The PTSO will have a hybrid meeting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, December 11th! Please come in person or you can join via google meet: https://meet.google.com/svk-nfpf-gav
Today is PSAT for 10th & 11th grade! 8:10am start - make sure your chromebook is charged! 9th Grade - Cafeteria at 10:17am - class meeting! 12th grade at 10:17am - Auditorium for Rutgers. Regular classes start at 12:25 after lunch!!
This Wednesday, September 25th, we have our first advisory meeting! Students - please be sure to check your genesis to see your advisory teacher and location. Seniors - during this time please report to the auditorium for important class news!
As a reminder, we will welcome our parents and guardians to our Back to School Night on September 12,2024, at 6PM beginning in our auditorium. Please be sure to know your child’s Homeroom teacher’s name so you can pick up a copy of their class schedule or be sure to print out or save a copy from Genesis.
Happy Friday Owls! Don't forget Friday is Spirit Wear! Show your school spirit with your best OWL gear! Or cardinal red! Make it a great day!
Hi Students! We are excited to welcome you back on Thursday, September 5th! Both Thursday the 5th and Friday the 6th are full school days! Remember the 5th is picture day! See you all soon!
Freshman and New Student Orientation is around the corner! It will be hosted here at HPHS on August 27th! Be sure to check email for more information. If you had any difficulty completing the google form, please try this link: https://forms.gle/EEwykcNTUSffoRdQ8 or email me at kdonovan@hpschools.net! We are so excited to welcome you as an OWL!
Congratulations to Markos Hantsoulis for placing 3rd in the entire state yesterday in the Javelin at the Meet of Champions! Check out his throw of 186.4 at this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pyJdkryEs9ISygI9l3QnUWedEZwjW2TE/view?usp=sharing
Congratulations to the amazing HP Drama club production of FOOTLOOSE for winning three awards at last night’s Central Jersey Marquee awards!
Maria Levina - Best Ensemble Member
Mac Jones- Best Supporting Actor
Kai Stevens - Best Lead Actor
Kudos to the entire cast and production staff led by Ms. Tova Halpern!
Congratulations to the HPHS Drama Club and Tova Halpern for their 2024 Central Jersey Marquee Awards nominations and honorable mentions for this year's production of "Footloose"! Kudos to all of the students and staff involved in this amazing production! Stay tuned to an update after the awards are selected on May 15, 2024! Use this link for a complete list of nominations: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u4S_-GrkiCOjF4nOv3_cozozSwIM63Ts/view?usp=drive_link
Congratulations to our High School Choir and Cantus, our chamber choir! They attended The Worldstride International Heritage Festival this past weekend which has over 50 years of history in the arena of performing arts including Masterclasses, Clinics, Performances & Competitions. Our choirs participated in every event and had the opportunity to work with choral and vocal directors from The Hartt School of Music, Boston Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, The New England Conservatory and Brandeis University.
37 choirs in 4 divisions competed at this event and in our class division 1A, HPHS choirs competed against 7 choirs from NJ, NY, RI, CA, Quebec & Montreal.
Our Symphonic Chorale placed in the highest category GOLD by achieving a total score of 96.3 of 100 - our highest scoring in the category of Blend, Balance and Vocal Control in a large ensemble.
The BIG WIN went to our chamber ensemble CANTUS consisting of 12 members who not only scored in the GOLD category, but placed 1st and won the division for the evening with a total score of 99.3 of 100! Highest scoring categories for CANTUS included Blend, Balance & Vocal Control, Advanced Collegiate Repertoire Interpretation and Overall Artistry.
Please join me in congratulating our students, and our Choir Director, Mrs. Nicole Hodge, on this amazing achievement! Don't forget to come and hear them for yourselves at our Spring Choral Concert on Thursday May 16th at 7pm! GO OWLS!
Check out the full article on HPMUNC's second Best Delegation award this year! https://hs.hpschools.net/o/hs/article/1551098 - Kudos to the whole team and Mr. Gold and Mrs. Soler, their advisors!
