BEST IN CLASS
Our "Best In Class" section showcases the top-performing schools that have taken their interactive hall of fame to the next level. These schools have not only optimized their TouchWall to the fullest potential, but have also uploaded the best images, media and content to make the experience even more engaging for their intended audience. Get inspired by the innovative ways these schools have used their TouchWall and experience your own new heights.
WAUKEGAN HIGH SCHOOL
Waukegan, IL
The largest high school in Illinois worked with TouchPros to develop one of the most advanced TouchWall installations to date. In addition to a beautifully-integrated TouchWall Enhance enclosure, Waukegan High School employed TouchPros to handle the initial production and upload of content, giving them a head start on their history dating back to 1870.
COVENANT CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Indianapolis, IN
Our first TouchWall to exhibit the now standard "Ken Burns" effect on their start screen, Covenant Christian's TouchWall proudly displays photos professionally cropped, improved and uploaded by the TouchPros production team. To get a feel for the impact our content services can make, have a look at Athletes or Teams located in the Athletics tab -- photos so active, they appear to leap off the TouchWall.
WAYZATA HIGH SCHOOL
Plymouth, MN
Does your school have decades of trophies gathering dust in closets, storage rooms and other hideouts? The solution is here and is showcased 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the Wayzata High School TouchWall. Check out Championship Teams (the 1959 Boys Basketball team is a great place to start). Digital trophy cases - another one of the essential services offered by the TouchPros production team.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
Dallas, TX
Imagine you are a Division III university looking to attract top recruits to your athletic programs. Now imagine a recruit viewing video highlights of your athletic success, profiles of all coaches, listings of your numerous and sizable achievements and records by sport. Throw in a Hall of Honor, and you would have what the Comets of the University of Texas at Dallas imagined and executed.
BOSWELL HIGH SCHOOL
Fort Worth, TX
Creativity collides with ingenuity when browsing Boswell High School's Athletics tab of their TouchWall. Options such as an annual highlight reel and flipbook versions of their hall of fame programs, in addition to their exemplary development of content throughout elevates them to a different level.
CLARINDA HIGH SCHOOL
Clarinda, IA
With athletic team profiles dating to 1895 and roster entries available as far back as 1900, Clarinda High School's TouchWall is the embodiment of permanent historical preservation. The attention to detail will serve future Cardinals well when learning about the achievements of the past.
SIOUX CENTER HIGH SCHOOL
Sioux Center, IA
Comprehensive is the word that comes to mind when interacting with Sioux Center High School's TouchWall. Carefully-documented achievement complete with individual names (left to right) on teams will be etched forever in Warrior history. All entered data on the TouchWall is searchable by last name, making for endless possibilities of student recognition.
NAZARETH ACADEMY
La Grange Park, IL
This private Catholic school's TouchWall seamlessly merges hall of fame, wall of honor, scholar athletes and team accomplishments in a single location. Content throughout exhibits excellent image quality and information is presented uniformly across generations of athletic achievement.
BARRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
Barrington, IL
Setting the benchmark for excellence in fine arts, Barrington High School's TouchWall diligently chronicles the creativity happening in the arts. From the intuitive segmentation of Visual Arts and Performing Arts at the get-go, visitors are led down an expansive list of student projects, performance and course descriptions. The well-organized department rounds out the presentation with a virtual donor wall and list of scholarship recipients. This example is the quintessential fine arts TouchWall.
MARION HIGH SCHOOL
Marion, IN
Aspiration is one of the feelings a TouchWall can evoke at a school. Marion High School embraces the concept with the inspired design of their alumni hall of fame. Notable alumni in the arts are presented en masse with detailed biographies of each. Embedded video of alumni doing what they do best expands horizons for future classes of Giants.
MINNETONKA HIGH SCHOOL
Minnetonka, MN
For fine arts activities, student awareness is often the first step to success. Minnetonka High School's detailed profiles of performing activities available at the school complete with descriptions, advisor contacts, social media handles, Schoology codes and representative photos enhance student engagement. Check out their offerings in the Athletics & Activities tab.
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Dyer, IN
Illiana Christian's preservation of musicals and plays takes center stage on the TouchWall. Detailed information on every musical and play dating back to 1991 can be accessed on this well-maintained example. Calling out each cast member by name in the biographies enshrines student performance into permanently accessible history.
KUEMPER CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Carroll, IA
Everything in balance is embodied in this Catholic school's presentation of fine arts achievement. Band, choir, plays and musicals take equal billing with information and imagery dating back to the 1950s. Many biographies spell out participants left to right in group photos. See for yourself in the Activities & Honors tab.
JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL
Jordan, MN
It is not an everyday occurrence that a school's mascot has their own historical profile. Not only does Jordan High School in Minnesota give a detailed history of how they came to who they are today (with multiple photos), but they also have a bevy of students honored in the same tab. Check out Jordan's Activities tab for more information.
JOHNSTOWN-MONROE HIGH SCHOOL
Johnstown, OH
One of the most comprehensive academic examples in the TouchWall portfolio, Johnston-Monroe High School details their academic prowess with pride. Valedictorians and salutatorians span from 1951 to modern day with photos of each student. Group shots of the National Honor Societies illustriously honor achievement from the 1950s, while student clubs round out the presentation with participants identified left to right in photos. See for yourself in Academics tab.
EDWARDSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
Edwardsburg, MI
In addition to having one of the best school mascot illustrations around (hands down), the Eddies display their academic achievement using the senior photos of all of their top performers. High-end imagery can make your TouchWall vibrant with an authenticity of time period. Experience the effect in the Academics tab.
WAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL
Waukee, IA
Waukee High School in Iowa focus on being inclusive of all students in their Academics tab. From displaying twenty years of honors graduates, to the beginnings of showing all class composite photos to fifty years of yearbooks, they have a formula for recognition of all students.
CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
Crystal Lake, IL
Large composite photos can take up on inordinate amount of space in the walls of schools. Crystal Lake South enlisted TouchPros to help them scan 4-foot x 3-foot images for high resolution. With our zoom feature built-in, visitors can view each student with clarity. Another way TouchPros TouchWall Interactive Hall of Fame provides unlimited possibilities of honoring success.
BREMEN HIGH SCHOOL
Bremen, IN
Special rocognition takes center stage on Bremen High School's TouchWall. With the flexibility of the TouchWall, every achievement can be uniqueness of accomplishment. Mathletes, journalists, chess masters and scholastic bowl are all covered here in the Academics tab.
CARO HIGH SCHOOL
Caro, MI
Caro High School's long history of valedictorians dates back to 1900 with many photos starting in the 1930s. Not content with simply honoring valedictorians, saluatorians also have their own sub-tab with information starting in the same time period. Special recognition in academic excellence rounds out the Academics tab of this well-thought out TouchWall example.
NODAWAY VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Greenfield, IA
Nodaway Valley High School in Iowa uses a hierarchical approach to their academic excellence. Highlighting in order of success, the TouchWall presents valedictorians and salutatorians as their first two sub-tabs. They move on to honor high honor with Summa and Magna Cum Laude recipients. A text-based list of the top 10 percent caps off the scholarly achievement.
CENTER POINT-URBANA HIGH SCHOOL
Center Point, IA
The spotlight on milestones marks Center Point-Urbana High School's unique usage of the TouchWall Interactive Hall of Fame. This imaginative application of the TouchWall (found under the Academics>Historical Highlights tab) dates back to the first log cabin in 1856, complete with photos. CPU Nation is a great example of the dynamic way you can build a visual timeline of history for generations to come.
EL PASO-GRIDLEY HIGH SCHOOL
El Paso, IL
In addition to having well-populated content throughout all tabs of the TouchWall, El Paso-Gridley High School in Illinois uses their presentation to play a vital role in merging the historic athletes of two schools that came together upon the consolidation. In all ways the school has given equitable treatment to each school with content dating back to 1934. Their recent past, present and future are all optimally displayed in the Wall of Fame tab, with information not missing a beat in the merger years.
ELK GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
Elk Grove Village, IL
For the school seeking to honor distinguished alumni in a unique hall of fame format, Elk Grove High School's third TouchWall at the school employs the carousel template for presentation of information while waiting for visitor engagement. Rotating individuals in a continuous loop provides strong visual interest for visitors. Interaction with the carousel allows easy access to the remarkable biographies of these high achieving alumni.
MINERVA HIGH SCHOOL
Minerva, OH
Minerva High School in Ohio takes the TouchWall concept and places it into double duty with both athletic hall of fame and alumni recognition tabs. Knowing visitors to the school will often be there for an athletic event, the Athletic Hall of Fame tab provides something for every generation with graduation year searches starting in 1914. The Alumni Recognition tab provides a wealth of information on distinguished individuals from a variety of successful endeavors in their careers.
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY
Columbus, OH
For colleges that want to give an expanded view of success in athletics, Capital University provides an effective template for recognition. Diligent entry of hall of fame inductees dating back to 1960, school-specific award winners (often with multiple photos) and a rich history tab celebrating many decades of success make this a TouchWall to envy. Patrons can even elect to donate via QR code in this innovative presentation.
