Tapler breaks to nationals with 10-minute marvel (with video)
Sally Parampottil, Co-Student Life Editor
April 17, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
Only minutes after Coppell High School senior Austin Tapler was awarded third place at the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) district qualifying tournament for Dramatic Interpretation, it was announced the first place entry was dropping out. The NSDA tournament allows for the top two r...
Coppell Student Media wins Best Website, celebrates 10 year anniversary of first win
April 16, 2019
On Thursday afternoon, with excitement in the air and phone notifications on high, The Sidekick staff members were greeted to Coppell Student Media being awarded Best Website in the 2018-19 Dallas Morning News High School Journalism Competition. Coppell Student Media was launched in 2008 as a...
Rathod reaching for skies to fulfill dream of piloting
Pramika Kadari, Copy Editor
April 16, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Student Life
Gazing out his car window, Coppell High School senior Henil Rathod studies the night sky, scouring the depths of its blackness. A few minutes later, his squinted eyes focus on a distant figure that means the world to him — an airplane. Letting out an excited cry, he points at the plane in e...
Clearing the smoke
Shivi Sharma, Staff Writer
April 16, 2019
A feeling of extreme lightheadedness, mind buzzing with the brightness of the surrounding world, the smallest occurrences warranting a giggle. Those euphoric highs plummeting to withdrawn, desperate lows. Such is the cycle of addiction induced by e-cigarettes and vaping, causing the intake of drugs with d...
Local theater recreates magical land of Oz
Pramika Kadari, Copy Editor
April 15, 2019
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
As the lights inside Theatre Coppell dimmed during its “The Wizard of Oz” show on Sunday, a spotlight illuminated a 2-year-old border terrier - Toto - prancing across the stage with Dorothy (played by Denton ISD Navo Middle School seventh-grader Bella Bollack). Directed by Sandy Edwards a...
Photo gallery: Fame class preps for upcoming show
April 12, 2019
Filed under Photo Galleries, Showcase
Harmony of music, math
Charlotte Vanyo, Staff Writer
April 12, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Student Life
In fifth grade, Coppell High School math teacher Karie Kosh joined North Hansen Elementary School’s after-school string program. Unlike most kids who choose a stringed instrument, Kosh never wished to play the violin. “I decided the violin and viola were too squeaky so I wanted to play cello,” Ko...
Freshman’s overtime goal sends Coppell to regional quarterfinals
Nicholas Pranske, Executive Sports Editor
April 4, 2019
Filed under Girls Soccer, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
BEDFORD - Although it took all of regulation and another four minutes for the first goal to go in, it was still a thrilling match between the Coppell girls soccer team and Mansfield Lake Ridge. Coppell (26-1-1) defeated the Eagles (10-3-1), 1-0, in the Class 6A Region I area playoffs. The Cowgirl...
Dismantling mistruths
Christine Zacuai, Executive News Editor
April 2, 2019
Disheartenment and anger faced the nation when admissions into numerous top-tier universities across the nation involved crimes such as bribery and fraud. In all its unethicality, the FBI’s “Operation Varsity Blues” investigation only confirmed what Coppell ISD knew already: there is no one track road to success. Through the tampering of test scores, millio...
Standing in the wake of devastation (Part 1)
Kelly Wei, Editor-in-Chief
April 2, 2019
Filed under In-Depth, News, Showcase
Fifty are dead. Fifty more wounded. On March 16, a pair of mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand suffered what might have once been considered unimaginable, but is now rapidly becoming the new norm. In the wake of the Christchurch shootings, perpetuated by Australian Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-...
Han Gil Hotel brings drug discussion startlingly close to home
Anthony Cesario, Entertainment Editor
April 1, 2019
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
When I heard we were going to spend sixth period in the Coppell High School arena for a talk about drugs, I, like my friends, was less than enthusiastic. But within minutes of when Assistant U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Texas Rick Calvert began discussing the case of the Han Gil Hotel, ...
Cowgirls shoot past Indians in bi-district playoffs
Nicholas Pranske, Executive Sports Editor
March 29, 2019
Filed under Girls Soccer, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
JUSTIN - It was 35 minutes of passing, shooting, missing, repeat before the first goal in last night’s Class 6A Region I bi-district playoffs. In the end, the Coppell girls soccer team defeated Keller, 3-0. The Cowgirls play Mansfield Lake Ridge in the area playoffs on Monday. “For the first 35 minutes, ...
