BY RACHEL SHARPE CCHS will switch to a seven period schedule next year as part of a recent mandate by the district to eliminate overcrowded classes and save money. Broward County Superintendent Robert Runcie announced the news on Thursday April 19th, and said that the change will allow the... Read more

The Lariat won 15 awards, including “Best Overall” for the second consecutive year, at the Sun-Sentinel High School Journalism Awards on Thursday, April 26th at Hollywood Hills High School. The Sun-Sentinel High School Journalism Awards honor the the best student journalism in Broward County. The Lariat won the following... Read more

BY ALYSSA FISHER Cooper City High School is going to be the first school in Broward County to create an eLibrary, giving students the option to check out books and textbooks on their smart phones, tablets and eReaders. On Wednesday, April 11, Principal Wendy Doll, Media Specialist Brian Kelly... Read more

BY EMILY PERL Senior baton twirler Ashley Bishop and her teammates traveled to Zurich, Switzerland on April 1st to compete at the National Baton Twirling Association World Championship. Bishop has been working her way to the top of the twirling world for the past thirteen years. Team USA, Bishop’s... Read more

BY KYRA BACON On Thursday, April 19th, CCHS became the first school in Broward County to hold student elections electronically. For the first time at Cooper City High School and in Broward County, student election ballots and procedures were the same as a real election. Separated by booths, students... Read more

BY HANNAH RAMESAR The SAT and ACT college entrance exams have tightened security following a recent cheating scandal and these changes are scheduled to take effect in September of 2012. Extensive measures are being put in place to ensure that future attempts at cheating will be discovered immediately. As... Read more

The Cooper City High Lariat recently won seven Florida Scholastic Press Association 2012 newspaper awards in five individual categories, including three “All Florida” awards, their highest honor. The following Lariat staff members won awards. Follow the links to read the articles that were honored. Alyssa Fisher received an “Honorable... Read more

  BY RACHEL SHARPE Nineteen CTV students attended the annual Student Television Network (STN) National Convention held from March 21st to March 24th in Dallas and brought home top awards in three categories. CCHS placed first against 99 other schools in the nation in the Sweet 16 Competition, for... Read more

BY KYRA BACON Students will be taking the FCAT 2.0 test on computers for the first time this year to save money on testing materials and to rise to the expectations of the technology-based 21st century. 10th graders and those 11th graders who are taking the reading FCAT will... Read more

BY JACKIE WEISER After traveling to West Africa last summer, Cooper City High School junior Camille Traslavina was inspired to establish a non-profit organization called Orphans of Ghana Outreach (OGO) in order to create awareness and raise funds for kids in Ghana whose parents have died from HIV/AIDS.  The... Read more