2017 Distinguished Staff Topeka High School has long been recognized as a national leader in debate and forensics, a major reason being Mrs. Pam McComas who

2016 Distinguished Staff THS Physics. J.W. Jones was and is a Topeka High legend, period. No student of his ever forgot his unique personality and

2016 Distinguished Staff THS Journalism. “I’m a self-made man,” Journalism teacher and Kansas City, MO. native Ruth Hunt (1889-1964) often declared to her students. After

2015 Distinguished Staff Her June, 1914 THS yearbook described Amy Swenson as being “smart,” occupation as being “quiet, ambition “we musn’t tell,” and favorite expression “well,

2014 Distinguished Staff Math Teacher, Coach, Associate Principal Richard “Dick” Patterson grew up on a farm east of Tecumseh and graduated from Highland Park High School

2014 Distinguished Staff Russian, Social Studies. Native of Valley Falls, Kansas, Larry Lonard graduated with honors from Emporia State University in 1966, majoring in Russian and

2013 Distinguished Staff English. Hazel Fleischer graduated from Seaman Rural High School and then Washburn College, later receiving her Master’s from KU in 1957. During the

2013 Distinguished Staff English and Journalism. Born in Topeka in 1900, Dorothy Jones graduated from Topeka High in 1917 and four years later from Washburn College.

2012 Hall of Fame Inductee Faculty. Mrs. Wolfe grew up in Smith Co., Kansas, graduating from Smith Center H.S. She briefly attended the Florida Art

2012 Hall of Fame Inductee Educator. Were it not for Mathematics teacher Miss Stewart, Kansas might not have been able to boast of “native” son