More than 800 freshmen and sophomores walked into the brand new Timber Creek High School when it opened Monday, August 24.
Greeting them was fresh paint, just-out-of-the-box furniture, and a newly assembled faculty composing the Keller Independent School District’s fourth high school.
Serving the northwest portion of the school district, Timber Creek is the result of the public’s support for the 2006 Bond Package. TCHS is located off of Timberland Boulevard just east of Interstate 35W, and came together over four years thanks to the cooperation of KISD administration, faculties, staffs and citizens.
The campus is organized in a basic “U” shape. Timber Creek’s “Main Street” connects the north and south main academic halls. This main corridor also connects (north to south) the school’s administrative offices, fine arts wing, cafeteria and athletic facilities including the gymnasium.
Two years ago, students in TCHS feeder schools voted and selected Falcons as the school’s mascot and the school colors purple and gold – gold being the shared color of all four KISD high schools. With just freshmen and sophomores, Timber Creek won’t participate in varsity sports in the 2009-10 school year, but will have a full slate of junior varsity contests to break in the campus’ facilities.
Timber Creek has several “green” features, chief among which is the large detention pond that sits between the campus and Timberland Boulevard. All of the runoff from the campus’ property collects and flows into the pond. That water is then recycled and used in the irrigation of the TCHS grounds. Energy costs are also kept down with an abundance of natural light throughout the campus.
