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Monday, Apr. 1, 2019

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Cypress Creek High School
   
 
Welcome back Bears!  
 
This past week was our first school week since spring break and we have now completed week 1 of the last quarter to 2018-2019.  
 
With the new month of April, we officially begin "testing season" as we will be administering state and/or district assessments to all grade levels into May. However, exam types and testing dates do vary. Our first assessment is this coming Tuesday, April 2 as our freshmen and sophomores will be taking the ELA Writing component of the FSA.
 
As a continuing campus safety reminder at the start of a new quarter, we ask all students and family members to say something right away should you ever see or hear of something suspicious or unusual. Please tell any teacher, staff member, coach or our school resource officers. Our students' safety when at school is of the highest priority, so I thank you for your continued awareness.

I would like to thank all of those parents and guardians that took time out to complete our 2019 parent survey. Once we receive the combined results, we will do our best to incorporate this feedback into our school improvement plans. The time spent on this was greatly appreciated.  
 
Finally, for our Bears taking the FSA ELA Writing exam on Tuesday. You have done the work. Your teachers have you prepared. But remember to give yourself a last minute advantage. Get a good night's sleep Monday and arrive to school Tuesday morning on time having eaten a healthy breakfast at home or on campus. Last minute steps like these will give you that edge.
 
Have a great week!   
 
In Bear Pride, 
 
Dr. W. John McHale
Principal
Cypress Creek High School
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Theatre
Cypress Creek High School's production of West Side Story opens April 10th!



Cypress Creek's drama department has an exciting spring performance of the classic romantic musical tragedy prepared for our community beginning next week. This is something the entire family will really enjoy together and you can easily get tickets and seats online - click here. You do not want to miss this production . . . prepare to be thoroughly entertained!


Yearbooks
Yearbooks are on sale now until the end of the year (or when they sell out, whichever comes first) for $85.00.

You can either purchase them through balfour.com by selecting CCHS then the Yearbook icon and inputting your purchasing information from there, or through Schoolpay by searching for the Yearbook sales item on the school's list and manually inputting the amount of $85.00 and 2019 Yearbook purchase in the notes. If you would prefer to pay by cash, you can come to the school and ask for Amorette Rantanen during the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. She will collect the money from you, and give you a hand-written receipt.

* Yearbooks are set to arrive to the school the last week of April, and pre-orders will be filled first.


Prom

Prom this year will be May 18th at the Rosen Centre from 8 pm-12 am. This year's theme is Golden Touch! Ticket sales have started online at School Pay for $80 (one of the key links above). Cafeteria sales start April 29th and end May 10th. After May 5th, ticket prices go up to $90. Online sales end May 16th.




Class of 2019
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR OUR SENIOR CLASS

Seniors' Last School Day
* Last day for IB Seniors: May 1 (Long Wednesday - NO EARLY RELEASE).
* Last day for all Seniors: May 15 (Long Wednesday - NO EARLY RELEASE).

Note: There are required events after this date. The date for graduation rehearsal is to be determined.

Cap and Gown Buying
Purchase your cap and Gown from herfforlando.com. You MUST buy your caps and gowns from Herff Jones or they will not be the same color as everyone else and you will have to buy another one from them at a later date; possibly for more money. You may wear a cap and gown from a past graduate, but you must purchase this year's pieces directly from them when they are here in May. The separate pieces are not available to purchase online.

Note: If you purchase online, you will put in your own address, but the cap and gown part will be delivered to the school in May. More info. to come on how and when to pick that up.

*** IMPORTANT CHANGE ***

We will NOT be wearing the silver hood/stole as a whole class this year. This will be reserved for members of honor societies and they will be purchased through the honor society sponsor. We made this decision not only to honor students in honor societies, but to keep the overall price of the cap and gown to a minimum.

Prom
Prom tickets are now on sale on Schoolpay. Prom is May 18th, from 8pm to Midnight.

Senior Clearance
Senior Clearance ( MANDATORY): May 20th, 9 am to 1 pm in the gym (You will not need to be there for the entire time, it's about a 30-45 minute process and you come at anytime between 9 am and 1 pm - more information to come.)

BEFORE attending Senior Clearance:

* Textbooks -Turn in all textbooks to media center.

* Obligations - Pay all obligations at schoolpay.com ( Mandatory to graduate!)
~ If you need to know if you have any obligations, please email Ms. Beavers at [email protected]

* Laptop -Turn in laptop to media center before school (or at Senior Clearance).

In Naviance ( Launchpad.ocps.net)

* Complete OCPS Senior Survey (located in the 'About Me' section)

* If you are attending a college/university after high school, add the school to 'Colleges I'm Applying To' (located in the 'Colleges' section)

* Update the 'College I'm Attending' section

* Complete the FAFSA at fafsa.gov

* Complete the FFAA (Bright Futures application) at click here


WHEN AT Senior Clearance:

* Scholarships - At Senior Clearance, if you have received a scholarship from any school (even if you aren't attending that school), please bring the name and the scholarship award amount to your school counselor.

* Community Service - Senior Clearance is the deadline to turn in community service hours to your school counselor.

* Transcripts - At Senior Clearance, you will complete a final transcript form so that we can send your official final transcript to the school of your choice.

Graduation Rehearsal
* Graduation Rehearsal is MANDATORY for all graduating seniors! The date, time and place is to be determined.
* You do not need your cap and gown for rehearsal.
* This event is not for parents. It is just to practice for graduation and go over some reminders.

Graduation
Graduation will be Tuesday, May 28, 2019. It will be at 2:00 pm at the Amway Arena in downtown Orlando. Please keep in mind graduating seniors will need to be there FAR before 2:00pm to walk in the ceremony. This information will be given at graduation rehearsal.

** You will also need to participate in the MANDATORY Senior Clearance and Graduation rehearsal events.


Monday's Motivational Moment!

THE ELEPHANT ROPE

A gentleman was walking through an elephant camp, and he spotted that the elephants weren't being kept in cages or held by the use of chains. All that was holding them back from escaping the camp, was a small piece of rope tied to one of their legs.

As the man gazed upon the elephants, he was completely confused as to why the elephants didn't just use their strength to break the rope and escape the camp. They could easily have done so, but instead, they didn't try to at all.

Curious and wanting to know the answer, he asked a trainer nearby why the elephants were just standing there and never tried to escape.

The trainer replied;

"When they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free."

The only reason that the elephants weren't breaking free and escaping from the camp was that over time they adopted the belief that it just wasn't possible.

The lesson for our Bears? No matter how much the world tries to hold you back, always continue with the belief that what you want to achieve is possible. Believing you will become successful is the most important step in actually achieving it.

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