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Pair of Aces: HP Workhorses Have Different Styles, Same Results
Calvin Williams is a hard-throwing right-hander with shoulder-length hair, a fiery mound demeanor, and a charismatic bulldog attitude.
A Need For (Learning And) Speed
Highland Park High School Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) engineering design students recently met their needs for learning and speed.
In Case You Missed It
Cold Weather, Warm Neighbors
While many Texans were without necessities like power and water during the winter storm in February, North Texans came together to help each other through it.
Keeping With Tradition: HP Finds Success, Even During a Pandemic
Within the scope of a global pandemic, perhaps playing sports isn’t the highest of priorities. Just don’t tell that to high school athletes.
PC Hope Coming to Your Door
After a year in which hope seemed in short supply, a community task force aims to boost public awareness about mental health resources available for students and families.
Senior Leadership Fueled Another Double-Digit Win Season
Deep playoff run for Scots football ends with New Year’s Day loss to Denton Ryan
Coronavirus
Parents Clash Over COVID Protocols
Safety protocols at Highland Park ISD schools have been hotly debated since the start of the fall semester.
Hyer Elementary’s New Facilities Come With Nods To Tradition
While Hyer Elementary Huskies returned to a newly-rebuilt building in September, some traditions, like parents and children eating together in Balto’s Courtyard, remain.
Election
Too Young To Vote, But Not Too Young to Help Others Cast Ballots
Evelyn Altschuler and Mira Aravamuthan are too young to vote in this election, but it's not keeping them from the polls.
Scots Getting Facilities to Match Their Reputation
Outsiders have long assumed, based primarily on wins and losses, that Highland Park has state-of-the-art athletic facilities.
Coronavirus
Senior Returns to Much Different HPHS
As a freshman, I had imagined that the first day of my senior year would be spent roaming the halls with my classmates and counting down the days until graduation.
Student Entrepreneurs Help Downtown Businesses
HPHS club raises $8,500-plus to help stores hurt by looting
High School Students of Color Post ‘An Open Letter To Highland Park’
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.
Coronavirus
Boone Prepares to Open During Unprecedented Circumstances
Even before pandemic prompted school districts to pivot to virtual instruction, Highland Park ISD was preparing to make history by opening its fifth elementary school.
Pass/Fail Won’t Hamper College Dreams, Experts Say
Students should find creative uses of their study from home time
Once, Twice, Three Times A Highland Park Team Captain
Scots first: Drew Scott elected in football, basketball, lacrosse
The Great Texas School Debate — Grades or No Grades?
Distance learning has school districts across Texas and the nation divided in their approach to grading.
Crowds Cheer as Special Athletes Live Out Their Hoop Dreams
Costumed comic book heroes greeted the basketball teams entering the main gym at Highland Park High School, but it was the players and volunteers who were super.
Changes Coming to Highlander Stadium
Highlander Stadium is getting upgrades.