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143-612: When the New Orleans Railroad Company's track line to Houston was built in 1856, two towns were established, with Cypress on one side of the track and Fairbanks on the other. Cypress and Fairbanks remained being two separate towns with separate school systems throughout the early 1900s. Though both of their school systems had schools for children up to eighth grade, once they reached high school, students in Fairbanks had to travel to Houston every day for school, and

286-465: A BAFTA Award for Best Film Music . "Shallow" also won her the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award , Critics' Choice Award , and Satellite Award for Best Original Song. Gaga gave live performances of the song at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards and the 91st Academy Awards . In October, Gaga announced her engagement to talent agent Christian Carino whom she had met in early 2017. They ended

429-508: A bond for Cypress-Fairbanks ISD was approved on May of that year. It was to be located directly across the street from Cy-Fair High School, on Matzke Road. In April 2022, construction for the CFISD Visual and Performing Arts Center began. On November, 2023, it was officially opened. It is an 85,000 sq. ft. building with an 1,500 auditorium, small secondary theater, visual arts display, dance studio, and so on. On Thursday, May 23, 2024,

572-596: A jazz version of " The Lady Is a Tramp ", with Elton John on "Hello Hello" for the animated feature film Gnomeo & Juliet , and with The Lonely Island and Justin Timberlake on " 3-Way (The Golden Rule) ". She also performed a concert at the Sydney Town Hall in Australia that year to promote Born This Way and to celebrate former US President Bill Clinton 's 65th birthday. In November, she

715-494: A misfit and was mocked for "being either too provocative or too eccentric". Gaga began playing the piano at age four when her mother insisted she become "a cultured young woman". She took piano lessons and practiced through her childhood. The lessons taught her to create music by ear, which Gaga preferred over reading sheet music. Her parents encouraged her to pursue music and enrolled her in Creative Arts Camp. As

858-670: A seven-day concert residency commemorating the last performance at New York's Roseland Ballroom before its closure. Two months later, she embarked on the ArtRave: The Artpop Ball tour, building on concepts from her ArtRave promotional event. Earning $ 83 million, the tour included cities canceled from the Born This Way Ball tour itinerary. In the meantime, Gaga split from longtime manager Troy Carter over "creative differences", and by June 2014, she and new manager Bobby Campbell joined Artist Nation,

1001-459: A "five-star marvel" and Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian termed it an "instant classics full of Gaga's emotional might". Commercially, the soundtrack debuted at number one in the US, making Gaga the first woman with five US number-one albums in the 2010s, and breaking her tie with Taylor Swift as the most for any female artist this decade; Swift tied with her again in 2019. It additionally topped

1144-417: A 6–5 advantage in penetrations within the 20-yard line. They lost to the eventual champion Plano Senior High School 21–24 in the 5A state quarterfinals. In 2017, the football team was undefeated with a 15–0 record, winning the 6A Division 2 State Championship over Midway High School . The 1969-70 boys' basketball team advanced to the 3A state championship game, losing in the final. In the 1970–71 season,

1287-504: A bond issue that granted the school more than $ 29 million in funding for the restoration of the building. They started in the summer of 1999. The roof of the main corridor at the school was soon removed, and the old Cy-Fair Brigade gym was taken down. Cy-Fair High School was flooded after a heavy rainfall on April 18, 2016, that left a flood in the greater Houston area due to the April 2016 North American storm complex , sometimes referred to as

1430-519: A companion album to the film, titled Harlequin , which was released on September 27, 2024. She and Polansky co-wrote four of the tracks on it. The lead single from Gaga's upcoming eighth studio album, " Disease ", was released on October 25, 2024. It charted at number seven in the UK. The album—a pop record per Polansky's recommendation—is set to follow in February 2025. Gaga is scheduled to return as

1573-516: A corner at my parents' house because I was vomiting and sick. Because I'd been being abused. I was locked away in a studio for months." In 2005, Gaga recorded two songs with hip-hop artist Melle Mel for an audio book accompanying Cricket Casey's children's novel The Portal in the Park . She also formed a band called the SGBand with some friends from NYU. They played gigs around New York and became

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1716-629: A debut headlining artist. Concerts performed at Madison Square Garden in New York City were filmed for an HBO television special, Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden . Gaga also performed songs from her albums at the 2009 Royal Variety Performance , the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, and the 2010 Brit Awards . Before Michael Jackson 's death , Gaga was set to take part in his canceled This Is It concert series at

1859-521: A fire escape and walking on a lonely street, without intricate choreography and back-up dancers. Born This Way was released on May 23, 2011, and debuted atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 1.1 million copies . It sold eight million copies worldwide and received three Grammy nominations, including Gaga's third consecutive nomination for Album of the Year . Rolling Stone listed

2002-739: A firearm was found in a trashcan in one of the boys' restrooms. According to Principal Ana Martin, once the school's administration figured out who had brought the gun to the school, the student or students involved (identities are unknown to the public) were severely punished. For school year 2024-2025, due to limited money issues of the district, a budget reduction for school buses was made for all schools at CFISD, causing changes to bus routes that faced backlash from students and parents alike, from all schools, with 79 bus routes being cut with no warning, massive traffic jams, and three children getting hit by cars while walking or cycling to school for long distance in busy and not so pedestrian-friendly streets. For

2145-587: A fixture of the downtown Lower East Side club scene. After the 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame New Songwriters Showcase at the Cutting Room in June, talent scout Wendy Starland recommended her to music producer Rob Fusari . Fusari collaborated with Gaga, who traveled daily to New Jersey, helping to develop her songs and compose new material. The producer said they began dating in May 2006, and claimed to have been

2288-748: A headliner for the 2025 Coachella festival two months afterwards. She is also set to appear in the upcoming second season of the Netflix series Wednesday . Gaga grew up listening to artists such as Michael Jackson, the Beatles , Stevie Wonder, Queen, Bruce Springsteen , Pink Floyd , Led Zeppelin , Whitney Houston , Elton John, Prince , En Vogue , TLC , Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson , and Blondie , who have all influenced her music. Gaga's musical inspiration varies from dance-pop singers such as Madonna and Michael Jackson to glam rock artists such as David Bowie and Freddie Mercury , as well as

2431-405: A high-school student in a 2001 episode of The Sopranos titled " The Telltale Moozadell ". She later said of her inclination towards music: I don't know exactly where my affinity for music comes from, but it is the thing that comes easiest to me. When I was like three years old, I may have been even younger, my mom always tells this really embarrassing story of me propping myself up and playing