DODGE CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Dodge City, KS
Dodge City High School in Kansas moves the "Ring of Honor" concept to the TouchWall Interactive Hall of Fame. With perfectly-sized photos for all of their honorees, they take the built-in capabilities a step further. Most of the profiles contain "Then" and "Now" photos of each recipient, making for an interesting juxtaposition of past and present.
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY HALL OF FAME
Dover, OH
Tuscarawas County is the cradle of many sports legends, all of them immortalized on the TouchWall Interactive Hall of Fame. With the Tuscarawas County Sports Hall of Fame's introductory class being in 2022, they do not have a lot of recipients but the quality more than makes up for the lack of quantity. Notable inductees include Bob Huggins, Woody Hayes and the eponymous Cy Young. The organization makes the TouchWall work hard for them by allowing access to a nomination form via a QR code.
SOUTH DAKOTA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
South Dakota
The South Dakota Basketball Hall of Fame starts right off with one of the ways to have the TouchWall pay for itself: sponsorship placement. Extensive photos and biographies for all of the induction years, teams of excellence by high school, photo galleries of the induction ceremonies and flip book programs make this TouchWall one that hits on much of what makes our product as special as it is.
MOORHEAD HIGH SCHOOL
Moorhead, MN
Yearbooks have been proudly displayed on the TouchWall Interactive Hall of Fame since 2013 and Moorhead High School embodies one of the very best examples. Visitors find more than 110 years of yearbooks -- page by glorious page -- available both on the TouchWall at the school and in their living rooms at home via any connected device. Spud history is on full display on the TouchWall, with the yearbook tab being just the start of their extensive historical content (game film with period correct sound effects is another clever use of the TouchWall).
CROSBY-IRONTON HIGH SCHOOL
Crosby, MN
Clothed in TouchWall 6 digs, Crosby-Ironton High School is another Minnesota school with a rich history of yearbooks accessible via the TouchWall. This school is a great example of what you can expect from the TouchPros yearbook scanning option. Sign up for the yearbook package, ship us your yearbooks (sit back while we do the work) and watch in no time as we scan, upload, create a permanent archive and ship back your yearbooks.
INTERSTATE 35 HIGH SCHOOL
Truro, IA
Interstate 35 High School's consolidation of four high schools is becoming an increasingly common scenario for our TouchWall schools. The school does a great job of preserving the unique history of four high schools -- with no school left behind. Bringing together four different communities happens seamlessly on the TouchWall Interactive Hall of Fame. Have a look at Yearbooks in the Academics tab.
BARRON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
Barron, WI
Another example of the speed and ease found by having TouchPros scan and upload every page of yearbook history, Barron Area School District in Wisconsin left nothing to chance by engaging TouchPros to do all of the yearbook upload. Dating back almost 120 years, TouchPros scanned and uploaded more than 90 yearbooks for the school. The yearbooks are now available and ready for another 100 years of visitors.
ALBERT LEA HIGH SCHOOL
Albert Lea, MN
A personal favorite of two founding members of TouchPros, Albert Lea High School displays yearbooks dating back to 1913 and spanning more than 95 individual yearbooks. The school used the TouchPros yearbook option and never looked back. Access yearbooks from the main home navigation and step back in history at ALHS.
ST. LAURENCE HIGH SCHOOL
Burbank, IL
Not strictly for public schools, St. Laurence High School in Illinois is an example of what private schools are doing with our yearbook option. Engaging TouchPros to handle the yearbook scanning and upload, the 1,000 enrollment Catholic school dates back to 1965 with their yearbooks. Even though they do not have history dating back as far as other schools, they have done a great job of chronicling all of it in their yearbook section.
FREDERICKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
Fredericktown, OH
Fredericktown High School was the first high school on the brand new TouchWall 6 platform. Replacing the wood plaques of old, Fredericktown populated their Hall of Fame tab with Individuals and Teams in record time. Working in tandem with the booster club, the TouchWall has expanded to include yearbooks and various alumni information. Fredericktown High School pride is seen in the well-documented history of the FFA jacket (originated at the school) and Freddie Bird (the mascot). Have a look at Fredericktown and experience school spirt!
TAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Upland, IN
Helping to define the parameters of our collegiate theme, Taylor University was an early adopter of our TouchWall 6 platform. Using a four-tabbed approach, Taylor's TouchWall Interactive Hall of Fame introduces an intuitive way to search individuals and teams by various filters, with the results updating as you select adjusted criteria. Video is used in abundance throughout the TouchWall with direct integration to YouTube-embedded video files.
