| Tuesday June 4th, after school on the practice field. |
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| Spirit Night at SMOOSH Cookies June 5th! |
Celebrate the last day of school with a sweet treat at SMOOSH Cookies 718 W 18th St, Houston, TX. 77008 Open - Close **Be sure to mention Heights HS PTO at checkout** |
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| HHS Graduation Ceremony Class of 2024 @ NRG June 9th 12 PM |
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| Finals Schedule, Grades 9-11 |
First Lunch consists of students in the M building and the G building Second Lunch consists of students in the A and V Building |
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| A message from Ms. Hampton |
Bulldog Families, Congratulations! We are to the last week of the 2023 – 2024 school year! A couple of quick reminders: Student behavior: We have some students who are bringing Orby Guns or other types of toy type guns and are shooting them (pellets) at individuals upon leaving campus at lunch or at the end of the day. This is not acceptable for many reasons and is unsafe. If this behavior continues today, we will have a closed campus for lunch for the remainder of the week if we are unable to identify the individuals involved. Constables will be patrolling during lunch and after school. Please talk with your students about appropriate behaviors to end the school year. These cars have been identified as participating so if your student is the driver of one of the vehicles listed below, please have a conversation with them. Please be advised that Heights’ residents are taking pictures and turning them over to the Constables Office and HPD White Chevy SUV; license plate RZV 2559 White Audi Sedan, paper tags 5564H67 Silver Chevy SUV; license plate not clear
STAAR EOC Scores: We have a very short window to prepare students to retake the EOC exams during the summer if they were not successful in the spring. We will provide small group support to students beginning Monday, June 10th through Friday, June 14th. Attendance Appeals must also be completed by Friday, June 14, 2024, for any NGs received in the 2023-2024 school year. You will receive notification by Friday from the school if your student needs to attend STAAR Small group classes or attendance appeals. Thank you for your support throughout the year. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. |
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| Thank you! HHS PTO 2023-2024 |
Thank you! HHS PTO 2023-2024 for all the support you provided to our Bulldog Community. We hope you have a wonderful summer! Executive Board:
President: Tracy Lisewsky
VP Education: Lori Araiza
VP Fundraising: Alex Sanchez
VP Community Building: Ivonne Aguirre
Treasurer: Sharon Cloer
Secretary: Melanie Gehman
Parliamentarian: Tonya Knauth Past President: Amy Maddux
Class of 2024: Crissy Wabnitz
Class of 2025: Meggan Watson
Class of 2026: Sasha Vaikhman
Class of 2027: LaTrice Ferguson Education:
Teacher Appreciation: Katie Pro
Teacher Grants: Aimee Flood
Scholarships: Carrie Hardaker
Fundraising:
Spring Fundraiser Chair: Karly Cherry
Shirts: Adrienne Schwartz
Spirit Night: Michelle Trevino-Ray Community:
Membership: Renata Weiss
Newsletter: Laurie Wagner
Social Media: Deb Seghers
Spanish Outreach: Ivonne Aguirre
Website: Julia Gonzalez |
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| Do you have questions about attendance? Please watch this video (now with Spanish subtitles). |
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| Register for Membership Toolkit! |
To ensure you receive our weekly newsletter please create a free account as indicated below. Don't forget to download the app on your phone. See more for details.
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ICYMI, here is Ms. Hampton’s communication about graduation in English and Spanish. Senior PGPs: To be cleared for graduation, senior Personal Graduation Plans must be acknowledged by parents. Please see the information here on how to complete this process. PGP Parent Instructions English.pdf PGP Parent Instructions Spanish.pdf Senior Check-out will be held June 3rd and 5th 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 Awards night - June 3- 6pm Powder Puff game - June 4 after school (new date!) Senior Breakfast - June 4th in the cafeteria Graduation practice/Senior check out - June 3 and 5 Also, here is HISD’s website about graduation. Note that Heights graduation is at NRG Stadium, not NRG Arena. Here are the graduation clear bag guidelines at NRG Stadium.
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!
Thanks to everyone who donated to Decision Day. Scroll through for some photos or check out this short reel from the event! |
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HHS PTO Scholarship Recipients 2024 |
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Thank you to all the Senior parents who organized the many wonderful events for the Clap Outs! Check out all the video on our Heights PTO Facebook page & '24 group. |
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| Last day of Junior year is tomorrow! Congratulations to all our Juniors for completing their third year at Heights HS. We wish all Junior families a safe & fun summer break. Make sure you rest and get ready for your final year at Heights. Check out the Japan trip for next summer! If you are not already subscribed make sure you follow all the Class of 2025 communication channels listed above. We have around 560+ juniors so make sure we are all connected. |
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Welcome to Heights HS! Please create your account on our HeightsPTO.org website and make sure to follow us on your favorite social media platform - we are on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X! Course selection recordings: Zoned student meeting is here, and the transfer student meeting is here.
SAVE THE DATE: The tentative date for the Class of 2028 social is August 6th. Stay tuned for updates.
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| Fantastic Quiz Bowl News from Mr. Johnson! |
The Heights Quiz Bowl Team competed in the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament over this past weekend in Atlanta, GA. 320 Teams, representing the top 15% of teams from their respective states and regions, were invited to compete over two long days. I am happy to report that Bryce Cruise, Owen Gibbs, Brayden Ferrell and James Allen far exceeded our most optimistic expectations. We started the tournament with a 7-3 record in the prelims, including impressive upset wins over Houston's Kinkaid School (ranked 2nd in the nation) and Hastings from NY (ranked 15th). In three years of local and state tournaments we had NEVER beaten Kinkaid. The 7-3 record in prelims qualified us for the playoffs on Sunday and earned the privilege of double elimination. We won our first playoff game, then lost a tough match against Dunbar of Kentucky, the #24 team in the country. But because we had earned double elimination, we could continue playing. We then went on a shocking 4 game winning streak, going much deeper into the playoffs than our two previous trips to Nationals. This run included a 2nd game against Kinkaid, which we amazingly won on the final question, thereby eliminating our neighbors and perennial rivals. We also beat Thomas Jefferson Science and Tech's B's team - TJS is the #14 ranked high school in the entire country and the #1 school in Virginia. After 16 rounds our 12-4 record put us in the final Super Seven, which guaranteed us a ballroom match in front of a crowd, and also guaranteed that we would tie for at least 5th. The weekend ended with a spirited loss against the #8 ranked Livingston Quiz Bowl team of New Jersey (and ultimate 3 rd place tournament winners), which was live-blogged by the tournament. We ended the weekend tied for 5th place out of 320 teams. This is the highest Nationals finish of any HISD team, ever. It also matches the highest Houston and region public school finish ever, since James Taylor's (Katy) 5th place in 2019. The only Houston or southeast Texas teams to ever finish higher than 5th are St. John's School and Kinkaid, two private schools that have been playing Quiz Bowl for over two decades. |
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| Superintendent’s Scholar Award |
Congratulations to Heights senior Abigail Mathews on receiving the Superintendent’s Scholar Award! |
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| Heights HS Summer Strength, Speed, and Agility Camp |
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| Traveling Bulldogs: Japan '25 & Italy '26 |
Traveling Bulldogs: Japan '25 & Italy '26: Additional informational meetings hosted by Mr. Gervais coming in the Fall, but in the meantime check out the links for trip details. |
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