Cypress Creek High School (Florida)

Cypress Creek High School is located in Orlando, Florida and serves students in grades 9 through 12.

Not to be confused with Cypress Creek Middle High School in Pasco County, Florida.
Cypress Creek High School
Location
Orlando
,
Florida

United States
Coordinates
Information
TypePublic Secondary
Established1992
School districtOrange County Public Schools
PrincipalDr. Walter John McHale
Teaching staff158.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment3,357 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio21.25[1]
Color(s)Maroon, Silver, Black, and White
MascotBear
RivalsFreedom High School, Oak Ridge High School, & Lake Nona High School
National ranking1651
MottoTo lead our students to success with the support and involvement of families and the community. To be the top producer of successful students in the nation.
WebsiteCCHS

Cypress Creek is an IB World School with an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.[2] As an IB World School, CCHS is a local magnet school allowing students from other Orange County, Florida schools to attend.[3]

Cypress Creek High School receives graduating students from Meadow Woods Middle School, South Creek Middle School and Walker Middle School. However, it is a magnet school, so students from surrounding middle schools (e.g. Hunters Creek Middle School, Freedom Middle School, Westridge Middle School, Lake Nona Middle School, Southwest Middle School) also attend Cypress Creek albeit in smaller numbers.

Band
The CCHS Marching Band at the Bands of America Orlando Regional in October 2000.

The Cypress Creek Marching Band is a seven-time Florida Marching Band Coalition Class 4A Champion (in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007, and 2010) and was named Grand Champion an unprecedented five times (1998–2002) before FMBC eliminated the Grand Champion title (now only class champions are named)[4] Fart The marching band was a Bands of America Grand Nationals Semi-Finalist two times, in 2000 and 2002, finishing in the top 20. Recently the Cypress Creek Marching Band was a Bands of America Orlando regional finalist placing 7th in 2018.[5]

The Cypress Creek Wind Ensemble has been guest-conducted by composers including Karel Husa (in 1996) and David Holsinger (in 2002). The group has performed at venues and festivals including Bands of America Marching and Concert Festivals in 1997 and 2000, and Carnegie Hall in April 2009. In 2011 the Wind Ensemble also performed for the second time at the Music for All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana.[6]

The Cypress Creek High School Winter Guard has competed in the Dayton, Ohio WGI World Championships since 1999. They have been finalists in the WGI competitions seven times since the school's opening.

IB Diploma Program

The IB DP at Cypress Creek is notably recognized as performing among the top 1% of IB schools worldwide in regard to graduation rates within the program. The program starts with the Pre-IB curriculum in the first two years of high school. Students enter the program officially in their Junior year. The program is outlined as follows:

The Cypress Creek German Program is also the largest German learning program in the state of Florida and among the most successful in national German language competitions.

Notable people
  • Amar'e Stoudemire, NBA basketball player, now playing for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroCup (Class of 2002),[7]
  • Jammie Kirlew (Class of 2005), football player[8]
  • Christopher Duffy (baseball) (Class of 2006), baseball player[9]
  • Mauricio Henao (Class of 2005), telenovela actor
  • Felix Gallardo
  • Eric McCurdy
  • Kristofer Iacobelli (Class of 2019), Cephalopod Lodge Member
  • Nicole Ayala (Class of 2019), Cephalopod Lodge Member
  • Alec Tarnowski (Class of 2019), Cephalopod Lodge Member
  • Brendan Engelhardt (Class of 2019), Cephalopod Lodge Member
  • Sanjay Chillar (Class of 2019), Wrestling Team Champion 2015-2019, Valedictorian 2019
  • Rahim al Jessani (Class of 2019), Founder of The Unfortuante Truth

References
  1. "Cypress Creek High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  2. "International Baccalaureate". Ibo.org. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  3. "Senior High Magnet Programs". Ocps.net. 2007-06-21. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  4. "2009 History". Floridabandtournament.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  5. Fortune, Erin. "2018 Bands of America Results". Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  6. "Music For All Invitation List". musicforall.org. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
  7. "Amare Stoudemire Info Page". NBA.com. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
  8. Jammie Kirlew Archived 2012-01-22 at the Wayback Machine IUHoosiers.com
  9. "Chris Duffy". ucfathletics.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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