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Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

The official student news site of Coppell High School

Coppell Student Media

Coppell High School senior Katherine Anderson is ranked No. 10 in the CHS class of 2021. Anderson will attend the Georgia Institute of Technology and study aerospace engineering.

Katherine Anderson

Avani Kashyap, Daily News/Assignment Editor May 14, 2021

What does it mean to you to be in the top 10? To me, it was a really big achievement and accomplishment. It wasn’t a goal I always had, but I knew that I worked really hard and my greats were really...

Coppell High School senior Christine Xu is ranked No. 9 in the CHS class of 2021. Xu will attend the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin in the fall.

Christine Xu

Trisha Atluri, Advertising/Circulation Manager May 14, 2021

What does it mean to you to be in the top 10? Being in the top 10 is something I've always thought about. You get recognized, and you're just like, “Wow, I really made it.” This has definitely made...

Coppell High School senior Anushri Saxena is ranked No. 8 in the CHS class of 2021. Saxena will attend Duke University in the fall and is majoring in Neuroscience.

Anushri Saxena

Tracy Tran, Photo Assignment Editor May 14, 2021

What does it mean to you to be in the top 10? Is it a goal you have always had? The overall goal was to do well in school. I don't think I placed a ton of emphasis on my rank, personally, so it came...

Coppell High School senior Preethi Jayaraman is ranked No. 7 in the CHS class of 2021. Jayaraman will attend the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for business with the intent of studying marketing.

Preethi Jayaraman

Sally Parampottil, Executive Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2021

What does being in the top 10 mean to you? I obviously worked very hard in my high school career, and I obtained results from my high school career. Part of it was just being lucky to have made it to...

Coppell High School senior Rahul Garikapati is ranked No. 6 in the CHS class of 2021. He will attend the University of Texas at Austin to major in computer science and is interested in the intersection of finance and computer science, such as quantitative analytics.

Rahul Garikapati

Sally Parampottil, Executive Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2021

What does being in the top 10 mean to you? It’s essentially a culmination of all the work I put in for the past four years. I really appreciate that I’ve been able to make it this far. I didn’t...

Coppell High School senior Helen Tan is ranked No. 5 in the CHS class of 2021. Tan will attend Yale University for fencing. Though her major is undecided, she is considering either molecular and developmental biology or sociology.

Helen Tan

Sally Parampottil, Executive Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2021

What does being in the top 10 mean to you? It gives me a sense of being proud of myself. When you check Naviance and it’s like, “Oh, top 10!” it’s the feeling of being proud of yourself and...

Coppell High School senior Neil Upreti is ranked No. 4 in the graduating class of 2021. Upreti will be attending Duke University in the fall and majoring in bioengineering.

Neil Upreti

Akhila Gunturu, CHS9 editor May 14, 2021

What does it mean to you to be in the top 10? That's not a goal that I always had. But it’s nice to see.  I wouldn't say it means that much because it’s just a number, but at the same time, it...

Coppell High School senior Priya Marella is ranked No. 3 in the graduating class of 2021. Marella will be attending the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the fall with a provisional acceptance into New Jersey Medical School for a seven year BS/MD program.

Priya Marella

Avani Kashyap, Daily News/Assignment Editor May 14, 2021

What does it mean to you to be in the top 10? Being in the top 10 was something I always wanted to do, and seeing my sister (CHS class of 2016 valedictorian Pooja Marella), I knew it was a goal that...

Coppell High School senior Cole Tramel is ranked No. 2 in the graduating class of 2021. Tramel will be attending the University of Texas at Austin in the fall and is majoring in Computer Science in the Turing Scholars Program.

Cole Tramel

Avani Kashyap, Daily News/Assignment Editor May 14, 2021

What does it mean to you to be in the top 10? Both of my older siblings went to Coppell and they were not ranked, so I didn’t really expect to be ranked that high. I’ve always just tried to get...

Coppell High School senior Dongkyu Lee is ranked No. 1 in the graduating class of 2021. Lee will be attending Rice University in the fall and is majoring in Computer Science.

Dongkyu Lee

Avani Kashyap, Daily News/Assignment Editor May 14, 2021

What does it mean to you to be in the top 10? I never saw myself actively going for the top 10 position. As a result of my academics and other people around me driving the competition, it’s more about...

Coppell High School sophomore Amalia Figueroa-Nieves participated in state finals for the Texas Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) on April 23-24. Figuero-Nieves is one of nine state finalists from Coppell

Amalia S. Figueroa-Nieves, sophomore

April 29, 2021
“A lot of my art is focused on my perspective and how I view the world, [so] I wanted to step away from that and do something that represents somebody I care about. So, I asked my dad a bunch of questions on what he wanted me to show and what date was significant to him and I made a portrait of him.”
Coppell High School sophomore Ashley Zhang participated in state finals for the Texas Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) on April 23-24. Zhang is one of nine state finalists from Coppell.

Ashley Zhang, sophomore

April 29, 2021
“When my family took a trip to drop my brother off at college, I was alone in the house [for four days], and though I felt a sort of freedom, it was also kind of lonely. I wanted to represent that feeling in this piece. My painting has a table, and on it a few empty plates except for a bowl filled with food, representing people that used to be there and the me, one person still at the kitchen table”
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