Cypress Christian School

What is going on at CCS, after several administration changes in 10 years, now there are staff and teachers being let go. As the parent of 2 CCS children, I have witnessed the slow decline of academic guality, I am not even sure the school meets the state standards, much less exceed them any more. As of this writing we are wrestling with changing schools for the 2012 - 13 school yr. We are "unhappy customers" with Cypress Christian School, they need to get their act together!
--Submitted by a parent

Our daughter is currently in half-day Kindergarten at Cypress and she loves her teacher and classmates. We get e-mails almost daily with school updates and news. We can also log-on and see our child's progress online. I feel our daughter is getting better attention than she would in a public school, and I appreciate the Christian values. The various fund raisers can get a little annoying seeing as you're already paying a decent tuition but that's my only complaint.
--Submitted by a parent

I have two children currently in the Cypress Preschool Program and I'm enrolling my oldest in their 2012/13 Kindergarten class. If you're looking for a school and staff that not only teaches about God but truly exhibits an active faith in Him - this is the right place. The Preschool teachers, the Director and all the folks I've been contacting for info on the school program are efficient and genuinely caring. The teachers my kids have had in the 2 years we've been involved with Cypress truly love my kids - and my kids love them. They feel and respond to the honest affection, they're being introduced to their Lord in a genuine setting and they're thriving intellectually. The teachers at Cypress are highly skilled, patient, encouraging and perceptive - they have proactively communicated with us when there have been issues and worked with us (their parents) with full, honest disclosure and concern for the children in their care. I have NO doubt that the staff in their daycare and school programs are every bit as qualified, talented and caring as those we've worked with so far. I can't really "rate" the additional areas as I have no practical experience yet - but I have faith in them.
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My children have attended CCS for the past 6 years and have had wonderful experiences each year. My kids have enjoyed all their teachers, class projects, field trips, etc. I have a child entering the middle school this year & I am fully confident in the 6 - 8 teaching staff. Teachers of all grade levels work well together to provide a solid Christian education. The school has such a feeling of Christian love. One of my favorite things is the dedicated staff there to open car doors and greet kids by name every morning - rain or shine. My kids love the friends they have made here. CCS is truly a blessing!
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I have a daughter in 6th and son in 3rd, both of which have attended Cypress since Kindergarten. I would not trade our experience here for anything. We have liked all of their teachers our children have had, and feel as though they have been stimulated academically and spiritually. My daughter started middle school this year as absolutely LOVES it. Yes, it may be small (44 students), but this allows for an extremely intimate atmosphere. All the whole middle school seems very close. The new middle teachers they've hired, along with the one that stayed from last year are youthful, very capable, and seems to really know how to connect with the students on a personal level. Since Cypress only goes up to 8th, we gave our daughter the choice to transition to public now or in 9th, and she made it abundantly clear that she wanted to stay until the end.
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I have had children in this school for the past 5 years. After 4 different principals (the latest is scheduled to retire at the end of the month with no information on a potential replacement) and a 66% retention level of staff from last year. I have to say the atmosphere has changed. We intended on keeping our children there until 8th grade. We are now forced with the decision to pull our children from the school and place them in public next school year.The middle school is down to 44 students this year and I fear for it's future. In the past, all grade levels were for the most part equal in the amount of kids. Now, the majority of the kids are K and 1st. As time goes on, there are less and less kids each year as the grades progress. Very sad.
--Submitted by a parent

As the parent of a 6th grader who has attended Cypress since preschool, I am happy to say that Cypress Christian School has been a great blessing to our family. My child has loved school since day one and I atribule this to the caring teachers and the Christian amosphere at Cypress. I believe in parental involvement and and have witnessed first hand the great care that has gone into my child's education. I have no worries about my child being prepared academicly and socially after Cypress because I have done my homework and talked to enough parents of children who have left Cypress and thrived wonderfully in the public school system. What more can I say? After 8 years (counting preschool) with no regrets, I would not trade my child's experience at Cypress for any amount of money or anything else.
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Our child attended K-5 at Cypress. I found the teachers to be sufficient, both in knowledge and communication. I believe that my child received a wonderful foundation regarding integrity and ethics. Unfortunately, once enrolled into public school in 6th grade, we were shocked to discover that our child was a year behind academically. After a rough year, our child was able to recover and currently maintains a 4.0 GPA. Don't assume that just because you pay tuition for a 'private school' that your child is receiving a top notch education.
--Submitted by a parent

We were thrilled with our child's first year at Cypress, so we eagerly enrolled her for the next. Boy, were we disappointed! The teacher ran the room like wild kingdom...total chaos. Our child tested above grade level in reading at the beginning of the year, but was put in a reading group that was reading a full year behind where she tested. Academics don't seem to matter much to the principal, as he only has time to be concerned with school spirit. Don't get me wrong, I am all for school spirit, but it shouldn't be the main focus. The reason we sent our child to a private school was to put the focus on academics, not on sports or school spirit. The new administration is turning Cypress into the most expensive public school in Columbus.
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As a regular attendee of Cypress Wesleyan church, I am extremely disappointed in the school. The Kindergarteners are punished for talking and even for not eating fast enough! The woman stands over them and yells for them to eat faster and then takes away their recess time if they don't finish eating on time. The current principal doesn't listen to your concerns and his assistant told me that I wasn't worth her time to talk to. This school seems to make it a practice to lie to parents concerning the school taking responsibility for its' actions. DON'T SEND YOUR CHILD HERE.
--Submitted by a parent