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It has been a pleasure to overhear the rehearsals and the patient encouragement of Mr. and Mrs. Fata as they prepare the students for upcoming music concerts. And sometimes I also smile to myself, since every so often one seems to perceive that not all the students are very excited about training or performing. Maybe they wonder: “Why do we have to do this--couldn’t the time be better spent on personal interests, exam preparation, homework, or just some relaxation time? After all, it’s been a busy week and we are tired!” Imagining this comment prompted me to reflect on the meaning of music, its place in traditional education, and why it might be the most dangerous thing we teach our students at Highlands Latin School.
Coach Wade McCann is heading up Highlands’ boys basketball team, which is in its first year. Coach McCann comes to Highlands with experience coaching at several levels, including JV basketball Head Coach and Varsity Assistant at Grand Ledge High School and Bethesda Christian.
It was the greatest adventure in American history. Having purchased enormous lands in the far west from France, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned two young army officers and about thirty men to sail as far as they could up the Missouri River.
Highlands Latin School Principal, Judie Huston, reflects on the vision she had to start a school over ten years ago.
In this day of computers, and the triumph of science and technology, when there is so much to learn and so little time, why study a dead language? Why not study something practical and useful?
My view of how science should be taught was shaped partly by a walk in the woods I took one time with my husband Jim shortly after we were married. As we walked along, Jim would point casually to a tree or some other plant and readily name it and tell me something about it.
The name grammar school comes from the early Renaissance, when the major subject of the elementary years was the Latin grammar.
Many who are attracted to the idea of a classical education don’t know exactly why, nor do they understand the necessity for Latin, or at least so much of it. A little bit of Latin is a good thing, they say, but every year? Spinach is a good thing, but every day?
The HLS 2019-2020 graduating class had a memorable final year. Not only were the courses challenging, but soon the logistics of school also became difficult. These graduates stepped up in their final trimester completing Latin, economics, and philosophy to name a few.
I attended Kingsway Christian School in Avon for most of K-8 and Covenant Christian High School in Indianapolis for high school. In middle school, I wanted to be either a lawyer or a math professor because I liked math and arguing.
HLS High School students have continued to show diligence and dedication to their studies throughout the stay at home requirements in Indiana. We invite you to read about the junior class and hear about the accomplishments and opportunities for them as they are completing the school year.
Many eons ago, I attended Kenwood Elementary School and Doss High School, both in Louisville, Kentucky. When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be a teacher.
I graduated from Carmel High School, where I found math difficult but was recognized as an outstanding student in life sciences my junior and senior years; consequently, when I went off to DePauw University, it was with the intent to combine my interests in writing and biology—though I had no clear idea how the two might intersect.