A blood pressure cuff huffs as it tightens on a CHS9 Principal Cody Koontz arm, hissing as it loosens its grip and a reading appears on the nearby blood pressure machine.
CHS9 HOSA has recently started...
Black History Month celebrates the significance of the contributions of African Americans to the United States. CHS9 librarians share their favorite book recommendations for Black History...
Kayla Nguyen, Staff Photographer
• January 31, 2023
Wondering what it takes to be a Coppell High School varsity athlete? Watch The Sidekick staff photographer Kayla Nguyen interview Gabriel Campos and take a deep dive into the life of a Coppell varsity...
Anushree De, Advertising and Circulations Manager
• January 4, 2023
When Coppell High School Ninth Grade Center teacher Chaz Bowen was called from his class by CHS9 Principal Dr. Cody Koontz and members of the Coppell Chamber of Commerce, his initial reaction was surprise.
“It...
A plethora of words exist in the English language, but there is only one that perfectly sums up CHS9 choir director Katherine Conkovich: dedication.
Added to the 2022-23 CHS9 staff prior to the school...
Art classes involve continuing adding tiny details until a deadline; however, CHS9 student Maya Dudhyala takes art as both a hobby and elective to express her interests, creativity and challenge herself.
What...
CHS9 students Myiesha Sharma, Rhea Choudhary, Aiden Song, Rudhmila Hoque and Erin Donovan were voted as student council leaders in September. As student council leaders, they have been organizing events,...
Tracy Tran, Staff Writer/Photographer
• March 24, 2022
Closing her eyes, her body naturally felt the rhythms of the song. Tiptoeing in small movements, she explored her new happiness in dancing. The 3-year-old Arisha Hasan started dancing as if she was born...
Manasa Mohan, Advertising and Circulation Manager
• March 11, 2022
Coppell High School Ninth Grade Campus biology teacher Brittany Medford is a first year teacher at CHS 9, but taught at Colleyville Heritage for one year for her student teaching and at High Point Academy...
She does not just type away on a computer at school. She wants software, space and leadership present in her daily life. She codes with focus as her eyes are fixated on her computer screen, determined...
After a year of prior teaching experience as a STEM teacher at UME Preparatory Academy in Dallas, CHS9 biology teacher Hannah Dooley is finding new ways to make the first year of high school science...
Arriving at CHS9 at 7:30 a.m., it would’ve been shocking to see so many people, especially students, entering the building over an hour before school starts. However, knowing the celebration that was...
