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Coppell Student Media

Your Own Sidekick is a Sidekick series where staff members answer questions and offer advice on various topics. Stories will be posted weekly on Fridays.

Your own Sidekick: How to unwind after AP exams

Anvita Bondada, Staff Writer May 19, 2023

As you seal the sides of your last AP exam booklet of the year, you drop your dark blue pen as you listen to the proctor's instructions with bated breath. You walk out of the Coppell High School gym and...

Your Own Sidekick is a Sidekick series where staff members answer questions and offer advice on various topics. Stories will be posted weekly on Fridays. Graphic by Srihari Yechangunja

Your own Sidekick: Learn to put yourself first

Nyah Rama, Staff Writer March 10, 2023

Dear CHS, The typical high schooler is inundated with massive amounts of work, especially if they are taking high level courses, and the result is often an abundance of stress and burnout. Burnout...

Your Own Sidekick is a Sidekick series where staff members answer questions and offer advice on various topics. Stories will be posted weekly on Fridays.

Your Own Sidekick: How to stay motivated in school

Ishana Sharma, Staff Writer February 17, 2023

School commences after a long two and a half months, and you realize you are already behind or just about caught up with the thick stack of work, only to find that there is more impending. Now, you are...

Your Own Sidekick is a Sidekick series where staff members answer questions and offer advice on various topics. Stories will be posted weekly on Fridays.

Your own Sidekick: Comparison is the thief of joy

Sri Achanta, Executive News Editor February 10, 2023

Dear CHS, Don’t compare yourself to others. Yes, I know, this is easier said than done. Such a cliché phrase, really, but the gravity it holds is monumental. Take it from someone who used to compare...

Your own Sidekick  is a Sidekick series where staff members answer questions and offer advice on various topics. Stories will be posted weekly on Fridays.

Your own Sidekick: How to get over an embarrassing moment

Maya Palavali, Staff Cartoonist February 3, 2023

Dear CHS,   We’ve all been there.  Eyes wide, frozen, sweat beading down your forehead: you got utterly embarrassed.  Embarrassment has many synonyms - shame, self-consciousness or...

Your Own Sidekick is a Sidekick series where staff members answer questions and offer advice on various topics. Stories will be posted weekly on Fridays. Graphic by Srihari Yechangunja.

Your Own Sidekick: How to navigate peer pressure

Ainsley Dwyer, Staff Writer January 27, 2023

Dear CHS, Struggling with peer pressure is something that people often talk about, but never how to overcome it.  Commercials and TV shows typically show peer pressure as something the peers are doing...

Dear CHS is a Sidekick series where staff members answer questions and offer advice on various topics. Stories will be posted weekly on Fridays.

Your own Sidekick: How to identify a toxic relationship

Olivia Short, Sports Visual Media Editor January 20, 2023

Dear CHS, Identifying toxic relationships can be very difficult, especially if it's with someone close to you. Your judgment becomes clouded with memories and you want to believe that it could never...

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