Athletics this week:
Monday - Softball at WT Stinnett (4pm)
Tuesday - Baseball vs Fritch at HP (4:30)
Wednesday - Area track in Panhandle
Friday-
Softball vs Booker at HP (4pm)
Baseball at Fritch (4:30)
Congratulations to our Staff of the Year
High School Teacher of the Year - James Capes
Middle School Teacher of the Year - Matt Donaghy
Elementary Teacher of the Year - Haley Jefferson
Support Staff Member of the Year - Carl Williams
Congratulations to our 7/8 Highland Park Middle School Wind Ensemble who captured a 1st Division 🥇 (Superior) rating in sight reading, and 2nd Division 🥈(Excellent) rating on stage at UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
These middle school band members have worked hard to prepare thier concert program since the beginning of the Spring semester and have been committed to developing their sight reading and general musicianship daily! Hard work pays off at every level!
We want to give a big congratulations to our HS track athletes who are advancing to the area track meet on April 9th in Panhandle. Great job coaches and athletes!
The following athletes qualified for Area Track:
Shot Put: Jade Flores
Discus: Jade Flores (District Champion) and Aubrey Drerup
Long Jump: J'Niyah Hearn
Triple Jump: J'Niyah Hearn and Kardin Nguyen
Girls 4x100m Relay Team (Stormy Lane, Constence Cowden, Natalia Garcia, Abigail Boyd)
Boys and Girls 4x200m Relay Teams (Fabian Andrade, Izzy Arana, Kardin Nguyen, Joey Williams) (Natalia Garcia, Constence Cowden, J'Niyah Hearn, Kaitlin Lucas)
Girls 4x400m Relay Team (Stormy Lane, Roxanne Shields, Abigail Boyd, Kaitlin Lucas)
100m: Dom Vega (District Champion) and Abigail Boyd
200m: Dom Vega
Congratulations to all of our incredible students who competed in UIL! Your dedication has truly shone through. A special shoutout to our district champions for their outstanding performances and to all the students who placed and earned a spot to compete at the regional level. (In alphabetical order by event)
Accounting: 2nd place team and Regional Alternate
Ryan Hopper
Mia Sanchez
James Hoang
Computer Science:
Tony Nguyen - 1st place District Champion and Regional Qualifier
Rowan Gumfory - 4th place Regional Alternate
Copy Editing:
Rachel Golden - 5th place Regional Alternate
Current Events and Issues:
Lilian Dang - 2nd Place and Regional Qualifier
Editorial Writing:
Natalia Garcia - 2nd Place and Regional Qualifier
Informative Speaking:
Diego Chavira Hernandez - 2nd Place and Regional Qualifier
Lincoln Douglas Debate:
Kinzi Roberts - 4th place Regional Alternate
Literary Criticism:
Cadence Cowden - 5th place Regional Alternate
Mathematics:
James Newberry - 2nd Place and Regional Qualifier
Persuasive Speaking:
Kinzi Roberts - 5th Place Regional Alternate
Prose Interpretation:
Cadence Cowden - 1st Place District Champion and Regional Qualifier
Aubrey Drerup - 3rd Place and Regional Qualifier
Ready Writing:
Leah Porcari - 1st Place District Champion and Regional Qualifier
Science:
Thomas Phan - 5th Place and Regional Alternate
Social Studies:
Leah Porcari - 1st Place District Champion and Regional Qualifier
We are so proud of each and every one of you, and we can't wait to see what you'll achieve next. Keep up the great work, and best of luck at regionals!
Happy Paraprofessional Day to our incredible paraprofessionals. Their dedication to our students and school makes a huge difference every day! We are blessed with the best!
Just a reminder
HPISD has an Early Release at 12:45pm on Friday, April 4th.
Please join us for our Student Showcase Family Night this Thursday from 4:30-6:00.
Athletics this week:
Monday- District golf round 1 at Childress
Tuesday-
District golf round 2 at PDC
Baseball at HP vs PCHEA (4:30 and 6:30)
Wednesday-
Booster club meeting at 6:30 in the fieldhouse
Thursday-
District HS track in Panhandle
Friday-
Softball vs Gruver at HP (Moved to 12:45)
Saturday-
MS district track meet in Wellington
It was great celebrating our new softball and baseball facility. Thank you to Amarillo Chamber of Commerce and Ruckus from the Amarillo Sod Poodles for helping us celebrate.
Also, thank you to Shiver-Megert Architects & Engineering, Southwest General Contractors
The softball game in Sunray tonight has been rescheduled for April 18th. Come out and see our softball and baseball kiddos at HP at 4pm!
Shout out to the MS track teams! Our 7th and 8th grade boys and girls competed hard at the Panhandle Junior High Relays tonight and put on a show! Both 7th and 8th grade girls got 1st place as a team and the 7th and 8th grade boys got 2nd as a team. This MS group is something special! Come watch them compete next Saturday as they travel to Wellington for their district meet.
You're Invited!!
HPISD will have a Ribbon Cutting for our new Softball and Baseball Fields Friday, March 28th @ 4:00pm. Ruckus from the Sod Poodles will also be here to throw the first pitch. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
The Highland Park Varsity Lady Hornets earned their first district victory with a dominant 15-2 win over Follett on Tuesday. Kaitlin Lucas powered the offense, smashing two home runs, including a grand slam, and driving in six runs.
The Lady Hornets will travel to Sunray on Friday for their next district matchup.
Congratulations to HP Band Members Justin Cotton (12) and Rodney Ingersoll (11) who both won chairs in the TMEA All-Region Jazz Ensemble.
All Region Jazz Band is made up of the finest high school jazz musicians in the entire TX panhandle and includes students from all school classifications, (1A thru 5A). Rodney and Justin were the only students selected from a 1A or 2A school high school.
Extra special congrats to Justin Cotton who accomplished the rare achievement of being selected for All Region Jazz Band ALL FOUR YEARS of high school. The first HP student to ever do so!
Due to late starts, early releases, and cancellations, we will need to use one of our weather days to make up for lost time. Our calendar includes two weather days, April 21 and May 5. If we miss more school due to weather or other issues, we may need to use both days, so please plan accordingly.
For now, we plan to use May 5th as a school day. We’ll update you if we need to use the April date as well.
Athletics this week:
Tuesday-
Baseball @ Gruver (4:30pm)
Softball @ HP vs Follett (4 and 6pm)
Thursday-
MS track in Panhandle (2pm)
Friday-
Baseball @ HP vs Gruver (4:30pm)
Softball @ Sunray (4pm)
So proud to announce Highland Park’s first powerlifting state champion and the schools second state champion ever! Seger has enlisted to serve his country in the United States Air Force after graduation in May. We are so proud of your accomplishments and what you will achieve in the future. Go Hornets! #BelieveTheBuzz
Highland Park Boys powerlifting team takes 3rd place as a team out of 94 teams at the state competition in Abilene! Seger Maples is the 148 pound state champion, the schools first ever. He also now holds the state bench record at 405 pounds. Thomas Tran placed 4th in 242 pound weight class. Antony Hoang placed 4th in the super heavy weight class. Beto Olivas set a personal record and finished 11th. That is the most state medalist and highest team finish in school history. #believethebuzz
Good luck to our powerlifters competing in Abilene this morning at the state competition.
