Windfern High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Windfern High School

district = Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District
principal = Martha Strother
type = Public secondary
established = 1995
city = Harris County (Houston address)
state = Texas
country = U.S.
grades = N/A
enrollment = ~200
campus = Suburban
free_label_1 = School hours
free_1 = 7:15–4:45
mascot = N/A
colors = N/A
free_label_2 = Address
free_2 = [http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=12630+Windfern+Rd,+Houston,+TX+77064 12630 Windfern Drive, Houston, TX 77064]
website = [http://schools.cfisd.net/windfern/ cfisd.net]

Windfern High School is a public secondary school located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.

Windfern High School, often referred to as Windfern, is an alternate campus of choice in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. Windfern's main campus focus is graduation.

Classes

The main difference in classes from a regular Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District high school campus is the class size. Classes at Windfern have an average of less than ten students per class with some classes having slightly more, and some having significantly less.

Classes at Windfern are two hours long, which is twice the length of a regular class at another Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District high school. With this, the typical year-long (August-May) classes that are taken at other high schools are taken in one regular (August-December, January-May) semester at Windfern. The semesters at Windfern typically run from August-October and October-December, for the first "long semester." In the second part of the year, another two semesters are completed in the January-May period with the semester break coming in March. There is no actual time off between semesters (except for the two-week Holiday break in December).

The unique structure of classes at Windfern allows a student who would have not graduated on time to "catch up" and actually graduate four years after they entered high school.Fact|date=April 2007

tudents

Windfern students are around the ages of 17-21, taking anywhere from one to five classes. A student typically transfers to Windfern because there has been something that kept them from graduating on time, or they are not going to graduate on time. The reasons for someone being behind are truly unique to each student. Therefore, an application process is employed to select which students would benefit from coming to Windfern.

A standard full Windfern course load is three two-hour classes. However, there are options to take classes before and after regular hours for those students who need to complete more classes in order to graduate. It is also not uncommon for a student to take only the one or two classes needed to graduate. Some students may arrive in the afternoon for a class, or may just come in the mornings. There is not a fixed regimen that all students must adhere to.

Campus

Windfern is located in the former Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Administration Building. Students utilize the parking lot of Pridgeon Stadium located directly adjacent to the school. Windfern is an open campus, meaning students are welcome to leave at certain times of the day. Classes start at 7:15 am and last until 4:45 pm. The majority of students, however, are in class between the hours of 8:10 and 2:30. Students are allowed one hour to eat lunch, which is usually eaten off campus because the former administration building offers limited food facilities.

Graduation

Windfern holds two graduations per year. One in December, for the students completing all of their coursework in the Fall semester and another in May for students finishing in the Spring semester.

Feeder Patterns

Windfern is not fed by any specific middle or elementary schools because one must go through the application process before being accepted as a student.

External links

* [http://schools.cfisd.net/windfern/index.stm Windfern High School Home Page]
* [http://schools.cfisd.net/windfern/letter.pdf More Information About Windfern (PDF)]
* [http://www.cfisd.net/ Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Home Page]