Tampa Bay Technical High School
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| Tampa Bay Technical HS | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | Tampa, Florida, Hillsborough County, Florida |
| Built/Founded: | 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Faculty and Staff
The principal is Christopher Farkas.
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[edit] Programs Offered
Tampa Bay Tech is a magnet and technical school featuring numerous programs:
[edit] Technology Programs
- Autobody Technology
- Automotive Technology
- Business Education
- Commercial Art
- Computer Systems Technology/Cisco Academy
- Construction
- Cosmetology
- Culinary Arts
- Diesel Technology
- Early Childhood Education
- Industrial Electricity
- Journalism
- Television Production
- Welding Technology
[edit] Magnet Programs
[edit] 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 under the head coach C.C. Culpepper.
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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] School 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.
[edit] 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:
[edit] Career Clubs
- HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America)
- FFA (Future Farmers of America)
- FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
- SkillsUSA
[edit] Service Clubs
[edit] Interest Clubs
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- Photography Club
- Drama Club
- Student Government
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
[edit] 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
[edit] 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.
[edit] Class Offerings
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] External links
- Tampa Bay Technical High School Website
- The College Board's AP website for students and parents
- The College Board Index of AP credit policy per individual college
- Hillsborough Community College dual enrollment course list
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