Tates Creek High School
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Tates Creek High School (TCHS) is a public school in Lexington, Kentucky
. It is located at 1111 Centre Parkway with a ZIP code
of 40517. It is in Southeastern Lexington between Gainesway and Southeastern Hills Subdivisions. The school is one of five high schools in the Fayette County Public Schools
district. It is the only high school in Fayette County to have the International Baccalaureate Programme.
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
. It is located at 1111 Centre Parkway with a ZIP code
ZIP Code
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of 40517. It is in Southeastern Lexington between Gainesway and Southeastern Hills Subdivisions. The school is one of five high schools in the Fayette County Public Schools
Fayette County Public Schools (Kentucky)
Fayette County Public Schools is a school district based in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.The district serves all of Fayette County, which is coextensive with the city of Lexington.-Board of Education:...
district. It is the only high school in Fayette County to have the International Baccalaureate Programme.
History
Tates Creek High School was built in 1965 as the last of three Tates Creek public schools (Tates Creek Elementary School and Tates Creek Middle School). Renovation was completed in 1993 to significantly enlarge the school from its original size.Athletics
Both Men and Women have ample opportunities in the athletic lifestyle.- Baseball
- Basketball (Men and Women)
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country (Men and Women)
- Dance Team
- Football
- Golf (Men and Women)
- Soccer (Men and Women)
- Softball (Women)
- Swimming and Diving (Men and Women)
- Tennis (Men and Women)
- Track and Field (Men and Women)
- Volleyball (Women)
- Marching Band (Men and Women)
- Wrestling
State Championships
- Baseball - 1978, 1980, 1986
- Cheerleading - 1989, 1997
- Football - 1972, 1978 (4A at large)
- Men's Golf - 1980
- Men's Gymnastics - 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
- Women's Gymnastics - 1969, 1971, 1979, 1980
- Men's Soccer - 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1988
- Women's Tennis - 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1982, 1983
- Men's Track - 1973
- Men's Wrestling- Numerous Individual State Championship Titles (No Team Titles)
- Lacrosse (Division II) - 2007
American Football
The high school won one state high school football championship during the fall of 1972 under head coach Roy Walton.Gymnastics
Before taking Gymnastics out of Tates Creek High School (both men's and women's) it had the most state championships of all the sports there.Organizations and Clubs
- Academic Team
- Anime Club
- Band
- Beta Club
- Chorus
- Color Guard
- Drama Club
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes (F.C.A.)
- Future Business Leaders of America (F.B.L.A)
- Gay Straight Alliance (G.S.A)
- Harambee Club
- Intramurals
- Lacrosse
- Masthead Newspaper
- National Honor Society
- Orchestra
- Outdoors Club
- Recycling Club
- Spanish Club
- Speech Team
- The Black/White Camaraderie Club (TBWCC)
- Student Council
- STLP (Student Technology Leadership Program)
- Technology Student Association (TSA)
- Yearbook
Library media center
Tates Creek High School's Library Media Center uses a custom "Dewey Free" classification system as opposed to the traditional Dewey Decimal System. Tates Creek’s library is arranged in categories based on the existing collection and assigns words in the place of numbers to label the materials. The new system was unveiled in August 2009.Notable alumni
- David AkersDavid AkersDavid Roy Akers is a left footed American football placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Atlanta Falcons in 1997. He played college football at Louisville....
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of the San Fransisco 49ers of the NFL. - Dr. Donald C. Boyd, (graduated 1977) United States Air Force Senior Historian, author, and recipient of the 2005 Justin Winsor PrizeJustin Winsor Prize (library)The Justin Winsor Prize is awarded by the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association for the best library history essay. The award was established in 1978 and named for the American Library Association's first president, Justin Winsor...
- John DouglasJohn Douglas (conductor)John Douglas was an American conductor, voice teacher, vocal coach, and accompanist.-Life and career:Born in Morgantown, West Virginia, Douglas graduated from Tates Creek High School in Lexington, Kentucky in 1973...
(graduated 1973), conductor and music educator - Chad Elliott MMAMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter and Professional Wrestler - Darrin HornDarrin Horn-External links:*...
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men's basketball team. - Buffy Lawson country musicianCountry musicCountry music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and songwriter. - Brian LittrellBrian LittrellBrian Thomas Littrell is an American singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the Backstreet Boys. He is also a contemporary Christian recording artist and released a solo album, Welcome Home, in 2006...
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. - Brian Lane http://www.transy.edu/athletics/go/coaches/blane.htm (1986), former basketball player at Translyvania University, current men's head coach. Prior to coming back to his alma mater, Lane was an assistant at Morehead, Florida Atlantic, North Carolina State, South Carolina, and North Carolina-Charlotte.
- Andrew (Hyde) Shayde (graduated 1999) A contestant on the prime-time Emmy Award-winning series The Amazing Race 3The Amazing Race 3The Amazing Race 3 is the third installment of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. This season featured 12 teams of two, with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around the world, making it the first season to have 12 teams...
on CBS and a magazine contributor both nationally and over-seas.