Highland Park High School

TSSEC 2026!! Highland Park HS Band had a record setting SIX soloists advance to the 2026 UIL Texas State Solo and Ensemble contest! Brenlyn Caswell-Euphonium Jamieson Duggan-Marimba Rodney Ingersoll-Baritone Saxophone Ayiden Moctezuma-Piccolo James Newberry-Trumpet Jaxson Vasquez-Tuba All six students traveled to Austin this past weekend to compete with the finest high school instrumental soloists in the state of Texas! All of them represented HP and themselves on the highest level and brought home the following UIL State medals! Jaxson Vasquez- Gold Medal 🥇 Brenlyn Caswell-Silver Medal 🥈 Jamieson Duggan-Silver Medal 🥈 Rodney Ingersoll-Silver Medal 🥈 James Newberry- Silver Medal 🥈 Highland Park Band and Highland Park ISD are proud of you all! 👏👏👏👏😊

The HP High School Band program kicks off each year with Summer Band! Summer Band is when new members learn to march, new student leaders assume their roles and our team takes the field for the first time learning our competitive field show!

Marching Band is a UIL varsity group and Summer Band is required for varsity status.

Our first night on July 23rd is for all 9th graders, percussionists, color guard and anyone who is new to marching band only. July 27th on is for EVERYONE.

Congratulations to both HP High School & HP 7/8 Middle School Bands for their performances at the Greater Southwest Music Festival!! HP High School Band received the rating of "O" for Outstanding! 🏆 (1st time in HP history) HP 7/8 Middle School Band received a 1st Division rating comprised of straight 1's. 🥇 Congratulations to all of these band students for their continued pursuit of excellence!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

40 members of the Highland Park High School Hornet Band traveled to Branson, MO last weekend to compete in the nationwide Music in the Parks completion. HP finished 2nd out of the six high school bands in their division!! In addition to their competitive musical activities, the Hornet Band enjoyed a long weekend packed with all the fun Branson has to offer, celebrating a full year of hard work and dedication to their art! 🎢🚢🐎🏎️ Congratulations on representing HP, Amarillo, and Texas so well!

Happy Lunch Hero Day to our wonderful cafeteria staff. We appreciate all their hard work.

Congratulations to HP Senior Rodney Ingersoll for winning a tenor saxophone position in this year's TMEA All-Region Jazz Band!!! (only 4 tenor saxophones are selected from the entire panhandle) Rodney was one of only five students selected from a 1A thru 3A high school and represented Highland Park on the highest level! Congrats, Rodney!! 👏👏👏

8th Grade Parent Meeting

This morning, HPISD had to honor to host the United States Air Force, Band of the West wind quintet. In addition to hearing these world class musicians perform, HPHS and HPMS students learned about musical and non-musical careers in the USAF! An inspirational concert and wonderful information for all our students in attendance. Thank you again @bandofthewest !🙏 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Your HPHS Hornet Band had an outstanding day at UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest!! 6 judges, 4 pieces of music, and 2 different disciplines that provide bands the opportunity to prove both artistry and musical competency as defined by UIL standards. HP came home with not only a clean sweep of 1’s from the six judges, but also a UIL Sweepstakes trophy to confirm that Highland Park Band is Division 1 in all three disciplines! (Marching Band/Concert Band/Sight Reading) 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to all of our participating band members! Your hard work and dedication to excellence make us all very proud! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Congratulations to our HP Middle School Band members who participated in UIL Solo & Small Ensemble Contest on Friday night at Palo Duro HS. All our HP band members represented themselves and HPMS Band wonderfully! We had 4 soloists earn a Division 1 rating 🥇and 2 soloists earn a Division 2 rating.🥈 Allie Golden-Flute- Division 1 Litzy Olivas-Trumpet-Division 2 Katy Pham-Flute-Division 1 Tracy Pham-Clarinet-Division 2 Jeen Ran-Flute-Division 1 Addison Wall-Flute Division 1 Congratulations to everyone on a great accomplishment! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

HORNETS HEADED TO STATE! Congratulations to all of our HS Band Members who participated in UIL Solo & Small Ensemble Contest on Saturday. Highland Park High School Band showed up BIG, earning SEVEN 1st division solos and one 2nd division solo. Of our seven 1st Divisions soloists, an HP record breaking SIX soloists are certified and heading to the TX STATE Solo and Small Ensemble Contest in Austin the May!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Brenlyn Caswell-Euphonium Solo-1st Division-STATE CONTEST CERTIFIED Jamieson Duggan-Marimba Solo-1st Division- STATE CONTEST CERTIFIED Rodney Ingersoll-Baritone Saxophone Solo-1st Division-STATE CONTEST CERTIFIED Caison McKinney-Tenor Saxophone Solo-2nd Division Ayiden Moctezuma-Piccolo Solo- 1st Division-STATE CONTEST CERTIFIED Marshal Neusch-Tuba Solo-1st Division James Newberry-Trumpet Solo-1st Division-STATE CONTEST CERTIFIED Jaxson Vasquez-Tuba Solo-1st Division-STATE CONTEST CERTIFIED

January is School Board Appreciation Month! We are grateful for the dedication of our Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees. These volunteer leaders generously give their time and energy to support our students, staff, and community—helping us fulfill our mission of empowering lifelong success for every student. Thank you, Trustees, for all you do!

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HP Middle and High school Band members representing Highland Park, Amarillo, and Texas last weekend at Five State Honor Band 2025!
Great job and amazing performances by all!

Big Congratulations to Highland Park's 2025-2026 All Region Band members! HP had 3 middle school students and 7 HS students selected for All-Region. Juniors James Newberry and Kardin Nguyen finished in the very top of their sections and are advancing to the AREA round of the Texas All State Band selection process! Kardin Nguyen distinguished himself as the only HP student to win a seat in the 4A-1A Symphonic Band! CONGRATS TO ALL!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

PIE Night is this Wednesday!
Parents Involved in Education (PIE) Night is your chance to connect with teachers and learn how we can work together to support your student’s success.
Teachers will be sharing:
Classroom expectations & late-work policies
How to contact them (and how they’ll contact you!)
Areas where students may need extra support
We’ll have two sessions to fit your schedule: 5:00 PM and 5:30 PM.
We look forward to seeing you there!

PIE Night is this Wednesday!
Parents Involved in Education (PIE) Night is your chance to connect with teachers and learn how we can work together to support your student’s success.
Teachers will be sharing:
Classroom expectations & late-work policies
How to contact them (and how they’ll contact you!)
Areas where students may need extra support
We’ll have two sessions to fit your schedule: 5:00 PM and 5:30 PM.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Congratulations to the 12 HP High School Band members who were selected to Five State Honor Band this past Saturday!

Highland Park Band distinguished itself by having 8 students win a TOP FIVE chair in their section, an incredible accomplishment!

Extra special congrats to Kardin Nguyen who won the 1st chair Alto Saxophone position for the 2nd year in a row, Rodney Ingersoll who won 1st chair trombone, and Jaxson Vasquez who won 1st chair tuba!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

These 12 students will travel back to Guymon, OK on December 12th to represent HP, Amarillo, and Texas in a full day honor band experience concluding with an evening concert performance.

It’s time to give a huge SHOUTOUT to our Buzz-Tastic Elementary Staff Member

Mrs. Gumfory! 💛

Mrs. Gumfory is nothing short of amazing. She’s fun, smart, wonderful with our kids, sweet, caring, and always ready to lend a hand. She truly makes our hive thrive!