Twisting my key into the ignition, the engine awakes and my car slowly starts. Having relied on my parents to drive me around far too long, it was finally my time to start driving. For teenagers, navigating...

As you reach the podium on the stage you've been dreading to stand upon for weeks, you look up to what seems like endless pairs of eyes scrutinizing your every move. You pray that people can't notice the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...