Doubles Winners at Klein Invitational Varsity Tennis Tournament

Following are winners from Friday's Klein Invitational Varsity Tennis Tournament.

1st Place - Girls "B" doubles - Lauren Metz and Hannah Flinn

2nd Place - Girls "A" doubles - Leyla Martinez and Lydia Mireles

Consolation winners - Boys "B" doubles - Max Miller and Rian Varner

Technology Student Association students advance to state competition

At the Technology Student Association competition, the following students won awards and will advance to State competition in April in Waco, Texas. Please congratulate them and wish them luck!

2nd place - Barber, Joseph     -made a wooden jewelry stand

1st place - Cora, Doel            -made a wooden Cy Creek Cutting Board

1st place - Corrales, Danny    -made a bucking cowboy out of metal

1st place - Del La Garza, Andres    -made a wagon to hold fishing poles

1st place - Hernandez, Brian    -made a wooden basketball trash can game from wood

1st place - Josan, Jasdeep    -made a LED Acrylic lighted Desk Nameplate

1st place - Moncayo Vega, Julio    -made a wooden mantle clock

1st place - Pelmore, Demarco    -made a Seattle replicate of the Space Needle from metal

1st place - Varelas Guerra, Jose    -made a wooden trey set

1st place on all 4 projects - Vaughan, Daniel    -made an acrylic pen, masonic dominoes, 2 wooden cutting boards

2nd place - Morgan, Jared    -made a CO-2 car

Maria Vu chosen as CFISD Student of the Week

Maria Vu

Cypress Creek High School senior Marie Vu plans to one day practice anesthesiology, and is well on her way to accomplishing her goal. She ranks in the top 1 percent of her class and was a nominee for the National Youth Leadership Forum Medicine and National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists Award of Excellence. A four-year veteran on the Cougars’ tennis team and an avid fan of music, Vu draws inspiration from the hard work of her mother.

School: Cypress Creek High School

Age: 17 

Grade: 12

Accomplishments: National Youth Leadership Forum: Medicine and National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists Award of Excellence nominee; earned AP Scholar with Honor Award; Presidential Citation Award through Interact Club; co-founded Abraham Alliance Club to promote peace between conflicting religions; ranked in top 1 percent of senior class.

Favorite class: Anatomy and Physiology. “I find learning new things about the human body interesting. Also, one of my favorite teachers happens to teach that class!”

Favorite things to do after class: Playing tennis and hanging out with my friends.

Favorite song: Blank Space by Taylor Swift

Favorite website: Etsy. “It allows me to browse and buy items that are handcrafted by individual shops.”

Favorite TV show: The Walking Dead. “It has a very captivating storyline that is atypical to any other TV show.”

Favorite movie: White Chicks. “I find that movie hilarious and entertaining. It can cheer me up when I'm feeling down.”

Ambition: “I aspire to become a doctor, particularly an anesthesiologist. Liver disease has been prominent in my family history, so I wish to study medicine or anything related to it in order to deepen my knowledge about these certain diseases.”

What topics/things are you passionate about? Medicine and diseases. “There are a vast amount of diseases prevalent around the world which cripple the lives of many hard-working people. I think it’s important that we continue studying and finding out more about these health issues, so one day, we may be able to lessen the damage inflicted by these diseases or even totally eradicate it.”

What inspires you? My mother. “Despite having to wake up at 5 a.m. for her job while raising four children who are either in college or almost in college, my mother still embodies a spirited individual. She consistently does work in and out of the house without a single complaint and encourages me every single day. I aspire to have the same determinism as my mother one day.”

What three things can’t you live without? Friends and family, music and my phone. “As cliché as it sounds, [friends and family] are always there to support me during the most stressful times of my life. Whenever I'm having a bad day, music is my ultimate source of comfort.”

Cy Creek wins GEM grant for digital credit recovery program

Cy Creek HS teacher Wendy Bruner assists two students during a special credit-recovery class funded in part by a GEM grant. 

Cy Creek HS is home to one of five winning teams of the 2014 GEM grants. The school's application sought to take advantage of existing district technology and provide students from grades 10-11 with a way to retake classes after school and on weekends instead of during summer school. Using campus computers and a CFISD-licensed digital credit recovery program, grant money was used to cover off-contract pay for teachers to provide instruction.

“These classes are a great opportunity for students to recapture credits during non-traditional hours,” said Richard Alcorn, Cy Creek assistant principal.

Alcorn led the team responsible for submitting the grant application.

The classes will continue through the remainder of the 2014-2015 school year.  

Pennies for Patients

Ms. Troquet kisses a goat to raise money for leukemia patients

The HOSA members participated in a fundraiser for raise money for Pennies for Patients, a service learning, character education and philanthropy program that gives students a unique experience by making a difference through teamwork—working together to aid thousands of children and adults in the fight against blood cancers like leukemia. All proceeds benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Through collections and the Goat Kissing event, the students raised approx $700.00. HOSA members Hosa members participated by collecting funds through collection boxes, collecting funds during lunches, coordinating  a teacher goat kissing event, and promoting the fundraiser throughout the school.

