Congratulations to the HP High School Concert Band as well as our 7/8th Grade Wind Ensemble who BOTH received 1st Division Ratings at The Greater Southwest Music Festival yesterday! 🥇🥇 Both ensembles performed beautifully on the Amarillo Civic Center Stage. Our high school band received an Outstanding Performance distinction from one of the three judges, which signifies a performance quality that is elevated higher than a regular "1". 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Congratulations to the newest inductees of the Highland Park National Honor Society. Sonia Hernandez, Paizleigh Rhame, Cadence Cowden, Constence Cowden, Kendall Saylor, Brenlyn Caswell, Candy Land, Ryan Hopper, Ayleen Chavez, Joanna Hoang, Bailey Dominguez, Kiley Ham, Joseph Hoang. These young people qualified for membership based on their outstanding merits in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Congratulations!
Just a reminder....we will have school on Monday, May 5th.
Big changes are on the horizon for the City of Amarillo and Northeast Potter County. In addition to the new Buffalo Highlands housing development, Highland Park ISD is breaking ground on new state-of-the-art facilities, including an Early Learning Academy and a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center. These exciting developments reflect Highland Park's strong commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for students and supporting long-term community growth.
Watch the attached video to see the vision:
https://www.hpisd.net/article/2182439
HPISD is accepting transfer applications for the 2025-2026 school year. All returning and new transfer students must fill out an application. Our transfer application can be found by clicking on the following link or following the link on our website: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfBl1NpVOmTS6uK_-XhVlVkPPJPhPApocXDbki-w3RC-pdqTw/viewform?usp=header
You're Invited to the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Buffalo Highlands Development including HPISD facilities: Early Learning Academy and CTE Center
Thursday - May 1st @ 9:00am
HWY 136/Hastings
Please have all cafeteria charges paid by Friday, May 16th. Payments can be made online: https://www.hpisd.net/o/hpisd/page/cafeteria
If you have any questions please contact, kristin.messer@hpisd.net
This past weekend, the Highland Park Hornet Band traveled to Arlington, TX to compete in the 2025 Music In The Parks competition.
In HP's division, there were 6 high school bands from a region encompassing Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Highland Park received a Superior rating and placed 2nd overall!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏆
Band members got to spend the remainder of their Saturday at Six Flags Over Texas. 🎢
Outstanding students representing HP, Amarillo, the panhandle, and TX as superior musicians and great people!😊
🏃🏃📣 Exciting opportunity for Future Cross Country athletes! We will be holding a Parent/Athlete Meeting on April 30 at 5:30 p.m. in the Big Gym. This meeting will provide essential insights on cross country participation, including nutrition, required supplies, and summer workout plans. If attendance is not possible, please contact Coach Johnson for the paperwork we’ll cover. Join us on the SportsYou app using code 6LHR-6H69 to stay in the loop with all the latest information. Can't wait to see everyone there! #HornetsXC
2nd-8th grade HP Softball Camp Information
When: June 16-18
2nd - 4th grade 8:00am-10:00am
5th-8th grade 10:30am-12:30pm
Register:
https://forms.gle/xWAGZDKm5ZsRdzHp9
Happy Administrative Professionals Day to Pam, Brenda, Ashley and Kari. We are truly blessed with the best!
Elementary families, please save the dates:
5/ 6- 1st & 2nd Grade GT Trip
5/ 7- 3rd & 4th Grade GT Trip
5/ 14- Pre-K Awards
5/16- Field Day
5/ 20- Backyard Blast
5/21- 1st-4th Awards
5/22- Lip Sync Contest/ Color Run
5/23 - Kinder Graduation/ Early Release/ Last Day
Attention HP families, end-of-year tests will be taking place in the next couple of weeks, so please encourage your children to try their best, get plenty of rest, and eat a healthy breakfast. Thank you for your continued support of our HP Hornets!
Cap and Gown Ceremony
Happy School Bus Driver Appreciation Day to our incredible drivers! Thank you for taking such great care of our students.
Thank you to our softball senior players, Mia Sanchez and Brionna Delgado! You helped lay the foundation of our softball program!
Sign up for volleyball camp this summer!
Just a heads up, our parent survey closes tomorrow afternoon.
Your input is important to us. Please fill out our HPISD 2024-2025 parent survey. Thank you https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLhioaeFs0WF8bK_kMOVEp-cfQ-khpGnaV7RhPdjil3wIf_g/viewform?usp=sharing
Just a Reminder:
HPISD will not have school on Monday, April 21st
Athletics this week:
Tuesday - Baseball at Sunray (4:30)
Tuesday - Softball at HP vs Fritch (4pm - Senior night)
Friday - Baseball at HP vs Sunray (4:30)
Friday - Softball at Sunray (4pm)
Friday and Saturday - Regional Track at WT University