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C.L.A.S.S. Character Education
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Highland Park Elementary School PTA Mission Statement
Highland Park Elementary School PTA nurtures learning, provides enriching activities, promotes citizenship, partners with teachers, supports professional development, and cultivates parental involvement.
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Many HP Alumni Recognized by Duke Talent Search!
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AISD Seventh Graders Honored in Duke University Talent Search
The Austin School District honored 105 seventh grade students recognized by Duke University in its 2008 National Talent Identification Program at a Recognition Reception on Monday, May 5. The students’ selection is based upon scores these students achieved on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) — tests designed as rigorous college entrance examinations for high school students in eleventh and twelfth grades. Ten Austin seventh graders earned Grand Level Recognition for a SAT Math score of at least 660, and Critical Reading score of at least 650; or ACT scores of at least: 27-Math, 28-English, 29-Reading, and 26-Science. State Level Recognition was awarded to another 95 Austin students who achieved a SAT Math score of at least 520 and a Critical Reading score of at least 510; or ACT scores of at least 21 in each subtest — Math, English, Reading, and Science. Grand Level Recognized students will be invited to the Grand Ceremony to be held May 19 at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. State Level honorees will be invited to attend ceremonies at one of five Texas universities during May and June. Nationwide, more than 81,000 seventh graders participated in the 2008 Duke University National Talent Identification Program. More information about program is available online at http://www.tip.duke.edu/
Austin students honored in the 2008 Duke University National Talent Identification Program are:
Grand Level Recognition
Kealing Middle School — Yury Aglyamov, Elizabeth Buehler, Arthur Lee, Katherine Nehyba, Rebecca Pittel, Allan Sadun, Courtney Trutna, and Arlen Walker.
Murchison Middle School — Evan Gulick.
O. Henry Middle School — William Pope.
State Level Recognition
Bailey Middle School — Jonathan Christian, Houston Fowler, Molly Harney, Lorna Min, Elana Myers, David Park, Brionna Wilson, and Issac Yi.
Covington Middle School — Kyle Hoppner.
Fulmore Middle School — Katelyn Alexander, Elijah Blumofe, Ana De Santiago, Amanda Faulkner, Michael Gist, Samantha Luzader, Devon Pankratz, Adrienne Rivers, Narda Salinas, Callie Stribling, and Charlotte Waters.
Kealing Middle School — John Adkins, Kerry Anderson, Alexandra Basquette, Abdulkarim Bora, Elizabeth Bowie, Willa Brown, Roger Cain, Sinead Carolan, George Chen, Aidan Chladil, Sydney Cho, Emma Daily, Alexandra Dolan, Caitri Feddeler, Jacob Fisher, Christopher Germain, Benjamin Goldstein, Matthew Goodman, John Gormley, Zoe Graham, Albert Hawkins, Harper Hill, Amy Hong, Daniel House, Regan Hsu, Danish Hussain, Lucy Kalar, Matias Kalaswad, Joon Tae Kim, Kevin Luo, Juan Madero Flores, Thomas Massad, Marci McClenon, Gabrielle McRoberts, Myles Miller, Roy Niblett, Zachary Nirenberg, Connor Praterburgess, Rebekah Pruett, Delaney Rawson, Ramon Rodriguez, Ashvin Roharia, Bailey Shelton, Samuel Shook, Benjamin Suydam, Evan Taylor Adair, Kason Tey, Alexander Trubowitz, Emily Tubbs, Mai Anh Vu, Molly Wear, Avram Webberman, Michael Weems, Lucy Williams, Rachel Zein, and Xue Zhang.
Lamar Middle School — Nicholas Abbs, Rose Banks, Clinton Reed, and Benjamin Vetters.
Murchison Middle School — John Bunde, Colin Harvey, Leon Kozinakov, Hunter Rudd, Robert Schmidt, and Hanna Tyson.
O. Henry Middle School — Bailey Cochran, Maya Kelp, Kathryn McClellan, and Mark Williams.
Small Middle School — Jordan Baker, Coleman Counihan, Emily Fuller, Nate Hattersley, and Vitali Tarant
Posted Monday, May 12 @ 13:35:21 EST
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Make Time to Talk About Child Safety
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 Take 25 to Help Kids Stay Safer
Ensuring children's safety is a primary parenting concern. That's why PTA supports Take 25, a campaign from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® designed to heighten awareness about children's safety issues and encourage parents, through resources and events, to teach their children ways to be safer. Take 25 commemorates National Missing Children's Day on May 25.