Academic All District Swimming and Diving Team

Cypress Creek High School swimmers Chase Gonzales, Jared Wallace, Riley O’Hara and Zachary Hawes celebrate their District 17-6A championship in the 200 medley relay event Jan. 31. All four swimmers were among the hundreds from CFISD who qualified for the Academic All-District 17-6A Swimming & Diving Team.

CFISD swimmers qualified for the Academic All-District 17-6A Swimming and Diving Team, released this week.

Swimmers named to the academic all-district team finished the season in good standing and earned a composite weighted grade point average of 5.5 or higher for all classes for the two identified six weeks that make up the majority of their regular season.

• Adam Wright
• Todd Coachman
• James Hunter Gildart
• Chase Gonzales
• Zachary Hawes
• Aidan Huber
• Parker Knight
• Ian Matson
• Riley O'Hara
• Cameron Sauer
• Jacob Sharar
• Jared Wallace
• Alexis Agueros
• Amy Barthelemy
• Maeve Giardina
• Sydney Coachman
• Whitney Dore
• Ashley Hansen
• Tara Howard
• Amanda Thome
• Maya Leung
• Alyssa Kohl
• Juliana Tichenor

Boys Basketball All District and Academic All District

CFISD boys’ basketball coaches released the All-District and Academic All-District 17-6A Boys’ Basketball teams today, following the conclusion of each team’s 2015 season.

Second Team All-District 17-6A.

• Dontae Diaz
• Alex Williams

The following athletes were named to the Academic All-District Team, meaning they finished the season in good standing and earned a composite weighted grade-point average of 5.5 or higher for all classes for the two identified six weeks that make up the majority of their regular season:

• Mike Battle
• Cameron Ellis
• Trevien Thomas

Lady Cougar Basketball team is proud to announce the all-district and all-state selections.

The Cy Creek Lady Cougar Basketball team is proud to announce the all-district and all-state selections!!

The Academic All-District selections with a GPA of 5.5 or higher are:

Soph.     Megan Dubrevil

Fresh.     Kristine Ezimako

Soph.     Aaliyah Gayles

Jr.          Nikki Harris

Sr.         Alec Lintz

Sr.         Kylie Millay

Jr.         Gretchen Nowroozi

Soph.   Morgan Prakonekham

Sr.         Caitlin Stephenson

Jr.          Tacara Toliver

Soph.    Jada Ward

Sr.         Samantha Weimar

Two of our seniors made the Academic ALL-STATE team! They are

Caitlin Stephenson

Samantha Weimar

Also, All-District picks are:

2nd team All-District--Aaliyah Gayles & Caitlin Stephenson

Honorable Mention All-District--Jada Nelson & Kristine Ezimako

Great job, ladies---you have made Cy Creek Proud!!

Students Earn Awards at Future Business Leaders of America State Competition

Cypress Creek High School's FBLA team won two first-place awards, two second-place awards and one fifth-place award at the FBLA State Leadership Conference in San Antonio March 5-7.

The State Competition for Future Business Leaders of America was held in San Antonio on March 5-7. These students won. First and Second place winners will advance to Nationals this summer in Chicago.

1^st place - Hospitality Management (team)

·         Alex Bridges

·         Andrea Tranchita

·         William Joseph

1^st place - Scrapbook

·         Madison Garrett

2^nd place – Marketing (team)

·         Austin Heath

·         Jessica Klohn

2^nd place Local Chapter Annual Business Report

·         Jessica Klohn

5^th place – Global Business (team)

·         Nick Bounds

·         Tyler Daughtry

·         Cesar Medina

STUDENTS COLLECT SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS

More than 150 CFISD students were among 1,357 regional winners from 18 Harris County school districts in the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, hosted by the Harris County Department of Education (HCDE).

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards provide teen artists and writers in grades 7-12 with the opportunity to showcase their work as it identifies and documents their outstanding achievements. The competition’s mission is to bring outstanding visual art and writing to a national audience by showcasing work and encouraging young students’ creative journeys and career development.

Students were recognized with Gold Key, Silver Key and honorable mention awards. In 2015, Harris County students earned 424 awards in writing and 933 awards in art. CFISD students won 170 of the 1,357 awards. The regional competition featured 4,256 entries, judged by local and national art and writing professionals who volunteered their time.

Gold Key art awardees (203); Gold Key writing awardees (80); and American Visions and American Voices nominees (10) will advance to the national competition in New York City. National medalists will be announced on March 16.

Gold and Silver Key Awards regional ceremonies will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 24 (art) and Feb. 25 (writing) at HCDE, 6300 Irvington.

The following Gold Key, Silver Key and honorable mention winners from Cy Creek are listed below:

Silver Key Winners for Photography:

Abby Metcalf:  Photography, Couple

Honorable Mention for Photography:

Tiffany Gillespie - Light Up The Night

Carly Jackson – Disappointment

Carly Jackson - Sunday Afternoon

Joshua Ramirez - Sadly Sam

Caly Strickler - Out On A Limb

Honorable Mention for Drawing and Illustration

Yashomati Mukhopadhyay - Self-Portrait

Gold Key Winner for Photography:

Abby Metcalf - Brother

Congratulations to our talented Cougars!