On the Spot: Mock election introduces students to voting process (with video)
Arman Merchant, Staff Writer
November 8, 2018
Filed under On the Spot
The Coppell High School library held a mock election for the Texas Gubernatorial race between Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, Democratic nominee Lupe Valdez and Libertarian candidate Mark Tippetts. Open to voting all day, the mock election took place in the library with classes heading ...
Record national early voting turnout make up 2018 midterm election
Christine Zacuai, Executive News Editor
November 6, 2018
The doors of Coppell City Hall usher in and out eager voters ready to cast their ballots as local representatives and supporters patiently gather under their canopies under the cloudy skies for this year’s midterm election. The polls saw a slow but steady flow of voters throughout the da...
I have a voice, I want to use it
Anika Arutla, Staff Writer
November 6, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Personal Columns
Change. That is what I think about when I think about voting. It is common misconception that one vote, among millions, is not worth anything - that it is a simple raindrop in the middle of the vast ocean. Millions of those raindrops make up the ocean; similarly, my vote, even though it ...
Students over 18 can fulfill voting civic duty on March 6 for first time
Tanya Raghu, Enterprise Editor
January 25, 2018
Filed under News
While the midterm elections will take place on Nov. 6 and will impact the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term in the White House and the future of America’s political sphere, the Texas Senate elections on March 6 will directly affect Texans. For many Coppell High School students over t...
Voter registration deadline today for upcoming presidential election
Thomas Rousseau, Staff Cartoonist
October 11, 2016
Filed under News
With the 2016 presidential election right around the corner, many Coppell High School seniors are eligible to vote. Whatever your partisan opinions, voting is important. The deadline for registering is today, so the time is now to find out how. Millennials now makeup roughly the same amount of the...
CHS to host early voting for CISD Bond Election
April 19, 2013
Filed under News Blog
By Elizabeth Sims Staff Writer Coppell High School will host early voting for the CISD Bond Election. You may vote on May 3 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and May 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. All voting will take place in the library, but you must enter using the stairs to the left of the main entrance of t...
Social media and the election
November 7, 2012
Filed under News Blog
By Jay Carroll Staff Writer As of now, almost everyone knows that Barack Obama (D) defeated GOP candidate Mitt Romney to be re-elected as President, to go on with his agenda in the second term of his presidency. As the election unfolded and the electoral college votes were announced to the public through media outlets, the students of CHS logged into social media sites suc...
Obama, Romney meet again at Hofstra
October 17, 2012
Filed under News Blog
By Thomas Hair Opinions Editor Going into the first presidential debate in Denver, enormous pressure was on Mitt Romney to show voters that he has what it takes to hold his own under the spotlight. However, he not only held his own against Barack Obama, he steamrolled him. Romney was more aggressive,...
City gears up for May 12 voting
May 7, 2012
Filed under Coppell City Council Meetings, News, News Blog
By Mary Whitfill Features Editor With May’s primary election day just around the corner, some Coppell residents have more on their minds than just the next possible GOP candidate. Threatening a large change in city government, fivecity council seats, including the mayoral position, are up for grabs. Though...
Class officer voting today
April 16, 2012
Filed under News Blog
By Kara Adkins Online Copy Editor The catchy slogans and nerve racking speeches are all paying off for students running for class officers today. Voting for president, historian, secretary, and vice president will take place today in all third period classes and students in dual credit will have the ...
Superlatives voting right around the corner
April 3, 2012
Filed under News
The naming of Superlatives is one of the most quintessential traditions of the American high school experience. Every school year, as the final months begin to arrive, the entire student body of Coppell High School votes on who the most distinguished students were. Categories such as "Most Involved"...
Register to make a change in Coppell
February 3, 2012
Filed under News Blog
By Jordan Bickham Staff Writer As students in high school, some of us, myself included, do not care much about politics until they start affecting us personally. One of these moments is when you turn 18 and the time to have your political opinion noticed finally arrives. While the Presidential...
