Approximately 75 Bulldogs came together on Saturday May 4th for the first Bulldog Beautification Day, sponsored by the PTO.  Projects included lots and lots of trash pickup, removing dead shrubs, dusting library and trophy cases and shelves, repainting the Bulldog paw prints, removing gum from under tables in the cafeteria and other locations, planting new shrubs, painting over the removed mirrors in the girls bathrooms, pressure washing the side of the staff parking garage and, finally, helping Mr. Tolantino move half of a storage space to a new location on campus.  We can’t wait to do it again next year!  Check out photos from the day here.

A special thanks to the following businesses who donated baked goods to fuel our Bulldogs:  Local Table on 34th, Kolache Shoppe, Melange Creperie, and LSB Baking Creations.

Calling ALL BULLDOG students and families!  Support the Class of 2026 and show your school spirit with a Heights High School yard sign, on sale on a pre-order basis only! Get your sign TODAY for $15. Price includes sign & yard stake.

Preorders must be placed no later than May 20, 2024.  Signs will be delivered to the school for pick up on May 28 at 530pm, right before our General PTO Meeting.  There will be a few signs available for purchase on May 28, but we strongly encourage you to preorder HERE.

It’s time to stock up on Bulldog gear! Our online school store is open until midnight on May 10th.  Orders can be picked up at the Incoming Parent Session/General PTO Meeting on May 28th   Place your order here!

Buy Graduation cards on minted.com, and you will get 20% off. 15% will go back to Heights PTO. Use promo code FUNDRAISEHEIGHTSPTO. Funds from Minted through the end of the year will go to Class of 2025.

Are you a new parent/guardian to Heights High School?  The PTO is hosting an Incoming Parent Session in conjunction with our last General PTO Meeting on May 28th.  The session will start at 5:30 pm, with an opportunity to pick up school store purchases and to learn more about our fantastic PTO.  The PTO meeting will begin at 6 pm and immediately following will be a current parent panel for you to ask questions of.  Hope you can join us!

We have lots of several openings for volunteers in May.  Let’s finish the year strong!!

Sign up here.

From Ms Hampton: At this time, we’ve been given the go ahead to move forward with exam exemptions.  Should this change we will notify the community as soon as possible.  The exemption policy is as follows:

Grade 9 students may be allowed one spring final exam exemption; two spring final exam exemptions may be allowed for eligible 10th and 11th graders.  Eligible students are those with no more than three (3) absences in any one course for the duration of the semester. In addition, eligible students must have an 85 or higher semester average in the specific course(s) where the final exam exemption is applied. 

Students are expected to be in attendance for all exams even if they are exempt.  Missing a final exam will result in a zero on the report card until the final exam is made up. The make-up period is June 10-21, 2024. After that date the zero is final.  If a student has exempted an exam and is absent, the absence could cause the students to lose exemption status and/or could cause an NG resulting in a loss of credit.

First Lunch consists of students in the M building and the G building

Second Lunch consists of students in the A and V Building

Do you have questions about attendance?  Please watch this video (now with Spanish subtitles). 

REMIND: @6f279c
INSTAGRAM: @hhs.co24
FACEBOOK GROUP: @heights2024

Senior Final Exam Schedule – May 16-22

Seniors will follow the regular bell schedule and all senior finals will be held during the 90-minute class periods. Teachers will work individually with students who need extended time.  Seniors who have an 85 or higher average and three absences or less may exempt the final for that class if they choose.

Senior Attendance Expectations for May 23 – 31

Seniors will continue to attend their regularly scheduled classes May 23 through May 30. Students who need credit recovery, credit appeal, TSIA2 test administration, IBC administration or some other requirement for graduation that has not been met will be identified and supported in meeting that requirement. Students must be in attendance for all classes. Failure to attend may trigger additional NGs and could impact your eligibility to graduate.  We have tentatively scheduled the following senior activities during this time as well:

Senior Check-out will be held June 3-5

Seniors will be required to sign-in each day of senior check-out to receive attendance credit. Failure to be in attendance may result in additional NGs and credit appeal may not be available. This may impact your ability to graduate with your classmates. Your next chance to graduate will be in August.

SENIORS - PLEASE READ AS SOME DATES HAVE CHANGED  Please email 2024@heightspto.org if you are interested in being a coordinator for your elementary for the clapout.

Senior Finals - May 16-22, makeup days 23rd and 24th

Awards night - May 21st

Powder Puff game - May 24th

Oil Ranch Field trip - May 28th

College Decision Day - May 29th

Panoramic picture - May 30th

Elementary School Clap Out - May 31st

Senior Breakfast - June 4th

Graduation practice/Senior check out - June 3,4 and 5

Also, here is HISD’s website about graduation.  Note that Heights graduation is at NRG Stadium, not NRG Arena.

The College Wall is up!  Senior parents, if your student has made a decision, tell them to go by the College Center and sign the wall!

Senior parents! May 21 is decision day at Heights which honors ALL the kids who’ve made future decisions-military, college, trade school. Ms Schumacher raffles off gift cards and would love some donations. Amazon, Target, any food place would be fantastic! You can send them to school with your student. Just let us know you are sending one so we can have a list!! Thank you so much!! You can also purchase on the Amazon page we set up!

