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Mission Statement:
The mission of Toppenish High School is to develop passionate, empowered individuals ready for a world with infinite possibilities.Wildcats Believe:
- that our lives are directed by the consequences of our choices.
- that achievement requires hard work and perseverance.
- that every person displays honesty, integrity, and respect.
- that empathy and cooperation build community.
- that future success is based on a global perspective.
Wildcats in the News:
Toppenish High School leads all schools honored for academic achievementYAKIMA, Wash. -- Washington state's top public education officials presented Achievement Awards to 12 schools from south central Washington last week. The awards recognize the state's top-performing schools based on how they measure up to comparable schools as calculated by the Washington Achievement Index.
Officials Meet To Discuss How To Expand STEM Program Throughout Yakima Valley.
On its website, KNDO-TV Yakima, WA (5/3, Hilf) reports, "After major success at" Washington's Toppenish High School, the STEM program is getting a big boost. Local educators gathered yesterday to announce a grant that will help expand the program in the Yakima Valley. "
Toppenish STEM program teaches tomorrow's skills today -TOPPENISH -- The Toppenish School District's demographics don't work in its favor. The district's population is poor, rural and consists overwhelmingly of minorities that historically haven't always done well in school. And yet Toppenish High School students here rush to take pre-calculus and trigonometry. A team of students is getting ready for a national robotics competition in Anaheim, Calif., later this month.
Published on April 2nd, 2012
Toppenish wins robotics competition (video, photo gallery) - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Luis Gonzalez and his teammates had a problem: One of the arms on a robot they designed and built stopped working a few seconds into a robotics competition Thursday.
Published on March 08, 2012.
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/02/23/not-your-typical-rez-school-99371 - Toppenish High School in Toppenish, Washington is defying the statistics of typical reservation schools. With a 90.4 percent graduation rate in 2009–2010 and high student achievement in STEM—science, technology, mathematics and engineering—classes, the school has earned the distinction of being named a STEM Lighthouse School by the Washington state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Valley schools earn state Achievement Awards - Several Yakima Valley schools received Washington Achievement Awards from the state Superintendent of Public Instruction on Wednesday. In all, 275 Washington schools received awards for their performance from 2009-11.
Published on February 01, 2012.
http://www.pltw.org/recent-press-releases/toppenish-hs-stem-showcaseTOPPENISH, WASH.—The day Martin Vera enrolled at Toppenish High School, he told his advisor he hoped he would graduate. If he did, he would be the first in his family to finish high school.
Published on January 17, 2012.
Photo: Technology in play at Toppenish
Published on January 17, 2012.
Toppenish High-tech prowess to be on display today - TOPPENISH, Wash -- Mechanical devices that stitch wounds, small-scale catapults that are electronically programmed and petri dishes with glowing E. coli will be on display during the STEM Showcase today at Toppenish High School.
Published on January 16, 2012.
Toppenish High School receives math and science grant - TOPPENISH, Wash. -- Toppenish High School is one of five schools and one district that have received $20,000 grants from the state to promote science, technology, engineering and math programs.
Published on January 12, 2012.
Lower Valley High School program named one of state's best
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Jan 11, 2012 at 6:15 PM
Toppenish High School's Science and Math department will serve as an example to others in the state. It will receive a $20,000 grant.
Toppenish grad's senior project story a nationwide hit - Less than nine months after the story of Gaby Rodriguez and her fake-pregnancy senior project went viral through news media, the Toppenish High School grad is getting ready for the release of a book and TV movie based on her experience.
Published on January 07, 2012.
Toppenish girl's fake pregnancy story a made-for-TV movie - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Last spring, Gaby Rodriguez made international headlines for faking a pregnancy as part of her senior project.
Published on October 13, 2011.
Watch the story - Toppenish Students Find Love of Math and Science
A rare program aimed at inspiring high school students is working in Toppenish. As Action News discovered, in just three years it's growing in popularity and improving math and science scores.
Oct 4, 2011 at 6:22 PM
First day of school strikes the right note in Toppenish - TOPPENISH, Wash. -- There was much more to the first day of school than orientation Monday at Toppenish High School.
Published on August 22, 2011.
Imagine: Toppenish students get a peek at John Lennon Educational Tour Bus YAKIMA, Wash. — Imagine all the people sharing, well, um, sharing a bus.
Published on August 19, 2011.
Toppenish and East Valley schools "lead the way"
Published on June 15, 2011.
Gaby Rodriguez, of faux pregnancy fame, presents her senior project - In the final step of her senior project, Gaby Rodriguez -- the teen who recently made national and international news for faking a pregnancy -- presented her experience Thursday to a committee of community members.
Published on May 26, 2011.
Slice of Yakima-- Inspiring Toppenish teacher makes 'Today' show - TOPPENISH, Wash. — A Toppenish High School teacher who is helping overweight girls drop pounds in an after-school program was featured on the "Today" show Tuesday.
