Browse past news stories for Cypress Bay High School in Weston, FL.

• Special Olympics gets a new home (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:20:31 am
  Thirty-six years of operating out of living rooms, storefronts or one-room offices is finally over for Special Olympics Broward County. The organization now has a new headquarters and home field for its athletes, with four offices, a boardroom, spacious reception area, kitchen and restroom at the Sonken Modular East building at Nova Southeastern University in Davie.
• Walk-a-thon to end prejudice (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:27:58 pm
  Organizers are hoping an inaugural walk-a-thon Sunday will be the first step toward ending prejudice and discrimination in South Florida. The first ``Stomp Out Hate'' Walk-A-Thon was organized by the Anti-Defamation League and 10 South Florida teenagers with the goal of declaring Broward County ``No Place for Hate.''
• Cooper City, Coral Springs cheerleaders sweep Cheer Off (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 04:32:59 am
  Coral Springs and Cooper City Optimist swept the American Youth Football League Cheerleading Cheer Off at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables.
• School officials investigate parental notification (MalaysiaNews.net)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 02:31:03 pm
  A male student secretly took pictures of girls using the restroom at Cypress Bay High School in Weston but won't be charged because none of the photos showed the girls naked, according to a Broward Sh...
• Zambian editor cleared of pornography charges (MalaysiaNews.net)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 12:43:48 pm
  The male student who snapped photos of females in a restroom at Cypress Bay High School in Weston could be charged with misdemeanor video voyeurism, officials said Tuesday. They identified the studen...
• Despite 34,800 empty desks, school district didn't overbuild | School construction data (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:02:15 am
  Projections show Broward public schools will have more than 34,800 empty seats during the 2012-2013 school year, but beleaguered School Board members on Tuesday said the district didn't overbuild and the numbers don't show the whole picture.
• Broward teen lands dream role on stage (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 05:01:34 am
  In a studio tucked away in a Pompano Beach business district, Kevin Yungman is working on a dream. For the past few months, the aspiring performer has been singing and dancing nearly 10 hours a day, almost every day, trying to get ready for his biggest part yet.
• Bracelets support troops (Miami Herald)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 05:01:34 am
  As Joey Herman prepares to head off to college next year, he knows many students his age will be heading overseas to join the military. ``As a student growing up in this world it would be hard not to notice what is going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, and all the young people that serve our country over there,'' said the 17-year-old senior at Cypress Bay High School in Weston.
• Grandmother, 60, is dedicated triathlete (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 05:03:35 am
  With more than 300 triathlons under her belt, Beverley Clarke, 60, is proving that age is only a number. Competing since the age of 46, Clarke has already completed three Iron Man competitions, each consisting of a grueling 2.4-mile ocean swim, a 112-mile bike race and a 26.2-mile run, and has crossed the finish line of hundreds of other sprint and Olympic-length triathlons.
• Field goals seal wins for Davie Broncos, Cooper City Cowboys (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 11:35:10 pm
  Jonathon Gomes of the Davie Broncos and Zach Tasse of the Cooper City Optimist Cowboys each kicked winning field goals in dramatic fashion to highlight the American Youth Football League action.
• Chorus Club debuts at school (Miami Herald)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 05:00:09 am
  Derek Nirenberg says there's no place he'd rather be than on a stage. Already a veteran of school drama clubs and bands, the 12-year-old Weston boy was thrilled to learn he can work on his vocal skills in the new Chorus Club at Falcon Cove Middle School.
• Prosecutors offer deal to teen who took pictures in Cypress Bay High girl's bathroom (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 09:19:08 pm
  The teenager accused of hiding in a girl's bathroom at his high school and taking photos with his cell phone camera has been offered a deal with the state to avoid prosecution on misdemeanor video voyeurism charges.
• Construction moves ahead at 10 Broward schools with 25% empty desks (The Palm Beach Post)
  posted on September 27, 2009 at 02:15:51 pm
  At Lauderdale Manors Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale, 47 percent of the classroom seats are empty. Yet the Broward County School District is spending $7 million to demolish and rebuild 15 classrooms at the 55-year-old school.
• Teen may be charged for restroom photos (UPI)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 04:12:22 pm
  WESTON, Fla., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A teenager may be charged with a misdemeanor for snapping photos of female coeds in a restroom at his high school, Florida officials say.
