Cypress Lake High School

Cypress Lake High School
Address
6750 Panther Lane Fort Myers, Florida, 33901 USA
Coordinates	26°32′31″N 81°54′07″W / 26.542°N 81.902°W / 26.542; -81.902Coordinates: 26°32′31″N 81°54′07″W / 26.542°N 81.902°W / 26.542; -81.902
Information
School type	public, secondary magnet[1]
Opened	1963
School district	Lee County
NCES District ID	1201080[1]
Superintendent	Joseph Burke, Ed.D.[2]
NCES School ID	120108001150[1]
Principal	Tracy Perkins[3]
Teaching staff	72.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Gender	coed[1]
Enrollment	1603[1]  (2009-10)
Student to teacher ratio	22.11:1[1]
Campus type	suburban[1]
Color(s)	purple      gold      white
Team name	Panthers
Publication	The Cypress Chronicles[4]
Yearbook	'Cypressonian[5]
Website	http://cyh.leeschools.net

Cypress Lake High School is a secondary school located in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. Cypress Lake High School is a high school in the South Zone specializing in five arts programs: Media Arts, Music, Dance, Theater, and Visual Arts.

Cypress Lake High School used to be a separate school from Cypress Lake Center for the Arts. The two schools had separate principals at one time. Students from the art school would, walk to the regular high school to take academic classes.

Recently the school has undergone several renovations to improve its appearance. In August 2007 it was announced that MTV's Made was holding auditions for the students. On September 11, 2007 the auditions were held in the school's auditorium.

Cypress Lake high School's "Center for the Arts" program is notable for producing contestants on singing and dance programs for U.S. television.

Cypress Lake has AP programs, foreign language classes (including French, Spanish, German, and Latin), and a large ESOL program. The school received a top score in the Florida grading system until the 2009-2010 school year, since which the school has received a "B" grade every school year.

Center for the Arts

Cypress Lake High School's secondary campus, the Center for Arts, is exclusively for students majoring or minoring in one of the arts programs, is located North of the main campus and consists of five distinct departments.

Media Arts: The Media Department specializes in television production and digital editing. The department's video editing technique is non-linear, using Adobe Premiere. The department has a full-sized television studio, with three cameras and a fully functional control room, as well as a full computer lab with top-end desktops.

Music: The Music Department has music theory programs as well as band, choral, and orchestral ensembles. In 2003 the Camerata Orchestra was invited to National Orchestra Festival. The a cappella choir also received national recognition. In 2009 the Cypress Lake Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall for the National Band Festival and selected as 1 of 18 ensembles in the country to play over hundreds of applicants that auditioned and were judged by the top professors and judges in the country.

Dance: The Dance Department teaches Ballet, Choreography, Dance Tech, and Repertory. There are two large dance floors and instructors. Shows are put on in Cypress' Auditorium.

Theatre: The Theatre Department instructs students in the dramatic arts, and stages many performances each year. The Department holds a modular theater (nicknamed the "Black Box" for its appearance) and an outdoor amphitheater.

Visual Arts: The Visual Arts Department teaches the crafts of drawing, painting, pottery, computer graphics, digital art, photography and a variety of other mediums. The department has a dark room to develop pictures, and computers for digital art and research. Every year they hold various art shows and at the end of the year a senior art show featuring the artwork of the graduating class.

Notable alumni

• Charles Ghigna - poet and children's author known as "Father Goose;" taught English at Cypress Lake High School, 1967-1973
• Jan Hooks of Saturday Night Live
• Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the Beltway snipers.
• Vonzell Solomon of American Idol, Season 4
• Marquis Cunningham of So You Think You Can Dance

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Cypress Lake High School". Statistical analysis. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 2009-10. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&City=Fort+Myers&State=12&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=120108001150. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Superintendent". Directory. The School District of Lee County. 2011. http://Superintendent.leeschools.net/. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
3. ^ "Administration". Directory. Cypress Lake High School. 2011. http://cyh.leeschools.net/pages/admin.htm. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
4. ^ "The Cypress Chronicle". Activity homepage. Cypress Lake High School. 2011. http://cyh.leeschools.net/pages/Clubs_activities/The%20Cypress%20Chronicles/Chronicles_Home.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
5. ^ "Yearbook". Activity homepage. Cypress Lake High School. 2011. http://cyh.leeschools.net/pages/Clubs/yearbook_website/pages/home.htm. Retrieved 23 August 2011.