TimberCreek Times

For The Parents, Staff, Students & Community Of Timber Creek High School Visit our website for individual e-mail addresses at www.tchs.ocps.net

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‘Timber Creek Times’December 2017Published Four Times Per YearOrange County Public SchoolsPO Box 271Orlando, FL 32828Issue # 1

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Greetings Timber Creek Wolves!

It is hard to believe that we are already half-way through the year. Time has gone quickly, but our students have accomplished so much. Congratulations and thank you to all our academic,

performing arts, co-curricular, extra-curricular and athletic teams for all you do. More importantly, thank you for how well you represent Timber Creek High School; you make us proud.

Thank you to all our staff members who work tirelessly to ensure that students are not only successful but that they develop and maintain a love for learning. In particular, I would like acknowledge our

Support Person of the Year, Ms. Janet Watt and Teacher of the Year, Mr. Kyle Dencker.

I would like to invite all parents to get involved with the school. Whether you participate in SAC, PLC, PTSA, Foundation, volunteer in the College and Career Center or support an individual program. We appreciate all

you do as we join together to keep the tradition of excellence thriving at Timber Creek High School.

Finally, I ask that you please follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TCHSWolves/ and twitter @TCHSWolves. This is one of the best ways to know what is happening at The Creek.

Thank you for all you do.

Sincerely,

Kelly PaduanoPrincipal

Principal’s Note

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Partners in Education

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Universal Technical Ins.

Call for Submissions: FLOW Literary and Art Magazine

Artists and writers are asked to submit their best work to this year’s issue of FLOW (it’s “wolf” spelled backwards) no later than February 1st via Google Classroom (class code 85213y6). Specific guidelines for submissions are posted on the Google Classroom regarding submission length, format, etc. Submissions may be in any style, and any theme. This year’s magazine will be available for purchase online only through Lulu.com for $15 starting in May 2018. Magazines will no longer be sold on campus, however a digital version of the magazine will be available for free online at issuu.com as in past years. One free magazine will be given to the students whose pieces are chosen as the “BEST OF” each of the following categories: Art, Flash Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction. This year, we also encourage students to submit journalistic feature articles, comics, and any other special category. There will be a magazine release party and awards ceremony in April 2018, details TBA. Questions may be directed to magazine staff via email: tchslitmag@gmail.com.

Local Guest Authors Visit

Creative Writing Classes

During the month of November, two local authors generously donated their time to speak to Creative Writing

students. Authors Paige Lavoie and Anthony Awtrey are members of Writer’s Atelier in Winter Park (https://writersatelier.com/), a

writing studio that provides editing, workshops, and events for writers. On Teach-In Day, November 15, 2017, author Paige Lavoie talked to

students about her writing process and self-publication. She gave tips to help motivate honors writing students participating in NaNoWriMo

(National Novel Writing Month) power through to meet their personal word count goals. Mrs. Lavoie’s novels include Confidence: Diary of an Invisible

Girl, and A Girl Called Monster, officially released December 15th. On Tuesday, November 28th, novelist Anthony Awtrey shared his insights

regarding writing in the fantasy genre, which Creative Writing 1 students have been studying in class. Mr. Awtrey’s works include Ragel’s Brood and Letting Go.

Are you a local author, or do you know one? Mrs. Dobson loves to have authors visit her writing students. Please e-mail kimberly.dobson@ocps.net for details.

The TCHS Creative Writing Program is on twitter @TCwriters.

Anthony Awtrey

Paige Lavoie

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Naviance: A College and Career

Planning Tool OCPS purchased Naviance to help our student with their college and career planning. Each month in the scholarship newsletter the College and Career Center will focus on what students can do on Naviance for College and Career planning. Students can access Naviance through Launch Pad. Parents, you have access to your child’s Naviance account. If you did not receive your code to get on your child’s Naviance account, please email Colleen Hemann at colleen.hemann@ocps.net and she will send it to you. Below is a basic overview and we will go into more depth in the months to come. When students open Naviance, they will go to the Family Connection. There are four tabs at the top of that page. Here are a few things you will find on each of those tabs.