• Teen Faces Charge Over Bathroom Photos (Local 10 Miami)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 09:23:55 pm
  A teenage boy could face a misdemeanor charge on suspicion of taking pictures of a girl in a bathroom stall with his cell phone, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.
• Student being investigated after snapping some troubling pictures (7 News Miami)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 11:40:02 am
  WESTON, Fla. (WSVN) -- A Broward student is under investigation after he is accused of taking some troubling snapshots of teenage girls. BSO is looking into allegations that a student at Cypress Bay High School took cellphone pictures of several girls inside a school restroom.
• Male student secretly takes photos of girls using Cypress Bay High bathroom; BSO investigating (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 12:54:03 am
  A male student secretly took pictures of girls using the bathroom at Cypress Bay High School but won't be charged because none of the photos showed them naked, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office report.
• Student secretly snaps photos in girls' restroom (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 11:25:39 pm
  BSO says boy won't be charged because none of the pictures shows nudity A male student secretly took pictures of girls using the bathroom at Cypress Bay High School but won't be charged because none of the photos showed them naked, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office report.
• Male student secretly photographs girls using restroom at Cypress Bay High (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 11:19:36 pm
  BSO says boy won't be charged because none of the pictures shows nudity A male student secretly took pictures of girls using the restroom at Cypress Bay High School, but he won't be charged because none of the photos showed them naked, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office report.
• Family oceans apart after visas yanked (Miami Herald)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 10:57:09 am
  Surrounded by waffle cones, tubs of neon-colored, gourmet ice cream and cartoon caricatures of smiling cows inside his Davie business, Andrew McKnight thinks of his family and struggles to keep the tears at bay.
• Broward School District avoids most boundary changes (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on August 26, 2009 at 12:37:48 pm
  Students at all but one of Broward's overcrowded schools will stay where they are for at least two more years.
• Broward School Board wants new classrooms (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on August 21, 2009 at 02:32:29 am
  Officials asking to boost size of county's western schools, despite falling enrollment elsewhere The Broward School District is asking the state for permission to build 226 new classrooms at nine overcrowded western Broward schools — despite declining enrollment countywide and projections that the district will have 34,800 empty seats in the next three years.
• Broward wants new classroom additions, despite empty seats (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 11:30:15 pm
  The Broward School District is asking the state for permission to build 226 new classrooms at nine overcrowded western Broward schools -- despite declining enrollment countywide and projections the district will have 34,800 empty seats in the next three years.
• Anti-Terrorism Drills Tests Local Response (CBS4 Miami)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 09:51:20 pm
  Law enforcement officers across South Florida spent Wednesday morning chasing down "terrorists" in a large scale anti-terrorism drill. The scenario began at 7:00 a.m. and featured the Region 7 Southeast Regional Domestic Security Task Force (SERDSTF) comprised of Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe County agencies participated in the training exercise called "Operation Cassandra."
• Mock 'Terrorists' In South Florida (Local 10 Miami)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 01:57:51 pm
  Several mock terrorism scenarios are taking place from Miami-Dade all the way to Palm Beach counties Wednesday.
• School Board approves stripped-down capital budget (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 01:57:20 pm
  Blueprint given initial approval would trim more than $2 billion from construction in Broward Facing a budget crunch and predictions of more than 34,000 empty classroom seats in just a few years, Broward School Board members gave initial approval Wednesday to a stripped-down version of its capital budget.
• Broward School Board to vote on $1.3 billion capital budget (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on July 22, 2009 at 04:15:22 pm
  Decades of building schools and classrooms in Broward County are grinding to a halt. Instead, the district is projecting it will have as many as 34,800 empty desks in the 2012-2013 school year.
• Broward School District expects to have up to 34,800 empty desks in 2012 (Sun-Sentinel)
  posted on July 20, 2009 at 11:19:07 pm
  Decades of building schools and classrooms in Broward County are grinding to a halt. Instead, the district is projecting it will have as many as 34,800 empty desks in the 2012-2013 school year.
• Ex-swim coach sentenced on child pornography charges (SouthFlorida.com)
  posted on June 19, 2009 at 11:13:23 pm
  A former youth swim coach who pleaded guilty to charges of trading child pornography online has been sentenced to 151 months in prison.
• Broward County lay-offs of almost 400 teachers hits elementary schools hard (The Palm Beach Post)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 01:11:04 pm
  The layoff of nearly 400 Broward teachers is hitting some schools — particularly elementary schools — much harder than others.