| Timber Creek Regional High School | |
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| Location | |
| 501 Jarvis Road Erial, NJ 08081 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 2001 |
| Principal | Mae Robinson |
| Vice principal | Robert Milavsky (9th) Elizabeth Petitte(10th) Robert Murphy (11th) Garry Saunders (12th) |
| Faculty | 80 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,434 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.92[1] |
| Color(s) | Dark Blue Silver White |
| Athletics conference | Olympic Conference |
| Team name | Chargers |
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, operating as part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District. The school opened in 2001 to relieve overcrowding conditions at Highland and Triton High Schools.
Timber Creek High School sits on 278,000 square feet (25,800 m2) 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, Sturbridge Oaks, and numerous other neighborhoods.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,434 students and 80 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.92.[1]
The school was the 219th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 240th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[2] The school was ranked 250th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[3]
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Core members of the school's administration are:[4]
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, and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[5]
The Wrestling team won their first South Jersey, Group III title in 2008, defeating 2nd seeded Hammonton High School in a close battle coming down to the last match making it 30-29.[6]
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.[7][8]
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.[9][10]
The 2008 Boys Track and Field Team won Olympic Conference, South Jersey Group III Championship, and New Jersey Group III State Championship. In the 2008-09 winter track season the 4x4 relay team of Derrick Henry, Allen Jackson, Saliym Starkey and Damiere Byrd ran an indoor record with the time of 3:21. In the 55, Damiere Byrd was named the fastest in Group III, ran the fastest time in NJ, the fastest for a sophomore and a time that ranked eighth nationally.
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 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, The Wiz, Damn Yankees, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, "Grease" and the most recent performance of Hairspray (musical) for the 2010-11 school year.
The Timber Creek Chargers Marching Band were Top 10 Atlantic Coast Championship finalists in 2006.[11] 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.[12] In 2011, they won 1st place at the South Jersey Chapter Championships with a score of 94.25 at Clearview Regional High School.
The Timber Creek Indoor Percussion Ensemble has also been strong, being finalists in the Winter Guard International World Championships in 2009 and 2011. In 2010, the ensemble performed in the Percussion Scholastic A Class, this time winning Scholastic A Class Finals with a score of 96.713.[13]
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.
Timber Creek's FCCLA chapter won a medal in the 2008-09 banner design contest for their fall conference.
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