Cypress Falls High School

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Cypress Falls High School
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Cypress Falls High School
9811 Huffmeister Road
Houston, TX 77095

United States
Coordinates 29°55′07″N95°37′54″W / 29.9186°N 95.6316°W / 29.9186; -95.6316
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Type Public high school
MottoWe Are One
Established1992
School district Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
PrincipalBecky Denton
Faculty202.91 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,893 (2020–21) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.126 [1]
Color(s)   Green & Gold
Athletics UIL 6A
Athletics conference University Interscholastic League
Team nameGolden Eagles
Website www.cfisd.net/cyfalls

Cypress Falls High School is a secondary school in an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, United States. [2] [3] The current principal is Ms. Becky Denton. Cypress Falls is part of the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District, which started during the late 19th century with a school named "The Cypress School". Originally, there were only 12 schools and it is now one of the largest districts in Houston, Texas. [4]

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The school's mascot is the golden eagle and their colors are green and gold.

Cypress Falls offers several different extracurricular resources to enhance the student and parent experience. The principal maintains a blog on the high school's website to help keep the parents connected and people informed in general. [5]

History

Opening of school and National Blue Ribbon

The school opened in 1992, becoming the fourth addition to the Cypress Fairbanks ISD high schools. George Hopper opened the school as the first principal on August 24, 1992. [6] Cypress Falls was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1999-2000. [7]

Rezoning

Cypress Woods High School relieved Cypress Falls when it opened in fall 2006. [4]

In 2016, as part of high school rezoning, a portion of Cypress Falls's attendance zone was reassigned to Cypress Ranch High School and another portion was reassigned to Langham Creek High School. [8] [9]

2016 Flood Damage and Hurricane Harvey

This school and Cy-Fair High School were the two high schools in the district that had the most damage, and more importantly, out of all of the schools in the entire district, Cypress Falls faced the most damage during the April 2016 North American storm complex on April 18, 2016.

Three feet of water was standing in the school auditorium, which resulted to damage and removal of the floor. Two wooden gym floors had to be replaced as well. They also had to cut out some of the drywall and disinfect it. [10]

In August of 2017, the first day of school was postponed for students at Cypress Falls due to Hurricane Harvey. The school opened on September 11, 2017. [11]

Academics

For the 2018-2019 school year, the school received a B grade from the Texas Education Agency, with an overall score of 87 out of 100. The school received a B grade in each of the three performances domains, with a score of 89 for Student Achievement, 87 for School Progress, and 81 for Closing the Gaps. The school received three of the seven possible distinction designations for Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in Social Studies, and Top 25%: Comparative Academic Growth. [12]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2,866 students enrolled for 2022-2023 was:

64.0% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. For 2022-23, Cypress Falls was a Title I school. [1]

Feeder patterns

[ needs update ] Schools that feed into Cypress Falls include: [13]

Extracurricular activities

During the school year of 2010-2011, Cypress Falls was the only school in its district to have all levels of its music department (band, orchestra, and choir) receive sweepstakes at their UIL Contest.

The Cypress Falls High School varsity men's choir performed at the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) 2012 Clinic and Convention on Feb. 10 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Selected from hundreds of submissions from across the state, the choir performed a concert before thousands of Texas music educators and students. Additionally, the Cypress Falls High School Varsity Women's choir performed at the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) 2015 Clinic and Convention at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio in February 2015. Selected from hundreds of submissions from across the state, the choir performed a concert before thousands of Texas music educators and students. In addition to performing at TMEA, the Varsity Women's choir also performed at the National American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) 2015 Convention in Salt Lake City in February 2015, as they were selected from thousands of submissions from across the nation. This is the first choir chosen from the Cypress Fairbanks ISD to perform at the national level. [14]

The Cypress Falls Golden Eagle Marching band 2015-2016 is the only Cypress-Fairbanks school to compete and place in finals in the Bands Of America Super Regional in Atlanta Georgia. They currently hold 22 consecutive UIL Sweepstakes and are active participants in the Texas UIL Marching Contest. [15]

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ "City of Houston City limits" (PDF). City of Houston. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2019-05-23. - The school is not in the Houston city limits.
  3. ↑ Home. Cypress Falls High School. Retrieved on May 24, 2019. "9811 Huffmeister Road Houston, TX 77095"
  4. 1 2 CFISD: Cypress Fairbanks ISD Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Cy Falls HS Resources
  6. ↑ "About Us / History". www.cfisd.net. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  7. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
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  9. ↑ "Final Recommendation 1-11-16 Archived 2016-12-31 at the Wayback Machine ." Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Retrieved on January 5, 2016. This document shows changes in attendance zones between 2015-2016 and 2017-2018.
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