2574-451: A hit". Simon Reynolds wrote in 2010: "Everything about Gaga came from electroclash , except the music, which wasn't particularly 1980s, just ruthlessly catchy naughties pop glazed with Auto-Tune and undergirded with R&B -ish beats." Gaga's songs have covered a wide variety of concepts; The Fame discusses the lust for stardom, while the follow-up The Fame Monster expresses fame's dark side through monster metaphors. The Fame

2717-493: A joint deal by having Gaga also sign with his own label KonLive , making her his "franchise player". In late 2007, Gaga met with songwriter and producer RedOne . She collaborated with him in the recording studio for a week on her debut album, signing with Cherrytree Records , an Interscope imprint established by producer and songwriter Martin Kierszenbaum ; she also wrote four songs with Kierszenbaum. Despite securing

2860-785: A key inspiration to pursue a musical career. Gaga was inspired by her mother to be interested in fashion, which would later become a major influence and integrated with her music. Stylistically, Gaga has been compared to Leigh Bowery , Isabella Blow , and Cher ; she once commented that as a child, she absorbed Cher's fashion sense and made it her own. Gaga became friends with British fashion designer Alexander McQueen shortly before his suicide in 2010, and became known for wearing his designs, particularly his towering armadillo shoes . She has called fashion designer Donatella Versace her muse ; Versace referred to Gaga as "the fresh Donatella". Gaga has also been influenced by Princess Diana , whom she has admired since childhood. Gaga has called

3003-495: A lawsuit against her production team, Mermaid Music LLC. At this time, Gaga was tested borderline positive for lupus but claimed not to be affected by the symptoms and hoped to maintain a healthy lifestyle. In February 2011, Gaga released " Born This Way ", the lead single from her studio album of the same name . The song sold more than one million copies within five days, earning the Guinness World Record for

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3146-554: A music school at New York University (NYU)'s Tisch School of the Arts , and lived in an NYU dorm . She studied music there and improved her songwriting skills by writing essays on art, religion, social issues, and politics, including a thesis on pop artists Spencer Tunick and Damien Hirst . In 2005, Gaga withdrew from school during the second semester of her second year to focus on her music career. That year, she also played an unsuspecting diner customer for MTV 's Boiling Points ,

3289-715: A philanthropist and business executive, and Internet entrepreneur Joseph Germanotta, and she has a younger sister named Natali. Brought up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Gaga said in an interview that her parents came from lower-class families and worked hard for everything. From age 11, she attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart , a private all-girls Roman Catholic school. Gaga has described her high-school self as "very dedicated, very studious, very disciplined" but also "a bit insecure". She considered herself

3432-447: A prank reality television show. In a 2014 interview, Gaga said she was raped at age 19 by her producer, and later underwent mental and physical therapy for this. She has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attributes it to the incident, and has credited support from doctors, family, and friends with helping her. Gaga later gave additional details about the rape, including that "the person who raped me dropped me off pregnant on

3575-657: A record 83 weeks on Billboard magazine's Digital Songs chart. Three other singles, " Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) ", " LoveGame " and " Paparazzi ", were released from the album; the lattermost reached number one in Germany. Remixed versions of the singles from The Fame , except "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)", were included on Hitmixes in August 2009. At the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards , The Fame and "Poker Face" won Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Dance Recording , respectively. Following her opening act on

3718-441: A record deal, she said that some radio stations found her music too "racy", "dance-oriented", and "underground" for the mainstream market, to which she replied: "My name is Lady Gaga, I've been on the music scene for years, and I'm telling you, this is what's next." By 2008, Gaga had relocated to Los Angeles to work extensively with her record label to complete her debut album, The Fame , and to set up her own creative team called

3861-454: A remake of the 1937 film of the same name . The film follows Ally's relationship with singer Jackson Maine (played by Cooper), which becomes strained after her career begins to overshadow his. It received acclaim from critics, with a consensus that the movie had "appealing leads, deft direction, and an affecting love story". Cooper approached Gaga after seeing her perform at a cancer research fundraiser. An admirer of Cooper's work, Gaga agreed to

4004-713: A rendition of Zizi Jeanmaire 's "Mon truc en plumes" at the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris. Gaga released the single " Die with a Smile ", a duet with Bruno Mars , on August 16, 2024. The song became the longest-running number one of 2024 on the Billboard Global 200 , and reached number two in the US. Gaga starred as Harleen "Lee" Quinzel alongside Joaquin Phoenix in Todd Phillips 's musical psychological thriller Joker: Folie à Deux ,

4147-523: A separate facility. The facility they were transferred to was Rural High School No. 5, built in 1937, which was part of the Fairbanks School District. In December 1939, citizens voted to get the two districts to unite together into one. Finally, a few years after Cypress and Fairbanks had officially consolidated, Cy-Fair High School was officially opened in the spring of 1942, and students from Rural High School No. 5 were transferred to

4290-477: A string of successful singles, including " Just Dance ", " Poker Face ", " Bad Romance ", " Telephone ", and " Alejandro ". Gaga's five succeeding studio albums all debuted atop the US Billboard 200 . Her second full-length album, Born This Way (2011), explored electronic rock and techno-pop and sold more than one million copies in the first week. Its title track became the fastest-selling song on

4433-585: A teenager, she played at open mic nights. Gaga played the lead roles of Adelaide in the play Guys and Dolls and Philia in the play A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Regis High School . She also studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute for ten years. Gaga unsuccessfully auditioned for New York shows, though did appear in a small background role as

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4576-460: A third dog named Miss Asia escaped and was subsequently recovered by police. Gaga later offered a $ 500,000 reward for the return of her pets. Two days later, on February 26, a woman brought the dogs to a police station in Los Angeles. Both were unharmed. Los Angeles Police initially said the woman who dropped off the dogs did not appear to be involved with the shooting, but on April 29, she

4719-399: A traditional classroom setting, although students had the option to continue to use online learning at home that year as well. Some officials have said that they believe that the students benefited with the in-person option rather than the newer online option. For 2021–2022, though Cy-Fair students would no longer have the option to learn via the online remote learning program, this program that

4862-477: Is "the most talented artist I have ever met". Before the album was released, it produced the singles " Anything Goes " and " I Can't Give You Anything but Love ". Cheek to Cheek received generally favorable reviews; The Guardian ' s Caroline Sullivan praised Gaga's vocals and Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune wrote that " Cheek to Cheek serves up the real thing, start to finish". The record

5005-479: Is a historical building and can be found on the east side of Highway 6 near Addicks Dam. The church is now known as Addicks United Methodist Church [1] . Other old buildings located near the southeast corner of I-10 and Highway 6, make up a trendy area of shops, antique stores, and restaurants. The City of Houston annexed the Addicks- Barker Reservoir area in 1972. Addicks is served by

