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New Faces, Same Mindset for Scots

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Football, Go Scots, Highland Park, Park Cities

Continuity among the coaching staff has been a hallmark of Highland Park’s success.

Offseason Volatility Has Prepared These Scots for Anything

September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Brayden Schager, Football Tab 2020, Highland Park, Park Cities, Patrick Turner, Randy Allen, Sports

Scots find a way.

News Park Cities

Eagle Scout Project Replaces Inlet Markers Around Highland Park

September 14, 2020September 10, 2020 Samantha Ponce 0 Comments Beau Exall, Eagle Scouts, Exall Lake, Highland Park, Lt. Lance Koppa, news, Park Cities, turtle creek

In the blazing heat for two days and a combined six hours, Beau Exall and his crew worked vigorously to replace each storm drain medallion around Highland Park in both Spanish and English.

Community Park Cities

Highland Park Goes Hollywood: The Cousin, The Witch, and The A Cappella Kids

September 10, 2020September 2, 2020 Morgan Pryor 0 Comments Acapop! KIDS, Community, Eliza Pryor, Highland Park, Park Cities, Team Kaylie, The Kelly Clarkson Show

Seeing my 13-year-old cousin from Highland Park singing and acting on big and small screens still takes getting used to, but her success doesn’t surprise me in the least.

Park Cities Sports

Experienced Lady Scots Take Off-season Hurdles in Stride

August 27, 2020August 24, 2020 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Anna Claire Nichol, Grace Braner, Highland Park, Highland Park High School, Kennedy Westendorff, Lady Scots, Park Cities

Highland Park will enter its new season with plenty of motivation for another deep playoff run.

Park Cities Sports

Still Flexing: HP Grad Earns More Honors

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Alexandra Thornton, Highland Park, weightlifting

Alexandra Thornton, a 2019 graduate of Highland Park High School, continued to strengthen her status among the top female weightlifters

Preston Hollow Schools

Student Achievements: Seven to Celebrate

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Staff Report 0 Comments Amber Li, American Legion Boys State Program, Dallas International School, DART, DART Student Art Contest, Doug Trotman, Highland Park, Josh Mysore, Josue Rosa, Marcela Landin, Marysol Ortega, preston hollow, Ryan McCord, schools, Sohum Kulkarni, Spencer Gray, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Student Achievements, Thomas Jefferson High School, Trinity Christian Academy, Troop 815, William Trotman

Rising senior Spencer Gray is the first Dallas International School student to participate in the American Legion Boys State Program, conducted virtually this year because of the pandemic.

Community Park Cities

High School Students of Color Post ‘An Open Letter To Highland Park’

August 6, 2020August 3, 2020 Shaye Wattson 0 Comments Black Lives Matter, education, Highland Park, Highland Park High School, HPISD, Park Cities, protest

Since the first Black student enrolled at Highland Park High School in 1964, many students of color have felt unseen and unheard throughout their four years as Scots.

Park Cities Sports

This Highland Park Middle Schooler is the Reel Deal

August 5, 2020July 31, 2020 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Dylan Sorrells, Highland Park, Lake Tawakoni, Park Cities, Sports, TBF Junior World Championship, Ultimate High School Fishing

The Highland Park youngster gained national notoriety three years ago when he reeled in a 54-pound blue catfish at Lake Tawakoni, setting a record for his age group.