• Coppell ISD Board of Trustees meets at Vonita White Administration Building at 6 p.m. on Monday.
  • Coppell High School hosts CISD Mental Health Fair at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
  • Eligible CHS students have Red/Gold/Purple Lunch on Friday.
  • Town Center holds elections for CISD Board of Trustees Places 1, 2 and 3 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday.
  • CHS seniors have prom at Dallas Market Center from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday.
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People can learn about Chinese culture at the third annual Chinese New Year at the Cozby Library and Community Commons on Saturday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. This year is the year of the rat.

Cozby Library brings Chinese New Year to Coppell

Alishba Javaid • January 24, 2020

According to the traditional Chinese calendar, the celebration of the beginning of a new year is upon us. This year is the year of the rat. It is the first of the 12 zodiac animals.  On Saturday, the...

Students organize the Coppell High School green room during Karen Ruth’s second period Studio Premier theater class on Thursday. The green room recently finished undergoing renovations.

Green room renovations conclude for theater department

Nicolas Reyes, Staff Writer • January 24, 2020

While students were at home taking part in traditional winter activities like crowning ribbon clad trees, lighting intricate candles and debating whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie, construction...

Samsung Electronics is expanding its warehouse located in Coppell to add more office and storage space. The renovations are scheduled to be complete by April 30 at cost of $3.8 million.

Samsung Coppell warehouse investing $3.8 million in upgrades

Shivi Sharma, CHS9 Editor • January 24, 2020

After opening a product warehouse in Coppell in 2010, international mobile phone company Samsung Electronics is making renovations worth $3.8 million to its location on 240 Dividend Drive. “[Samsung]...

DFW resident Diane Baker protests against the continuing U.S. war with Afghanistan and the possibility of a U.S. war on Iraq at the 2020 Dallas Women’s March on Jan. 19. Baker was supporting CODEPINK, a women-led organization that supports peace and human rights and focuses on redirecting tax dollars into programs such as healthcare, education and green jobs. The Dallas Women’s March was one of many marches across the nation that celebrated a century of women’s voices in politics.

2020 Dallas Women’s March activists push importance of 19th amendment, politics

Andrés Bear • January 22, 2020

  DALLAS - Armed with politically-charged signs aimed at the current political climate, hundreds of people participated in the 2020 Dallas Women’s March on Sunday. At 2 p.m., the march...

Coppell High School students juniors Calen Halcom, Marcos Morales-Martinez, Matthew O'Quinn, Gregory Sabancuyan, Akash Vijay, Abigail Simon, Fiona Lopez and LeeAn Zhong were selected to participate in the High School Aerospace Scholars. Not pictured is junior Hannah George, who was also selected, and STEM teacher Pilar Castro-Zena. They will do a 16-week online interactive course of NASA activities related to space exploration, earth science, technology, mathematics and aeronautics.

Recommendation letters aid in celestial experience

Anika Arutla, Social Media Manager • January 22, 2020

Earth is a small insignificant factor in the equation of the universe and programs such as NASA spend many resources exploring the world outside this planet.  Every year, it brings in high school students...

The Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center is hosting a parade Monday at 10 a.m. on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Holmes Street. There will be a variety of musical groups and other organizations performing until around 2 p.m.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center to hold parade

Karen Lu, Daily News/Assignment Editor • January 17, 2020

On Monday, in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center is holding the 38th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration March/Parade.  The march is...

Former Coppell ISD School Board Place 7 trustee Tracy Fisher resigned from her position on the board Oct. 17. Fisher has served as a trustee for more than 11 years and is running for the Texas State Board of Education District 14. Sidekick file photo.

Fisher using experience to inspire love for students on school board

Nicholas Pranske, Executive Copy and Design Editor • January 17, 2020

This story is part of a Sidekick series honoring National School Board Appreciation Month, with each component honoring one of the seven members of the Coppell ISD Board of Trustees.  Tracy Fisher currently...

Boom! Bang! Pow! Holmes brings comic books to life (with video)

Pramika Kadari, Executive News & Enterprise Editor • January 17, 2020

With his walls covered in Frankenstein and Marvel posters and his bookshelves overflowing, Coppell High School English teacher Alexander Holmes’s devotion to storytelling becomes crystal-clear the moment...

Recently, Coppell High School has started implementing consequences for not wearing your school ID during school hours. These measures are enforced to ensure safety and security for all students and staff.

Administration cracking down on tardiness, IDs

Karen Lu, Daily News/Assignment Editor • January 17, 2020

With the start of the new semester comes the return of tardy and ID sweeps. Either caught in the hallway after the tardy bell rings or seen without their IDs, students at Coppell High School face new consequences...

During the 2019 Dallas Women’s March, activists stress the importance of voting and women’s rights. On Sunday, the fourth annual march will take place at the St. Paul United Methodist Church.

North Texans to remember, celebrate 19th Amendment in Dallas Women’s March

Andrés Bear • January 16, 2020

On Sunday at 2 p.m., people will line the streets of Dallas for the fourth annual Dallas Women’s March. Such as last year, the event was organized by state representative Victoria Neaves and Rhetta...

Coppell plans to hold capital purchases as it plans for its yearly revenue to decrease by 16 percent. The city will lose $12 million in business tax revenue due to new state tax laws taking effect in April.

New state tax laws to decrease city general fund by 16 percent if enacted

Emma Meehan, Staff Writer • January 16, 2020

Sixteen percent of Coppell’s yearly budget is in jeopardy due to a new state tax law, according to city manager Mike Land. The new tax law will change tax revenue collected from business sales from origin...

Protests against the Chinese government are currently in action in Hong Kong. They initially began as a result of the extradition bill which has since been withdrawn. Violence as a result of the protests led to a decline in the economy of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong protests causing tension worldwide

Camila Villarreal, Staff Writer • January 15, 2020

Since March 2019, Hong Kong has been in disarray over the newly introduced extradition bill, which would allow for those accused or convicted of a crime to be transported to mainland China.  The protesters’...

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