Currently, there are more than 13,000 students enrolled in Coppell ISD. 13,000 stories to tell and one newspaper staff to tell them. As news deserts across the country grow, local journalism is left...

Some movie moments are so powerful they send chills down my spine.  A feathery-haired Luke Skywalker standing on the planet Tatooine, gazing up at two suns setting in the distance, is one of them....

When Coppell ISD announced our in-person graduation would be May 28 at Buddy Echols Field, I was nothing less than elated.  It may not seem as glamorous as the standard University of North Texas Coliseum,...

In a sociology class the summer after my sophomore year, I learned the American Dream was dead.  Not explicitly, not definitively, but through a series of statistics and case studies of individuals...

Blissfully quiet, early morning walks to school while sipping tea. Standing on a chair and updating the section whiteboard in the back of the newsroom. Conversations on sun-drenched afternoons that flow...

I didn’t make my senior overalls over the summer.  I thought if I did, I would be unhappy, because it would be a constant reminder of the fact I wasn’t going to school in person. They would just...

When I began teaching here at Coppell High School 23 years ago, I had grand visions of changing the world one young person at a time, building lifelong bonds with my students just like John Keating from...

I grew up in a world of dress-up and birthday cake. Like most children, I didn’t worry about the complexities of life and turmoils of growing up. I didn’t have to. But everyone gets older, and getting...

I ask my friends to bring me rocks whenever they travel.  It’s something I’ve done for a couple of years now. Rocks are cheap and don’t take up a lot of space, so if someone brings me back something,...

I have always loved stories with ensembles. Something about group dynamics, inner workings, melding relationships and utter messes appeals to me. The haphazard groups have always been my favorite: weird...

Imagine if there weren’t any doctors, nurses, medical assistants, paramedics, residents and people willing to pursue a career in the medical field right now. Where would our world be? How would our world...

These last months of the year have been different. As winter approaches, my coats and scarves remain crisp and neglected. With the holiday season almost here, most families will have to change unwritten...