FCCLA plans Homecoming, scheduled for September 21
September 16, 2019
Formals, friends, and dancing all have one common thread: Homecoming. This remarkable event sets the stage for the rest of the year. Dances such as this one can easily lift the spirits of a stressed teenager, as grades, jobs, and internal changes all cause tension. With over 1,000 high school studen...
Juniors run for class officer positions
Lexie Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
September 15, 2019
For the past week, Juniors dedicated to the well-being of Highlands and its students have been campaigning for class officer positions in preparation for elections this week, September 16th through the 20th. In order for their fellow classmates to be informed voters, candidates have sent in their biographies...
Boys Varsity Soccer wins 1-0 over Covington Catholic High School
Lexie Crawford, Editor-in-Chief
September 10, 2019
Last night, the Boys Varsity Soccer team faced the Covington Catholic High School Colonels and triumphed with a score of one to zero. The game started at 7:30 P.M., following an afternoon of Junior Varsity (JV) and Freshmen soccer games. The Freshmen won one to zero and JV tied zero t...
Highlands Volleyball dominates Dixie Heights with school spirit
Tessa Killen, Staff
September 9, 2019
On September 5th, the Highlands Volleyball team won against the Dixie Heights Colonels across the board with the Freshmen, Junior Varsity (JV), and Varsity teams. The night started out with the freshman team scoring two points. This lead continued until the Colonels tied it five to five. T...
Varsity and Junior Varsity cross country teams start season strong at Moeller Primetime Invitational
Megan Benzing, Grace Duty, and Libby Spiess
August 28, 2019
Last Friday, the Highlands High School cross country teams took on the Moeller Invitational, located at Christ Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since this particular meet was held late on a Friday night, both Girls and Boys Varsity ran under stadium lights to illuminate the otherwise pitch-black course. T...
Highlands LadyBirds soccer team faces rivals Monday at Tower Park
Maggie Schroeder, Sports Editor
August 20, 2019
Yesterday, the Highlands Varsity soccer team went out to compete against the Notre Dame Academy Pandas in their first soccer match of the season in a one to one tie. For years, the teams have been rivals, just as the boys’ team is with Notre Dame’s “sibling school,” Covington Catholic. The game wa...
Primary Elections – What You Need to Know
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
May 10, 2019
One of the most exciting things about becoming an adult is freedom, but most importantly, the freedom of choice. Since the majority of seniors have become adults this past year, it is important to remember that it is the civic duty of every American to vote in elections. However, this can be a ve...
We the People compete in D.C.
Jenna Brady and Emeline Kuether
May 1, 2019
Last weekend, the Highland’s We the People team took on 57 teams in Washington D.C.. Although they weren’t able to know how they scored as compared to other teams, there is an overall confidence in their group. The team has spent the past months preparing opening statements and responses to po...
Information about annual beefcake volleyball game
Kenzie Poynter, Staff
May 1, 2019
The annual class Beefcake is coming to Highlands this Friday, May 3rd. Beefcake is a powder puff volleyball tournament for each class of boys to compete against each other under the coaching of the girls’ volleyball team. This year the money raised will be going to kids in South Sudan to provide long ...
Senior Maggie Seibert, who plays Rona Lisa Peretti, performs during “Prayer of the Comfort Counselor” while surrounded by spellers Leaf Coneybear (senior Grant Sower), Logainne Schwartz (senior Izzy Moses), Marcy Park (junior Lizzy Roeding), lunch ladies (junior Mehryn Toole and freshman Madeline Dadosky), and the reporter (junior Molly Bucher).
Senior Grant Sower, who plays speller Leaf Coneybear, stands in triumph after spelling a word correctly in “I’m Not That Smart.”
Sophomore Zoe Zoller, who plays speller Olive Ostrovsky, dances around the stage singing “My Friend, the Dictionary.”
Sophomore Zoe Zoller, who plays speller Olive Ostrovsky, belts out notes with senior Kenzie Gabbard and sophomore Peter Laskey, who play her parents, during “The I Love You Song.”
Senior Lillian Reynolds, who plays comfort counselor Mitch Mahoney, sends a guest speller of the stage during “Prayer of the Comfort Counselor.”
Sophomore Hank Slaby, who plays speller William Barfee, lets his “magic foot” take the lead while dancing and singing with junior Cassidy Perme, freshman Ashley Kelly, and senior Kenzie Gabbard, who play cheerleaders.
The spellers in the Bee complain about the easy words other competitors are getting during “Pandemonium.”
Senior Maggie Seibert, who plays Rona Lisa Peretti, introduces the spellers of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Junior Lizzy Roeding, who plays speller Marcy Parks, shows off her many talents during “I Speak Six Languages.”
Senior Izzy Moses, who plays speller Logainne Schwartz, sings “Woe Is Me” with fellow seniors Alex Harrison and Carter Bechtol, who play her fathers.
Sophomore Justin Gabbard, who plays speller Chip Tolentino, belts about his distraction during “My Unfortunate Erection (Chip’s Lament).”
The spellers, cheerleaders, boy scouts, and janitors gather around sophomore Hank Slaby, who plays speller William Barfee, during “Magic Foot.”
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
May 20, 2019
"When Fox News first launched in 1996, their slogan was “Fair and Balanced.” Seeing this now would probably make a lot of people snicker given the...
Sydney Cooper, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2019
Emma Lazarus’s “The New Colossus,” inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty, reads “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me,” representing...
Emeline Kuether, Managing Editor - Hilltopper
May 6, 2019
For 141 years this building has represented the traditions of Highlands. From the thousands of students who have walked across the stage to receive their...
