At the ripe old age of 8 years old, I had conquered all fear. I went indoor skydiving, hurling myself into a tunnel of wind without a care for gravity. I signed up to sing in talent shows despite being...

For as long as I can remember, I have been captivated by stories. Storytelling, to me, is an underappreciated art - it serves to connect us to one another, to allow us to understand ourselves and the world...

It is no secret that I am an uncanny person.  I meow in class, lead chaotic chants and admit to things I shouldn’t, like my unhealthy habit of doom-scrolling on TikTok on the weekends. But truthfully,...

In seventh grade, I thought about joining athletics. Not because I liked the idea of playing a sport, nor voluntarily sprinting at 7 a.m. For those reasons, I never ended up joining. Looking back, I...

The sole catalyst for my entrance into The Sidekick was a broken ankle. Of course, 10,000 other things were leading up to this decision, starting with my fear of change. Change has always been especially...

Each year, the final bell rings to initiate freedom, discovery and sunshine adventure, a season of customary liberty. But now, for many students, the excitement of summer has been taken away, not from...

For two years, I stood outside D115, watching students gather behind huge desktops, editing photos, writing stories and holding cameras to check out. “Wait until senior year,” I told myself as I lingered...

“Bro, stop speaking Indian!” My friend Akul says this to me as a joke whenever I speak my mother tongue, Telugu. I have never really learned the language until recently and started to appreciate...

Hot and sunny, cicadas chirped on the walk home from my bus stop on the first day of school. Ever since the start of the 2024-25 school year, uncertainty hung over the hallways of all CISD buildings. A...

Have you ever felt bored? So bored that you went through your entire semester's topic for each subject?  Well, I have.  Boredom is something that almost everyone experiences. It is either sitting...

My journey through The Sidekick was slightly atypical. You see, I decided to take a gap year from the program during my junior year. Rejoining the program for my senior year was one of my best decisions...

Dear future superintendent of Coppell ISD, The school year is coming to a close, but news impacting students is abundant. Shaking the district, Superintendent Dr. Brad Hunt announced his retirement,...