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The student news site of Highlands High School

The Hilltopper
The student news site of Highlands High School

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Trending Stories
Highlands marching band makes history
Highlands marching band makes history
November 25, 2024
The title screen taunts you, beckoning you to start another game. Balatro main menu screenshot taken by Skyler Frey
Balatro proves the best roguelike of 2024
November 7, 2024
The Green Line, which opened on December 15, 2023, was instantly popular with the locals of Fort Thomas. (Picture provided by Green Line)
The Green Line cooks up success in Fort Thomas
November 18, 2024
A traveler flying through an asteroid belt towards a mysterious anomaly. Image from the No Man’s Sky Interceptor Update video.
How No Man’s Sky came back from failure
September 17, 2024
Recent Stories
Mandarin orange chicken, a menu item in Highlands cafeteria. (Photo by Coco Grimm)
Highlands High School varsity football team runs out before the state semi-finals start.
The blue team huddles up before the Varsity scrimmage.
The Highlands varsity dance team posing with their trophies at the competition. (Photo taken by Adalynne Shaw)
Breaking News
Mandarin orange chicken, a menu item in Highlands cafeteria. (Photo by Coco Grimm)
President-Elect Donald Trump gets his picture taken. Photo from Library of Congress.
Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan giving a speech. (Creative Commons)
This year Highlands students are voting for the first time. (Photo from Unsplash)
Sports
Highlands High School varsity football team runs out before the state semi-finals start.
The blue team huddles up before the Varsity scrimmage.
The Highlands varsity dance team posing with their trophies at the competition. (Photo taken by Adalynne Shaw)
The team captains raise the trophy after their November 22, 2024 win. The team won 42-18 after a rough first few minutes, with Pulaski scoring in the first ten minutes of play. “After we win a game I feel happy about it, but there are always things to fix.” Said number 70 on the varsity team, Torin Bryant.
Features
A poster giving information about the strings concert. (Photo from Mia Shrout)
Wiley Willis (11), Aubrey Barrrett (12), Madison Barlow (11), Avery Barber (11), Meredith Hicks (10), and Marissa Green (12), Highlands High School girls basketball varsity players contributing to The CARE Closet by sorting bins of clothes. (Photo taken by Avery Barber)
Candle booth set up at a festival in New Richmond, Ohio. (Photo taken by Star Hoeh)
An image of what the complex is expected to look like when complete. (Photo from Link NKY)
Opinion
The title screen taunts you, beckoning you to start another game. Balatro main menu screenshot taken by Skyler Frey
Photo of Lola and Coco (photo from Saylor Macke)
Elster stares into the distance.
A group of sophomore girls stand together for a picture before last year’s Homecoming.
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Meet the Staff
Ady Klosterman
Ady Klosterman
Photo Assistant

Ady Klosterman is a freshman at Highlands High School. This is her first year of high school journalism, but her fourth year overall. She participated in journalism for two years at Johnson Elementary...

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Carly Skirvin

Natalie Hinegardner
Natalie Hinegardner
Staff

Natalie is a junior at Highlands High School and has been enrolled in Fort Thomas Independent Schools since kindergarten at Ruth Moyer Elementary. She loves writing stories even though she struggles with...

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