The Bear Pride. 

Thurs., Jan. 24, 2019

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Cypress Creek High School
   

It's that time of year again to participate in the CCHS Parent AdvancEd Survey and we need a little help from our Cypress Creek parents & guardians.  
 
AdvancEd is an accrediting agency created to administer the surveys as part of the school accreditation process. Results will help Cypress Creek and OCPS with our current environment as they give us feedback on how to improve. The survey consists of demographic questions, followed by a number of questions that require a rating, concluding with an opportunity to respond to open ended questions. The survey is available in Arabic, English, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish.

We value your opinion and ask that you take few minutes complete this survey. All responses to this survey are anonymous. Our goal is to ensure that at least 20% of our Cypress Creek parents complete this survey. The survey link will be available through Friday, March 15, 2019.
 
 
Have a great weekend and thank you so much for your help with this year's survey. Your time is sincerely appreciated.  
 
In Bear Pride, 
 
Dr. W. John McHale
Principal
Cypress Creek High School

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Remember Bears . . .
"If you see or hear something suspicious or unusual, say something!"

Tutoring Reminder
 
MONDAY: Science/Social Studies/World Languages
TUESDAY: ELA/Reading/Electives
THURSDAY: Math

Celebrate Literacy Week '19
 
As part of the state of Florida's Annual Celebrate Literacy Week, we will be holding several events during lunch next week:
  • Monday, Jan 28: Reading Graffiti in the media center during lunch
  • Tuesday, Jan. 29: Poetry Slam in the media center during lunch
  • Wednesday, Jan. 30: Million Minute Reading Marathon all day in media center
  • Thursday, Jan. 31: Escape Room in the media center
  • Friday, Feb. 1: Literary Character Day - costume contest in the media center during lunch

 
STEM: Guest Speaker
Software Engineer speaks to our Bears . . .


Ms. Mendez with several of our Bears earlier this month

Beatris Mendez, an engineer from Microsoft and the Nuevo Foundation Organization, recently spoke with a number of our students. She held training during January's MPLC covering basic coding and the importance of STEM related careers. Several parents also attended a session on the application process for the Dual Enrollment program through Valencia College and the Orange Technical College.




Third Quarter Testing

January 29: ACCESS for ELLs - Reading and Writing (ALL ELL students)
 
January 31: ACCESS for ELLs - Listening (ALL ELL students)
 
February 4: PERT (For Dual Enrollment & 10th-12th Graders who have not passed Algebra 1 EOC)  
 
Jan. 28-Mar. 14: ACCESS for ELLs - Speaking Window (ALL ELL students- exact dates/times TBD)   
February 26: FSA ELA Writing Retakes - 11th & 12th Graders who have not passed FSA ELA  
 
Feb. 28-Mar. 1: FSA ELA Reading Retakes - 11th & 12th Graders who have not passed FSA ELA
(NOTE: FSA ELA Writing & both sessions of Reading are required to get credit for the assessment)  
 
March 4-5: FSA EOC Algebra 1 Retakes (Students who have not passed the assessment)  
 
March 6: SAT School Day (ALL 11th Graders and 12th Graders who have not passed FSA ELA and/or Algebra 1 EOC)  
 
March 11-13: Performance Matters Assessment (PMA) Block Schedule (For students in any of the following classes: 9th Grade English, 10th Grade English, US History, Biology, Algebra 1, and/or Geometry) 
 
Acronyms:
ELA - English Language Arts
EOC - End of Course Exam 
ELL - English Language Learners
FSA - Florida Standards Assessment 
PERT - Postsecondary Education Readiness Test  
 
 
Theatre
Upcoming events

Jan. 28: Our original production with the Justice Project (below).




Feb. 9: Play in a Day (7 p.m.). Students have only 24 hours to write, direct, and produce a short play before they are open to the public!

Mar. 1-2: Our Blackbox production of "Nothing is the End of the World (Except the End of the World)"


Principal McHale Recognized for Supporting the Arts
Please congratulate Dr. McHale when you next see him. He has been selected as a 2019 Arts Principal Award Winner by the UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.

This award recognizes principals who support and promote arts education and arts participation in their schools. He will have a Principal's Breakfast, receive an award, and our program will get $1,000.00!

We in the performing arts department consider ourselves lucky to have such a supportive Principal.

Congrats Dr. McHale!!

~ Jeff Williams, CCHS Musical Theatre & Technical Theatre Design
 
 
"We believe that all students, regardless of ethnicity or socioeconomic status, deserve equitable access to the highest quality arts education taught by best-in-field certified arts teachers."

~ OCPS Visual & Performing Arts Educators

 
Bear Vital Signs
Weekly attendance rates


Jan. 18
Jan. 11
Dec. 20
Dec.14
Direction
9th Gr.
89.6%
90.8%
81.4%
91.7%
Slowing
10th Gr.
88.6%
92.0%
78.8%
89.2%
Slowing
11th Gr.
86.0%
88.5%
78.9%
87.6%
Slowing
12th Gr.
78.5%
87.9%
74.6%
85.6%
Slowing

* Includes excused and unexcused absences as both result in lost instructional time. 


"Teacher effectiveness is the strongest school-related determinant of student success, but chronic student absence reduces even the best teacher's ability to provide learning opportunities. Students who attend school regularly have been shown to achieve at higher levels than students who do not have regular attendance."



Attention Seniors!
By Talani Nelson
College & Career Specialist / School Counselor


In the event you were unaware, every few weeks we update our bulletin for seniors that contains a great deal of useful information; even more important now that we are into the second semester!

In this latest issue you will find information on:
  • Valencia College - latest Valencia happenings, workshops, scholarships, etc.
  • FAFSA completion incentives
  • Leadership programs
  • Internships and fellowships
  • Upcoming scholarships and application details
  • And more!

 
Math Team Enters State Competition Next Week!

This month the Math Competition Team competed at Regionals held at Hudson High School and have qualified to go to the State competition at the University of Florida on Jan. 31 to Feb 1.  

GOOD LUCK IN GAINESVILLE BEARS! 
 

Debate Team
January 19 competition results!


Suhaah Nadir placed 2nd in Declamation.
 
Joel Beaudry placed 5th in Original Oratory.


Debate coach Steven Barron (Cypress Creek English II/English II Honors teacher) with team members Joel Beaudry, Lucia Urdaneta, Minhanh Nguyen, Alejandrea Udan, Suhaah Nadir, and Anjiya Pirani

** Last competition is 2/9/19. 


Cypress Creek High School Remembers the Challenger
January 28, 1986 (next Monday is the 33rd anniversary of the disaster)


Challenger's service to America's space program ended in tragedy on Jan. 28, 1986. Just 73 seconds into mission STS 51-L, a booster failure caused an explosion that resulted in the loss of seven astronauts, as well as the vehicle.

Crew members:
Dick Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe

 
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