Cypress Woods High School

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Cypress Woods High School is a secondary school located in Cypress, which is an unincorporated place in Harris County, Texas, near Houston.

The principal of Cypress Woods is Sue McGown; Sue McGown was previously the principal of Hamilton Middle School before being promoted to the principal of Cypress Woods High School^[1] . The school mascot is the Wildcat. CFISD already has plans to build two additional high schools; Cypress Ranch High School will relieve Cypress Woods when it opens in fall 2008^[2] .

[edit] History

Cypress Woods, announced in 2005 as Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District High School #8, is part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. The school opened on August 16, 2006 due to rapid growth of CFISD^[3] . The 504,626 square foot campus was built at a cost of 50.9 million United States dollars^{[4] [5]} by Pepper-Lawson Incorporated on a 182-acre site. The campus was designed by PBK.

Future students voted for the school mascot^[6] . The Wildcat was chosen as CWHS's mascot. The board of trustees approved crimson and gold as the school colors^[7] .

CWHS relieved Cy-Fair High School and Cypress Falls High School.

CWHS opened to grades 9 and 10, phased in grade 11, and will phase in grade 12. The first graduating class will be during the 2008-2009 school year. About 140 staff members (including 100 teachers) served about 2,100 students when Cypress Woods opened.

[edit] Athletics

Cypress Woods competes in the 17-5A athletic district. It is regarded as "the new kid on the block" of this district due to the newness of its program and the lack of upperclassmen. Yet they still compete well against the other schools in the district.

[edit] Neighborhoods served

Several master-planned subdivisions, such as Fairfield^[8] , Coles Crossing^[9] , Lakewood Glen^[10] , Lakewood Oaks Estates^[11] , Longwood, Northlake Forest, Rock Creek^[12] , Stablegate, and Sydney Harbour^[13] , are zoned to CWHS.

[edit] Feeder patterns

As of 2006^[14] :

Elementary schools that feed into Cy-Woods include:

• Ault
• Black
• Farney
• Keith
• Robison
• Sampson
• Hamilton (partial)
• Lamkin (partial)

Middle schools that feed into Cy-Woods include:

• Spillane
• Goodson
• Hamilton (partial)

[edit] References

1. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Cypress Ranch. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
3. ^ [2]^{[dead link]}
4. ^ [3]^{[dead link]}
5. ^ 22 Cypress Woods High School: Cost: $51 Million - Simon Eyes Second Georgetown Project - Revenue, Rank, Ratings, Market Sector, Market Share, Market Size, Industry Trends and Analysis. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
6. ^ [4]^{[dead link]}
7. ^ [5]^{[dead link]}
8. ^ New Homes in Northwest Houston Texas. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
9. ^ http://www.colescrossing.com/home.html
10. ^ Lakewood Glen : Home. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
11. ^ Lakewood Oaks Estates. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
12. ^ http://www.rockcreektx.com
13. ^ Sydney Harbour: Waterfront homes, lakefront Homes, lakeside, Houston, Cypress, tile roof, texas, homes, community. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
14. ^ Attendance - Maps. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.

[edit] External links

• Cypress Woods High School
• Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Website

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