Happy Maintenance Appreciation Day to Joe Hinojos!
What a great couple of days for HP athletics! Baseball won their first district game in program history against Follett 18-6. Middle school track had a great showing in Olton. 7th grade girls got first, 7th grade boys got 3rd, 8th grade girls got 2nd and our 8th grade boys 4th. The boy powerlifters competed hard at the regional meet in Brownfield. 8 boys medaled, 2 boys broke regional records, the team finished first in the region and we are sending 4 boys to state! We are so proud of our kids and our coaches. GO HORNETS!!!!!
It is a beautiful day for some Lady Hornet softball 🎉
Congratulations to the HP High School Concert Band for an outstanding job a UIL Concert and Sight Reading contest yesterday!!
These 60 students battled the heavy snow, high wind, and eventually rain to arrive at contest and take the stage at 8:50 AM, yesterday.
The Hornet Band received a superior rating in Sight Reading, (straight 1's) 🥇and an excellent rating 🥈(2) on stage!
Congrats again to our Hornet HS Band!
(No full band pictures from yesterday due to the challenging weather!)
Pre-Kindergarten Round-Up
If your child will be attending Pre-K next school year, please let us know by filling out the attached form. Don't hesitate to get in touch with Mrs. Roberts at stacie.roberts@hpisd.net with any questions you may have.
https://forms.gle/jzCsbMq66UTtXCqJA
Our Spring Break is next week! No School March 10th-14th
Happy Diagnostician Week to Ms. Willett and Ms. Bryant!
Highland Park athletics this week:
Monday-
Girls golf at Borger
Softball at HP vs Clarendon JV (6pm)
Tuesday-
Boys golf at Borger
Softball at HP vs Sunray (4pm)
Thursday-
Boys regional powerlifting at Brownfield (3:30pm)
MS Track at Olton
Baseball Tournament (HP vs Dalhart in Fritch 3pm)
Friday-
HS Track at Olton
Saturday-
Baseball Tournament (HP vs Follett in Stinnett 9am)
Softball vs River Road at River Road (11am and 1pm)
Equipped Lady Hornet Powerlifters are bringing home some hardware, too!
Natalia Garcia placed 3rd in her weight class and qualified for state.
Elena Gonzalez placed 3rd in her weight class and qualified for state.
Olivia Estep placed 8th in her weight class.
It’s been 10 years since our first and only girl competed in a state powerlifting meet. This year, our girls made school history, and we are sending 3 total!! Congrats to Roxanne, Natalia, and Elena!! Go Lady Hornets!!!!
The Hornets won both of their games today 7-6 and 16-2! Way to go Hornets!! ⚾️
It's a great night for some baseball. ⚾️
It's game time!!! Let's go Hornets 🎉
Special shoutout to the middle school track teams. They competed in their first track meet of the year at the Pantex Relays in Fritch. All four teams, 7th and 8th grade boys and girls, won first place team overall at the meet.
Unequipped Lady Hornet Powerlifters are bringing home some hardware! Maria Elizondo placed 5th in the 132 lb. Weight class. Mia Sanchez placed 4th in the 114 lb. Weight class. Roxanne Shields placed 2nd in the 105 weight class and qualified for the state competition in Edinburg, Tx. Way to go Lady Hornets!!
The Hornets won both of their games today 7-6 and 16-2! Way to Hornets!! ⚾️
If you've wanted to support HP softball but weren't sure how, here's your opportunity ....We have our inaugural season shirt for sale! Orders can be placed until March 14th and they will be delivered to the school.
We appreciate your support and hope to see you sporting your shirts at our games!
https://gogandy.com/highland-park-softball-25
Spanish 3 students participated in the Language Festival at the Happy State Bank Stadium in Canyon, TX. Eiza Orratia-Rodríguez won first place in the intermediate reciting poetry category, and Campbell Bargas earned second place in the talent category.
Athletics this week:
Monday-
Boys golf at Comanche Trails (9am)
Tuesday-
Girls golf at Comanche Trails (9am)
Softball at Dimmitt (4 and 6pm)
Wednesday-
Boys golf at Comanche Trails (9am)
Thursday-
Girls Unequipped PL regional meet in Big Spring (3pm)
MS track meet at Fritch (3pm)
Baseball tournament at HP (9am - all day)
Friday-
Girls Equipped PL regional meet in El Dorado (1pm)
HS track at Fritch (11am)
Baseball tournament day 2 at HP (9am- all day)
A big shoutout to our baseball team for getting their first win last Friday! Another shoutout to our powerlifting teams for both getting first place at our Ralph Shemwell Memorial PL meet Saturday. Our boys and girls are doing a great job at HP!!
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.
We'd like to express our appreciation to our School Board members for dedicating the last few days to learning and growing together as a team at the Thompson Visioning Conference.