Check the HHS College Center site often!  Updates include scholarships, college fly-in programs, university virtual information, application steps, and more!
Follow the HHS College Center site for Class of 2024
Follow the HHS College Center Instagram
 

Class of 2025
Remind code: @78cfcg3
Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/heights2025/
Instagram: @heightsco2025
PTO Class page: https://www.heightspto.org/2025
Heights College Center: @heights2college
Newsletter 9-11th: https://www.smore.com/mju6s
Newsletter 12th: https://www.smore.com/sq6d9

Join your fellow Class of 2025 parents/guardians on May 16th at La Mexicana at 630 pm to socialize and celebrate our soon-to-be Seniors.  Adults only, please.  The PTO will provide light snacks. Let us know if you are coming by RSVP to Facebook event.

THANK YOU to all students and parents who supported the Spring Candy Sales! Our class officers have a lot of ideas that they hope to be plan out soon.

Class of 2026
Remind code: @79b4ah
Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/heights2026/
Instagram: @hhs.co2026

Support the Class of 2026 and show your school spirit with a Heights High School yard sign, on sale on a pre-order basis only! Get your sign TODAY for $15. Price includes sign & yard stake. Preorders must be placed no later than May 20, 2024, and signs will be delivered to the school for pick up on May 28. Preorder HERE.

Welcome to Heights HS!  This is where information specific to your entering class can be found.  If you know of someone who does not receive this e-newsletter, please forward this email and tell them to create an account on our website so they will receive it themselves!  And make sure to follow us on your favorite social media platform - we are on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X!  

Zoned families, your rescheduled course selection night is May 7!  More information here.  The Teams link will be available on the school website.  

Big congratulations to the Heights softball team who beat Katy Taylor in the area round of the playoffs!  Highlights from the game were featured on H-Town High School Sports on CW39 and can be viewed here.  Heights now takes on Memorial HS in Round Three, the regional quarterfinals.  Check out the team’s social media pages (Facebook, Twitter/X, and Instagram) for up-to-date game information.  They are still continuing their playoff fundraiser too if you are interested in supporting!

Our Bulldog girls soccer team racked up the all-district awards!  First, congrats to Brianna Gibson for being named Newcomer of the Year and Claire Nguyen for being named Goalie of the Year!  Adding to those accolades were First Team All-District Honorees Malintzen Marroquin and Evie Rusteburg, Second Team All District Honorees Evelyn Tovar and Natascha Wabnitz, and Honorable Mention Honorees Nahima Aranda, Natalia Posadas, Kendall David, and Valeria Delgadillo.  Rounding out the awards were Academic All-District Honorees Audrey White, Molly Shanahan, Edith Rojo, Pamela Bello, Natalia Posadas, Natascha Wabnitz, and Katherine Barran.  Bulldog proud of everyone!

For graduating students interested in working construction or building, check out this program in Houston that offers apprenticeship opportunities.

Congrats to our boys all-district soccer players!  Walter Medrano, Jose Diaz Infante, and Johan Blanco received first team all-district honors, Moises Rivas, Jovany Manzano, and Shawn Haenicke-Prevost received second team all-district honors, and Julio Aguillar, Emiliano Villa, and Nathan Hadley received all-district honorable mention.  Way to go, Bulldogs!

Heights JROTC participated in the HISD JROTC Final Review on April 27. Our of HISD’s 24 JROTC programs, Heights brought home trophies for 1st Place Overall Sports Rifle Team, 2nd Place Overall Archery Team, and 2nd Place Overall Secondary Color Guard!  Heights cadets received several individual awards, including Senior John Vazquez, who was awarded the Special Forces Association's Award of Excellence.  JROTC also recently held their 52nd annual Military Ball.

Congrats to our Bulldog soccer players–Natascha Wabnitz, Evie Rusteberg, Walter Medrano, and Jose Diaz Infante–who represented Heights at HISD’s all star game!

Interested in being a Cheer manager next year?  Contact the cheer squad on Instagram.

There is a Mariachi de los Altos interest meeting on May 13.  Entering Bulldogs welcome!  

The Heights Chess Club recently competed at Rice University - check them out!

Congrats to the Greater Heights Chamber of Commerce scholarship recipients from Heights:  Karissa Young, John Vasquez, Zaria Smith, Cecilia Santiago, and Natascha Wabnitz.  We are Bulldog proud of you!

HISD is hosting virtual AP and IB cram sessions on May 11!  

Check out the new Bulldog art in the courtyard!

The Harris County Street Olympics program is looking for graduating seniors for a 10-week internship.  More info here.

Congrats to Diego A, Erick O, and Adam N. who placed in the UIL Academic district competition in Calculator Applications and Number Sense!  

Sophomore and junior girls, check out this Rice STEM Academy opportunity.  Applications are due June 7.  

Heights HS Summer Strength, Speed, and Agility Camp information is now available!  Entering freshmen welcome!

HHS Band Spring Concert @ 05.09.24 6:30 PM