5148-406: Is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influential figure in popular music and regarded as a pop icon . After signing with Interscope Records in 2007, Gaga achieved global recognition with her debut studio album, The Fame (2008), and its reissue The Fame Monster (2009). The project scored

5291-967: Is an electropop and dance-pop album that has influences of 1980s pop and 1990s Europop , whereas The Fame Monster displays Gaga's taste for pastiche, drawing on "Seventies arena glam, perky ABBA disco , and sugary throwbacks like Stacey Q ". Born This Way has lyrics in English, French, German, and Spanish and features themes common to Gaga's controversial songwriting such as sex, love, religion, money, drugs, identity, liberation, sexuality, freedom, and individualism. The album explores new genres, such as electronic rock and techno . The themes in Artpop revolve around Gaga's personal views of fame, love, sex, feminism , self-empowerment, overcoming addiction, and reactions to media scrutiny. Billboard described Artpop as "coherently channeling R&B, techno, disco and rock music". With Cheek to Cheek , Gaga pursued

5434-552: Is east of current SH 6. See also: List of companies in Houston See: List of colleges and universities in Houston [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Texas portal 29°46′56″N 95°38′32″W  /  29.78222°N 95.64222°W  / 29.78222; -95.64222 Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga ,

5577-686: Is the fifth season of the television anthology horror series, American Horror Story , in which Gaga played a hotel owner named Elizabeth . At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards , Gaga received the Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film award for her work on the season. She appeared in Nick Knight 's 2015 fashion film for Tom Ford 's 2016 spring campaign and was guest editor for V fashion magazine's 99th issue in January 2016, which featured 16 different covers. She received Editor of

5720-820: The Alamodome , in San Antonio , the Cy-Fair High School marching band competed at the UIL Class 6A State Marching Band Championships. The following day, on October 31, 2023, at 3:30 pm, the CFHS marching band performed, "Caging the Swarm" in the Finals Round. The significance of the band's placement in the final round is that, since the establishment of the 6A classification in 2006, this was the first time

5863-488: The Billboard 200, making her the first woman to reach the US chart's summit four times in the 2010s. The album's second single, " Million Reasons ", followed the next month and reached number four in the US. She later released a piano version of the album's title track in 2018, which won a Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance . To promote the album, Gaga embarked on the three-date Dive Bar Tour . Gaga performed as

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6006-529: The Born This Way Ball tour in April 2012, which was scheduled to conclude the following March, but ended one month earlier when Gaga canceled the remaining dates due to a labral tear of her right hip that required surgery. While refunds for the cancellations were estimated to be worth $ 25 million, the tour grossed $ 183.9 million globally. In 2011, Gaga also worked with Tony Bennett on

6149-560: The Born This Way Foundation , which supports the wellness of young people. Her business ventures include vegan cosmetics brand Haus Labs , launched in 2019. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born into an upper-middle-class Catholic family on March 28, 1986, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, New York City. Both of her parents have Italian ancestry. Her parents are Cynthia Louise ( née  Bissett ),

6292-688: The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album , and "Bad Romance" won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards . In 2009, Gaga spent a record 150 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and became the most downloaded female act in a year in the US, with 11.1 million downloads sold, earning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records . Worldwide, The Fame and The Fame Monster together have sold more than 15 million copies, and

6435-749: The Katy Independent School District . The following schools serve Addicks: Addicks was, at one time, served by the Addicks Independent School District . The last graduating class of Addicks High School was in 1948. By the mid-1950s, there were only 6 grades in Addicks Elementary School. Seventh through twelfth grades were bussed to schools in Katy. Portions of Addicks ISD later consolidated into Katy ISD in 1961. The school board at

6578-670: The Mercury Lounge , the Bitter End , and the Rockwood Music Hall . Their live performance art piece, known as "Lady Gaga and the Starlight Revue" and billed as "The Ultimate Pop Burlesque Rockshow", was a tribute to 1970s variety acts. They performed at the 2007 Lollapalooza music festival. Having initially focused on avant-garde electronic dance music , Gaga began to incorporate pop melodies and

6721-562: The New York Film Critics Circle Award , and nominations for the BAFTA Award , Critics' Choice Award , Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Gaga co-wrote the song " Hold My Hand " for the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick , and also composed the score alongside Hans Zimmer and Harold Faltermeyer . She performed "Hold My Hand" live at the 95th Academy Awards , where it

6864-459: The O 2 Arena in the UK. During this era, Gaga ventured into business, collaborating with consumer electronics company Monster Cable Products to create in-ear, jewel-encrusted headphones called Heartbeats by Lady Gaga. She also partnered with Polaroid in January 2010 as their creative director and announced a suite of photo-capture products called Grey Label. Her collaboration with her past record producer and ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari led to

7007-755: The Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America , and recognition as Billboard 's Artist of the Year (2010) and Woman of the Year (2015). She has also been included in several Forbes power rankings and ranked fourth on VH1 's Greatest Women in Music (2012). Time named Gaga one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010 and 2019 and placed her on their All- Time 100 Fashion Icons list. Gaga's philanthropy and activism focus on mental health awareness and LGBT rights . She has her own non-profit organization,

7150-406: The glam rock style of David Bowie and Queen into her songs. While Gaga and Starlight were performing, Fusari continued to develop the songs he had created with her, sending them to the producer and record executive Vincent Herbert . In November 2007, Herbert signed Gaga to his label Streamline Records, an imprint of Interscope Records , established that month. Gaga later credited Herbert as

7293-425: The iTunes Store , with over one million downloads in less than a week. Following her electronic dance music -influenced third album, Artpop (2013), she pursued jazz on the album Cheek to Cheek (2014) with Tony Bennett , and delved into soft rock on the album Joanne (2016). She ventured into acting, winning awards for her leading roles in the miniseries American Horror Story: Hotel (2015–2016) and

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7436-434: The most watched on YouTube in April 2010, and that October, Gaga became the first person with more than one billion combined views. At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards , she won eight awards from 13 nominations, including Video of the Year for "Bad Romance". She was the most nominated artist for a single year, and the first woman to receive two nominations for Video of the Year at the same ceremony. The Fame Monster won

7579-480: The "Tax Day Flood" by some. The flood left some damage to Cy-Fair High School, and the carpet had to be replaced in twenty classrooms, as well as the carpet for the school library. The floor for the school's weight room also had to be removed and replaced. Cy-Fair was one of the 57 campuses in the Cypress Fairbanks District that faced damage due to the flood. Unsurprisingly, all of the schools in

7722-614: The 2018–2019 school year, the school received an A grade from the Texas Education Agency , with an overall score of 90 out of 100. The school received a B grade in two domains, School Progress (score of 87) and Closing the Gaps (score of 85), and an A grade in Student Achievement (score of 92). The school received one of the seven possible distinction designations for Top 25%: Comparative Academic Growth. Cy-Fair

