After a win against rival Cov Cath there was not much movement this week in the national polls for the Bluebirds. Rivals – unchanged at 14 USA Today – unchanged at 9 ESPN – unchanged at 13 Scott and Ryle are left on the schedule. A win against Scott will not help their rankings without […]
Tag: Highlands High School
Highlands Football Gets National Praise
All the major sports news outlets are singing the praises of the Bluebirds only a few short days after their big win over St X. Here are links to the major services: USA Today – Highlands moves up to #23 Rivals – Highlands at #20 (one of only 2 teams in the top 25 with […]
Highlands and Pergola – A Source of Pride
Two things from Friday give me great pride in Fort Thomas. The first is Highlands High School – again ranked among the elite public high schools in the nation climbing a whopping nearly 200 places in the Newsweek rankings to 572. Highlands rankings from the past 5 years show an incredible leap in the past […]
Now . . . Some Good News
I wanted to focus this post on a few pieces of good news related to Fort Thomas lately: 1. Being a newer transplant to Fort Thomas I didn’t realize that Jeff Walz was a Fort Thomas kid. For those of you less sports inclined, he is the coach of the lady Cardinals (U of L) […]
Fort Thomas Education Update
Big news this week on the education front in Fort Thomas. The first relating to the new capstone program introduced at Highlands High School starting next year. It truly appears to be an innovative program that enhances Highlands already great reputation for preparing students for the next phase of life. The 3 capstone groups are […]
Highlands Highly Rated in US News
The Fort Thomas education system put another notch on its belt this past week as the latest US News & World Report’s ranking of US High Schools again listed Highlands as a top high school. Highlands was 1 of only 7 high schools in the state of KY and 1 of 604 nationwide with a […]

