Timber Creek High School

Timber Creek High School is a public high school located in Orlando, Florida, within the Orange County Public Schools system. Its primary mascot is a wolf, and its principal is Kelly Paduano.[2]

Timber Creek High School
Address
1001 Avalon Park Blvd. East Orlando , Florida 32828 United States
Coordinates
Information
School type	Public high school
Motto	Scientia, Prudentia et Honor
Established	2001
School district	Orange County Public Schools
Principal	Kelly Paduano
Faculty	169.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	3,476 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.57[1]
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Purple, Silver and Black
Mascot	Wolf
Rival	East River High School
Website	www.tchs.ocps.net

History

Timber Creek High School was built in 2000 as a relief school for nearby University High School. John Wright, the founding principal, remained at Timber Creek until 2012 when he became the executive area director for the school system's East Learning Community.[2]

Athletics

Timber Creek has won state championships in baseball (2017), bowling (2006, boys and girls), volleyball (2008 FHSAA),[3] and cheerleading (2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013).[4]

Robotics team

In addition to winning the 2015 Florida State Championship and competing in the World Championship, the team won the following awards:[5]

2016 Florida VRC State Championship: Tournament Champions 2015 Florida VRC State Championship: Tournament Champions and Tournament Finalists 2015 Battle in Brandon: Tournament Champions, Judges Award, Robot Skills Champion 2015 Space Coast Vex Robotics Showdown: Excellence Award, Robot Skills Champion, Programming Skills Champion 2014 Central Florida SKYRISE: Excellence Award, Innovate Award, Programming Skills Champion, Robot Skills Champion, Sportsmanship Award

Programming team

The programming team at Timber Creek High School competes in contests modeled after the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. They attend contests at Stetson University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, and Florida International University. In addition, they are members of the Florida High School Programming Series, USA Computing Olympiad, and the American Computer Science League. They also attend other online contests hosted by Codeforces, Topcoder, and CodeChef.[6]

Academics

Timber Creek, like most high schools, offers many Advanced Placement (AP) classes including:

AP U.S. History AP World History AP European History AP Art History AP US Government AP Comparative Government AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics AP Human Geography AP Biology AP Environmental Science AP Chemistry AP Physics AP Capstone

AP Music Theory AP Psychology AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Computer Science A AP Computer Science Principles AP English Language AP English Literature AP French Language AP Spanish Language AP Spanish Literature AP German Language AP Chinese Language

The APC (AP Choice) program is an advanced placement program for freshmen and sophomores. The APC program puts its students in classes with other APC students, and moves these classes at a faster pace than normal honors classes. It is intended to prepare the students for the AP courses that they will take in the future by increasing rigor and moving at the faster pace than normal honors classes. The APC program also requires the enrollment in AP Human Geography freshmen year to give the students a taste of AP classes. At graduation, if the students that were in the APC program have taken at least 6 AP classes during their high school years, they receive a special sticker on their diploma that recognizes them as an AP scholar.[7]

Band program

On November 15, 2003, in only their third year of existence (and at their first appearance at the Florida Marching Band Coalition (FMBC) Championships), the Timber Creek Regiment was crowned FMBC Overall Grand Champion at the FMBC State Finals, the first band other than Cypress Creek High School (Orlando FL) recognized as "State Champions".[8]

The Regiment also had an undefeated 2009 season with their show Within. The Regiment has won numerous awards, such as best brass, best woodwinds, best colorguard, best effect, best percussion, etc. On November 20, 2010, the Timber Creek Regiment's performance of X: The Journey garnered them recognition as Class 5A Champions at the 2010 FMBC Championships, held at Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg FL (as of the 2005 marching season, FMBC no longer designates a "Grand Champion" at state finals).[9] They also won this title in 2012 with their show "Two Sides".[10]

Notable alumni

• Chris Board - Professional Football Player Baltimore Raven
• Chase Stokes – Actor
• Lemuel Jeanpierre – former center for the Seattle Seahawks
• Jeremy Pope – Actor
• Ryan Carpenter – professional ice hockey player
• Jacques Patrick – running back for the Cincinnati Bengals

References

1. "Timber Creek High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
2. "School Information". Timber Creek High School. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2009-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "FHSAA Championship Record Books". FHSAA.org. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2015-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Rating". Codeforces.com. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. "Florida Marching Band Tournament". Floridabandtournament.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
9. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-11-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-02-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Timber Creek High School