What do you get when you mix a room full of brilliant minds, a teacher pushing them to think beyond the textbook, and a bunch of chemicals? Well, in this case you get acetylsalicylic acid – or in laymen’s terms, aspirin. Students are currently in their Stoichiometry Unit, and this lab, commonly done in a […]
Why study Latin? 36% (4 of 11) of Highlands Latin’s class of 2017 were recognized as National Merit Semifinalists or Commended students. Congratulations to Semifinalists Tanner Petrie and Jobe Arnold, and to Commended Students Worden Barr and Jack Spurlock. Over the last decade, Highlands Latin has maintained the highest percentage of National Merit Semifinalists and Commended students in Louisville. 33% of […]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsOUu6Usq7s?rel=0] A school should be an Alma Mater, knowing her children one by one. Not a factory, or a mint, or a treadmill. ~ Cardinal Newman Below are the highlights. 5 min 50 sec: Ed Boomershine’s inspiring commencement speech. 18 min 30 sec: Mr. Wheatley’s individual address to the seniors. Highlands Latin strives to be […]
Highlanders Latin won the KCAA state baseball championship. Congratulations and thank you coaches and players for your hard work. Matthew Rouse was named All-Tournament Team MVP
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Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program is a highly competitive summer program in which rising seniors spend five weeks at one of three in-state college campuses with other students from across the state. Accepted students spend their summer focusing on their chosen discipline. GSP is completely paid for, and students who complete the summer program are […]
“Why Should Christians Read the Pagan Classics” The HLS Community Lecture Series welcomes Louis Markos, who holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities at Houston Baptist University. Dr. Markos is the author of numerous scholarly books, including From Achilles to Christ, Lewis Agonistes: How C.S. Lewis Can Train Us to Wrestle with the Modern […]
HLS grammar school students always look forward to performing their spring plays. “The Banquet of the Gods” by 3rd grade, “Famous Men of Rome” by 4th grade, and “Robin Hood and His Merry Men” by 5th grade.
Three students worldwide earn their sixth Gold Medal… Two are from Highlands Latin School! Out of 142,000 participants in the National Latin Exam only three students earned their sixth gold medals in 2016. Two of the three students are Highlands Latin seniors, Tanner Petrie and Jack Spurlock. Petrie and Spurlock joined Highlands Latin in 3rd and 1st grade respectively and have excelled at Latin […]
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