| Number of Schools Managed |
3 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
4,194 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$61,287,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$56,044,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$14,613 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$13,363 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
86% |
81% |
|
- 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 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 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,509 students and 94 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 16.1.
- 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.
- Administrators
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- 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
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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 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
- 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.
- 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.
- The 2008 Boys Track and Field Team won Oympic Conference, South Jersey Group III Championship, and New Jersey Group III State Championship. In the 2008-2009 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. He ran the fastest time in NJ, the fastest for a sophomore and a time that ranks 8 nationally.
- Extracurricular activities
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Timber Creek is most noted for its excellent performing arts groups. 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, The Wiz, Damn Yankees, and with a recent performance of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for the 2008-2009 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.
- 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.
- Also, this year Timber Creek's F.C.C.L.A. chapter won a medal for their win in a banner designe contest for their fall conference. The banner was made up and constructed by the 2008-2009 Chapter with Mrs. L. Strater as the advisor.
- 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 6th player in NCAA history to amass 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocks in a career.
- Nicholas Tyson (born 1988; Class of 2006), pitcher for the Helena Brewers.
- External links
- Timber Creek Regional High School web pages
- Black Horse Pike Regional School District
- Data for the Black Horse Pike Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- South Jersey Sports: Timber Creek HS
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