How Long Is A Year At Hilltop School?

Whereas the question in the title of this post may sound ridiculous to some, it is NOT. I already know that in the Gregorian calendar, a year is 365.2425 CALENDAR days EXACTLY. I ALSO already know that the orbital period of Earth is NOT an integer number of calendar days OR of rotation periods of Earth. I EVEN already know that the rotation period of Earth is less than 24 hours. However, NONE of the three preceding facts is the point of the question. The point of the question is as follows: In Timothy Goes To School, how long is an academic year in relation to a seasonal cycle?

My current speculation is that an academic year is equal in length to two seasonal cycles. The evidence I cite here includes the following facts about the show or its episodes: Between the events of episode 113-B, Fritz On The Move, and episode 201-A, Many Happy Returns, the students have a vacation. Furthermore, BOTH before AND after Fritz’s departure and subsequent return, autumn, winter, and spring occur. If my speculation is correct, then that means that EITHER the seasonal cycle in the area in which Hilltop School is located is ridiculously short, OR the academic year at Hilltop School is ridiculously long.

If you would like to offer your speculation OR confirm or correct mine WITH CANON, please leave a comment on this blog post.

Nora’s Outfit

In Timothy Goes To School, Nora, the female mouse, wears two different non-seasonal outfits to Hilltop School.

Above is a screenshot of Nora in her regular school outfit. Below is a screenshot of Nora in her alternate school outfit, which she wears only in episode 103-A, Small Change.

I believe that Nora looks better in her alternate school outfit. What about you? If you would like to vote on which of Nora’s outfits shown here looks better, please post a comment.

Who Voiced Ms. Appleberry?

I’m trying to catalog every voice actor for every character on Timothy Goes To School. I already know who voiced Mrs. Jenkins, Henry, and all twelve students. However, I have yet to find out who voiced Ms. Appleberry.

Ms. Appleberry is Hilltop School’s student teacher. She also serves as Mrs. Jenkins’s assistant in co-curricular activities (e.g. Class Picnic Day and field trips) and as a substitute teacher.

In Timothy Goes To School, she appeared only in the following episodes:
No. 102-A: On The Fritz (as a music teacher)
No. 102-B: The Great Obstacle Course (as Mrs. Jenkins’s assistant for Class Picnic Day)
No. 105-A: Paint By Numbers (as a docent at the art museum)
No. 108-A: Scary Monsters (as a docent at the science museum)
No. 111-A: Taking The Plunge (as Mrs. Jenkins’s assistant for Swim Day)
No. 112-B: Get Well Soon (as a substitute teacher)
No. 204-B: Having A Wonderful Time* (as a tour guide at Hilltop Park)
* = CAMEO ONLY

Her voice actor in episode 102 is different from her voice actor in episodes 105-A, 108-A, 111-A, and 112-B. I speculate that her first voice actor (for episode 102) was Catherine Disher and that her second voice actor (for the other episodes) was Karen Bernstein.

If any of you would like to counter my current speculation with your own, OR to confirm OR correct it WITH CANON, please do so in the comment box below.

Questions & Speculation

As I watched Timothy Goes To School on my laptop episode by episode, I noticed that the show leaves many questions unanswered. Among those questions are the following:

Regarding the characters’ full names:

• What is Mrs. Jenkins’s first name?
• What is Ms. Appleberry’s first name?
• What is Henry’s last name?
• What are the students’ last names?

Regarding the students’ parents:

• What are their full names?
• Where is Yoko’s father?
• Where is Claude’s mother?
• Where is Fritz’s father?
• Where is Lilly’s father?
• Where is the Franks’ mother?

Regarding the ballet students: What are their full names?*
Regarding Lilly’s former home: Where did Lilly live before she went to Hilltop School?
Regarding the absence of specific characters from specific episodes:

• Why is Fritz absent from episode 105-A, Paint By Numbers?
• Why is Lilly absent from episode 109-A, Red Thunder?
• Why is Lilly absent from episode 112-A, The Treefort & The Sandcastle?

* = Note: In episode 210-B, Two Tutu Friends, there are five ballet students, not counting Doris or Grace: a raccoon named Melanie, an unnamed skunk, an unnamed fox, an unnamed mouse, and an unnamed cat. I speculate that the mouse’s full name is Paula Lightfoot, and that she is the niece of Mrs. Lightfoot, the librarian, who appears only in episode 208-A, Read Me A Story. I also speculate that Mrs. Lightfoot’s first name is Martha. I have no speculation on the names of the other three unnamed ballet students at this time.

Here is my speculation on the questions not marked with an asterisk (*):

• The full name of the permanent teacher of Hilltop School is Anna Jenkins.
• The full name of the student teacher / substitute teacher is Jane Appleberry.
• The full name of the bus driver / custodian / P. E. coach is Henry Watson, after his voice actor, Jamie Watson.
• Timothy’s last name is Eisenmann; Yoko, Sakurada; Grace, Zipparo; Claude, Bertrand; Doris, Riley; Nora, Mauer; Charles, Lind; Fritz, van Bruggen (after John van Bruggen, a co-writer for episode 210-A, Professor Fritz); Lilly, Flores; Juanita, Guerrero; and the Franks: Pratt.
• I have no speculation on the first names of the students’ parents at this time.
• Yoko’s parents are divorced; Yoko’s father is still alive and lives in Japan.
• Someone killed or kidnapped Claude’s mother.
• Fritz’s parents are separated, but still married; Fritz’s father lives with his daughter, Tiffany, who is Fritz’s sister.
• Lilly’s father died shortly after Lilly was born.
• The Franks’ mother died while giving birth.
• Lilly was born in the Philippines, so she lived there before she went to Hilltop School.
• I have no speculation on the reason for Fritz’s absence from episode 105-A at this time.
• Lilly does not have a bike; therefore, she was not eligible to participate in Hilltop School’s Bicycle Fun & Safety Day, so she had an alternate assignment, so that she could still go to school and earn credit for it.
• Lilly was sick during the events of episode 112-A, so either Mrs. Jenkins or Ms. Appleberry arranged for Lilly to be able to do her required schoolwork at home.

If any of you would like to suggest answers to the preceding questions AND/OR counter my speculation with your own OR confirm or correct my speculation WITH CANON, please do so in the comment box below.

Another Grand Opening

Welcome, one and all, to my all-new Timothy Goes To School FANON blog, Beyond Hilltop School!