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BY BLUE KAUFMAN Even in a little town like Cooper City, we too often get caught up in our own busy schedules. Thoughts of an upcoming exam, an appointment, or just life in general can send us into a stupor of stress, placing a wedge between us and other people nearby. However, every April, Cooper [...]
BY JEREMY HAAS Sitting behind multiple cameras in front of the CTV room’s green screen, I feel a strange feeling, something that’s unusual when working with high school students, and that feeling is professionalism. I am currently working with senior and CTV president Mitchel Worley on his latest directorial endeavor: a short film called Quietus. [...]
BY KYRA BACON Thousands of Florida High School DECA students sat on the edge of their chairs, chatting excitedly and waiting for the Florida DECA President to reveal who would be the new State Vice-Presidents. When she finally spoke, silence crept over the room and everyone looked to her with anticipation. “The next Florida DECA [...]
BY RACHEL SHARPE At the start of my fourth year on the varsity tennis team, I assumed I knew everyone on the team. However, as I looked around the bus on the way to our first match someone new caught my eye. He was sitting in the front row so I approached him and introduced [...]
BY ANASTASIA PAVLINSKAYA On March 5, 2013, CTV hit ground in Los Angeles for the 10th annual Student Television Network National convention at the Westin Bonaventure hotel. For 6 days, Figueroa Street was our home where we shared the memories of a lifetime. We arrived in a similar fashion to the Miley Cyrus song “Party [...]
BY CHERINA EUDOVIQUE They are often seen around campus in uniform, practicing drills on the softball field, and helping out around the community, but the Cooper City High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit is more than its outside perceptions. NJROTC is a relatively new addition to CCHS. The program is based on [...]
BY JESSICA WEAVER In our fast paced, technologically driven generation, many students find themselves engaged in the world of video games and complicated gaming systems. But, senior Roy Tu has taken his love of gaming further than most by creating and programing his very own video games. The hobby began several years ago when Tu [...]
BY DAVID DEACON Cooper City High School has a number of clubs that could be considered “under the radar”, such as Future Medical Professionals of America, United Nations Youth Alliance, and Music Forum. The Future Medical Professionals of America Club has been a part of Cooper City High School since 2007. “This club was built to [...]
BY LOUIS DENNIN At the end of January the CCHS Jazz Band held their first meeting of the year, ready to kick off a new season of jazz music and prepare for the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) festival, where the ensemble will be heard and rated by judges. As the name implies, the Jazz Band [...]
BY RACHEL SHARPE Nate Promkul walks on stage for the senior Variety Show, strikes a chord on his guitar and leans into the microphone. On hearing the first, gentle note, the crowd erupts into cheers and applause. With undoubtedly one of the sweetest and most soulful voices at CCHS, Promkul has been serenading his audiences [...]