More parent resources on child safety are available on PTA.org. The next issue of the PTA Parent will focus on safety.
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Take 25 minutes on May 25 to talk to your kids about staying safer:
- Teach younger children their full names, address, and telephone numbers. All children should also know their parents' and guardians' full names.
- Take your children on a walking tour of the neighborhood and tell them whose homes they may visit without you.
- Teach your children how and when to use 911, and make sure they have a trusted adult to call if they're scared or have an emergency.
- Set up "what if" situations and ask your children how they would respond. "What if someone asked you to help them find a lost puppy? What would you do?"
- Volunteer your time to help with local Take 25 events. Visit http://www.take25.org/ to find out what Take 25 events are planned in your community. For "25 Things to Do as a Parent," go to www.pta.org/take25.
Posted Saturday, May 10 @ 05:15:45 EST
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HP Students Rank #1 for Technology Competence!
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Did you know that AISD tests students for technology competencies every
year in 5th grade? Most AISD parents are probably not aware of this, & most Highland Park parents are probably not aware that our school ranked #1 out of 74 elementary schools in AISD last year in this assessment - Wow! - this is great news for our Blue Ribbon school! For a closer look at how we stack up in this regard, go to our website & check the "About Our School" section & you will find several graphs documenting our success, or try this link:
Posted Saturday, May 10 @ 05:15:31 EST
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New Partner In Education for Highland Park
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Partners In Education News
We have a new Partner In Education! Jeff & Hellen Pennell, parents of Riley & Cassie, are owners of the Massage Envy in the Arbor Walk. They are excited to donate 2% of all revenue brought in from Highland Park families, friends and staff for the rest of the school year. They will leave a sign at the front desk asking for receipts. If you forget to leave your receipt there, you can drop it off in the Partners box in the PTA room. This percentage will be good for all services: massages, memberships and gift certificates.
Massage Envy is located in the Arbor Walk at:
10515 N. Mopac Express Way NB Suite 210 B Austin, TX 78758 (512) 834–ENVY ( 3689)
Posted Wednesday, April 02 @ 04:13:03 EST
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Summer Creative Writing Camp-2008
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Eligible Age Group: rising 3rd through 12th graders are divided into age-appropriate groups. Program Duration (Total Program Hours): 45 instructional hours, camps run three weeks. SESSION 1: June 9 - June 27
SESSION 2: July 14 - August 1
Posted Thursday, March 20 @ 00:11:06 EST
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• 2008-2009 AISD School Transfer requests will be accepted beginning 2 February from 7 am until noon in the Auditorium (Room B2001) of the Carruth Administration Center, located at 1111 West Sixth Street. Beginning on Monday, February 4, requests may be submitted to the Office of Student Services (Room A200), Carruth Administration Center, during regular business hours, 7:45 am until 4:45 pm. If you have questions, contact the Office of Student Services at 414-1726.
Posted Tuesday, January 22 @ 07:46:43 EST
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Info for Lamar-Bound Parents
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Attention Lamar-bound parents: Don't miss out on getting updated each Sunday on the Lamar Week At A Glance (WAAG) email newsletter! Each week the events for the week, PTA announcements, athletics events & other items of interest are sent out. Sign up now at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LamarWAAG/ or if you have trouble signing up, please contact Shelly Van Dyke at shellykvd@yahoo.com.
Posted Sunday, May 20 @ 21:29:58 EST
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If you are curious about the curriculum at Highland Park, visit the school website, www.hipark.austinisd.org! (not to be confused with this site which is the PTA website)
Click on About Our School and then Highland Park Curriculum Info to learn more about each grade level at our school. Each grade level has provided a snapshot of curriculum info and their philosophy. In addition to all grade level info that was posted last year, we now have added all special area curriculum info as well (art,music, pe, technology, library, spanish) If you haven't looked at school website lately, be sure to check it out as the front of the website has been redesigned.
Thanks to our resident tech expert, Kyle Etie, for pulling this together!
Posted Monday, May 07 @ 22:06:00 EST
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General Meetings
Executive Board
Campus Advisory Council
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