In the crowded hallways of Coppell High School, you can spot senior and The Sidekick staff writer Anushka Joshi’s smile shining bright from a mile away.
The first thing I noticed about Anushka is...
I usually try to avoid talking to people older than me. I often freeze up and start over-thinking every single detail about what I want to say, and it is hard to make friends when I cannot even begin a...
Some people join a newsroom, some people shape it. The Sidekick’s staff writer Deepali Kanchanavally did both.
From the moment she stepped into The Sidekick as a sophomore, it was clear she had something...
“OK guys, like, what should we write?” The Sidekick photography editor Vibha Viswanath said the very first time I met her in D115, our newsroom, workshopping story ideas for the 2024-25 school year.
At...
The award for the brightest smile in D115 goes to Coppell High School senior and The Sidekick staff writer Akshaya Ashokanand.
I met Akshaya at the beginning of this year, but I never actually started...
“You’re looking chopped today,” Coppell High School senior and The Sidekick staff writer Maanav Subramanian says to me.
“I know,” I respond without missing a beat.
If I had to describe...
I never even knew executive editor-in-chief Sukirtha Muthiah until our first staff social.
It was cloudy outside, looking like it was almost about to rain. I sit with Sukirtha and executive features...
As the year comes to an end and we prepare to say goodbye to our seniors, there are certain people whose presence has left an undeniable impact on us that their departure feels a little heavier.
For...
When I first joined The Sidekick, my goal was simple: I wanted to be a sports journalist. In the first class, I reached out to sports photography editor Kayla Nguyen, nervous as a first-year sophomore...
My phone pings as I brush my teeth half asleep on a stormy Saturday morning. Confused as to who would text me before 10 a.m., I chuckle at the sight of The Sidekick media editor Rhea Chowdhary’s text...
The tension can be felt as editors rush around the room, trying to get the last few pages of our issue together. Designers quickly cram last-minute changes into their Adobe InDesign files.
Among the...
When I walked into Coppell High School newsroom D115 on the first day of my junior year, I was nervous to be sharing the room with many of whom I saw as the big wigs of the Sidekick universe. Editors made...
