59th annual Founders Day celebration lights up Cooper City
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
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
School Duel: CCHS loses to MSD by an 80 point margin
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
Students spread positivity throughout Unity Week
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
DECA sweeps the state competition
BY TAMARAH WALLACE At the 58th Annual FL DECA Career Development Conference (CDC) in Orlando, Florida, CCHS DECA brought home a record number of national qualifiers. Out of 102 total CCHS competitors, 50 will be moving on to the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Atlanta, Georgia in late... Read more
Second annual Cooper City Pageant has two CCHS winners
BY SABRINE BRISMEUR After a successful first pageant last year, Cooper City once again hosted its now-annual pageant on Tuesday, March 6 in the CCHS auditorium, where several residents competed for the crowns of Little Miss Cooper City, Miss Cooper City Teen, Miss Cooper City and Mr. and Mrs.... Read more
Cowboy Television (CTV) prepares to take on STN
BY TAMARAH WALLACE Cowboy Television (CTV), CCHS’s broadcast journalism program, has left for their annual national competition hosted by the Student Television Network (STN). The five-day conference will see over 3,000 students among the previously heavily-awarded Cowboys. “STN is an exhilarating experience not only competing against... Read more
Members of CCHS FFEA and Pioneer Middle School’s FFEA meet for leadership exchange
BY KENDYL COUNTS The members of the CCHS Future Educators of America (FFEA) were ready to take on both the roles of teacher and student when they visited Pioneer Middle School on Tuesday, February 27, as part of their leadership exchange project. Praised as “so much fun” by FFEA... Read more
Governor Scott throws support behind gun policy proposals
BY NOAH CASTAGNA The Florida gun control debate has had its ups and downs in the days following a tragedy that thrust the issue into the fold of American political discourse once again, as it appeared Florida Governor Rick Scott was possibly ready to make concessions on the issue.... Read more
Clubs come together to host the first annual CCHS Met Gala
BY GENNA NORDLING On February 23, CCHS’s cafeteria was transformed into an art gallery and the auditorium into a runway. The first annual Met Gala allowed guests to silently bid on art, watch performances and enjoy a fashion show from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Before entering the cafeteria,... Read more