Tuesday, April 21, 2015

CY CREEK INCLUDED AMONG MOST CHALLENGING HIGH SCHOOLS

For the second consecutive year, both Cypress Woods and Cypress Creek high schools were ranked among the top 2,300 most-challenging U.S. high schools, according to theWashington Post annual Challenge Index.
The Challenge Index, assembled by Post education columnist Jay Mathews, is determined by dividing the number of Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests taken by all students at a school in 2014 by the number of graduating seniors that year. Schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000, meaning they are in the top 10 percent of approximately 22,000 public high schools measured in the same way.
The Index includes a subsidized lunch percentage that determines the percentage of students receiving federally subsidized meals and an equity and excellence percentage that shows the portion of all graduating seniors that had at least one passing grade in one AP or IB test.
Cypress Creek and Cypress Woods were among 169 Texas schools featured in the Challenge Index, and the only two CFISD representatives for the second straight year.
Cypress Woods ranked at 1,021 with an index of 2.349, earning an equity and excellence percentage of 34.9 and a subsidized lunch percentage of 19.
Cypress Creek ranked at 2,056 with an index of 1.272, an equity and excellence percentage of 22.3 and a subsidized lunch percentage of 45.
Visit the Washington Post Education blog for a full list of Challenge Index rankings. 

District Track Meet Results

CFISD boys’ and girls’ track and field athletes qualified for the area track and field meet after placing in the top four of their respective events at the District 17-6A Championships, held April 13-15 at Cypress Ranch High School.

In the boys’ competition, Cypress Falls High School placed first with 130 points, followed by second-place Langham Creek High School (110) and third-place Cypress Woods High School (88).
Cypress Springs High School won the girls’ competition with 115 points, followed by second-place Cy-Fair High School (82) and third-place Cypress Woods (68).
The top four individuals in each event from both District 17-6A and District 18-6A will compete in the area meet, scheduled for April 24 at Cypress Falls High School. The top four finishers from each event at the area meet will advance to the Region III-6A Championships, set for May 1-2 at Turner Stadium in Humble.
The following Cy Creek athletes will advance to the area meet:

Boys
400-meter dash
·         3rd place DaSean Lynch-  49.24
High jump
·         1st place Jordan Thomas - 6-04
·         4th place J.P. Hite - 6-02

Girls
100-meter dash
·         3rd place Teressia Grant-Corsey  - 12.31
200-meter dash
·         2nd place Amber Ivy - 24.81
400-meter dash
·         1st place Amber Ivy - 54.76
3,200-meter run
·         2nd place Kendra Long - 11:31.11
Triple jump
·         4th place Darrian Johnson -  35-01.5
Shot put
·         1st place Meia Gordon - 47-10.5
Discus
·         1st place Meia Gordon - 156-07.5


CY CREEK GIRLS WATER POLO ARE REGIONAL CHAMPS


The Cypress Creek girls’ water polo qualified for the state tournament after placing first in the TISCA Region 2 Water Polo Tournament.
April 20, 2015—The Cypress Creek High School girls’ water polo team won first place in the Texas Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (TISCA) Region 2 Water Polo Tournament, held April 16-18 at the FLEET Swim Center.
Cy-Fair High School was the girls’ runner-up, with Jersey Village finishing fourth after third-place The Woodlands.
In the boys’ tournament, Jersey Village High School placed second behind champion The Woodlands.
The top four teams qualified for the state tournament, set for May 1-2 at the UT Swim Center in Austin.
Cypress Creek head coach Jeff Chandler credited the defensive play of Gaby RenteriaSydney CoachmanWhitney Dore’ and Julianna Tichenor and the offensive play of Dore’Coachman and Brooke Brown for leading to the title.
“All the kids played their hearts out this past weekend,” Chandler said. “The girls were able to repeat as regional champions and qualify for state. The boys played outstanding defense all tournament and fairly good offense, they just couldn't hit their shots. They played hard and will be back next year. Both teams only graduate one senior.”
Chandler was named the All-Region 2 Girls Coach of the Year, while Chandler and Jersey Village coach Stuart Webb shared Boys Coach of the Year honors.
The following student athletes were named to the all-tournament teams:
Girls
First Team
  • Whitney Dore’, Cypress Creek; Sydney Coachman, Cypress Creek; and Jenny Cary, Jersey Village.
Second Team
  • Christina Lewandowski, Jersey Village; Ellie Tuchaai, Jersey Village; and Linden Overbey, Cy-Fair.
Honorable Mention
  • Katelyn Klewitz, Cypress Woods; Jordan Hoye, Jersey Village;Danielle Wilkerson, Cypress Creek; Gaby Renteria, Cypress Creek; and Madeline Munchrath, Jersey Village.

Boys
First Team
  • Todd Coachman, Cypress Creek; Wesley Hertel, Jersey Village; and Aidan Huber, Cypress Creek.
Second Team
  • Josh Bolado, Jersey Village; Reece Dubaniewicz, Jersey Village; and Shane Spees, Jersey Village.
Honorable Mention
  • Zacki Housammy, Cypress Creek; Justin Spence, Cy-Fair; Zac Hawes, Cypress Creek; and Michael Lewandowski, Jersey Village.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Girls Varsity Tennis wins District

Our Varsity Tennis girls did it last night in our District Championships winning 1st and 2nd place in girls doubles.  Leyla Martinez and Lydia Mireles won 1st place and Lauren Metz and Hannah Flinn won 2nd place.