7865-462: The 5A state champions, defeating Amarillo High School in the final. The 2007-2008 girls' volleyball team competed in 5A Region III District 17, achieving a 45–3 overall record with an undefeated district season at 15–0. The team ranked 5th in the state of Texas and 49th nationally. The 2013-14 girls' volleyball team competed in 5A Region III District 17, achieving a 45–4 overall record with an undefeated district season at 18–0. The team ranked 8th in

8008-497: The Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards , and debuted at number one in the US, making Gaga the third person to top the country's chart in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards , Gaga won five awards, including the inaugural Tricon Award recognizing artists accomplished in different areas of the entertainment industry. In September 2020, she appeared in

8151-702: The Born This Way Ball tour; she crafted the album to mirror "a night at the club". In August 2013, Gaga released the album's lead single " Applause ", which reached number one in Hungary, number four in the US, and number five in the UK. A lyric video for Artpop track " Aura " followed in October to accompany Robert Rodriguez 's Machete Kills , where she plays an assassin named La Chameleon. The film received generally mixed reviews and earned less than half of its $ 33 million budget. The second Artpop single, " Do What U Want ", featured singer R. Kelly and

8294-480: The Carverdale School for African-American students, which was open from 1926 to 1970 and served students ranging from 1st grade to 12th grade, was permanently shut down on August 3, 1970, and the students who were stationed to attend school at Carverdale school were transferred to Cy-Fair High School. African-American students first began enrolling at Cy-Fair in 1966 under the "Freedom of Choice" option that

8437-666: The Cy-Fair High School marching band claimed the grand champion award, or first place in Enrollment Class V, repeating in earning the top award at the third annual Battle at the Berry Marching Contest at Cy-Fair FCU Stadium. It was hosted by the Cypress Springs High School marching band. It featured 19 bands from across the Houston area competing in four different classifications based on marching band enrollments. On April 2, 2022, at

8580-690: The Cy-Fair High School marching band won their first Bands of America Shenandoah regional, or first place in Enrollment Class AAAA, at the North Houston Bands of America regional Marching Contest at Woodforest bank stadium. They won with 81.000 as their score. It was hosted by the College park High School marching band. It featured 33 bands from across the Houston area competing in two different classifications based on school enrollment. Just shortly after, on October 30, 2023, at

8723-506: The Cy-Fair High School's Cy-Fair Singers won first place at the prestigious Madrigal & Chamber Choir Festival at the Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio . They were crowned first-place winners out of 38 competing ensembles. They were named as the 2020 honor choir. In the second Marksmanship and Drill Meet, Cy-Fair High School won 10 trophies in 2018. Cy-Fair High School Air Force JROTC unit has won

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8866-469: The Cypress high school students had to travel to Addicks . A 20-acre plot of land that was handed out to the district by Louis Telge, also known as the grandfather of the previous School Board members John and Chester Telge. On the newly donated land, a school called, "Big Cypress Schoolhouse, No. 2. Dist. 6," was built in the year of 1884, in Cypress, Texas. It was also called the "Cypress School". When it

9009-617: The Distinguished Unit Award for four years in a row, starting from the school year 2016-2017 and until 2019–2020. Addicks, Houston Addicks is an area of Houston that was formerly its own community. Addicks, a railroad stop for the Bear Creek community, was named after its original postmaster, Henry Addicks, in 1884. The original town site was located just south of the intersection of Patterson Road and Highway 6 . The Addicks Bear Creek Cemetery contains

9152-583: The Guinness World Record for Most Product Placement in a Video. According to author Curtis Fogel, she explores bondage and sadomasochism and highlights prevalent feminist themes. The main themes of her music videos are sex, violence, and power. She has called herself "a little bit of a feminist" and asserted that she is "sexually empowering women". Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of "The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time" in 2020, stating that "the name 'Lady Gaga' will forever be synonymous with culture-shifting music videos". Regarded as "one of

9295-662: The Haus of Gaga, modeled on Andy Warhol 's The Factory . The Fame was released on August 19, 2008, and reached number one in Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK, as well as the top five in Australia and the US. Its first two singles, " Just Dance " and " Poker Face ", reached number one in the United States, Australia, Canada and the UK. The latter was also the world's bestselling single of 2009, with 9.8 million copies sold that year, and spent

9438-432: The Indian alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra a "true inspiration", and has also quoted Indian leader Osho 's book Creativity on Twitter. Gaga said she was influenced by Osho's work in valuing rebellion through creativity and equality. Critics have analyzed and scrutinized Gaga's musical and performance style, as she has experimented with new ideas and images throughout her career. She has said that she finds

9581-411: The Jazz & Piano in January 2019. Gaga launched her vegan makeup line, Haus Laboratories , in September 2019 exclusively on Amazon . Consisting of 40 products, including liquid eyeliners, lip glosses and face mask sticker, it reached number-one on Amazon's list of bestselling lipsticks. Gaga's sixth studio album, Chromatica , was released on May 29, 2020, to positive reviews. It debuted atop

9724-445: The Pussycat Dolls ' 2009 Doll Domination Tour in Europe and Oceania, Gaga headlined her worldwide The Fame Ball Tour , which ran from March to September 2009. While traveling the globe, she wrote eight songs for The Fame Monster , a reissue of The Fame . Those new songs were also released as a standalone EP on November 18, 2009. Its first single, " Bad Romance ", was released one month earlier and went number one in Canada and

9867-403: The Texas Color Guard Circuit Percussion/Winds State Championship Finals that was held at Texas A&M University's Reed Arena, Cy-Fair High School's indoor percussion ensemble won in its distinct division, known as the Percussion Scholastic Open division. They were first place in the Percussion Scholastic Open. They performed their winning performance at 7:35 pm on April 2. On September 30, 2023,

10010-432: The UK, and number two in the US, Australia and New Zealand. " Telephone ", with Beyoncé , followed as the second single from the EP and became Gaga's fourth UK number one. Its third single was " Alejandro ", which reached number one in Finland and attracted controversy when its music video was deemed blasphemous by the Catholic League . Both tracks reached the top five in the US. The video for "Bad Romance" became

10153-419: The US charts, becoming her sixth consecutive number-one album in the country, and reached the top spot in more than a dozen other territories including Australia, Canada, France, Italy and the UK. Chromatica ' s lead single, " Stupid Love ", was released on February 28, 2020, and charted at number five in the US and the UK. The second single, " Rain on Me " with Ariana Grande , followed on May 22. It won

