Timber Creek Regional High School

Infobox_School
name = Timber Creek Regional High School


imagesize = 120px
motto =
established = 2001
type = Public high school
principal = Mae Robinson
viceprincipal = Garry Saunders (9th)
Robert Milavsky (10th)
Elizabeth Petitte (11th)
Robert Murphy (12th)
enrollment = 1,463 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 90.8 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 16.1
teamname = Chargers
conference = Olympic Conference
location = 501 Jarvis Road
Erial, NJ 08081
information = 856-232-9703

Timber Creek Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located on Jarvis Road in Erial, New Jersey, United States, in the southern section of Gloucester Township, as part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District. The school was first opened in 2001 to relieve overcrowding conditions at Highland and Triton High Schools.

This school is state of the art. Timber Creek High School sits on 278,000 square feet and contains 32 academic classrooms, 12 laboratory classrooms, a music suite, 2 art classrooms, an industrial technology lab and a design-drafting classroom. In the high school itself there is a large auditorium which seats 1,000 people, a large cafeteria, and a Library/Media center which contains a television studio. The whole building is fully air-conditioned.

It serves students from surrounding neighborhoods, such as Wye Oak Village, Senator Walk, Cobblestone Farms, Mayfair Woods, Mayfair Meadows, Wood's Edge, Country Oaks, Forest Woods, Forest Ridge, Mulberry Station, Raintree, Dunleigh, Stonebridge Run, Westbury, Spring Valley, Meadowbrook, Revere Run I & II, Brittany Woods, Asten Woods, Wood Hill, King's Gate, Terrestria, Courts at Stonebridge Run, and numerous other neighborhoods.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,463 students and 90.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 16.1. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401770&ID=340177000425 Timber Creek Regional High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 19, 2007.]

The school was the 240th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 250th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

Administrators

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.bhprsd.org/TimberCreek/Administration/Admin-TC.html Timber Creek Regional High School Administration] , Timber Creek Regional High School. Accessed August 10, 2008.]
*Mae Robinson - Principal
*Garry Saunders - Vice Principal, Grade 9
*Robert Milavsky - Vice Principal, Grade 10
*Elizabeth Petitte - Vice Principal, Grade 11
*Robert Murphy - Vice Principal, Grade 12

Athletics

The Timber Creek Regional High School Chargers participate in the Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County.

The boys basketball team won their first South Jersey, Group III title in 2008, defeating the top-seeded Hammonton High School 58-50 in the tournament final. [Ryan, Thomas. [http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/high_school/new_jersey/20080305_Timber_Creek_boys_beat_Hammonton.html "Timber Creek boys beat Hammonton"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", March 5, 2008. "The Chargers defeated top-seeded Hammonton, 58-50, yesterday for their first South Jersey Group 3 title."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=260152&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20III 2008 Boys Basketball - South, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 10, 2008.]

The Boys Baseball Team won its first South Jersey Group III Title, in 2008, defeating Clearview Regional High School by a score of 9-3 to take the title game. [http://www.nj.com/hssports/results/baseball/index.ssf/2008/05/timber_creek_9_clearview_3.html "nj.com": Timber Creek 9, Clearview 3. Accessed June 4th, 2008.] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=277662&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20III 2008 Baseball Tournament - South, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 10, 2008.]

The 2008 Boys Track and Field Team won Oympic Conference, South Jersey Group III Championship, and New Jersey Group III State Championship.

Extracurricular activities

Timber Creek is most noted for its excellent performing arts groups.Fact|date=February 2007 Timber Creek's Choir and Chorale and Voices of Jazz Vocal Groups have been invited and volunteered to sing for many occasions to service the community.

The Timber Creek Chargers Marching Band were Top 10 Atlantic Coast Championship finalists in 2006. The drama program has shown play productions like "Les Misérables", "The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners High School", "The Cinderella Complex", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "Rebel Without A Cause" as well as its musicals, a revue, "Once Upon a Mattress", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", and with a recent performance of "The Wiz" for the 2006-2007 school year. The band finished in second place at the 2007 United States Scholastic Band Association National Championships, competing as a Group I band at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 2007, with a score of 94.225. [ [http://www.yea.org/site/PageServer?pagename=1116natsChampionship, Group I, M&T Bank Stadium, November 16, 2007] , United States Scholastic Band Association. Accessed November 18, 2007.]

The Theatre Arts classes also perform at various school-orientated performances for their fellow students. In addition, as of June 2007, Timber Creek also has a "National Art Honor Society" chapter.

Timber Creek also provides numerous opportunities for students to get involved with after school. These include the French Club, Spanish Club, Cooking, Band, in addition to numerous other activities.

Notable alumni

*Kyle Hines (born 1986), Class of 2004, a former basketball player for the University of North Carolina Greensboro Spartans who is only the 6^th player in NCAA history to amass 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocks in a career. [ [http://www.uncgspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5300&ATCLID=189552 Kyle Hines biography - UNCG Athletics] . Accessed January 8, 2008.] [ [http://www.uncgspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5300&ATCLID=1363635 UNCG to retire Kyle Hines' No. 42 at the end of season - UNCG Athletics] . Accessed January 8, 2008.] [ [http://www.uncgspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=28550&SPID=2210&DB_OEM_ID=5300&ATCLID=1264234 Hines named to CHN's Pre-season Mid-Major All-American First Team] . "Hines, a 6-6, 230 lbs. senior from Sicklerville, NJ and a product of Timber Creek HS, was the school's first-ever Conference Player of the Year and AP All-America Honorable Mention selection last season." Accessed January 8, 2008.]
*Nicholas Tyson (born 1988), Class of 2006, pitcher for the Helena Brewers. [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/T/Nicholas-Tyson.shtml Nicholas Tyson] , The Baseball Cube. Accessed March 26, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.bhprsd.org/TimberCreek/ Timber Creek Regional High School web pages]
* [http://www.bhprsd.org/ Black Horse Pike Regional School District]
*NJReportCard|07|0390|0|Black Horse Pike Regional School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401770 Data for the Black Horse Pike Regional School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/timbercreek/ South Jersey Sports: Timber Creek HS]