Cooper City High School is a high school located in Cooper City, Florida which teaches grades 9-12. The school includes standard high school curriculum plus specialized classes devoted to career development including auto tech and computer programming. It has an average enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. Since the 2004-2005 school year the school principal is Ms. Wendy Doll. The school colors are red, black, and white and the mascot is a cowboy named "Pistol Pete." "Pistol Pete," was once deemed inappropriate because he wields two handguns, but was brought back in the 2014-2015 school year. The school has been awarded the Blue Ribbon School of Excellence award. Cooper City has an FCAT school grade of "A" for the 2013-2014 academic year. The school was also ranked #382 in the High School Challenge Index (conducted annually by Newsweek and The Washington Post) of 2011 out of approximately 30,000 schools, marking it as one of the top high schools in the entire nation. It is also #46 school in the state of Florida.
Facilities
The school was opened in 1972, but over time, Building 1, the main academic building, started to deteriorate with roof leaks, inefficient air conditioning units and water intrusion. A new 36-classroom building opened during the 2007-2008 school year. This building was followed by a new cafeteria which opened in May during the 2009-2010 school year. An entirely new building to replace Building 1 started construction during the 2012-2013 school year and opened in November of the 2013-2014 school year, complete with new general purpose classrooms, a science wing, a new childcare building, business labs, an automotive facility, and new offices. Building 1 was demolished and is now two grass fields, one of which is used for student parking.
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Academics
Prior to the 2012-2013 school year, the school operated on a 4x4 block schedule. Now it functions on a seven class period system due to budget cuts. All the classes are year long with 50 minutes per period, and courses such as auto-tech and childcare take up two class periods.
Cooper City offers a wide variety of honors courses. Each honors class awards five points for an A, four points for a B, three points for a C, one point for a D, or zero points for an F to the student's weighted GPA per quarter. Students often opt to take honors courses for their core classes (English, math, science, and social studies), which typically include biology, chemistry, algebra, geometry, geography, and history courses. Also, many higher-leveled elective courses give students the opportunity to earn honors credit, which encourages students to continue with specific electives throughout their high school career. There are also many stand-alone honors elective courses available, including anatomy, marine science, debate, and personal finance courses.
The AP participation rate is 19 percent, which is one of the lowest in Broward County. There are four available Advanced Placement courses available to the students. Each AP class awards six points for an A, five points for a B, four points for a C, one point for a D, or zero points for an F to the student's weighted GPA per quarter.
Cooper City High School offers the following AP courses as of the 2013-2014 school year. Courses marked with an asterisk after their names typically require doubling-up, with students getting honors credit during the first semester and AP credit during the second semester.
- Biology*
- Calculus (AB* & BC)
- Chemistry*
- English Language & Composition
- English Literature & Composition
- Environmental Science
- European History
- Human Geography
- Microeconomics/U.S Government & Politics
- Music Theory
- Physics B
- Psychology
- Spanish Language
- Spanish Literature
- Statistics
- Studio Art (2-D* and Drawing*)
- U.S. History*
- World History*
In addition, students are eligible to dual-enroll in courses at Broward College. Dual-enrollment courses can be taken over the summer break or during the school year. Seniors are also eligible to use dual-enrollment courses to replace the third and/or fourth period slots in their class schedules. Dual-enrollment courses give students the opportunity to experience taking a class in a college setting before they even leave high school, which helps to prepare them for when they head off to various colleges after graduating from high school. These courses also provide a GPA boost, with each class awarding the same amount of weighted GPA credit that's given to an AP class taken on the Cooper City High School campus.
Cooper City currently boasts a graduation rate of 97.4%, the highest in the district. Graduates choose from a variety of post-secondary paths, including the military, community college ( Broward College), Florida schools (including the University of Florida, Florida International University, Florida State University, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Miami), and out-of-state schools (including a variety of prestigious universities such as Stanford, Emerson, MIT, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and New York University, and Ivy League schools such as Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania).
