Friday’s edition of Business First ranked private high schools in Louisville on ACT scores and tuition. Highlands Latin was 1st among private (and public) schools on the ACT with one of the lowest tuition rates in Louisville. Note: This achievement is for the class of 2014. See the recent Insider Louisville article about 44% of the Class of […]
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A record 7 out of 16 Highlands Latin seniors were just recognized in the National Merit Scholarship Competition (6 Semifinalists and 1 Commended Student). Semifinalists represent the top 1% of college-bound seniors. The odds of this just happening by chance are about 1 in 300,000,000. (See the Insider Louisville feature article about this rare accomplishment.) Congratulations to Semifinalists (back) Samuel Roberts, Logan Crum, Andrew Thibaudeau, Spencer […]
Dear Parents, I hope you enjoyed your long summer. As we begin this year, I want to update you about changes for the 2015-2016 school year. In fall 2015, we plan to move move 9th through 12th grade to Spring Meadows. We know this will be a significant transition for many of our families, and we […]
Welcome parents, teachers and students to the 2014-2015 academic year. It is a privilege to address you today at the beginning of this our fifteenth school year. We thank God for our many blessings, for this misty fall morning, for Highlands Latin School, for our beautiful new athletic field at Spring Meadows, for a new school year, for the gift of life, the gift of children, and the gift of grandchildren. Last year my grand-daughter who was in Kindergarten, greeted me after the Opening School Ceremony with this comment, “Nana, your speech was OK, but it was too long.” Kindergartners, please bear with me.
The National Latin Exam is offered under the joint sponsorship of The American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League, founded in 1919 and 1936 respectively, and headquartered at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. More than 154,000 students from forty-nine states and seventeen foreign countries participated in the NLE in 2014. The NLE has […]
Congratulations to Highlands Latin Founder, Cheryl Lowe, who was named the Most Admired Woman in education by Today’s Woman magazine. Read the article on Today’s Woman’s website. Below is Mrs. Lowe’s bio from our website. Cheryl Lowe is a Louisville native whose books and essays on Latin instruction have garnered a national reputation for excellence and […]
Highlands Latin Senior, Maggie Collum, has been published in The Classical Teacher from Memoria Press. Her inspirational college essay was circulated to over 100,000 readers. More importantly, it gained her acceptance into Princeton University. We know you make great sacrifices to give your children a classical education. Read Maggie Collum’s essay Crying to Dream Again, and hopefully it will all seem worth it.
Congratulations to six Highlands Latin juniors who were accepted to the 2014 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program. The Governor’s Scholars Program is Kentucky’s most prestigious summer, liberal arts program for rising seniors. The HLS students accepted are Spencer Henderson, Matthew Zolla, Logan Crum, Lauren Petrey, Andrew Thibaudeau, and Alexander Perdue. We would like to congratulate Ed Boomershine and Andrew […]
Twenty-Eight HLS Sixth Graders Recited all 70 Stanzas of Horatius at the Bridge. Sixth graders at Highlands Latin School learn 24 stanzas of Horatius at the Bridge. Those students seeking Horatius-like glory volunteer to memorize all 70 stanzas, a task involving months of daily practice and great perseverance. This year 28 students rose to the challenge and […]