Yesterday, March 3, 2024, the robotics team competed in the First Tech Challenge (FTC) Regional tournament. Our team was chosen to compete with the winning alliance for the day and we moved on to the semifinals and then the finals where we won! Our Highland Park Owls are going to States!!! This is new for our team. We also won 2nd place for the Motivate award at the regional competition. This is because we share our knowledge of robotics with our community any opportunity we get!
Congratulations goes out to the team members pictured here. Some of our members were at the DECA competition and are not in the photo. The States competition will be on March 17 at Hillbourough High School. Good luck to our Bionic OWLS and kudos to Mrs. Keisha Stephen, the club's advisor, for helping to prepare our students for this amazing accomplishment! Go OWLS!
Yesterday, February 29th, our Mock Trial team defeated the Somerset County Champion and then the Monmouth County Champion to advance to the regional finals for the first time in the school’s history. Now in the top 6 out of more than 215 teams, Highland Park High School will be competing for the state championship in the quarterfinal round on March 12! Kudos to our OWLS Mock Trial Team and to Mr. Adam Gold for preparing them for this amazing accomplishment! Go OWLS!
Congratulations to junior, Vanessa Kohler on scoring her 1,000th point! Vanessa is the 11th player in Highland Park High School history to join the 1,000 point club.
Last night, our HPHS mock trial team defeated defending champion East Brunswick High School at the Middlesex County Courthouse to claim our second county championship in the past five years! Next, our team will compete against other county champions for the state championship! Please wish good luck and congratulations to the team members:
Lawyers:
Yaya Hang,
Ana Juricic,
Hugh Pemberton,
Michael Volpert,
Witnesses:
Haia Elmoghani,
Ben Esteves,
Zoe Herzog,
Elliot Li,
Ethan Ross,
Finn Voorhees,
A big shout out to their advisor, Mr. Adam Gold, for preparing the team for competition! Thanks!
The Highland Park Girls Basketball team are Clem Santy Holiday Tournament Champions! The girls defeated Middlesex on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 by a score of 54-45 and next defeated Manville in the final game of the tournament on Friday, December 29, 2023 by a score of 45-39! Vanessa Kohler was named tournament MVP. Congratulations to our Girls Basket ball Team and Coach O'Sullivan and Asst. Coach Copperthwaite for this impressive tournament win!
Congratulations to the High School's Governor's Educators of the Year! This year's recipients are Ms. Lori Szentgyorgyi, our Educational Services Professional of the Year, who has worked at HPHS since 1999 in various capacities supporting our students and coaching them in Softball, Soccer, and Basketball as well; and Mr. Christopher Broadfoot, our Teacher of the Year, who joined the Social Studies department at HPHS in 2012 and has served as a Class Advisor numerous times and most recently as a Student Congress Advisor who continually contributes positively to our school culture for our students and staff. Both of these educators are highly deserving of this recognition and are "Golden OWLS" at Highland Park High School!
Congratulations to our Honor Roll OWLS! 96 students achieved High Honor Roll with no grades lower than an "A-" and 157 students earned Honor Roll recognition with no grades lower than a "B-"! Combined this equates to 50% of our student body achieving Honor Roll status for the first Marking Period! Go OWLS!
This weekend our Model UN club competed successfully at Rutgers Model UN. They represented the school well with one of the youngest teams in our club history. Numerous students also took home individual awards including Hugh Pemberton, Ana Juricic, and Sophie Huttner who won best delegate awards. In addition, Maxwell Fan and Eva Prendini won outstanding delegate awards and Yaya Hang won the best position paper award. Together, the group debated international issues for 20 hours with 1000 high school students from more than 30 schools to develop new solutions related to human rights, international law, and social justice. For our next trip, we plan to attend a Model UN conference in Mexico City once the trip is approved. Kudos to the club's advisors, Mr. Adam Gold and Mrs. Raysa Soler for preparing the HPHS delegation and making these conferences possible for our students!
