Brower Power: CCHS senior Jeremy Brower is keeping his ion the prize
FeaturesProfile Features December 6, 2016
BY KENDYL COUNTS Whether he’s unapologetically roaming the school grounds in a giraffe onesie, throwing the first pitch at a Cooper City Cowboys baseball game, or creating comprehensive Quizlet study sets that are the saviors of students across the county, CCHS Senior Jeremy Brower is hard to miss. ... Read more
Nikki Tjin a Djie: Champion of the Underdogs
FeaturesProfile Features December 6, 2016
BY SABRINE BRISMEUR One thing about senior Nicole “Nikki” Tjin a Djie is certain: she isn’t easily defined. “I want to give a voice to the underdog and the outcast,” she says, wringing her hands and giving off an aura of vulnerable, flattered sheepishness that doesn’t quite match with... Read more
BY DARIAN SABLON It’s five in the morning, the sun is hidden away by the clouds, and there is barely anyone in sight. Most students would still be sleeping around this time, snoring their last few hours away. However, in the low lit streets of Cooper City, there is... Read more
ROTC Hosts Summer Camp to Train Cadets
FeaturesGeneral Features October 10, 2016
BY SOPHIA WENGIER The serious faces and disciplined movements of the ROTC cadets portray a feeling of unrelenting pride in their program and country. While our ROTC upperclassmen perform with an ease and dexterity that seems almost innate, every member of the program had to begin somewhere. For many... Read more
Cooper’s Newest Assistant Principal
FeaturesProfile Features September 19, 2016
BY LINDSEY HANNAH There is a fresh addition to the administrative team at Cooper City High School. It may be hard to know who I’m talking about with so many new faces on campus this year, so here are some clues: she has a doctorate, plays seven sports, and... Read more
A New Face to CCHS Food
FeaturesProfile Features September 12, 2016
BY SABRINE BRISMEUR Cooper City High School’s gray brick cafeteria walls and cardboard food trays may seem a long way from the soft wooded walls and hand-made calzones of Pembroke Pines’s beloved Italian Caffé, but CCHS’ new cafeteria manager, Modestina Cariati is looking to change all that. Cariati... Read more
Hurricane Hermine Hits Home
FeaturesGeneral Features September 6, 2016
BY NOAH CASTAGNA As Hurricane Hermine tears its way up the Gulf, many former Cooper City High students are making the mad dash to throw up their shutters and stock up on essentials like water, canned foods, and batteries, as well as preparing themselves to make productive use of... Read more
Not Your Average Joe: CCHS Senior Joe Torres Ascends to MIT and Beyond
FeaturesProfile Features May 26, 2016
BY KENDYL COUNTS Under studio lights a curly-haired boy stands alert, his hand hovering above a buzzer. As if by a feat of clairvoyance, his hand slams the buzzer and he answers correctly, even after receiving only a fragment of a hint. His knowledge is boundless and he knows... Read more
Zoe Hobson: Queen of the Court
FeaturesProfile Features April 21, 2016
BY SOPHIA WENGIER The walls of Cooper City High School’s gymnasium are covered with posters cheering on our beloved volleyball team and the stands are full of excited fans, waiting in anticipation for the game to begin. Zoe Hobson stands huddled with her team, looking into the eyes of... Read more
BY LINDSEY HANNAH This is not the Max Mickenberg I imagined I would be interviewing in a stuffy classroom one sweltering Friday afternoon. “I want to be the first cowboy astronaut on the moon,” he responds casually when I inquire about his career goals. In the stead... Read more
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