NEENAH HIGH SCHOOL
Neenah, WI
An up and coming TouchWall with more content being populated regularly, Neenah High School makes good use of the unlimited photo capability by profile. Their two hall of fame classes display detailed text with many photos for most inductees. Check out their work in the History>Hall of Fame tab.
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY
Greencastle, IN
College excellence at its best! DePauw University in Indiana combines TouchPros TouchWall 6 Collegiate theme with a carousel start screen to honor inductees. With bold, photo-driven navigation, the Collegiate theme ushers in a new era of college-level recognition. From individual to team accolades to ceremony photos and programs, there is a little something for all Tigers Athletics fans.
WAPAKONETA HIGH SCHOOL
Wapakoneta, OH
As far as legends go, it does not get much bigger than Neil Armstrong. On the Wapakoneta High School TouchWall, Neil Armstrong can be found (Class of 1947) with a detailed biography containing both audio and video of his monumental accomplishment as the first person to walk on the moon. In addition to Mr. Armstrong, you will find hall of fame inductees populated in the Hall of Fame tab off the home screen with photos and videos throughout. Check out Wapakoneta in 3, 2, 1...
NORTH LAUREL HIGH SCHOOL
London, KY
North Laurel High School in Kentucky has a rich athletics history. Their TouchWall helps tell the story of their success through a tab labeled "Next Level Jaguars". In this creative application of content, you can search by last name, sport and graduation year of Jaguars playing at the college level and beyond. Check out the tab Athletics>Next Level Jaguars for more information.
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Winona, MN
Schools and organizations routinely approach TouchPros requesting a TouchWall version acting as a donor wall. For the Winona State University Foundation, we produced just that option. On their interactive donor wall, visitors are presented with panels indicating contribution levels (something they are used to on non-digital donor walls). The TouchWall takes it further and allows the Foundation the ability to highlight individuals with unlimited photos and post their current fundraising campaigns. When not in use, the donor wall reverts back to a scrolling donor recognition board.
THE BLAKE SCHOOL
Hopkins, MN
Minnesota is known as the "state of hockey". It makes sense then that a TouchWall dedicated exclusively to hockey would be in order at a Minnesota high school. The Blake School in Hopkins, MN has a decorated and storied history of success with their hockey individuals and teams, both male and female. Check out their accomplishments with the puck on their TouchWall today.
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL
Memphis, TN
Christian Brothers in Memphis TN has had so much success with their wrestling program that a traditional TouchWall would just not suffice. Neatly organized by either individual wrestlers or teams, visitors opt to view records, awards and other accolades or they can peruse every wrestler or team that took to the mat at the high school. With profiles dating back to 1972, you can view decades of wrestling dominance.
LYONS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
La Grange, IL
With one of the most organized alumni associations around, the logical progression was to have a TouchWall for alumni to access both inside and out of the Lyons Township High School halls. The alumni TouchWall at Lyons Township is the sixth TouchWall in the school and provides yearbooks, timelines by decades (with photo galleries), information on upcoming reunions, a hall of fame and much more.
RICE UNIVERSITY
Houston, TX
Taking the one-sport TouchWall to the next level, Rice University contracted TouchPros to develop "Owls in the Pros". Designed as a recruiting tool, the TouchWall allows the prestigious university the ability to upload day of the visit information regarding new recruits. The recruit can see they profile right alongside the Owls that have played professionally, providing another way to entice players to their rapidly improving program.
SHELDON HIGH SCHOOL
Sheldon, IA
Sheldon High School's Orabnation spawned the beginnings of TouchPros' Alumni Nation feature. Using a primary tab, TouchPros has developed a way to connect alumni around the globe. Pins are placed by zip code where alumni now reside with rich profiles containing text and photos available by touching on the pin locations. The alums might have graduated, but their presence is still felt at the school, no matter where their journeys take them.
PIQUA HIGH SCHOOL WALL OF HONOR
Piqua, OH
An increasingly popular TouchWall option are military walls of honor. The TouchPros Interactive Hall of Fame easily converts to device for recognition of those with military experience and honors. This feature also works as tab within a multi-disciplinary TouchWall presentation. Piqua High School in Ohio pulls it off most honorably (with a patriotic wall wrap to boot).
MCMURRY UNIVERSITY
Abilene, TX
In 2023, McMurry University has been celebrating 100 years in higher education. To go along with the anniversary, they have honored 100 McMurry alums that have made a difference. This type of creativity can be applied to any milestone year for school existence. Check out McMurry's 100 most influential graduates on their TouchWall Interactive Hall of Fame.