They all qualify to play at Regionals next week (Tuesday & Wednesday).
We narrowly lost the overall girls division to Langham Creek by 1 point.

Congratulations the Varsity Tennis Team for a great season and good luck at Regional next week at Deer Park.

Technology Student Association Students Advance to Nationals

This past weekend Cy Creek's Technology Student Association sponsored by Mike Daniels was in Waco, TX for their state competition. Being the first year for TSA since 2006, Creek did an outstanding job placing for nationals.

1st place winners:
  • Doel Cora
  • Danny Corrales
  • Andres Del la Garza/Arthur Larochelle 
  • Josan Jasdeep
  • Demarco Pelmore
  • Daniel Vaughan

2nd place winner:
  • Daniel Vaughan    

3rd place winners:
  • Joseph Barber
  • Jose Varelas

4th place winner:
  • Jared Morgan

5th place winner:
  • Julio Moncayo



Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Speech and Debate Team Members Qualify for Nationals

Over the last month, the Cy-Creek Speech & Debate Team has competed at 2 separate competitions to qualify students for the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament to be held in Dallas this June.  Students qualify by competing at districts against 30+ other schools. Cy-Creek now has the following national qualifiers:

District Champions: 
  • Congressional Debate (House): Daniel Lehmann
  • Humorous Interpretation: Thomas Linden
  • Original Oratory: Avneet Randhawa


2nd Place: 
  • Congressional Debate (Senate): Harland Ashby


3rd Place: 
  • Congressional Debate (House): Colin Price

In addition, Cy-Creek won the District Congressional Debate Team award this past Thursday.


Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Cy Creek Wins District Academic UIL Meet

Cypress Creek High School won the District 17-6A Academics Spring Meet, held March 27-28 at Cypress Creek, compiling 279 points for first place.
Cypress Creek was followed by second-place Cypress Woods (254) and third-place Cy-Fair (242). The remaining team standings were as follows:
  • Cypress Ranch, fourth place, 192; 
  • Langham Creek, fifth place, 189; 
  • Cypress Falls, sixth place, 144; 
  • Jersey Village, seventh place, 128; 
  • Cypress Lakes, eighth place, 46; 
  • Cypress Springs, ninth place, 35; 
  • Cypress Ridge, 10th place, 14.
The following students qualified for the Region III Academics Meet, scheduled for April 24-25 at Cypress Woods High School:

Individual Event Winners:

Individual Events Place Name
Accounting
  1 Austin Heath
  3 Jessica Klohn
Calculator Applications
  3 Jacob English
  5 Jennifer Ren
Current Issues   1 Daniel Lehmann
  5 Harland Ashby
Editorial Writing   1 Miranda Duncan
  5 Libby Sullivan
  6 Rosalind Williamson
Headline Writing
  2 Hala Kahn
  3 Colin Morris
Informative Speaking
  2 Harland Ashby
  4 Colin Price
  5 Daniel Lehmann
Mathematics
  2 Jacob English
News Writing
  1 Lydia Estepp
  5 Chloe Trejo
  6 Colin Morris
Persuasive Speaking
  3 Armando Mendoza
Poetry Interpretation
  5 Jarod Carney
Prose Interpretation
  1 Avneet Randhawa
Ready Writing
  1 Connor Seymour
  5 Rosalind Williamson
Biology
  1 Shaikh Islam

Team Winners:

Event Place
Calculator Applications 1
Current Issues 1
Cross Examination Debate 3
Journalism 1
Speech 2

Cosmetology Students Successful at the State Skills USA Competition

Congratulations to our Cosmetology students who placed in the Skills USA State Competition in Corpus Christi, on March 26, 2015.

1st Place Fantasy Multi               

Name

Project Title

Vernice Aburto
The Hunger Game
Joelma Avelar
The Hunger Game
Markesia Reese 
The Hunger Game
Brooke Terry
The Hunger Game
Vanessa Zuniga
The Hunger Game
Jordin Taylor
Candyland (Mr Red)
Maricarmen Veldezquez
Sea Creatures
Vania Maldonado
Sea Creatures
Marisol Maldonado
Sea Creatures
Kerrighan Burks
Fairyland Forest
Crystal Jilek
The Tree of Life
Avion Lowrence
Queen of the Nile
Destiny Saldana
Ice Princess
Rosie Solis
Galaxy Girl


2nd Place Fantasy

Dezihra Morant
Queen of Hearts
Janae' Jones
Candyland (Tropical Skittle)
Taylor Williams
Candyland ( Mr. Orange)

Cy Creek Theater Team advances to District Level Competition

Cy Creek Theatre Department competed in the UIL One Act Play, zone level, competition last week. They are one of three advancing schools to District level competition. Other awards received were:  Best Technical Crew. Additionally, Kaci Jackson, Courtlin Parisher, and Ally Fleischhauer individually received All Star Cast Awards and Rebekah Cook individually received Best Technician for Cy Creek.  The District competition will be April 8th at 4:00pm at the Berry Center.   They are also performing the play here at Creek on April 16th at 7:00.  Faculty and staff get in for free at the Berry Center and here at Cy Creek.

Girl's Varisty Soccer Team advances to Area Championship Game


The Girl’s Varsity Soccer Team ended their regular season with a 11-1-1 district record.  We won our Bi District Playoff game against Aldine MacArthur 6-1 last Friday, and will be playing for the Area Championship Title on Thursday, April 2nd, at 5:00pm at Rhodes Stadium in Katy.