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Sanghika Pallela

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer

Sanghika Pallela is a sophomore and a first-year staff writer for The Sidekick. In her freetime, she loves to watch sci-fi movies like Interstellar and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. A black belt in Goju-Ryu karate, Sanghika loves to practice karate every Tuesday and Thursday. You can contact her at [email protected].

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The Coppell girls golf team receives its UIL Class 6A third place trophy. On May 6-7, the Coppell girls golf team competed at the UIL Class 6A Championship in White Wing Golf Club in Georgetown. Photo courtesy Coppell ISD.

Girls golf finish third in state tournament, second highest in program history

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
May 17, 2024
CHS9 student Charvi Vohra received the Beal Bank third place prize at the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair. Vohra has competed in science since seventh grade.

Vohra delves into science with environmental research

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
May 17, 2024
Chef Tiffany Derry answers a question regarding her origin in cooking. On Monday, chef Tiffany Derry gave a speech about her experience in the culinary arts at the CHS Lecture Hall.

[Photo] Derry defies limitations, establishes culinary success

Katie Park, Staff writer
May 2, 2024
Eighty-two Coppell ISD students competed at the Texas HOSA State Leadership Conference from April 2-4 in Galveston. Nine of the 82 students qualified for the HOSA International Leadership Conference (ILC) from June 26-29 at Houston. Photo courtesy Coppell HOSA.

HOSA surpasses previous years with 9 qualifying for international competition

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
April 17, 2024
Coppell first baseman Madison Scott bats at Coppell ISD Baseball/Softball Complex during the seventh inning against Flower Mound Marcus on Friday. The Marauders defeated the Cowgirls, 4-0.

Early lead seals 4-0 victory for Marcus

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
April 11, 2024

[Video] Sketching the scribbles to self-expression (with video):

Anushree De, Features Editor
April 4, 2024
From Feb. 29 to March 1, eight Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) members from Coppell High School competed at 40th Annual Teach Tomorrow Summit at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock. Four qualified to the national competition.

Four Coppell TAFE competitors secure spots at nationals

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
March 29, 2024
Coppell High School statistics teacher Kailee Martin is in her first year at CHS. She has worked in medicine, taught preschool and first grade prior to coming to CHS.

Martin’s journey: From medicine to first grade to statistics

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
March 7, 2024
CHS9 student Vibhav Rajan plays the trumpet for Coppell Band. Rajan placed third for his trumpet solo and earned a spot as the only Coppell freshman in the Texas All-State band.

Rajan solos his way to All-State Band as only freshman

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
March 2, 2024
As spring approaches, students are faced with the decision of selecting courses for the next school year. In the 2024-25 academic year, Coppell ISD is introducing new courses and making changes within the registration process.

2024-25 course registration implements new changes

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
January 29, 2024
Coppell High School sophomores Saanvi Chiliveru and Bhuvana Bachu have organized a project to raise awareness for animal abuse for the Project Management Business Solutions (PMBS) event in DECA. Chiliveru and Bachu advocate for animal awareness and aim to reduce the amount of animal abuse cases in Texas.

Chiliveru, Bachu ignite change in pet abuse awareness

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
January 23, 2024

Asking CHS students and staff their favorite Christmas song (video)

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
December 14, 2023
Coppell junior guard Bryce Ward drives against Mesquite Horn on Dec. 5 at CHS Arena. Coppell plays Lewisville on Tuesday at CHS Arena.

Coppell gears up for district game against Lewisville

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
December 12, 2023
A Christmas tree decked in colorful lights and ornaments was placed in D hall on Nov. 30. Throughout Coppell High School, various Christmas and holiday decorations are sprinkled around the campus to bring spirit to the school.

Coppell spreads Christmas spirit with holiday decorations

Sanghika Pallela, Katie Park, and Riya Prasad
December 8, 2023
The Sidekick staff writer Sanghika Pallela gives thanks to scientific fiction classics such as Interstellar. Pallela is appreciative of the joy science fiction media provides. (Kayla Nguyen)

My voyage through science fiction films

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
December 1, 2023
A group of CHS9 students sit on a blanket together to watch Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse at the CHS9 family movie night. The movie night was held at Lesley Field on Saturday.

Families come together under the stars for CHS9 movie night

Sanghika Pallela, Staff Writer
November 10, 2023
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