she has rated 630 movies, and...
Exploring fine arts career pathways
Various Writers
May 15, 2020
As Coppell High School seniors commit to universities and make decisions for their futures, some students take the less common route, electing to study fine arts in hopes of securing careers in art, music or theater. Though their interests stretch into unique subsets of each industry, their passions...
Sweeping the competition
Trisha Atluri, Staff Writer/Photographer
May 14, 2020
With tedious hours spent gridding a 24x26 in paper, the anticipation of adding a gold leaf accent and grueling days spent waiting for layers of oil paint to dry behind them, four Coppell students received the gold seal honor at the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) competition on April 24-25. ...
Reenvisioning Eurovision
Sally Parampottil, Executive Sports Editor
May 14, 2020
If there is one positive to the numerous event cancellations all over the globe, I would say it is how it gives a chance for the canceled 2020 Eurovision competitors to do better than what they planned on doing this year. Eurovision is a European song contest in which each of the participating countrie...
Seizing the day as well as 14 nominations
Sapna Amin, Staff Writer
May 14, 2020
The Coppell High School Theatre Department is known for its experienced actors and actresses, engaging sets and realistic costumes that captivate their audience. Recently the department has received 14 nominations for “Newsies” from the Schmidt & Jones HS Musical Theatre Awards. "I am so hu...
Enola Holmes film heading directly to Netflix
Yasemin Ragland, Staff Writer
May 14, 2020
Recently, it was announced that the film adaptation of the book series The Enola Holmes Mysteries, Enola Holmes is skipping theaters due to COVID-19. It will be dropped on Netflix later this year. Enola Holmes is the forth movie this year to skip theaters after DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls Worl...
Scrivner seizes the day
Laasya Achanta, Staff Writer
May 7, 2020
As cast members perform the opening act, Coppell High School senior Drew Scrivner anxiously watches the performance offstage, building up energy and getting ready to take on the crowd. From finding a liking for puppetry in elementary school to enrolling in the Young Artists Training Program in middle sc...
Tasting comforts of home food
Various Writers
May 2, 2020
As families across the nation remain at home while social distancing and isolating, we turn away from takeout and restaurant food and look toward the stovetops and cabinets staple of kitchens, rusted from age and use. These eight recipes are foods that define home to us. Some of these are a fa...
You get to exhale now
Anthony Cesario, Editor-in-Chief
April 28, 2020
“These last few years, more and more, it’s almost like I can feel you holding your breath,” Simon’s mother tells him in the 2018 film Love, Simon, shortly after he comes out to his parents. “You get to exhale now, Simon. You get to be more you than you have been in a very long time.” L...
