One of the plaster sculptures by Highlands High School students By Robin Gee Students from the visual arts program at Highlands High School and their teacher shared an update on their work at the recent Fort Thomas Independent Schools board meeting. Taking many of the Portrait of a Graduate key concepts as a starting point, […]
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Meet the New Fort Thomas School Counselors
Highlands Middle School counselor Britane Bednar says more counselors means more opportunities to provide proactive support. By Robin Gee, City Council Beat Editor The role of school counselors has developed and expanded in recent years, moving from a mostly service-provider model to a more active support system to help students succeed at all levels. Today, […]
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Highlands We the People Team Will Head to DC for Nationals
Highlands High School teacher Megan Boimann-Hennies and team members describe the We the People competition. By Robin Gee The Highlands High School We the People Team racked up yet another state championship recently, adding their 15th consecutive state win and their 16th overall. We the People is a national student competition to promotes civic education […]
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Student Professional Studies Center, Maker Space of Fort Thomas Independent Schools to Open at 20 Grand
New space at 20 Grand Avenue is being custom renovated for Fort Thomas schools to support student entrepreneurship, career pathways and more. The short hallway leading into the school board room was packed for the November meeting. Despite the cold outside, the room was hot, almost stifling. As is often the case, teachers, staff and […]
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Four Highlands Students Earn Highest Possible ACT Scores
Margot Seidel, Adam Groneck and Alexander Harrison celebrate achieving the highest score possible on the ACT. (Will Burnham also was honored but was unable to attend the board meeting). By Robin Gee, City Council Beat Editor Four Highlands High School students have joined an exclusive club. They are among the less than one percent of […]
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Highlands High School Named Best in Northern Kentucky
Cincy Magazine has named Highlands High School as the best in northern Kentucky in its 2018 August/September issue. Metrics such as ACT score, graduation rate, and other standardized test results contribute to their ranking results. Here’s what they wrote: After two years at No. 2, Highlands High School is once again No. 1 in our […]
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Highlands High School Wins Award For Registering Every Eligible Senior To Vote
Highlands High School was awarded the Georgia Davis Powers Award from the Kentucky Secretary of State Office for outstanding youth voter registration. Secretary of State, Alison Lundergan Grimes, said she expects a larger turnout during this primary election, and attributes that expected rise in part to the younger voting electorate. “Kentucky’s young folks are more […]
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Highlands High School Names New Principal
The Highlands High School School-Based Decision-Making Council (SBDMC) unanimously selected Matthew Bertasso as principal of Highlands High School. He is presently serving as the director/principal of Compass Academy in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a position he pioneered in a newly created school and has held for six years. Bertasso will step in for interim principal, Jeff […]
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Highlands Student Earns Perfect Score on ACT
Highlands High School junior William Burnham earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT exam. Nationally, less than one-tenth of 1% of all students who take the ACT earn a score of 36. Will initially took the ACT in April 2016, at the end of his sophomore year, and earned a score of 35. […]
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Social Media is a Digital Tattoo, Experts Tell Highlands Students
“Everyone in this room has a digital tattoo. You didn’t ask for it, you don’t know where it is, you don’t know who can see it…and that digital tattoo will follow you for the rest of your life,” social media expert Stephen J. Smith told a crowd of ninth and tenth graders at Highlands High […]