Cypress Springs High School opened in 1997 with Allen Meek as the Principal. Only about 900 students attended, all of which were 9th and 10th graders.

Some original teachers that are still teaching at Cy-Springs are:

Faculty
Department
  
Faculty
Department
Charlotte Peil
Career and Technology
Ken McCown
Assistant
Principal
Nancy Gause
Academic Achievement
Specialist
Karen Simmons
Counselor
 Heidi LaMore
Social Studies
Mary Blashke
Counselor
Amy Hawkins
English
Robert Blackshear

Athletic
Coordinator
Julianne Wood
English
Joe Trial
Athletics
Jane Hammons
English
Mark Moynihan
Science
Alison McCown
Testing Coordinator
Russell Holcombe
Band
Bryon Fields
FFA
Howard Williams
Orchestra
Shannon Casto
Journalism
       
       

Some interesting facts about the early years of Cy-Springs are:

  • Many students came from Langham Creek High School
  • The football team went undefeated
  • A tornado hit the school the first year
  • The second year brought a flood and another tornado
  • The faculty thought that they were prepared for the first day of school, but they didn't have any pencil sharpeners!
In 1997
In 2007
There were only 2 lunches
Now we have 4 lunches
We had Homecoming Prince and Princess
We have Homecoming Queen and King
We only used about 4 rooms per hallway
We now use all the rooms plus portables
Cat Ostermen was a freshman
Now she's an Olympic gold medalist in women's softball
The band consisted of only about 40 kids Around 200 kids are members of the Panther Band.
We only had Junior Varsity athletics
We now have a variety of teams ranging from freshman to varsity
Only about 12 buses were needed for the entire school
We now use about 42 buses to transport students