Published on May 24, 2011.
Gaby Rodriguez to be on today's 'Today' show - The Toppenish teen who gained worldwide attention last month when she revealed she had faked a pregnancy for her senior project is slated to appear live on national television this morning.
Published on May 10, 2011.
Faux pregnancy -- the reaction to the reaction - TOPPENISH -- "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" emailed. So did George Stephanopoulos and David Klawans, the guy who produced the movie "Nacho Libre" with Jack Black.
Published on April 30, 2011.
Student provides a teaching moment -- Let's use it - Her "pregnancy" gave many pause.
Published on April 30, 2011.
Media clamor to interview Toppenish teen who faked pregnancy - Media outlets from around the world are going gaga for Gaby. Calls from regional, national -- and now even across the Atlantic -- media outlets continued to flood phone lines at Toppenish High School.
Published on April 22, 2011.
Toppenish Teen Fakes Pregnancy to Teach Peers a Lesson
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A gutsy senior project by a Toppenish student has quickly earned her national attention. Gaby Rodriguez faked her own pregnancy for the assignment. When the story hit the paper this morning, Gaby was quickly overwhelmed with calls from national morning show outlets hoping to tell her story.
Apr 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM
YH-R story brings out the national media, calling for the girl who wasn't pregnant - TOPPENISH -- Calls from local, regional and national media outlets flooded phone lines at Toppenish High School on Thursday....
Published on April 21, 2011.
Pregnot: Toppenish High student fakes pregnancy as social test about stereotypes, rumors - TOPPENISH, Wash. -- Gaby Rodriguez would worry whenever anyone asked to touch her baby bump. It wasn't because she felt shy or embarrassed. It was because the bulge -- fashioned from wire mesh and cotton quilt batting -- didn't actually contain a baby.
Published on April 20, 2011.
Toppenish PE teacher works wonders with overweight girls - TOPPENISH -- Overweight and suffering from low self-esteem, Guadeloupe Cuevas mostly kept to herself and wouldn't take her coat off in public.
Published on March 26, 2011.
Fighting Obesity In Toppenish
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Mar 20, 2011 at 10:32 PM
KIMA has discovered how one local teacher is having a significant impact on the obesity epidemic among local teens.
Yakima Valley schools recognized for academic achievement - YAKIMA, Wash. -- A handful of schools in the Yakima Valley were recognized recently with Washington Achievement Awards.
Published on February 22, 2011.
Pennant fever invades Toppenish High - TOPPENISH -- Here's a quick look at Toppenish High School by the numbers: Thirty-five state champions and placers in athletics and the arts have rolled through its doors. Seven National Board Certified Teachers currently work here.
Published on February 05, 2011.
Photos: Toppenish graduation - ...
Published on June 11, 2010.
Yakima People: Toppenish artist wins poster contest - Miguel Cuevas, a 25-year-old painter from Toppenish, won this year's Cinco de Mayo Poster Award.
Published on May 20, 2010.
Top award at state High School Art Show goes to Toppenish ... again!
Toppenish High School has achieved what may be a first in the 37-year history of OSPI’s statewide Superintendent’s High School Art Show: The show’s top award being given to a student from the same school for two years in a row.
Toppenish student wins top art award in state
Published on May 01, 2010.
Results from Valley Music Educators Association solo/ensemble contest - YAKIMA, Wash. -- Here are the complete results from the recent Valley Music Educators Association Solo/Ensemble Contest.
Published on February 22, 2010.
Valley students show an eye for art - It started off as a self-sculpture, but then it turned into something else. Maribel Castillanos sketched herself several times last fall before casting the rounded green head out of clay.
Published on February 07, 2010.
UW pledges a brighter tomorrow - TOPPENISH, Wash. -- Evelia Zuniga was impressed with the numbers. She was sitting in the second row, listening to University of Washington President Mark Emmert deliver the lowdown.
Published on February 03, 2010.
Engineering program, student work on display Thursday in Toppenish - TOPPENISH, Wash. ...
Published on January 27, 2010.
Toppenish teachers earn national certification - TOPPENISH, Wash. ...
Published on January 08, 2010.
Engineering students have designs on the future - TOPPENISH, Wash. -- Saul Moran wants to be an aerospace engineer. And that goal is the reason he's here, in Room 606, for second period.
Published on December 16, 2009.
www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/06/10/he-s-all-state-as-an-athlete-and-artist "He's all-state football and all-state art," said Athletic Director Brett Stauffer. "You usually don't get that combination."
POSTED ON Wednesday, June 10, 2009 AT 10:50PM
Toppenish High School rated one of nation's best - Toppenish High School is considered one of the top high schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report. The magazine awarded Toppenish High a silver medal in its "America's Best High Schools" ranking that hit newsstands Monday."
Published on December 08, 2008.
Toppenish High School Gets Silver Medal
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Dec 5, 2008 at 6:28 PM
It is one of the highest honors a school can receive.