By Pat Lafleur, FortThomasMatters City Beat Last Friday NKY.com reported the U.S. News & World Report had released its top 10 best public high schools in the state, ranked for meeting state proficiency standards and college preparedness goals. Two NKY public high schools made KY’s top 10 – Beechwood (6) and Ryle (9) – but […]
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HHS Phase II Groundbreaking Ceremony Scheduled
Highlands will hold a Groundbreaking Ceremony to kickoff Phase II of the Highlands High School Renovation on tomorrow at 2pm. A short program will include student performances by the the Jazz Ensemble with remarks from school and district administrators. The Fort Thomas Education Foundation will be presenting a check for $750,000 to the Board of […]
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2008 HHS Graduate Injured in Afghanistan
Brandon Pickering, 20, was injured in Kabul, Afghanistan as he was serving in the infantry for the US Army. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. We will get more information out as it comes. UPDATE: Despite early reports that Brandon was fatally injured it appears that he was injured and transported to […]
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Highlands Arts Alliance Hosting A Night of Jazz
This one almost passed under the radar screen but I thought you might be interested in a fun night of jazz next week at Highlands. The Bluebird Arts & Education Alliance is hosting an event called “An Atypical Night of Jazz” that is featuring local jazz sensation the Faux Frenchmen and the UK Jazz Ensemble and […]
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You may have seen my recent post on the third anniversary of the site. To avoid an overly lengthy post I avoided talking about the top events, people, and places that have driven the interest and growth in the site. I combed back over the site statistics to identify the most popular topics on the […]
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Highlands Using the Web to Connect Students with the Community
You really can’t say enough about how teachers, coaches, and administrators at Highlands continue to pursue excellence and not only ask the best of their students but also create opportunities for them as well. Two examples of this was brought to my attention this week and both use technology to demonstrate how those employed by our […]
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It’s Van Damme Friday!
Happy Friday everyone! Lots going on in and around Ft. Thomas this weekend. Just a few reminders. – The Jennifer Harber Memorial Scholarship Fund needs to be replenished to continue handing out money to a handful of Highlands graduates. The Harber family is having a benefit tonight (Friday) at The Syndicate in Newport. Almost 12 […]
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Highlands High School Production of Urinetown gets 14 Cappie Nominations
I recently wrote about Highlands Drama department taking the next step which included aggresively pursuing competitive drama competitions. Today they took the next step in that evolution as the cast of Urinetown received nominations for 14 Cappie awards. For more information about the Cappie program as well as the Cappie reviews visit their website here.
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Highlands Drama Program Taking the Next Step
The drama program at Highlands has undergone quite a transformation over the past couple of years. This transformation goes beyond the new and expanded facilities that include the new backstage auditorium transformation that was a big part of the $15 million High School building renovation (a good synopsis of the designs and pictures of the […]