Athletics
Cooper City has earned distinctions in its Cheerleading, Baseball, Volleyball, Water Polo and Wrestling programs. The softball team has won Districts, Regionals, and in 2009, States. In the 2010 football season, Cooper City won districts for the first time in the school's history. Cooper City won districts for a second time in 2011, beating the former national champion, St. Thomas Aquinas, for the first time since 1972 in a 21-16 victory. The sports currently offered at the school (as of the 2013-2014 school year) include the following:
- Baseball (JV and Varsity)
- Basketball (Boys JV and Varsity, Girls Varsity)
- Cheerleading (JV Football and Varsity Football)
- Color Guard
- Cross Country
- Flag Football (Girls)
- Football (JV and Varsity)
- Golf (Boys and Girls)
- Lacrosse (Boys and Girls)
- Soccer (Boys Varsity, Girls JV and Varsity)
- Softball (JV and Varsity)
- Swimming/Diving (Boys and Girls)
- Tennis (Boys and Girls)
- Track (Boys and Girls)
- Volleyball (Boys and Girls)
- Water Polo (Boys and Girls)
- Wrestling (State Wrestling Individual Champions - Craig Rose 82' (98lbs), Donald Leroux 96' (HWT), Jeff Beauregard 97' (215lbs), State Wrestling Individual Runner-Ups - Mike Weisberg 95'(189lbs), John Herl 99' (189lbs), Brandon Neifeld 06'(152lbs)
List of clubs and organizations
- Amnesty International
- Anime/Art Club
- Band
- Best Buddies
- Chess Club
- Chorus
- Colorguard
- Cowboys Against Cancer
- Cowboy Television (CTV)
- DECA - for more info go to http://www.cchsdeca.org
- Debate Club
- DFYIT (Drug Free Youth In Town)
- Dodgeball Club
- Drama Club
- FJAS (Florida Junior Academy of Sciences)
- FMPA (Future Medical Professionals of America)
- Infinite Club club.infinite.googlepages.com/
- Kickball Club
- Human Relations Council
- Key Club
- LGBTQ+ Cub
- NJROTC Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- Math Club/Tutoring
- Multicultural club
- Musicians' Forum
- NHS (National Honor Society) - Chapter website: http://www.cchsnhs.com
- RSDA (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness)
- Science Club
- SGA (Student Government Association)
- SITE (Students Improving The Environment)
- Spanish Club
- Spanish National Honor Society
- Tech Club
- Florida State Thespians
- The Adventurers Guild
- JSU (Jewish Student Union)
- Junior State of America (JSA)
- Philosophical Discourse Society
- PAW (Promoting Animal Welfare)
- PRES Club (Promoting Reading in the Elementary Setting)
- VAFA (Voice Against Family Abuse)
- Venture Club
CTV News
Cowboy Television, (typically shortened to CTV) is the school's news magazine and variety show. It was developed in 1997 by the school's very own television and mass media class. At that time, the show aired on a monthly schedule. The show now airs every Friday afternoon towards the end of seventh period (at 2:15 PM). Considered to be "America's #1 High School Weekly News Program" by the Student Television Network, the CTV program has been the recipient of various awards.
Sound of Pride
The marching band, known as the Sound of Pride, attends various competitions, parades, and community events in the area. The drumline and color guard, especially, are at many community events, such as fundraisers for charitable organizations. In recent years, the program has prepared two field shows: one with simpler drill, more popular music, and sometimes dancing for the football game crowd (dubbed the "Cowboy Show" by the members and staff) and a competition or "comp" show, which has complicated drill with music that helps to create the theme being portrayed by the performers (otherwise known as a "corps-style" show). Since 2002 the program has attended FMBC-sanctioned regionals and the Florida Marching Band Championships in the Tampa Bay Area. There are three concert bands, the concert band, the symphonic band, and the wind ensemble, as well as a jazz band. There is also a winter guard that attends SFWGA contests. The students are eligible to attend the FBA-hosted Solo and Ensemble Music Performance Assessment and the concert bands attend FBA's concert MPA each year at the district level and, if they achieve a superior rating, the state level. The program performs an end-of-the-year show each May called Encore! Inspired by Blast!, the show features the concert bands and the winter guard as well as various acts put together by the band and guard students. Also, the marching band show from that year is staged indoors and is the closer for the night.
The winter guard was ranked 10th in Scholastic A Class in 1997, 9th in Scholastic Open Class in 1999, 14th in Scholastic A Class in 2006, 8th in Scholastic A Class in 2007, 14th in Scholastic Open Class in 2009, 15th in Scholastic Open Class in 2013, and in 2010 the color guard was ranked first in Class 4A in the Florida Marching Band Championships. The percussion has also been ranked as one of the best in the state multiple times and produces many members that go on to join various drum corps and indoor percussion groups. The marching band has ranked first many times at local competitions and has earned many high brass, high woodwind, high percussion and high auxiliary awards. The program has marched in several parades, some of which include: 1992 when the band marched in the 58th annual King Orange Jamboree Parade, 2015 when the band marched in the Davie Orange Blossom Parade, and, in 2016, the band is going to be competing against other bands and playing in the half-time show at the 2016 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The ensemble became FMBC Class 4A State Champions in 2008. In 2009 the wind ensemble attended the Music For All/Bands of America National Concert Festival. The program has received 4 Otto J. Kraushaar awards, the highest honor given to Florida band programs.
Notable alumni
- Bobby Estalella, Major League Baseball catcher
- Olindo Mare, American football placekicker for the Carolina Panthers
- Keith Murray, lead singer of We Are Scientists
- Niki Taylor, model
- Krissy Taylor, model, younger sister of Niki Taylor
- Larry Boone Recording Artist, Musician
- Paul Niedermann- Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 9) winner
- Jeff Wagner, musician. Keyboard player with The Postmarks.
Scandals
On May 26, 1993 two Cooper City High school girls were arrested on prostitution charges, giving the school the nickname "Hooker High".
In 2006, the Senior Class President was charged with hacking into the grade submission site and changing grades for himself and other students.
Cooper City High School first appeared on the national stage with the 1993 murder of Bobby Kent by a group that included previous students of both Cooper City High School and South Broward High School. The murder resulted in a best selling crime book, "Bully: A True Story of High School Revenge", and a 2001 film, "Bully".
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