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When did Cypress Heights Academy begin?
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Is Cypress Heights a diocesan school?
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Is Cypress Heights state-accredited?
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How has Cypress Heights performed academically?
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How successful are students who graduate from Cypress Heights?
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What size is the largest class?
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How many students are enrolled at Cypress Heights?
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Is there financial assistance?
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Why does Cypress Heights have an executive director and a principal?
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Does Cypress Heights have an Open House?
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When should I register to attend Cypress Heights?
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How and when will I know if I have been accepted to Cypress Heights?
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Does Cypress Heights have a high school?
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Does Cypress Heights have a sport's program?
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Does Cypress Heights have programs for parents to get involved?
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Does Cypress Heights provide bus transportation?
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Does Cypress Heights have a hot lunch program?
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How many athletic championships has Cypress Heights won?
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Does Cypress Heights students perform any community service?
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When did Cypress Heights Academy begin?
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Cypress Heights Academy was founded in 1993 with an enrollment of eleven students. In 1998, Cypress Heights Academy became a Louisiana 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. You can read our history here.
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Is Cypress Heights a diocesan school?
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No. Cypress Heights is an independent, private school that teaches the Catholic Faith and is operated by lay Catholics. There are no legal or financial connections or obligations between the school and the diocese. We are faithful to the Holy Father and Magisterium of the Catholic Church and constantly strive to maintain a positive relationship with the diocese through our unwavering support and respect for our Bishop - always protective of his position and authority.
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Is Cypress Heights state-accredited?
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Yes. Cypress Heights is state-approved by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), in addition to being Brumfield-Dodd approved. We are currently working on several enhancements to prepare to apply for SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools)accreditation.
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How has Cypress Heights performed academically?
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Students at Cypress Heights have scored extremely well on the Stanford 10 Achievement Test (SAT). For example, last school year (08-09) 3 classes scored in the 8oth percentile (top 20% of the nation), 5 classes scored in the upper 75th percentile, and 1 class scored in the upper 65th percentile. Nationally, those students who score at the 50th percentile are considered average scoring students. Thus, on average, Cypress Heights students are scoring 25-30 percentile points above the average student nationally.
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How successful are students who graduate from Cypress Heights?
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Cypress Heights graduates have been accpeted to Catholic High School, St. Joseph's Academy, St. Michael the Archangel, Redemptorist, Baton Rouge Magnet, University Lab School, and several other schools. One specific example is out of 8 graduates who enrolled into a local diocesan high school, one student ranked #1 in the freshman class of 2007-08 and two students tied for 4th. Of the two that tied for 4th, one went to State Literary Rally for Algebra I and won! Another example, is a student who struggled in math at Cypress Heights, yet after moving on to a local high school went to district rally in mathematics. A third example is that many of our students move right into advanced placement. Further, a few other examples are: we've had a graduate from Christendom College, one in graduate school at University of La, one recently accepted to LSU Law School and another accepted at LSU Medical School.
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What size is the largest class?
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Cypress Heights has a maximum enrollment of 22 students per class. However, our average class size is approximately 13 students. Cypress Heights believes in high levels of personal attention and therefore, keeps class numbers as low as possible to develop the most personal relationship with each child.
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How many students are enrolled at Cypress Heights?
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Nearly 200 for the 2009-10 school year.
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Is there financial assistance?
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Yes. Cypress Heights offers limited financial assistance on a need-only basis. We use a 3rd-party company to help assess financial need. Once a student is offered admission to Cypress Heights, he may request financial assistance. There is a deadline for submitting application for financial assistance.
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Why does Cypress Heights have an executive director and a principal?
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As you may know, running a school is very difficult especially when you have so many souls in your care. Cypress Heights provides a unique opportunity for the principal to remain focused on the students, families and faculty; providing an atmostphere of personal attention and formation to each student. Thus, this allows the duties of business management, school operations, fundraising, marketing, purchasing, etc. (the business function of the school) to be handled by someone else-the Executive Director. Further, the Executive Director is in charge of ensuring the school remains focused on its mission of forming leaders to transform society and is the headmaster of the school. The result, a principal who is undivided and dedicated strictly to the formation and education of each child.
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Does Cypress Heights have an Open House?
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Yes. Cypress Heights Open House provides interested parents an opportunity to experience the school, learn about our pedagogy (teaching practice) and witness first-hand our wonderful environment. Please call our office at 225.755.1558 to find out when the next Open House is scheduled. We also have Open House tours every week that are scheduled throughout the semesters.
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When should I register to attend Cypress Heights?
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Cypress Heights has been steadily increasing in enrollment and has begun experiencing a waiting list for some classes. The sooner your child is on the list, the better. Contact us anytime to discuss registration and the admission process. We would be happy to assist you. Our Open House is generally in January prior to the following school year.
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How and when will I know if I have been accepted to Cypress Heights?
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Our goal is to contact you within 2 weeks of testing at Cypress Heights with an answer of acceptance. However, depending on enrollment numbers and time needed to gather all required documents, this process could take longer.
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Does Cypress Heights have a high school?
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Not at this time. We do have future plans to build a high school. See our Master Plan here.
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Does Cypress Heights have a sport's program?
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Yes. Cypress Heights is involved in sports leagues for soccer, basketball and football and baseball. We have progressive plans to become even more competitive yet virtue-based and have already proven our competetive and virtue-based spirit. Our 2007-08 boys middle school basketball won the Championship after only 3 years in the league. See the master plan for our progressive sport's field developments.
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Does Cypress Heights have programs for parents to get involved?
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Yes. CHAPA (Cypress Heights Academy Parents Association) contains many committees such as the Mothers' Club and Men's Club, and we have a Family Leadership Program (FLP) that helps families grow in Faith, virtue and as parents. These are only a few programs that encourage parental involvement and formation at Cypress Heights. Please browse the parent tab on the website for more details.
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Does Cypress Heights provide bus transportation?
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No, not at this time. We do, however, own a bus that we will soon use.
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Does Cypress Heights have a hot lunch program?
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Yes. We do have a hot lunch program. We provide delicious, healthy hot meals every day for purchase. Also, many of our students bring thier own lunch to school. Healthy eating is highly encouraged at Cypress Heights and is a part of our human formation program in respecting one's body and strenghtening the will to take care of the gift of life that God has given us.
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How many athletic championships has Cypress Heights won?
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Considering Cypress Heights has only been involved in sport's leagues for 3 years, yet our Boy's middle school won the Championship in basketball during the 2007-08 school year. Our girls team went to the play-offs.
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Does Cypress Heights students perform any community service?
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Yes. We call this our Apostolic Formation program, which is a program that creates in students a heart that is sensitive to the needs of others. Cypress Heights students participate in school-wide projects (such as holding food drives to benefit the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank), mission work (in Mexico and other Missions in America), extracurricular service (toy drives, tutoring, Habitat for Humanity, Catholic Charities, etc).
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