• The Cowboy Theatre Company shows The Old Man and the Moon in the Black Box at Coppell High School Thursday through Saturday.
  • CHS takes its senior panoramic picture at 10 a.m. on Wednesday
  • Coppell High School hosts signing day for athletes at 8 a.m. on Wednesday
The official student news site of Coppell High School

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

Teacher of the Issue: Egan retains love for languages as nerd for words

Anushree De, Features Editor • April 4, 2024

The first thing one notices about Coppell High School room C131 is its teacher.  Hands move enthusiastically to emphasize each point. His feet turn at every shift of syllable. CHS Spanish and French...

Coppell High School AP U.S. History teacher Joshua sits in his classroom, decorated with unique parts of him. Chanin has been selected as The Sidekick’s Volume 35 No. 3 Teacher of the Issue.

Teacher of the Issue: Chanin creating change by channeling cross-cultural connections

Anushree De, Features Editor • January 4, 2024
It’s 8:32 a.m. on a Thursday morning and Coppell High School history teacher Joshua Chanin wears a bright smile on his face.   His room, adorned with vital aspects of his identity - a photo frame with Queen Elizabeth, a photo gallery of his students, a notable wall of the 46 U.S. presidents - has become an appendage of him. It is not always easy to know if a teacher enjoys their subject, but in the case of Chanin, it’s glaringly discernible.
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Teacher of the Issue: Poskey finding parallels in life, teaching

Anushree De, Features Editor • November 2, 2023

In rural Tyler in East Texas, a young boy found pleasure in the simplicities of life. The scant population of the town meant that entertainment was found through hobbies like reading, the catalyst to the...

Coppell High School Honors Anatomy & Physiology teacher Jodie Deinhammer assists juniors Harini Hariharan and Nazia Quadri with their standard synthetic urinalysis lab in third period on Monday. Deinhammer was selected as The Sidekick’s Volume 34 Issue 6 Teacher of the Issue.

Teacher of the Issue: Deinhammer’s gap year decisions becomes lifelong

Iniya Nathan, Features Editor • May 19, 2023

Coppell High School Anatomy & Physiology teacher Jodie Deinhammer’s teaching career started because she held off going to medical school after completing her microbiology degree at TCU. “I did...

Coppell High School Spanish teacher Emily Holmes discusses project guidelines with her students during sixth period on March 21. Holmes was selected as The Sidekick’s Volume 34 Issue 5 Teacher of the Issue.

Teacher of the Issue: Holmes’s love for Spanish brings her into her teaching journey

Iniya Nathan, Features Editor • April 4, 2023

Coppell High School Spanish teacher Emily Holmes started her first year at Abilene Christian University with no idea what her future career path would look like. Starting as a psychology major without...

Coppell High School English teacher Richard Orlopp chats with students during his third period for his IB English IV class on Oct. 26. Orlopp was selected as The Sidekick’s Volume 34 Issue 2 Teacher of the Issue.

Teacher of the Issue: Orlopp hops through jobs before finding his calling

Iniya Nathan, Student Life Editor • November 4, 2022

Coppell High School English teacher Richard Orlopp grew up wanting to be a superhero. His plan was to work out and get into peak physical condition like Batman before going out and solving crimes as a...

Coppell High School AP and Honors chemistry teacher Court- ney Crosby assists sophomores Yashitha Chunduru and Nayan Gandra and in completing their one-on-one honors chemistry quiz in seventh period. Crosby was selected as The Sidekick’s Volume 34 Issue 1 Teacher of the Issue.

Teacher of the Issue: Crosby continues to call Coppell home

Iniya Nathan, Student Life Editor • October 3, 2022

Filled with a passion for chemistry, it took Coppell High School chemistry teacher Courtney Crosby longer to find her passion for teaching. A 2007 CHS graduate, Crosby graduated from Texas A&M with...

GT Algebra II and AP statistics teacher Tom Portteus was selected as Teacher of the Issue for The Sidekick’s April e-edition. Portteus is completing his 13th year in education at Coppell High School after earning a double major in mathematics and political science from Ashland University in Ohio.

Affinity for math drives first year teaching AP Statistics for Portteus

Shivi Sharma, CHS9 Editor • April 17, 2020

After teaching at Jack E. Singley Academy in Irving for six years, GT Algebra II and AP Statistics teacher Tom Portteus is completing his 13th year in education at CHS and his first year teaching statistics....

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