Colleges Students can see upcoming college visits to Timber Creek, complete the SuperMatch college search which is kind of like online dating with colleges, record colleges they are thinking about attending, record colleges that they are going to and much more.

Careers Students can explore careers, find career clusters that match the student interests and personal qualities and take a trip on the RoadTrip Nation which sends students on road trips to interview leaders who have built their lives around their interests.

About Me Students can take a variety of self-assessments like the StrengthsExplorer, Learning Style inventory and MI Advantage. They can start adding activities into their resume and enter their favorite colleges.

My Planner The most important thing in this tab is the Tasks Assigned to Me. When students open this tab, they will find assignments that the students are expected to complete during that school year. Get on Naviance and play around. It’s lots of fun and will help you plan your future!

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TCHS Media Center Info The TCHS Library Media Center is in the middle of a digital transformation. Have you seen our new High Top tables? Have you come to the library to use our new Collaboration Tables? Four students can plug in their laptops to collaborate on projects, share documents or play a game. Come in and take a look. Thank you to the TCHS SAC members for funding some leisure furniture that will allow students to plug in laptops while they sit on soft seating. We are also busy reading great books. Two students have already read all 15 of the Florida Teens Read books and received their prizes. Thank you to the TCHS PTSA for helping us fund gift cards for these fabulous prizes. Stop by the library and check out some of these great books and win lots of prizes!! Don’t forget to stop by the library after the holidays. We are always up to something! The week of January 22-26 is Florida Literacy Week and we have lots of fun activities planned. You know we will have a special on all Library fines in February because we love you! Watch Wolf TV or read the TCHS Facebook to find out what is going on.

Programming Contest and Scholarships

TCHS Programming Team placed third overall at the 20th Annual Stetson University Invitational

Programming Contest. They were the top public school and collectively earned $120,000 of scholarships. TCHS

streak of top 3 in this contest increases to 5 (longest active). It also marks the 3rd time we have had a sophomore earn the top

award of $24,000 scholarship, and that we have had 12 different students earn the same award.

Team members:Brett Fazio – SR - $24,000Natalie Longtin – SO - $24,000Megan Lin – SO - $8,000Daniel West – JR- $24,000Will Herrington – JR - $8,000Lior Barak – JR - $8,000Yuki Lieu – SR - $8,000Alex Rutledge – JR - $8,000Nate Stedman – SR - $8,000

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AFJROTC Our goal in AFJROTC is to instill values into our cadets that will help impact our community in a positive way. Two weeks prior to the beginning of the school year, we invited incoming cadets to participate in our Drill Camp as a chance to meet their fellow peers, obtain their uniform items, and learn basic drill movements. During the school year, we’ve visited Avalon and Discovery Middle Schools to talk to the 8th graders about what JROTC is and all the benefits that come with joining the program next year when they enroll into high school. We’ve also had our annual Fall Field Day where all the cadets in our unit come together and compete against one another in various physical activities. Outside of school, our cadets have done a series of community service events such as tutoring students from Timber Lakes Elementary School and making meals for the families staying in the Ronald McDonald House by Nemours Children’s Hospital. We also were able to showcase our unit to the Avalon Park Community by leading Timber Creek High School’s Homecoming Parade. Additionally, our Drill Team competed in Mainland High School’s drill competition where they brought home 6 trophies, five of them being 1st place. Coming up on January 27th, we will be hosting our annual Wolf Pack Drill Competition, where other AFJROTC units from the state will come to Timber Creek to compete in a series of drill and color guard sequences. We will also visit Timber Springs Middle School on Wednesday, January 17 to talk to the 8th graders there about what AFJROTC is and all the benefits that come with joining the program when they go to high school.

Delta Squadron competing with Charlie Squadron in a friendly game of tug-of-war during our Fall Field Day on October 13, 2017.

This year’s incoming freshman in formation during Drill Camp in August 2017.

Cadets volunteered and baked sweet goods at the Ronald McDonald House on November 4, 2017.

Members from our Drill Team and Color Guard competed in Mainland High School’s drill competition on October 28, 2017.

Color Guard members from our unit leading Timber Creek’s Homecoming Parade by carrying the colors, as well as cadets marching behind on October 17, 2017.

