Timberland High School

Timberland High School

Address
559 E Highway N Wentzville, Missouri USA
Coordinates	38°46′25″N 90°50′42″W / 38.7737°N 90.8451°W / 38.7737; -90.8451Coordinates: 38°46′25″N 90°50′42″W / 38.7737°N 90.8451°W / 38.7737; -90.8451
Information
Type	Public co-ed secondary
Established	2000
Principal	Kyle Lindquist
Asst. Principal	Dan DeClue Liz Rekker Susan Sanchez Keith Sanders
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,996 (Fall 2014)
Color(s)	Hunter Green, Navy Blue, Silver
Mascot	Wolves
Rival	Wentzville Holt High School

Timberland High School is the largest of the three high schools in the Wentzville R-IV School District and second largest high school in St. Charles County, Missouri. The school was established in 2000, and the 2014 enrollment was 1,996.

History

Timberland High School opened in August 2000 as an annex to Wentzville Holt High School for freshmen and sophomores within the boundaries for the new annex. It became a fully independent four-year high school in 2002.^[1]

Academics

47% of the class of 2014 graduates went on to attend a four-year college. 35.5% entered a two-year college, while 8% entered the workforce or military service.^[2]

In 2014, the average composite ACT score for Timberland was 22.8, which was above the state average of 21.8 and national average of 21.0^[3]^[4]

Timberland High School received A+ designation on May 23, 2002. The A+ Schools program is a school improvement initiative established by the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993. Graduates who meet the seven A+ state requirements are eligible for tuition reimbursement and general fee reimbursement to attend any public community college or vocational/technical school in the State of Missouri.^[5]

Athletics

Scott Swofford Stadium was dedicated in October 2002. Swofford was a long time head football coach at Wentzville Holt High School from 1986-1998. He spent the last two years of his coaching career as an assistant the running backs and special teams coach for the Washington University Bears. During his first year at Washington University, the team earned its only NCAA playoff appearance in its history. Swofford died suddenly of a heart attack in September 2000. His wife, Runa Swofford, worked at Timberland and years ago purchased a bell in her husband's name. The tradition of ringing that bell after football victories continues today.^[6]^[7]

Notable alumni

Montee Ball '09, professional football player for the Denver Broncos of the NFL; two-time Consensus All-American football player at the University of Wisconsin, recipient of the Archie Griffin Award and Doak Walker Award

References

External links

Wentzville R-IV School District

High schools in Greater St. Louis

Missouri public high schools	Affton Bayless Beaumont Brentwood Central VPA Clayton Cleveland Eureka Farmington Fern Ridge Fort Zumwalt East Fort Zumwalt North Fort Zumwalt South Fort Zumwalt West Fox Francis Howell Francis Howell Central Francis Howell North Gateway Hazelwood Central Hazelwood East Hazelwood West Holt Kirkwood Ladue Lafayette Lindbergh Maplewood Richmond Heights Marquette McCluer McCluer North McCluer South-Berkeley McKinley Mehlville Metro Normandy North County (Bonne Terre) Northwest Oakville Orchard Farm Pacific Pattonville Parkway Central Parkway North Parkway South Parkway West Ritenour Rockwood Summit Roosevelt St. Charles St. Charles West Seckman Soldan Sumner Timberland Troy Buchanan Union University City Vashon Warrenton Washington Webster Groves Windsor Wright City

Illinois public high schools	Alton Belleville East Belleville West Brussels Bunker Hill Cahokia Calhoun Carlinville Carlyle Central Civic Memorial Collinsville Columbia Dupo East Alton-Wood River East St. Louis Edwardsville Freeburg Gillespie Granite City Greenville Highland Jersey Lebanon Madison Marissa Mascoutah Mount Olive Mulberry Grove New Athens North Mac Northwestern O'Fallon Roxana Southwestern Staunton Triad Waterloo Valmeyer Wesclin

Catholic Archdiocesan high schools	Althoff Bishop DuBourg Cardinal Ritter Duchesne John F. Kennedy Gilbault Mater Dei Rosati-Kain St. Dominic St. Francis Borgia St. Mary's St. Pius X Trinity

Catholic private high schools	Barat Academy Chaminade Christian Brothers College (CBC) Cor Jesu De Smet Incarnate Word Marquette Catholic Nerinx Hall Notre Dame St. Elizabeth St. John Vianney St. Joseph's Priory St. Louis University High Ursuline Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School Visitation

Other private high schools	Christian Crossroads John Burroughs School Lutheran North Lutheran South Lutheran St. Charles Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School Meramec Valley Christian School Metro-East Lutheran North County Christian School The Principia Thomas Jefferson School Whitfield School Westminster Christian Academy

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