Clear Springs High School

History

The construction of Clear Springs High School was approved by voters in the Clear Creek Independent School District during a 2004 bond election at a cost of $65,257,412.

Clear Springs High School opened for the 2007-2008 school year taking its zoning from areas previously served by Clear Creek High School and Clear Brook High School. In its initial year, Clear Springs was attended only by ninth and tenth graders, adding an additional grade level each year. The first graduating class was the Class of 2010. Clear Springs High School is ranked 154th within Texas.

Demographics

As of the 2014-2015 school year, the demographic breakdown of the 2,468 students enrolled was as follows:

Academics

In 2013, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school 128th in Texas based on college readiness and state exam scores.

Advanced Placement (AP)

More than a third of the school's students are enrolled in Advanced Placement courses.

Courses

Clear Springs High School offers the following AP courses:

Musical theatre

Clear Springs produces a full-length musical every year which is entered into the Tommy Tune Awards. The show is produced and operated across the Choir, Theatre, and Technical Theatre departments.

Directors

In years before 2014-2015, Reeves' and Phillips' roles were reversed, with Reeves serving as Music Director and Phillips serving as Producer.

Tommy Tune Awards

The Tommy Tune Awards, named after 9-time Tony winner Tommy Tune, is an annual competition of 45 Houston-area high schools which recognizes and rewards excellence in the production of musical theatre by high school students and their teachers. Clear Springs is a regular competitor in the awards with success varying by production.

Clear Springs set a record for most Tommy Tune Awards won in a single year for their 2013-2014 production of Urinetown, beating the past record (6 awards) held by Episcopal High School's 2007-2008 production of Urinetown.

Best Actress Emily Lewis(Hope Cladwell) became the first Clear Springs Charger to compete in the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (NHSMTA) and Best Supporting Actor Stephen Louis(Officer Lockstock) became the first Clear Springs Charger to win two consecutive Tommy Tune Awards (2nd in TTA history).

With the release of the 2014-2015 nominations, both Stephen Louis and Emily Lewis set Tommy Tunes Awards records. While this information has not been checked to the archives, as some years nomination lists are not available, it is believed that Emily Lewis became the first performer to win the Lead Actress category and then be nominated in the same category the next year, and that Stephen Louis became the first performer to win two awards and be nominated for a third.

Band

The Charger Band is headed by the Director of Bands, Lester Williams, and the Assistant Director of Bands, George Solis. Percussion Instructor is Jonathan Witmer, and Color Guard Instructor is Brewster Petron. There are three concert ensembles: the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band. The Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band are the two competing ensembles with the former competing as the varsity band.

Results

Marching

*Marching band advanced to UIL Area competition, which is held in even numbered years for 6A high schools.

Concert-Wind Ensemble

Orchestra

The Charger Orchestra is headed by Diana Frazier, and has a full orchestra of violins, violas, cellos, basses, and harps as of the academic year of 2014-2015. There are two groups: Chamber, who play more classical pieces, and Philharmonic, who play more modern pieces. Both groups have joined for pieces during the Fall, Winter, and Spring concerts.

Results

Title

Title is the name of a short piece of music written by the first Director of Bands, Timothy Grange. The piece is in the key of B-flat; it consists of two sets of two measures which are played simultaneously or separately and repeated continuously at various dynamics while the football team is on defense. Title is extremely popular among the student body and is often played over speakers in the school cafeteria on the day of a big varsity football game.

Clubs

Feeder patterns

Clear Springs High School's approved attendance boundaries have been in effect since fall 2007.

Elementary schools

Intermediate schools

In-District Transfers Students living within the Clear Creek Independent School District zoning boundaries, but not within the Clear Springs High School zoning boundaries, can apply for an In-District Transfer to be able to attend Clear Springs High School. Transfers must be approved by District Officials and may be granted for the following reasons:

Transfers will be granted based on the individual student and can be revoked if the student presents a problem to their new campus.