10296-505: The US. The album's promotional rollout included the television special One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga , released in November 2021, on CBS, which featured select performances from the duo's August 3 and 5 performances at Radio City Music Hall . Another taped performance by the duo recorded for MTV Unplugged was released that December. At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards , Love for Sale won Gaga and Bennett

10439-570: The Year award at the Fashion Los Angeles Awards. In February 2016, Gaga sang the US national anthem at Super Bowl 50 , partnered with Intel and Nile Rodgers for a tribute performance to the late David Bowie at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards , and sang "Til It Happens to You" at the 88th Academy Awards , where she was introduced by Joe Biden and was accompanied on-stage by 50 people who had suffered from sexual assault. She

10582-607: The artist management division of Live Nation Entertainment . She briefly appeared in Rodriguez's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For , and was confirmed as Versace 's spring-summer 2014 ambassador with a campaign called "Lady Gaga For Versace". In September 2014, Gaga released a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett titled Cheek to Cheek . The inspiration behind the album came from her friendship with Bennett, and fascination with jazz music since her childhood. He stated that Gaga

10725-551: The award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. After an appearance in the television special Friends: The Reunion , in which Gaga sang " Smelly Cat " with Lisa Kudrow , she portrayed Patrizia Reggiani , who was convicted of hiring a hitman to murder her ex-husband and former head of the Gucci fashion house Maurizio Gucci (played by Adam Driver ), in Ridley Scott 's biographical crime film titled House of Gucci . For

10868-625: The band made it to the final round for 6A in the school's history, and the Cy-Fair and Bridgeland bands were the school district's first ever participants in the Finals Round. Almost a year later, on September 28, 2024, at the Bands Of America North Houston Regional located at Woodforest Bank Stadium in Conroe, Texas, the school's band earned a second place spot for their production, “Gravity.” On March 2, 2019,

11011-640: The blood-soaked theme during The Monster Ball Tour, causing protests in England from family groups and fans in the aftermath of the Cumbria shootings , in which a taxi driver had killed 12 people, then himself. At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards , Gaga appeared in drag as her male alter ego , Jo Calderone, and delivered a lovesick monologue before a performance of her song "You and I". As Gaga's choreographer and creative director, Laurieann Gibson provided material for her shows and videos for four years before she

11154-399: The charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and the UK. As of June 2019, the soundtrack had sold over six million copies worldwide. The album won Gaga four Grammy Awards— Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media for "Shallow", as well as the latter category for " I'll Never Love Again "—and

11297-638: The continual reinvention "liberating", which she has been drawn to since childhood. Gaga combines a variety of music genres, particularly incorporating elements of rock into her pop and dance music. She has also branched out into jazz and other non-pop musical genres. Gaga's voice has been classified as a contralto , with a range spanning from B ♭ 2 to B 5 . She has changed her vocal style regularly, and deemed Born This Way "much more vocally up to par with what I've always been capable of". In summing up her voice, Entertainment Weekly wrote: "There's an immense emotional intelligence behind

11440-540: The core of the listener." On Chromatica , Gaga returned to her dance-pop roots, and discussed her struggles with mental health. Her second jazz album, Love for Sale , consists of a tribute to Cole Porter . Harlequin was inspired by Gaga's role in Joker: Folie à Deux , and expands on her venture into jazz music. Featuring constant costume changes and provocative visuals, Gaga's music videos are often described as short films. The video for "Telephone" earned Gaga

11583-469: The damages being fixed. In the school year 2020–2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Cy-Fair High School students, staff, and teachers were required to wear a face mask on campus to protect each other from contacting COVID-19. Although Governor Greg Abbott made his announcement that went effective on March 10, 2021, which stated that Texans will no longer be required by state law to wear a mask in public,

11726-615: The district were closed from April 18–22. On Sunday, February 5, 2017, the Cy-Fair High School Brigade, along with many other dance teams from the school district, performed with Lady Gaga at the Super Bowl LI Halftime show that took place at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. As part of high school rezoning, a portion of Cy-Fair's attendance zone, as well as portions of Cypress Falls High School and Cypress Woods High School 's attendance zones,

11869-622: The documentary The Hunting Ground , which earned them the Satellite Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Award nomination in the same category . Gaga won Billboard Woman of the Year and Contemporary Icon Award at the 2015 Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards. Gaga had spent much of her early life wanting to be an actress, and achieved her goal when she starred in American Horror Story: Hotel . Running from October 2015 to January 2016, Hotel

12012-765: The effect of a long-term condition called fibromyalgia . In February 2018, it prompted Gaga to cancel the last ten shows of the Joanne World Tour, which ultimately grossed $ 95 million from 842,000 tickets sold. In March 2018, Gaga supported the March for Our Lives gun-control rally in Washington, D.C., and released a cover of Elton John's " Your Song " for his tribute album Revamp . Later that year, she starred as struggling singer Ally in Bradley Cooper 's musical romantic drama A Star Is Born ,

12155-707: The engagement in February 2019. Gaga signed a concert residency , named Lady Gaga Enigma + Jazz & Piano , to perform at the MGM Park Theater in Las Vegas . The residency consists of two types of shows: Enigma, which focused on theatricality and included Gaga's biggest hits, and Jazz & Piano, which involved tracks from the Great American Songbook and stripped-down versions of Gaga's songs. The Enigma show opened in December 2018 and

12298-464: The fastest selling single on iTunes . It debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming the 1,000th number-one single in the history of the charts. Its second single " Judas " followed two months later, and " The Edge of Glory " served as its third single. Both reached the top 10 in the US and the UK. Her music video for "The Edge of Glory", unlike her previous work, portrays her dancing on

12441-510: The fifth season of the show ultimately influenced her future music, prompting her to feature "the art of darkness". In September 2016, she released her fifth album's lead single, " Perfect Illusion ", which topped the charts in France and reached number 15 in the US. The album, titled Joanne , was named after Gaga's late aunt, who was an inspiration for the music. It was released on October 21, 2016, and became Gaga's fourth number one album on

12584-486: The films House of Gucci (2021) and Joker: Folie à Deux (2024), and the Billboard Global 200 number-one single " Die with a Smile " (2024). Having sold an estimated 170   million records, Gaga is one of the world's best selling music artists and the only female artist to achieve four singles each selling at least 10   million copies globally. Her other accolades include 13 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, 18 MTV Video Music Awards , awards from

12727-529: The first person to call her "Lady Gaga", which was derived from Queen 's song " Radio Ga Ga ". According to his account, the name was coined when on one occasion he attempted to call her "Radio Ga Ga" via text message, but the spell check converted the word "Radio" to "Lady". Their relationship lasted until January 2007. Fusari and Gaga established a company called "Team Lovechild, LLC" to promote her career. They recorded and produced electropop tracks, sending them to music industry executives. Joshua Sarubin,

