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TOPS Students Shine in the 2025 K12 Writing Competition

At Texas Online Preparatory School, creativity is part of everyday learning—and this year, our students took […]

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TOPS Student Named National Honor Society Scholarship...

Sachchit Balamurugan, a senior at Texas Online Preparatory School (TOPS), has been selected as a National […]

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TOPS Earns Texas Purple Star Campus Designation for...

Texas Online Preparatory School (TOPS) is proud to announce that it has been recognized by the […]

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What Online School Looks Like: A Student Day in the Life...

See how and why online school works for Kimberly in this Student Advisory Council blog series. […]

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What Online School Looks Like: A Student Day in the Life...

 What Online School Looks Like: A Student Day in the Life Q&A With Johnavan   By: […]

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TOPS Student Builds Future in Robotics...

For Texas Online Preparatory School (TOPS) freshman Lily Amirlatifi, robotics has been more than a hobby, it’s a passion that has fueled […]

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K12 Art Competition 2nd place winner in photography: close-up of a bee on vibrant orange and yellow flowers by Emma, 9th grade, Texas Online Preparatory School.

Capturing the Beauty in the Smallest Moments: How Online...

When 10th grader Emma Thomas enrolled at Texas Online Preparatory School (TOPS), she was searching for […]

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Teacher. Author. Storyteller. Meet TOPS Educator Ethan Lee 

Ethan Lee has worked in education since 2016, beginning his career as a classroom aide while […]

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Sachchit Balamurugan winning the mobile app competition at the 2025 Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida. [Photo via Sachchit Balamurugan]

From Little Elm to Tokyo: Sachchit’s Mission to Fight...

At just 17 years old, Sachchit Balamurugan, an incoming senior at Texas Online Preparatory School (TOPS), […]

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Dream Big, Code Boldly: Lessons from Sachchit’s Global Tech...

When Sachchit Balamurugan, a 17-year-old student from Little Elm, Texas, lost his grandfather to adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), he didn’t […]

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