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Speech and Debate Team Tournament Results The following members of the TCHS Speech and Debate Team who placed at their first local tournament of the year on October 7th at Cypress Creek High School:• Jessica Boyette and Wendy Stein-Champions-Varsity Public Forum Debate• Kayla Shen and Ana Bello-2nd place-Varsity Public Forum Debate• Nathalie Chowdhury-2nd place-Oral Interpretation of Literature• Kennedy Joy Foristall-4th place-Original Oratory

Vision Statement

Timber Creek High School is leading the

pack by education and elevating students to

higher achievement in a safe, state of the art learning environment

supported by staff, parents and community members.

Our focus is to enable each student to engage in a

rigorous, relevant and real-world learning experience.

Results from the November 11th local tournament at Wekiva High School:• Kennedy Joy Foristall-Champion-Original Oratory• Carson Rick-Champion- Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate • Ana Velez-Best Novice-Oral Interpretation of Literature• Jared Turnage-2nd place-Humorous Interp• Amanda Law-2nd place-Oral Interpretation of Literature• Ana Bello and Ella Rychlik-2nd place-Varsity Public Forum Debate• Sofia Nachon-2nd Place-Congressional Debate• Chloe Lin and Sean Faletti-4th place-Novice Public Forum Debate

Debate Team members pose at Cypress Creek HS on October 7th.

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Literary Character Day 2017 Each year on October 31st, students are invited to dress up as their favorite literary character, carry the book, and participate in a costume judging. This year, teacher Zuleika Hubble (Cruella DeVille) and her almost-101 dalmations won a special Frankenstein’s Prize for their exemplary team effort, and Daniel Germain won the teacher prize for his Riddler costume. All participants received a goody bag from the Creative Writing program, and the top three prize winners received a Barnes & Noble gift card donated by Media Specialist Pat Franklin.Student Costume Prize Winners (center of photo holding prize ribbons):• 1st: Becka Euchner—Tessa Gray from Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare• 2nd: Taylor Bray—Huckleberry Finn from Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn• 3rd: Naia Kasik – Carrie from Stephen King’s Carrie

Important Dates from Guidance• Wed, January 10th: INCOMING 9th grade parent night (Middle school 8th graders

going to TC) 6PM in the PAC• Thurs, January 11th: 9th and 10th grade parent night. 6pm in the PAC• Wed, Jan 31st: School Wide Curriculum Day• Tues, Feb 27th: Valencia Dual Enrollment Parent Night: 6pm, PAC• Tues, March 15th: University of Florida (UF) Dual Enrollment Parent Night:

6pm, PAC.

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For The Parents, Staff, Students & Community Of Timber Creek High School

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Key Club Commits to Service in Every Season The TCHS Key Club has earned over 800 hours of community service at more than 50 club projects since the 2017-2018 Key Club year began in May of 2017. The Key Club is closed to new members from December 2017 through March 2018, but will begin accepting new members in April 2018 for the new Key Club year beginning in May 2018. On November 9th, the Key Club hosted “Project Behind the Scenes,” a luncheon to show appreciation to our school’s cafeteria personnel, custodians, and bus drivers. The project, led by Key Club project committee chair Candace Carmouche, was made possible by generous donations from local restaurants and businesses, including Publix, Eastside Bistro at Avalon Park, Walmart, Muddy Waters, Leland Management, and Sonny’s BBQ. Sydney Dixon, chair of Key Club’s Veteran’s Committee, led a committee of club members who put together appreciation packages for the teachers at Timber Creek High School who are veterans, and distributed these Nov. 10th. Other projects on note this year so far include sorting recyclables from trash at a home football game, hosting multiple dinners at two Orlando Ronald McDonald House locations, maintaining “The Key to the Closet” (a collection of over 200 free formal gown rentals for students), and mentoring students and assisting teachers at multiple elementary and middle schools in our area. There is something for everyone in Key Club! The Key Club has also assisted students in navigating the new community service guidelines and paperwork for Bright Futures. Visit the Key Club online for photos and membership and project information— Website: http://timbercreekkeyclub.weebly.com, Facebook: @TCkeyclub, Twitter: @_tchskeyclub, Instagram: @keyclubtchs.