12870-568: The graves of many of the original German settlers. The town and surrounding community were destroyed by the Hurricane of 1900 but were quickly rebuilt. By 1947 the community was forced to move several miles south near the current intersection of I-10 and Highway 6 since the old location became the site for the Addicks Reservoir . Many of the old buildings can still be found. The Addicks Bear Creek Methodist Church, founded in 1879,

13013-444: The greatest living musical performers" by Rolling Stone , Gaga has called herself a perfectionist when it comes to her elaborate shows. Her performances have been described as "highly entertaining and innovative"; the blood-spurting performance of "Paparazzi" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards was described as "eye-popping" by MTV News and ranked among the best MTV VMA performances of all time by various publications. She continued

13156-612: The head of Artists and repertoire (A&R) at Def Jam Recordings , responded positively and, after approval from Sarubin's boss Antonio "L.A." Reid , Gaga was signed to Def Jam in September   2006. She was dropped from the label three months later and returned to her family home for Christmas. Gaga began performing at neo-burlesque shows, and said these represented freedom to her. During this time, she met performance artist Lady Starlight , who helped mold her onstage persona. The pair began performing at downtown club venues like

13299-511: The headlining act during the Super Bowl LI halftime show on February 5, 2017. Her performance featured a group of hundreds of lighted drones forming various shapes in the sky above Houston's NRG Stadium —the first time robotic aircraft appeared in a Super Bowl program. It attracted 117.5 million viewers in the United States, exceeding the game's 111.3 million viewers and making it the third most-watched Super Bowl halftime show at

13442-748: The highest grossing female artist touring in 2022. Gaga was appointed as co-chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities by President Joe Biden in April 2023, and collaborated with the Rolling Stones on the song " Sweet Sounds of Heaven ", also featuring Stevie Wonder , from their album Hackney Diamonds that year. Gaga was the featured artist for season two of the online video game Fortnite spin-off, Fortnite Festival , which ran from February to April 2024. She became engaged to entrepreneur Michael Polansky that April, four years after they began dating. In July, she performed

13585-614: The highest level"; Stephanie Zacharek of Time magazine similarly highlighted her "knockout performance" and found her to be "charismatic" without her usual makeup, wigs and costumes. For the role, Gaga won the National Board of Review and Critics' Choice awards for Best Actress, in addition to receiving nominations for the Academy Award , Golden Globe Award , Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Gaga and Cooper co-wrote and produced most of

13728-413: The hurricane hit, Cy-Fair High School's rugby team volunteered to clean out the flood-damaged homes within their community, twenty-seven homes being the total amount that they helped to clean out. As a result, they were honored with a plaque for their contributions to the community. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic that started COVID-19 lockdowns during the spring of 2020, Cy-Fair High School and

13871-406: The intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 290 . Remnants of this road are still in use today as a part of Highway 6 north of Interstate 10. Similarly, Addicks-Howell Road connected Addicks to the small town of Howellville once located near the intersection of Highway 6 and Westheimer Road . While most of the original Addicks-Howell Road was paved over during the re-routing of present-day Highway 6,

14014-513: The jazz genre. Joanne , exploring the genres of country, funk, pop, dance, rock, electronic music and folk, was influenced by her personal life. The A Star Is Born soundtrack contains elements of blues rock , country and bubblegum pop . Billboard commented that its lyrics are about wanting change, its struggle, love, romance, and bonding, describing the music as "timeless, emotional, gritty and earnest. They sound like songs written by artists who, quite frankly, are supremely messed up but hit to

14157-439: The keys like this because I was too young and short to get all the way up there. Just go like this on the low end of the piano ... I was really, really good at piano, so my first instincts were to work so hard at practicing piano, and I might not have been a natural dancer, but I am a natural musician. That is the thing that I believe I am the greatest at. In 2003, Gaga gained early admission to Collaborative Arts Project 21 ,

14300-407: The latter was 2010's second bestselling album. Its success allowed Gaga to start her second worldwide concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour , and release The Remix , her final record with Cherrytree Records and among the bestselling remix albums of all time . The Monster Ball Tour ran from November 2009 to May 2011 and grossed $ 227.4 million, making it the highest-grossing concert tour for

14443-686: The man who discovered her. Having served as an apprentice songwriter during an internship at Famous Music Publishing, Gaga struck a music publishing deal with Sony/ATV . As a result, she was hired to write songs for Britney Spears , New Kids on the Block , Fergie , and the Pussycat Dolls . At Interscope, musician Akon was impressed with her singing abilities when she sang a reference vocal for one of his tracks in studio. Akon convinced Jimmy Iovine , chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M Records (a brother company for Def Jam), to form

14586-530: The musical film A Star Is Born (2018). Her contributions to the latter's soundtrack , which spawned the chart-topping single " Shallow ", made her the first woman to win an Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Grammy Award in one year. Gaga returned to dance-pop with her sixth studio album, Chromatica (2020), which yielded the number-one single " Rain on Me ", and released her second and final collaborative album with Bennett, Love for Sale (2021). She followed this with starring roles in

14729-479: The narrow, two-lane road. Jackrabbit Road once extended from the present site of the community of Addicks north toward Fairbanks; the road intersected with then-Hempstead Highway/now US 290. In the late 1950s, much of the dirt-and-gravel Jackrabbit Road was widened and replaced with the new FM 1960. The section of FM 1960 south of US 290 toward Addicks and continuing south past Addicks was later renamed State Highway 6. Portions of Jackrabbit Road south of US 290 remain; it

14872-410: The need for stronger academics. T.S. Hancock, who was a superintendent from 1955 to 1967, implemented individualized teaching methods and a complete testing program to measure scholastic achievement. The teachers at the school during this time received in-service training, and more emphasis was placed on science, math, electronics, foreign languages, and journalism. Following court-ordered desegregation,

15015-557: The new school. The school received its accreditation less than a year after opening. According to Community Impact, Jane Ledbetter with the Cypress Historical Society had said that the school "really solidified the two districts coming together." and that it was "symbolic". Meanwhile, the wood-framed schoolhouse at the Cypress School burned down that same year. In 1944, CFISD’s agriculture and rodeo program

15158-488: The northernmost stretch still exists just south of its intersection with Interstate 10. Other roads that follow this convention include Addicks-Fairbanks Road (present day Eldridge Parkway north of Interstate 10) and Addicks-Clodine Road (most of which was abandoned after building of the Barker Reservoir ). Jackrabbit Road was named because of the plethora of jackrabbits that once lived around and often darted across

