Temple Christian School (Titusville, Florida)
Encyclopedia
History
Temple was founded in 1994 by Rev.Wendell Correll, pastor of Temple Baptist Church. The school started out with 16 students. It grew to over 230 students in 2005. In 2008, the enrollment declined to about 150 students. The graduating class of 2008 had the last student from the original 16 and the first student to go all the way through the school's curriculum (Pre-K through 12).Athletics
The school mascot is the Lions. The school competes in class 1A in the FHSAA. There are six sports.In 2009, Temple had six-man football
Six-man football
Six-man football is a variant of American football that is played with six players per team, instead of 11.-History:6-man football was developed in 1934 by Chester High School coach Stephen Epler as an alternative means for small high schools to field a football team during the Great Depression...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, girls and boys basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. Grades 6th through 12th participate.
Curriculum
The curriculum is by A Beka Book, which is produced at Pensacola Christian CollegePensacola Christian College
Pensacola Christian College is an unaccredited fundamentalist, Independent Baptist college in Pensacola, Florida, USA, founded in 1974 by Arlin Horton. The college is actively pursuing accreditation, and as of 7 November 2011 had been awarded candidate status with Transnational Association of...
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The school is accredited by the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools
Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools
Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools is an organization that accredits Florida's Christian schools. It holds teachers conventions and annual competitions for its member schools...
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Opportunities
Temple gives the high school students the opportunity of taking dual enrolment courses at Brevard Community CollegeBrevard Community College
Brevard Community College, founded in 1960, is a community college on Florida's Space Coast, in Brevard County, Florida. It has four campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Titusville, as well as an Aerospace program at Kennedy Space Center and a Virtual Campus...
Campus in Titusville, Florida
Titusville, Florida
Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is the county seat of Brevard County. Nicknamed Space City, USA, Titusville is on the Indian River, west of Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center and south-southwest of the Canaveral National Seashore...
which is located directly across from Temple Christian School. Home-schooled students have the privilege of taking classes at Temple Christian as well as participating in clubs, athletics, and other activities in the school.
Principals
- Rev. Wendell Correll 1994-2000
- Doug Barclay 2000-2001
- Scott Hallock 2001-2008
- Dr. Ted Hollingsworth 2008-2010
- Marty Braemer 2010–present
Media
Temple was featured on Local Fox 35WOFL
WOFL, channel 35, is the Fox owned-and-operated television station serving the Orlando, Florida metropolitan area. It is licensed to Orlando, with studios located in Lake Mary. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 22. On cable, WOFL-TV is currently seen on channel 3 for subscribers of...
January 26, 2010, for their contributions to Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake there
2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
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