Tampa Bay Technical High School

Infobox_nrhp | name = Tampa Bay Technical HS


caption =
locator_x =
locator_y =
location = Tampa, Florida, Hillsborough County, Florida
built = 1969

Tampa Bay Technical High School is a high school located in the School District of Hillsborough County, offering several different programs including the Academy of Health Professions, the Academy of Architecture, and numerous vocational/technical programs.

Tampa Bay Technical High School was established in 1969 at 6410 Orient Road Tampa, Florida 33610. The students and faculty often refer to it as "Tech" or "TBT."

The school mascot is the Titan.

Vision Statement

Each student is given the opportunity to earn a high school diploma while acquiring technical skills to assure the foundation of future success.

Mission Statement

We, at Tampa Bay Technical High School, will use the cooperative team approach to jointly coordinate instruction and provide a nurturing environment to assure student success. We guarantee opportunities for students, faculty, parents, and community in planning, implementing, and evaluating the programs to ensure that state of the art technical and educational opportunities exist for all students. We emphasize pride, work ethic and good citizenship in school and community.

Faculty and Staff

The principal is Scott Brooks.

Programs Offered

Tampa Bay Tech is a magnet and technical school featuring numerous programs:

Technology Programs

* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Transportation.html Autobody Technology]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Transportation2.html Automotive Technology]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Business.html Business Education]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/CommercialArt.html Commercial Art]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/ComputerRepair.html Computer Systems Technology/Cisco Academy]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Construction.html Construction]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Cosmetology.html Cosmetology]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Culinary.html Culinary Arts]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Transportation3.html Diesel Technology]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Childcare.html Early Childhood Education]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Construction2.html Industrial Electricity]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Journalism2.html Journalism]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Journalism.html Television Production]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesPrograms/Metal.html Welding Technology]

Magnet Programs

* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesAcadHealth/AcadHealth.html Academy of Health Professions]
* [http://www.mytbt.com/PagesAcadHealth/Architecture.html Architectural Academy]

Athletics

The football team posted a record of 0-20 between the years of 2005-2006. Yet this 0-20 streak was snapped on August 31st 2007, when the Titans defeated Bloomingdale High School in a stunning 50-7 victory. In the 2006-2007 school year, the Titans are 4-2, having beat Leto High School 20-0, Sickles High School 47-0 and Freedom High School 19-0. In a surprising turn of events, the Titans lost to Spoto High School 21-18 on September 28th. On October 5th, the Titans played Armwood High School where they lost 26-0. The Titans won their first homecoming game in 4 years against Lennard high school sporting a 35-10 victory. The Titans finished with a record of 6-5.

On March 17th, 2008, the 2007-2008 Fellowsip of Christian Athletes Club at Tampa Bay Tech launched www.TitanStomp.com. TBT's first and official athletic website.

Academy of Health

The Health program is broken up into several fields during students' senior or junior years, depending on the specialty, such as Radiology, Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy, Veterinary Assistant, Medical Laboratory, Pharmacy, Vision Specialist, Dental Care, CNA, and LPN (nursing). The LPN program requires a great deal more study than any other program, and for this reason chooses its members much sooner than any other program. Students choose which field they desire to move into and apply to these programs. The specialty has the option of refusing any student, however most students are placed in the field they desire.

Academy of Architecture

The Academy of Architecture has classes in two separate rooms, each a fully-functioning lab. The students learn fundamental skills about the architecture field and practice computer-aided design as well as manual drafting. Students enter several contests throughout the year e.g. a local drafting and design competition at the Strawberry Festival, national drafting and design competitions with SkillsUSA, and the West Point Bridge Design Contest. Drafting 1 & 2 are currently taught by Ronald Brill. Drafting 3-6 are under the instruction of David Carrier.

chool of Business

Many business certificates can be earned in fields such as Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, and Web Design. Tampa Bay Tech is active in FBLA, and attends the annual district, state and national competitions.

Club Involvement

Clubs are plentiful in the school and some nationwide clubs include chapters at Tampa Bay Tech. Clubs are divided into Career, Service, Interest and Honors Clubs. Career and Service Clubs meet on the same day, and Interest and Honors Clubs meet on the same days. These list are incomplete:

Career Clubs

*HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America)
*FFA (Future Farmers of America)
*FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
*SkillsUSA

ervice Clubs

*Key Club

Interest Clubs

*Gay-Straight Alliance
*Photography Club
*Drama Club
*Student Government
*Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Honors Clubs

*National Honor Society
*Spanish National Honor Society
*National Technical Honor Society
*National Beta Club
*Mu Alpha Theta
*Model United Nations
*Senior Senate
*Junior Senate
*Sophomore Senate

The 2007-2008 Fellowship of Christian Athletes also launched a website dedicated to Tampa Bay Tech clubs, www.TBTclubs.com

NJROTC

Tampa Bay Tech's NJROTC is headed by Commander Grimes USN(ret.) and Master Chief Stuthers USN(ret.). Starting the school year of 2007-2008, Commander Grimes replaced Commander DeMartini as the SNSI. The NJROTC at Tampa Bay Tech has earned various distinctions including the Unit Achievement award three times in a row and the Distuingished Unit award for the past two years in 2007 and 2008. This award, which must be awarded by the Area 7 Manager personally, is the highest award that the unit as a whole can obtain.

Class Offerings

Advanced Placement

The Advanced Placement Program, commonly known as Advanced Placement, or AP, is a United States and Canada-based program that offers high school students the opportunity to receive university credit for their work during high school, as well as a standard measure of achievement in a particular course.The following AP courses are offered at TBT:
*AP Art History
*AP Biology
*AP Calculus AB
*AP Chemistry
*AP English Language and Composition
*AP English Literature and Composition
*AP Human Geography
*AP Psychology
*AP Spanish
*AP Statistics
*AP US History
*AP World History

The following AP courses have been proposed as likely to be taught next year:
*AP Calculus BC
*AP Environmental Science

Dual Enrollment

The following is a partial (incomplete) list of dual enrollment courses offered at TBT. These courses award credit in both high school and Hillsborough Community College:
*Freshman English
*US History
*History of Western Civilization

External links

* [http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/~tampabay.tech/ Tampa Bay Technical High School Website]
* [http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html The College Board's AP website for students and parents]
* [http://apps.collegeboard.com/apcreditpolicy/index.jsp The College Board Index of AP credit policy per individual college]
* [http://www.hccfl.edu/Student/dual/files/2C7886365FCC4ABF81605B05395A533B.PDF Hillsborough Community College dual enrollment course list]