Cypress Creek High School Community Brief |
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March 8-11: Decades Spirit Week!
March 12: Student Holiday (Teacher Workday)
March 12: Curbside Meal distribution for spring break on campus from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (please see below)
March 14: Daylight Savings Time (Move clocks ahead 1 hour)
March 15-19: Spring Break
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"Big 10 Spring Break Giveaway"
(10 breakfasts, 10 lunches, 10 suppers, 10 snacks)
Cypress Creek High School will be one of OCPS' Curbside Meal distribution sites for spring break. Distribution will be from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, March 12. So many of your favorites, so please get here early!
- Pizza pie
- Chicken teriyaki with rice
- Burritos
- Hot Pockets
- Lots of sandwiches
- Breakfast......
- Snacks
- Juice
- Milk
- Lots of fresh fruit and veggies
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Decades Spirit Week: Daily Themes
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March 4-8: PMA 3 (Super Six Classes)
March 9: ACT Non College Reportable School Day (Select Juniors and Seniors)
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Curbside Meals for Monday, March 8 |
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Monday, March 8: Curbside pickup on the bus loop at 2:40pm |
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The Cypress Creek Varsity Bears started their 2021 season with wins over East River HS, Lake Highland Prep School, and Colonial HS! |
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Our 2021 Volleyball Varsity Bears are:
- SR Zynh McCullough #10
- SR Shayo Asiru #24
- SR Daniel Williams #22
- SR Victor Cruz #7
- SR Armando Silva #24
- SR Marcos Fazio #19
- SR Andres Sampayo #21
- SR Anthony Ramirez #18
- SR Edgardo Cruz #12
- JR Marcus Dubois #23
- JR Deriel Concepcion #11
Please come out and support our Volleyball Bears!
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CCHS Art Students at the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival |
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This year's Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival will have a virtual segment and will then be held live later on May 14, 15, 16. As a result, a number of our talented Bear student artists will have their artwork on display twice!
Several examples of student artwork are pictured below, but please click here to view more of the pieces featured in our Virtual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival gallery. Awesome work Bears!
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Alexander Samuel, Class of 2005
Hi, my name is Alexander Samuel and I graduated from CCHS in 2005.
I was active in the band program and IB. I went on to UF and completed my bachelor’s and doctorate there and became a Dentist. I recently opened my dental practice in Lake Nona this past November 2020. My staff features two other CCHS graduates.
If any students are interested in Dentistry and the path to become one, I am available to talk! Thanks.
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Alexander Samuel, DMD - CCHS Class of 2005 |
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Dr. Samuel's dental office staff - two members of his team are also former CCHS Bears!
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Cypress Creek wants to encourage our current students to keeping pushing towards success even during the Covid pandemic.
If you graduated from Cypress Creek and would like to be feature in our "Bear in the Woods" section of future of this community brief and in our social media, please click on this link: https://forms.gle/aYgEZr81YpCFqPs88 and complete the Google form.
Your story can benefit our current students as they can draw insight from your message. Thank you and GO BEARS!
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Tutoring: LaunchED and Face-to-Face |
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Student Spotlight: Meet the Quizzly Bears!
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The Quiz Bowl is an academic competition (similar to Jeopardy) where teams compete in five at a time to answer questions about math, English, science, social studies, and humanities. Cypress Creek HS is represented by The Quizzly Bears, and they are hoping to improve on last year’s third place district finish. Their 2021 virtual season started with two very competitive matches against Dr. Phillips HS and The First Academy.
The Quizzly Bears are:
- Janapriya Vijayakumar - captain
- Zak Hanibali
- Mitchell Spector
- Landon Nayab
- Simon Ossa
- Taha Zulfiqar
- Ariana Vashista
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Captain - Janapriya Vijayakumar |
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Quizzly Bears sponsor - Mr. Dunlop |
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Social Emotional Learning Tip of the Week: |
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Cypress Creek's amazing 3D art teacher, Mr. Jesus Marin, has a piece of his personal artwork "My Angel Timeless" on display at Switzerland's ArtBox Gallery!
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Looking Ahead to Summer . . . |
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Paid Internship for Students |
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Is your family experiencing a transition in your housing situation?
You may qualify for assistance through the OCPS McKinney-Veto Program. The OCPS McKinney-Vento Program (MVP) provides supports to families currently in housing transition due to financial hardship.
MVP students have the right to immediate enrollment at their zoned school or school of origin, even without the required paperwork. MVP students can also receive free meals, and transportation to the school of origin. In addition, school supplies, hygiene items, and clothing is available for MVP students via the OCPS Kids’ Closet.
To find out if you qualify for this program, please complete a digital Student Residency Questionnaire (SRQ) found at this link.
If you need assistance with completing the form, you can call 407-317-3485 or email helphomeless@ocps.net.
For more information on the OCPS McKinney-Veto Program, watch this video:
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1) Unemployment rates by education group (just released for Feb.):
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Making sense of the chart for our Bears: Once per month, normally on the first Friday of a regular five-day business week, the government releases the unemployment percentages by level of education. They just did so Friday morning for the month of February 2021.The unemployment rate for those with a bachelor’s degree or higher slipped below 4% in February, showing that higher skilled workers continue to fare better in the pandemic economy. (When it comes to unemployment rates, lower percentages are viewed as more favorable.)
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2) Technology spinoffs from Mars missions. This one is for our talented Cypress Creek Robotics Club students and any of our Bears who love STEM or who are just interested in outer space exploration:
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3) Zoom video conferencing users in the hundreds of millions:
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A teacher in San Francisco, just like many here at OCPS, used Zoom to instruct her students remotely in October. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
Note: Many of our Cypress Creek students, teachers, and parents have used Zoom since the pandemic really began one year ago this month. It has become a household name by this point along with others like Microsoft Teams, Big Blue Button, etc.
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Monday's Motivational Moment |
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As March is Women's History Month, we close out this edition with some inspirational quotes from successful women for your consideration. Have a great week!
Sotomayor On Failure
You know, failure hurts. Any kind of failure stings. If you live in the sting, you will - undoubtedly - fail. My way of getting past the sting is to say no, I'm just not going to let this get me down.
Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Justice
Estefan On Attitude
In this life, I'm always going to choose the positive.
Gloria Estefan, singer
Lopez On Quitting
A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.
Nancy Lopez, professional golfer
Ochoa On Education
I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.
Ellen Ochoa, astronaut
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Phone 407-852-3400
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