Highland Park ISD

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.

HPISD 2025-2026 District Calendar can be found on our website at https://www.hpisd.net/page/district-calendar-links

STATE BOUND Band Members!! 🎉👏🏻🎉👏🏻🎉👏🏻🎉👏🏻🎉👏🏻🎉 Congratulations to Highland Park High School Band members Brenlyn Caswell (9th) and James Newberry III (10th) who both earned trips to the 2025 Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest! This UIL State event will take place in Austin, in May of this year. Brenlyn and James both took on the challenge of competeting at the region level with Class 1 solos (most difficult), performed them from memory, (required) and earned 1st division ratings from the adjudicator! 🥇🥇 Congratulations and Best of Luck as you represent HP at the state level!

HP Middle & High School Band students recently competed in UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest and achieved some fantastic results! It addition to the personal growth and accomplishment all of these students gained, we also had students earn 1st and 2nd division medals from the judges! Middle School: Devin Huerta- Trumpet Solo, 1st Division🥇 Ayiden Moctezuma-Flute Solo, 1st Division🥇 Kaidance McVay-Flute Solo, 2nd Division 🥈 High School: Brenlyn Caswell-Euphonium Solo, Class 1 Solo, performed from memory, 1st Division ** ADVANCING TO STATE**🥇 James Newberry III- Trumpet Solo, Class 1 Solo, performed from memory, 1st Division ** ADVANCING TO STATE**🥇 Kinzi Roberts-Clarinet Solo-Class 1 Solo- 1st Division 🥇 Celiene Conklin- Flute Solo-Class 2-1st Division 🥇 Justin Corton-Multi Percussion Solo-Class 1 Solo-2nd Division 🥈 Melanie Acuña, Rodney Ingersoll, Gerard Perez, Trombone Trio-Class 1, 2nd Division🥈 Caison McKinney, Rodney Ingersoll, Kinzi Roberts, Clarinet Trio-Class 1, 2nd Division.🥈 Congrats to all our participating HP Band Students!!!

YEARBOOK DEADLINE REMINDER! The deadline to purchase your YEARBOOK is approaching! Order your yearbook by February 21 to guarantee your 2025 yearbook. Payment plan options are available online. High School / Middle School Yearbooks (5th - 12th) $60 https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A08039300 Elementary Yearbooks (PreK - 4th) $30 https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01049217 All books must be purchased online through Jostens. Only orders placed by February 21 are guaranteed. Orders may be placed after that date, but are not guaranteed. Extra yearbooks (if any) will be sold on a first come, first serve basis after May distribution. Extra yearbooks are not guaranteed.

HP Families, please use this resource for FREE books to read with your children.

Updated athletic events this week: HP Baseball Tournament- Friday and Saturday Dimmitt Softball Tournament - Friday and Saturday Ralph Shemwell PL meet - Saturday at 8am (Big Gym)

Parents: HPISD's Federal Report Cards for the state, the district, and each of the district’s campuses are now available on the district’s website at this link https://www.hpisd.net/page/accountability-assessment or are also available on the Texas Education Agency’s website at: https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/accountability/academic-accountability/performance-reporting/federal-report-cards. Parent Letter in English - https://5il.co/381hd Parent Letter in Spanish - https://5il.co/381he Hard copies of the reports are also available at the district or campus office

Parent Information

Please review the information about measles for parents on our nurse's page. https://www.hpisd.net/page/nurses-office

History was made Monday night with our varsity softball team as they won their first game of the season against River Road! On top of that, Freshman Kaitlin Lucas hit the first ever home run out of the park. Come out this Friday and watch our boys scrimmage Memphis at 4pm and also get a look at our amazing facilities. You will be impressed! GO HORNETS!!!!

Highland Park ISD will delay the start of school until 10:00 am on Thursday, February 13, 2025 due to the icy conditions and frigid temperatures expected in the early morning. Buses will run 2 hours later than normal.