On Edge: Teen Anxiety On The Rise
NewsOff-campus February 23, 2012
BY RACHEL SHARPE When news reporter Holly Kammier was thirteen years old she experienced her first panic attack. Within a short period of time, her father threatened to hurt her, her parents filed for divorce and she found out she had two older brothers who were put up for... Read more
Florida Schools Implement New Test Requirements
NewsOff-campus February 23, 2012
BY BRANDON SLOANE The Florida Department of Education is implementing a new policy for all Florida high schools that will require each student to have a “college ready” score on either the SAT, ACT, or the new PERT (Postsecondary Education Readiness Test) exam by the end of their junior... Read more
BY EMILY PERL Cooper City High School has been awarded an “A” grade for having outstanding academic performance for the second year in a row. According to a Broward Schools Press release, “This year’s results highlight that 76.3% of Broward’s high schools earned a grade of ‘A’ or ‘B’... Read more
BY EMILY PERL CCHS’s National Honor Society Brain Brawl team reigned as champions of the South District, before losing to Stoneman Douglas High School On January 26th for state championship. The Brain Brawl is a competition that allows students in the National Honor Society to compete against other schools... Read more
BY JACKIE WEISER Junior Samantha Hall and freshman Sarah Sharpe are expressing their love for the arts by representing Cooper City High School through a unique program called Broward Teen Ambassadors. As Broward Teen Ambassadors, Hall and Sharpe get the opportunity to review shows at the Broward Center for... Read more
BY RACHEL SHARPE CCHS students will hit the runway next Thursday night for the Fashion Academy’s “Alice in Wonderland” themed fashion show, beginning at 7 p.m. in the CCHS auditorium. The second annual fashion show is put together by CCHS’s Fashion Applications students. The fashion academy has worked in... Read more
Operation GLASSES Comes Into Focus
NewsOff-campus December 13, 2011
BY JOSLYN TOMBACK CCHS students Brianne Rogosin, Marissa Cohen, and Jessica Weaver collected used spectacle frames to redistribute to those in need across the world in December with a project named Operation GLASSES. GLASSES is an acronym that stands for Giving Light and Sight So Everyone Sees. “We first... Read more
BY JESSICA WEAVER Through Cooper City’s Academy of Finance program, students learn about business and finance in order to become financially successful in the future. In an economy where 70 percent of American consumers are in debt, learning about finance at a young age is extremely beneficial. The... Read more
Playing A Losing Game: Pre-gaming Can Turn Dangerous Fast
NewsOff-campus November 9, 2011
BY ALYSSA FISHER You only live once. This mantra is heard throughout Cooper City High School, but it’s also what Tampa, Fla. resident John Templeton thought during his high school years as he drank with his friends before football games and other events. Like many other students his age,... Read more
BY RACHEL SHARPE Cooper City High School is set to receive a campus makeover. Plans for CCHS’s new building are underway and construction is expected to begin between January 9th and February 6th of 2012. According to Principal Wendy Doll, the project is awaiting permit submittal. “In order to... Read more
Instagram
Goodreads
You must be logged in to post a comment.