Highland Park ISD

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

This upcoming Saturday, Highland Park will be hosting our 2nd Annual Mattress Fundraiser Sale. This sale is being run by Custom Fundraising Solutions and was very successful last year!! We all know someone who is getting ready to replace a mattress. Send them to HP on Saturday and let their purchase benefit our Band and Cheer students and programs directly while THEY save money too!! The Mayfield Activity Center will be set up as a fully functioning mattress showroom with a whole range of brand new, name brand mattresses and sleep accessories to try. Scan the QR code to learn more! Still have questions, contact Mr. Capes at james.capes@hpisd.net Please spread the word to help our Band and Cheer programs!! We hope to see you this Saturday, April 19th between 10AM-5PM in the Mayfield Activity Center.

Six-week progress reports have been posted. These report cards can be found in the parent portal. https://www.hpisd.net/page/parent-resources If you have trouble with your parent portal, please call 806-335-2823.

So proud of these seniors for completing their CERT training! Justin Cotton, Mason Chadwick and Segar Maples. Go Hornets

Congratulations to our athletes who have made it to the Regional track meet next week! J'Niyah Hearn will be competing in the triple jump. Jade Flores will be competing in the disc. Dominic Vega will be competing in the 100m dash.

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

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

Congratulations to Tessica Deanda and her family on her signing with Clarke University to continue her volleyball career. We are very proud of her!!

Below are our upcoming testing dates. STAAR/EOCs 8th - ELA (6th, 7th, 8th) 9th - ELA (3rd, 4th, 5th, Eng II) 10th - ELA (Eng I) 15th - Science (5th & 8th) 16th - Science (Biology) 17th - Social Studies (8th) 23rd - Math (3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th) 24th - Math (Algebra I & US History) Here are a few testing reminders: * get a good night's rest * eat a good supper *wear comfortable clothing *eat breakfast *arrive at school on time

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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.