15301-515: The only standing high school in the Cypress Fairbanks School District until Jersey Village High School opened in 1972. For 1999–2001, the school was renovated and expanded, adding 20 classrooms and a new library. Plans were made to renovate the school in 1998, due to the school becoming increasingly cramped over the years and the desire to update the classrooms to make way for advancing technology. Voters approved for

15444-462: The other hand, they were able to keep social distancing guidelines in Cy-Fair High School, like in all of the schools in the district until the pandemic was over. Out of all of the schools in the Cypress Fairbanks School District, Cy-Fair High School has had the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the 2021–22 school year, according to district data. In 2019, plans for building the CFISD Visual and Performing Arts Center were made official when

15587-441: The part, Gaga learned to speak with an Italian accent. She also stayed in character for 18 months, speaking with an accent for nine months during that period. Her method acting took a toll on her mental wellbeing, and towards the end of filming she had to be accompanied on-set by a psychiatric nurse . The film was released on November 24, 2021, to mixed reviews, though critics praised Gaga's performance as "note-perfect". She earned

15730-417: The project due to its portrayal of addiction and depression. A Star Is Born premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival , and was released worldwide that October. Gaga's performance was acclaimed by film critics, with Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian labeling the film "outrageously watchable" and stating that "Gaga's ability to be part ordinary person, part extraterrestrial celebrity empress functions at

15873-565: The record among " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time " in 2020. Born This Way ' s following singles were " You and I " and " Marry the Night ", which reached numbers 6 and 29 in the US, respectively. Its cut, " Bloody Mary ", became a resurgent success and was released as a single in 2022. While filming the "You and I" music video, Gaga met and started dating actor Taylor Kinney in July 2011, who played her love interest. She also embarked on

16016-415: The release of Cheek to Cheek and the attention she received for her performance at the 87th Academy Awards , where she sang a medley of songs from The Sound of Music in a tribute to Julie Andrews . Considered one of her best performances by Billboard , it triggered more than 214,000 interactions per minute globally on Facebook. She and Diane Warren co-wrote the song " Til It Happens to You " for

16159-490: The rest of the schools in the Cypress-Fairbanks School District shut down their campuses, cancelling all in person classes for the rest of the 2019–2020 school year and transitioning them to an online learning option that was created for students and teachers to use online without being on campus. When the new school year 2020-2021 rolled around, teachers and some students returned to campus for

16302-518: The school and the other schools in the district were still legally allowed to implement mask mandates. However, later on, in May of that same year, the district soon had no choice but to end the mandate due to Abbott signing an executive order that banned government entities, including public schools, from mandating masks. Therefore, face masks in Cy-Fair High School, and every other school in their district, were restricted from being able to choose whether or not to make mask mandates active in 2021–2022. On

16445-415: The sequel to his 2019 film Joker . It premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival , and was released theatrically in October 2024. While the film received negative reviews, Gaga's performance was met with a positive reception, with critics finding her to be underused. Songs she and Phoenix performed in the film were included on an accompanying soundtrack album . Gaga additionally produced

16588-430: The songs on the soundtrack for A Star Is Born , which she insisted they perform live in the film. Its lead single, " Shallow ", performed by the two, was released on September 27, 2018 and topped the charts in various countries including Australia, the UK and the US. The soundtrack contains 34 tracks, including 17 original songs, and received generally positive reviews; Mark Kennedy of The Washington Post called it

16731-533: The state of Texas and 47th nationally. The Cy-Fair high school girls’ cross country teams placed among the top 15 teams at the UIL Class 6A Cross Country State Championships, held on November 8, 2014, at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock . Cy-Fair placed 10th overall with a score of 235. The 2021-2022 girls’ swim team claimed the District 17-6A titles, with 140 points, on February 2, 2022. On October 14, 2017,

16874-401: The state playoffs, where they fell to a powerhouse Temple Wildcats squad that advanced to the state championship game. The 1985 football team finished with a 13-1-1 record, losing to perennial power Permian High School 7–10 in the 5A state semifinals. In 1987, a third-round playoff game against North Mesquite High School ended in a 28–28 tie, with Cy-Fair advancing to the next round due to

17017-497: The team won the 4A State Championship, and were given the honorific title of "National Champions." The 1970–71 season was the first in 4A for Cy-Fair High School It is worth noting that Cy-Fair only used five players in the State Championship game against Wheatley. The five were twin brothers Ronald and Donald Dunlap, Jerry Mercer, Bobby Metcalf and Andrew Jones. Jones transferred to Cy-Fair from Carverdale, when Carverdale

17160-469: The theatrics of the pop artist Andy Warhol and her own performance roots in musical theater. She has been compared to Madonna, who has said that she sees herself reflected in Gaga. Gaga has expressed her desire to revolutionize pop music the way Madonna did. Gaga has also cited heavy metal bands as an influence, specifically Iron Maiden , Black Sabbath and Marilyn Manson . She has credited Beyoncé as

17303-451: The time could have guided Addicks ISD to consolidate into Spring Branch ISD, but they chose to merge with Katy because it (Katy ISD) was still a rural district. [2] . The rest of Addicks ISD was absorbed by other school districts. The names of many of the oldest roads in the area indicate the two towns they connect. For example, Addicks-Satsuma Road once linked the small town of Addicks with the small town of Satsuma, Texas once located near

17446-594: The time. The performance led to a surge of 410,000 song downloads in the United States for Gaga and earned her an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Special Class Program category. CBS Sports included her performance as the second best in the history of Super Bowl halftime shows. In April, Gaga headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival . She also released a standalone single, " The Cure ", which reached

17589-549: The top 10 in Australia. Four months later, Gaga began the Joanne World Tour , which she announced after the Super Bowl LI halftime show. Gaga's creation of Joanne and preparation for her halftime show performance were featured in the documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two , which premiered on Netflix that September. Throughout the film, she was seen suffering from chronic pain , which was later revealed to be

17732-520: The video campaign for Valentino 's Voce Viva fragrance, singing a stripped-down version of Chromatica track " Sine from Above ", along with a group of models. During the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021, Gaga sang the US national anthem. In February 2021, her dog walker Ryan Fischer was hospitalized after getting shot in Hollywood. Two of her French Bulldogs , Koji and Gustav, were taken while

17875-616: The way of students and teachers before. In February 2021, Cy-Fair High School and the rest of the school district were shut down when Texas was hit with a snowstorm, caused by the February 2021 North American cold wave , that lasted from February 11 until February 20, which resulted in the 2021 Texas power crisis . It left more than 60 of the campuses throughout the district with massive water damage, some suffering with burst pipes caused by power outages and extremely low temperatures. The students were able to return to school on February 22, with

