Alecia Cogsville

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant

Alecia Cogsville is a sophomore at Highlands. This is her second year doing a journalism class and her first year in publications and mass media. Alecia is a photo assistant and is so excited for this year. Outside of school, she participates in theater and is elated to start this theater season. Alecia is so excited to publish in the Hilltopper this year.

Content by Alecia Cogsville

Peter and the Starcatcher is nominated for 19 Cappie awards

Eva Smith and Alecia Cogsville
May 8, 2026

17 schools in the greater Cincinnati area partake in Cappies awards. These schools choose one of their shows of the year for cappies critic teams to travel, view and critique these shows. After critiquing...

Upperclassmen celebrate prom at the Newport Aquarium

Natalie Hinegardner, Eva Smith, Andrea Suarez Espinosa, and Alecia Cogsville
April 28, 2026

Highlands prom took place on Saturday, April 25, at the Newport Aquarium. Students had the chance to walk around, look at all the exhibits, and even touch the animals and cross the shark bridge....

Track team celebrates seniors at first meet on new track

Alecia Cogsville, Andrea Suarez Espinosa, and Natalie Hinegardner
April 24, 2026

The girls and boys varsity track teams participated in the Campbell County Track & Field Championships on Wednesday, April 22. This meet was also Highlands senior night, where the seniors for the...

[Photo] Wrestlers transition into Freestyle and Greco-Roman

Xander Bailey, Staff
April 2, 2026

Kayson White (10) getting his hand raised after winning his match.

Disaster! the musical takes the stage

Eva Smith and Alecia Cogsville
April 1, 2026

Over the last weekend of March, Highlands Theater performed the musical "Disaster!" This musical is the final theater performance of the school year. "Disaster!" is a jukebox musical, meaning that...

[Photo] Boys wrestlers claim titles at state

Sophie Taylor and Hope Darnell
March 6, 2026

Kayson White (10) goes head to head with a Grant County wrestler.

Chorus students perform first concert of second semester

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
March 6, 2026

On Tuesday, March 3, the choral students took the stage for their spring concert. The middle school chorus had performed, ending with the cantamus choir moving into the audition choir class, Junior...

Music students take the stage

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
March 5, 2026

On Sunday, March 1, all music classes came together for a combined concert to demonstrate the hard work that all students have put in this year. During this concert, the band opened with “Memento”...

Acappella group celebrates Valentine’s Day

Eva Smith and Alecia Cogsville
February 20, 2026

Each Valentine's Day season, choir students participate in singing grams. These singing grams are bought by students for partners, friends or teachers. These singing grams allow for students to show...

Birds take the mat in wrestling

Alecia Cogsville and Reese Wilkens
January 28, 2026

On Jan. 22, the Highlands boys and girls wrestling teams hosted duels as well as their senior night. The girls had matches against Simon Kenton, Walton Verona, and Grant County, while the boys...

Unexpected fire alarm interrupts students’ day

Alecia Cogsville and Eva Smith
November 20, 2025

On Tuesday Nov. 18, at around 12:35 p.m., the fire alarm went off, causing mass confusion and panic throughout the building. As of 1:30 p.m. no information was given on the cause of the alarm. “Building...

Peter and the Starcatcher brings magic to life

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
October 29, 2025

On Oct. 27, 2025, the cast and crew for Peter and the Starcatcher came together to rehearse for the show to open later in the week. During this rehearsal, the cast was in full costumes and makeup as...

Highlands students amp up for Homecoming weekend

Alecia Cogsville, Kinley Manning, Jude Freppon, and Amelia Graves
October 28, 2025

On Oct. 24, 2025, Highlands students and staff came together to amp up for homecoming weekend. During sixth period, the bluebirds gathered in the gymnasium to play games and build school spirit. The...

[Photo] Blinded by nostalgia: how our love for classic Halloween movies masks their flaws

Stella Taylor and Natalie Abdon
October 27, 2025

Natalie Abdon and Stella Taylor watch the classic Halloween movie: Hocus Pocus.

The community comes together for Highlands’ fourth annual parade

Andrea Suarez Espinosa and Alecia Cogsville
October 24, 2025

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, all sorts of sports teams, clubs, and homecoming court members took part in the 2025 Homecoming Parade. The Fort Thomas community celebrated the upcoming homecoming dance, and...

Strings students perform their fall concert

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
October 20, 2025

On October 16, 2025, the strings students at Highlands walked onto the stage to perform their first concert of the school year. The concert included both high school and advanced middle school students....

Band takes the stage for their first concert of the year

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
October 15, 2025

On October 14, 2025, Highlands had its first band concert of the year, the Highlands fall band Spooktacular. This concert was a combination of the high school and middle school bands, opening with...

Highlands choral students rock the stage

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
October 9, 2025

On Oct. 7, 2025, the chorus students had their first performance of this school year. In preparation for this concert, the students had been working for 7 weeks while also getting accustomed to the...

Peter and the Starcatcher brings a new energy to the stage

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
October 7, 2025

On Monday, Oct. 29, assistant director; Noah Varland walked the actors through their scenes as they gathered to review and rehearse Act 1 of the Highlands fall play, Peter and the Starcatcher. During this...

Eaton and friends take the stage

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
September 22, 2025

On September 18, the chorus director, Chris Eaton, put on a show with some of his students called Eaton and Friends. These students signed up to sing in the show. They could have sung solos or duets. This...

Guest speaker discusses student mental health

Alecia Cogsville, Photo Assistant
September 15, 2025

On Sept. 11 and 12, Mike Mizer from 1N5 spoke to students about mental health. Mizer works in the field of mental health and strives to help prevent suicide by breaking the stigma surrounding mental illness. He...

Highlands crushes Campbell County in a 55–13 blowout

Alecia Cogsville, Ady Klosterman, and Andrea Suarez Espinosa
September 9, 2025

Highlands, now 3-0, came through with another win, 55-13 over the Campbell County Camels last Friday, Sept. 5. Offensively, Highlands racked up 183 rushing yards while allowing 82, with 376 passing...

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