Our Vision

As we foster a legacy of sustained excellence in all that we do, our students will consistently develop their full potential, entering adulthood positioned for whatever level of success they may desire, and as significant contributors to society.

Our Mission

We will consistently provide exceptional opportunities for learning and personal growth, nurture a joy for learning, and foster a culture of excellence and care for all students. As a result, Templeton students will graduate from TUSD fully prepared with the knowledge, aptitude, skill, habits, and character to excel in any post-secondary academic, vocational, or other pursuit.

Mission, Vision. and Values

 

Our History

Templeton is located within the former Rancho Paso de Robles Mexican land grant and was founded in 1886 when Chauney Hatch Phillips of the West Coast Land Company sent R.R. Harris to survey 160 acres set aside for a town to exist south of Paso Robles as part of the company's larger purchase of 63,000 acres. These 160 acres were to be laid out in business and residential lots with 5–12 acre parcels, with the town to be named "Crocker" after a Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railroad, Charles F. Crocker; however, Crocker instead chose to name the town "Templeton," after his two-year-old son, Charles Templeton Crocker.

 As the population of the little settlement of Templeton increased, a school was needed to educate the children. In 1887, the Templeton school district was created out of territory that had been part of the Paso Robles school district. A three-room, three-teacher schoolhouse, built on a block of land donated by the West Coast Land Company, was used until 1923 when another structure, still in use, was completed. Templeton High School classes began in 1916, and the first graduating class, with eight graduates, was in 1920.

 

 

This school bus was purchased new in 1933 by the Templeton School District and used as a bus until 1949. The 1932 bus was restored over a 5-year period thanks to hundreds of hours of the museum’s volunteers. 

 

 

"Nowhere on earth is there a more beautiful spot, with the distant blue mountains; the rounded hills covered in spring with wild oats, where not cultivated; the wide, park-like valley dotted with immense oaks; the Salinas river, with its tree-fringed banks—alders, willows, sycamores and oaks—and spicewood breathing its fragrance on the air. . .” - Annie L. Morrison, San Luis Obispo County and Environs, 1917.

 

Notable previous residents of Templeton

• Josh Brolin, actor, raised in Templeton 
• Brian Barden, baseball player, born in Templeton 
• Tyler Gray, Miami Dolphins NFL linebacker, attended Templeton High 
• Spencer Howard, MLB pitcher, raised in Templeton 
• Sandy Koufax, Hall of Fame baseball player, resided in Templeton in the 1970’s 

 

This historical information is from the Templeton Historical Museum Society website.