Timber Creek High School

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Timber Creek High School
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Address
Timber Creek High School
1001 Avalon Park Blvd. East

Orlando
,
Florida
32828

United States
Coordinates Coordinates: 28°33′11″N81°09′53″W / 28.553126°N 81.164858°W / 28.553126; -81.164858
Information
School type Public high school
MottoScientia, Prudentia et Honor
Established2001
School district Orange County Public Schools
PrincipalKelly Paduano
Faculty176.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment3,492 (2019–20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.84 [1]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Purple, Silver and Black    
Mascot Wolf
Rival East River High School
Website www.tchs.ocps.net

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]

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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 VEX Robotics team has won the following awards: [5]

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:

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]

In 2009, the Regiment also had an undefeated 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] [11] Recently, they won the 2021 FMBC State Championship with their show The Hill We Climb , based on the Poem by Amanda Gorman.

Notable alumni

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  2. 1 2 "School Information". Timber Creek High School. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
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