1. In case you haven’t seen it yet, Highlands has a Flying Pig in the latest version of the ‘Big Pig Gig’ – the ceramic pigs dotting Cincinnati. The pig is located at the banks on the southwest corner of what has been built out at the Banks so far (just down the sidewalk from […]
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Highlands Students Need Your Help
A group of four high school students need your help with a national competition. One of the students is Madeline Anderson and here is there story from her point of view: National History Day (NHD) is a nationally acclaimed, academic enrichment program that promotes the study of history in our schools. HHS did not […]
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Additional Items of Interest
The news seems to be coming fast and furious these days. A few more updates: 1. While all the attention has been on Andrea Conners a highlight for Fort Thomas schools went un-noticed. US News & World Report ranked Highlands as the fifth best high school in the state and perhaps more importantly #431 nationally. […]
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FTEF Awards Grants
This year all 5 schools in the Fort Thomas Independent School District will have over $56,000 in additional funds to purchase new technology and supplies due to the Fort Thomas Foundation Foundation’s teacher grant program. This amount represents the most monies awarded by the Foundation in its history. Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded over […]
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Fifty Year Old Gift Un-Earthed (Guest Post by Ben Petracco)
Highlands High School has been going through an extensive renovation. The end result will be a brand new high school for students to enjoy for years to come. And finally air conditioning. During these renovations an unexpected gift was un-earthed that would shed light on a life a half century old. A time capsule was […]
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Van Damme It’s Friday Links
– Highlands High School will recognize the 50th anniversary of the fire that destroyed half of the school on Friday, January 6, at 12:45pm in the school’s Theatre Studio. – Via Ben Petracco: Highlands to officially retire Ross Neltner’s jersey prior to tomorrow’s 2:30 game. Ben reported this initially in October as they announced this […]
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Collinsworth to the Irish
A big CONGRATS to Highlands senior all-purpose stud, Austin Collinsworth , who ended his recruiting process yesterday when he committed to newly appointed Notre Dame head coach and former UC coach, Brian Kelly. Collinsworth had been recruited by Kelly at UC and was also recruited by Kentucky, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Louisville. Kelly said that Collinsworth […]
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Highlands Adds to Successes & Collinsworth Snubbed
On the day Austin Collinsworth was not even nominated for Mr Football (apparently not one of the 16 best players in the state according to state media) he scored 3 rushing touchdowns in the first half to give Highlands a big early boost towards their third straight state tittle. Clearly Highlands High School has had […]
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Bluebirds Football Update
While the final score was not impressive when you consider they started seniors that are not normal starters against one of the better teams in Northern Kentucky (ranked #8 in the Herald Leader poll) then it was a great way to end the season. Being a spectator at the game I saw quite possibly the […]
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School Lunches & Fort Thomas Independent Schools
As I read a recent issue of Time magazine I came across an article on school lunches and I was reminded of some of the changes that have occurred with school lunches within the Fort Thomas Independent School District. There has been a lot of attention lately to the potential negative impact on student health […]