Langham Creek High School
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Langham Creek High School is a high school located near Cypress, which is an unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, near Houston.
Langham Creek, which was established in 1984, is part of the Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District. Several communities, including Concord Bridge, are zoned to the school.
The school is located at 17610 FM 529, 77095.
The mascot is the "lobo", Spanish for "wolf", and the school's motto is "The Power of the Pack is the Lobo. The Power of the Lobo is the Pack." The "lobo" mascot may have been selected as an homage to the red wolves that were hunted for bounty in the area during the 1950s and 1960s. Carcasses of the wolves were strung along the fences at the nearby intersection of FM 529 and State Highway 6, which became known as Wolf Corner.1
Langham Creek was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1990-91. [1]
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[edit] Administration
Principal: Tom Strother
Associate Principal: Kristi Giron
Director of Instruction: Lenae Diskin
Assistant Principals: Marc Baker, Glenda Bettis, Kay Nan Cooley, Dale Cowser, Susan Nolen, Kirk Still
Academic Achievement Specialist: Sharon Bey
[edit] Fine Arts Programs
The Langham Creek Lobo Marching Band, directed by Scott McAdow, has been a State Semi-Finalist 7 times, State Finalist 5 times, and 4th place 2 times.
The band competed in the 2006 UIL State Marching contest with their show "Classical Imagination," Key Poulan's arrangement of Sir Edward Elgar's musical puzzle, Enigma Variations. The band placed 10th place in the preliminary competition, and placed 6th in the Finals Competition.
The Langham Creek Symphonic Band, also directed by Scott McAdow, was named Honor Band of Texas in 2002 and 2006, and was the runner up in 2000. They also have been invited to the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic twice.
The Langham Creek A Cappella Choir was invited to sing in the Vatican in 2002. The A Cappella Choir was the TMEA All-State A Cappella Honor Choir in 2003. The Men's choir was the All-State Men's Honor Choir in 2004, and the Varsity women's choir performed in 2007 as the All-State Women's Honor Choir.
The Langham Creek Choirs are directed by Cathy Wafford and Chris Fiorini (aka. Finiman).
The Langham Creek Orchestras are directed by David Hunter.
The Sinfonia Orchestra has earned sweepstake 1's at UIL for five years in a row. The Sinfonia Orchestra ranked 16th in the state at TMEA Honor Orchestra Competition in 2006. The Philharmonia Orchestra has won the Sight reading award at UIL for two years in a row.
The Langham Creek music program has been honored by the Grammy Foundation four years in a row.
The Langham Creek Theatre Ensemble, directed by Cheryl Bradford, Joe Fullen, and C.J. Brock, was nominated to attend the Edinburgh International Festival at the Fringe in Scotland in August of 2007. They performed "Macbeth".
[edit] Other Clubs and Organizations
Astronomy Club
Bailadoras
[1]Band
Biology Club
Bite out of Life Club
Cheer
Choir
Color Guard
Diamond Dolls
Environmental Club
FFA
Food Club
French Honor Society
French Club
Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
German Club
Hola Club
Interact Club
Latin Club
LCTV
League of Extraordinary Senior Men
Literary Club
Madrigal Singers/I Cantori
National Honor Society
Lobo Newspaper
Orchestra
ROTC
Saving Animals through Volunteer Efforts
Science Olympiad
Senior Women
Spanish Club
Spanish National Honor Society
Student Council
Technology Student Association
Yearbook
Young Ladies Of Positive Attitudes (YLPA)
[edit] Feeder patterns
The following feeder patterns are current as of 2006.
The following elementary schools feed into Langham Creek: Andre, Birkes, Copeland, Duryea, Holmsley, Jowell, Lowery, Metcalf, and Tipps.
The following middle schools feed into Langham Creek: Aragon, Kahla, and Watkins.
[edit] Notes and references
1. Salbatura, Bob. "Big Bad Wolves No More/A Houston suburban corner was once a hunting ground." Houston Chronicle 29, Dec.1998 3 Star Ed.:A
[edit] External links
- Langham Creek High School
- Langham Creek Lobo Band
- Langham Creek Lobo Choir
- Langham Creek Lobo Orchestra
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