Monkey business in South Florida: Dania vervet monkey found in Cooper City
NewsOff-campus March 24, 2018
BY SOPHIA WENGIER Cooper City is welcoming a new visitor this week, one which has brought surprise, excitement and fear to residents. A monkey has travelled all the way from Dania Beach to Cooper City and surrounding areas, making appearances in the backyards of many. The monkey, named Mikey,... Read more
BY SABRINE BRISMEUR CCHS juniors who had ordered their class rings months prior finally had the opportunity to receive them in a ceremony hosted by Herff Jones on Tuesday, March 13 in the auditorium. “The finger ring is a mark of distinction,” class Treasurer Alexa Pichardo said. “It represents... Read more
BY ALEXANDRA SANSONE The CCHS Best Buddies Chapter has been promoting kind words and actions the past week and plans to continue on participating in the national campaign to end the use of the R-word. The R-word is a term commonly used in society in a demeaning way when... Read more
BY GENNA NORDLING At 6:30 p.m. on March 14, all current and prospective AP students gathered in the CCHS Auditorium along with their parents for AP Information Night. At this after school event, students could learn more information about the AP classes they plan to take and collect their... Read more
BY SOPHIA WENGIER This past Wednesday, CCHS Thespians excitedly departed for the Florida State Thespian Festival, ready for long days packed with workshops, performances and fun. The festival ran from March 14 to March 17 and was located in Tampa. Nine total Cooper City High drama club students drove... Read more
BY ANNABELLE ROSA Club sponsors play an incredibly versatile role within any of the clubs, and the National Honor Society (NHS) is no exception. For the past five years, U.S. history teacher Dwayne Dixon has sponsored NHS, nurturing its students and seeing to it that they felt as accomplished... Read more
BY ALEXANDRA SANSONE The morning of the second Saturday of March, Cooper City celebrated the 59th anniversary of its founding. Although the Cooper City was originally founded in June, the city celebrates in the spring in order to include the optimist teams who have finished their seasons in the... Read more
Warming waters are causing less blacktip sharks to migrate to South Florida
NewsOff-campus March 14, 2018
BY GENNA NORDLING College students aren’t the only tourists Florida beaches expect to see during Spring Break. Blacktip sharks make their way to South Florida every year around this time, but there has been a decline in number of sharks that are migrating in the past few years. Blacktip... Read more
BY NOAH CASTAGNA School Duel is the annual TV quiz show competition that pits South Florida’s top 20 high schools against one another, presented by BrightStar Credit Union and Chick-fil-A. Four-person teams compete in a single elimination tournament of academic trivia, and the winner of the tournament brings home... Read more
BY KENDYL COUNTS As Broward County continues to pick up the pieces following the recent tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the students of CCHS have come together to strive toward healing during “Unity Week.” Throughout the week of March 5, students wore different colors on each day... Read more
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