18018-408: The way she uses her voice. Almost never does she overwhelm a song with her vocal ability, recognizing instead that artistry is to be found in nuance rather than lung power." According to Evan Sawdey of PopMatters , Gaga managed "to get you moving and grooving at an almost effortless pace" with The Fame . Gaga has said that she believes "all good music can be played on a piano and still sound like

18161-549: Was 1177 for 2018-2019 graduates. The average ACT score was 20.5. Cy-Fair competes athletically in District 17-6A of the University Interscholastic League . In 1976, the Bobcats clinched the 16-4A Conference Championship with one of the most electrifying offenses in the Houston area, racking up an impressive average of over 30 points per game. Despite their stellar season, the Bobcats' run ended in

18304-549: Was Gaga's third consecutive number-one album on the Billboard 200, and won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album . The duo recorded the concert special Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! , and embarked on the Cheek to Cheek Tour from December 2014 to August 2015. In February 2015, Gaga became engaged to Taylor Kinney. After the lukewarm response to Artpop , Gaga began to reinvent her image and style. According to Billboard , this shift started with

18447-636: Was available that year. When the former students of Carverdale transferred to Cy-Fair, one member (Andrew Jones) of Carverdale's basketball team joined the Cy-Fair High School team, which won celebrated state and national championships in 1971. Years later, the building that was once Carverdale School was repurposed as the Carverdale campus for the Houston Community College System , only to later become torn down and replaced with industrial warehouses. Cy-Fair High School remained

18590-472: Was closed in the summer of 1970. The other four starters played on the 1969-1970 State 3A runner-up team. It's worth noting that Cy-Fair's head coach, Ronnie Truitt, has a special connection to basketball history. He was a member of the 1954 Milan (Ind.) High boys basketball team , the very team that inspired the classic film "Hoosiers." The team advanced to the 4A state semifinals in the 1977–78 season. Led by all state selection Alan Howard Boys' basketball

18733-456: Was co-district champion for the first time in over a decade in the 2019–20 season achieving a 25–9 overall record and 13–2 in district. The girls' basketball team won the 5A state championship in the 2007–08 season, defeating DeSoto High School in the final with senior All-American Nneka Ogwumike and her sister sophomore Chiney Ogwumike . The team won another 5A state championship in the 2009–10 season. The 1986-87 girls' volleyball team were

18876-426: Was established. The next year, the program brought brought in $ 12,000. Since the Cypress area was more rural at the time, many students in the area lived on farms, so the school system had a very strong agricultural program. However, in the latter half of the 20th century, Cypress was transitioning from rural to suburban. As Cypress started to grow rapidly over time, becoming more suburban, the school leaders recognized

19019-512: Was featured in a Thanksgiving television special titled A Very Gaga Thanksgiving , which attracted 5.7 million American viewers and spawned the release of her fourth EP, A Very Gaga Holiday . In 2012, Gaga guest-starred as an animated version of herself in an episode of The Simpsons called " Lisa Goes Gaga ", and released her first fragrance, Lady Gaga Fame , followed by a second one, Eau de Gaga , in 2014. Gaga began work on her third studio album, Artpop , in early 2012, during

19162-434: Was first built in 1884, the building was a one-room school, however, over the years, new rooms were built on, and soon enough, the Cypress School later consisted of seven rooms, a superintendent's office, a library, and a wood-framed schoolhouse for high school students by 1937. By that year, however, was when elementary and high school students who went to this school were divided up, and the high school students transitioned to

19305-709: Was honored that April with the Artist Award at the Jane Ortner Education Awards by The Grammy Museum , which recognizes artists who have demonstrated passion and dedication to education through the arts. Her engagement to Taylor Kinney ended in July; she later said her career had interfered with their relationship. Gaga played a witch named Scathach in American Horror Story: Roanoke , the series' sixth season, which ran from September to November 2016. Her role in

19448-478: Was nominated for Best Original Song. The track also earned Gaga her third win for Best Original Song at the Satellite Awards . In July 2022, she embarked on The Chromatica Ball stadium tour, which concluded that September. It grossed $ 112.4 million from 834,000 tickets sold throughout twenty dates and produced an HBO concert special titled Gaga Chromatica Ball . By the end of the year, she became

19591-563: Was one of five people charged in connection with the shooting and theft. In December 2022, James Howard Jackson, the man who shot Fischer, was sentenced to 21 years in prison. In April 2021, Gaga teamed up with Champagne brand Dom Pérignon , and appeared in an ad shot by Nick Knight. On September 3, she released her third remix album, Dawn of Chromatica . This was followed by her second collaborative album with Tony Bennett, titled Love for Sale , on September 30. The record received generally favorable reviews, and debuted at number eight in

19734-444: Was one out of the thirteen CFISD schools have been named to the 2018-2019 Texas Honor Roll, which is an award that recognizes public elementary, middle and high schools that demonstrate high levels of student academic achievement, improvement in achievement over time, and reduction in achievement gaps. For high schools, Honor Roll recognition includes measures of college readiness in students. The average SAT score at Cy-Fair High School

19877-459: Was put for the 2020–21 school year would be held on to for students after the COVID-19 pandemic in case remote learning is needed in the future due to an emergency. Linda Macias, also known as The Chief Academic Officer, said that because of CFISD needing to create the online learning program due to the pandemic, the school district had broken down innumerable technological barriers that had been in

20020-644: Was released as the third single in March 2014 and peaked at number 76 in the US. Gaga hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in November 2013. After holding her second Thanksgiving Day television special on ABC , Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular , she performed a special rendition of "Do What U Want" with Christina Aguilera on the fifth season of the American reality talent show The Voice . In March 2014, Gaga had

20163-460: Was released later that month, topping the charts in Hungary and reaching number 13 in the US. Artpop was released on November 6, 2013, to mixed reviews. Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph criticized Gaga for making another album about her fame and doubted the record's originality, but found it "great for dancing". The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, and sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide as of July 2014. " G.U.Y. "

20306-479: Was replaced by her assistant Richard Jackson in 2014. In an October 2018 article for Billboard , Rebecca Schiller traced back Gaga's videography from "Just Dance" to the release of A Star Is Born . Schiller noted that following the Artpop era, Gaga's stripped-down approach to music was reflected in the clips for the singles from Joanne , taking the example of the music video of lead single "Perfect Illusion" where she eschewed "the elaborate outfits for shorts and

20449-424: Was to be reassigned to Cypress Ranch High School in 2017. On August 26, 2017, the school was, once again, flooded, as a result of Hurricane Harvey . Cy-Fair High School, as well as all of the schools in the Cypress Fairbanks District, postponed the first day of school for the school year of 2017-2018 for two weeks before reopening and setting its new first day of the school year on September 11, 2017. Shortly after

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