Tampa Bay Technical High School

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Tampa Bay Technical High School
Location
6410 Orient Road
Tampa, Florida 33610
Information
Type Charter school
Established 1969
Locale County wide
School district Hillsborough County Public Schools
Principal Mr. Warren Brooks
Grades 9-12
Color(s)                    
Mascot Titan
Information (813) 744-8360
Website Tampa Bay Tech

Tampa Bay Technical High School (TBT) was established in 1969 as Tampa Bay Vocational Technical School. Tampa Bay Tech is a public comprehensive magnet high school with grades 9-12 and a student enrollment of 1950 students. The school mascot is the Titan. All students are accepted by application in one of the three specialized programs: Tampa Bay Technical High School Programs, Academy of Architecture & Environmental Design, or Academy of Health Professions. A dedicated faculty provides instruction in everything from advanced placement to certified technical skill courses. The school campus resembles a community college campus with large laboratory facilities for several unique technology programs. The students must apply to this school and transportation is provided by the Hillsborough County Public Schools through a bus transfer system.

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[edit] School alma mater

The school alma mater is: "Hail to thee Red, white, and blue, wave your colors strong and true, lift your praises to the sky, courage, love and honors high. Titans all to thee we sing, and forever more we bring, glory to thy name, adore, victory forever more."

[edit] School Administration

  • Warren Brooks, Principal
  • Joe Reid, Asst. Principal of Administration
  • Johan VonAncken, Asst. Principal for the Magnet Program
  • Ellen Crawford, Asst. Principal of Curriculum
  • Michael McManus, Asst. Principal of Student Affairs (A-G)
  • Kelly Everhart, Asst. Principal of Student Affairs (H-N)
  • Kysha Herald, Asst. Principal of Student Affairs (O-Z)

[edit] Academy of Health

The Health program is broken up into several fields during all years of attending, 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.

The Academy of Health teachers include:

  • Mary Ellen Rossberg (Medical Laboratory)
  • Ida Jordan (Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy)
  • Heather Carr (Veterinary)
  • Evelyn Law (Vision Care)
  • Lindsay Eagle (Radiology)
  • Jeanette Decharo (Pharmacy)
  • Rebecca Mroczkowski (Dental)
  • Melody Drwal (Licensed Practical Nursing)
  • Carolyn Payne (Certified Nursing Assistant)

[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
  • FSPA (The Florida Scholastic Press Association)
  • FCCLA
  • VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America)

[edit] Service clubs

[edit] Interest clubs

[edit] Honors clubs

[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:

[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
  • etc.

[edit] Notable alumni

Paul Ray Smith - Iraq war hero, and Medal of honor recipient[citation needed]

Ted Washington - National Football League player of 17 seasons, four time pro bowler and Super Bowl winner with the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVIII[citation needed]

Brian Blair - member of the Killer Bees (professional wrestling) and local politician.[citation needed]

[edit] External links

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