Highland High School (Highland, Indiana)

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Highland High School
Established	1960
School type	Public high school
Locale	Large Town
Grades	9-12
Principal	James Conway
Location	Highland, Indiana, USA
Students	1,101
Colors	Blue, Gold
Mascot	Trojan Man
Snapshot	HHS
Website	HHS

Highland High School is a school located in the town of Highland, Indiana, located in Chicagoland. It is located at 9135 Erie Street. It is the only high school that serves the town of Highland. It is also connected to Highland Middle School. Students at Highland High School are known as Trojans.

Contents 1 Highland High School 2 Athletics 3 Daily Schedule 4 Rivals 5 Student Body

[edit] Highland High School

Highland High School was established in 1960. During the time the school was established, there were over 700 students graduating in each class. That has changed, however, and the number of students per class has greatly decreased. Only about 250 students graduated in the class of 2006. That is expected to change, as the classes of 2010 and 2011 are gaining students from places such as Gary and East Chicago, where the schools are not as safe.

[edit] Athletics

Highland High School has many sports teams, including the following:

Girls/Boys Basketball
Boys Football
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Dance
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Boys/Girls Tennis
Track
Volleyball

[edit] Daily Schedule

All classes in Highland High School are on the same schedule.

Period 1 7:45- 8:37
Period 2 8:43- 9:35
Period 3 9:41-10:33
Period 4 10:39-11:31
Period 5A 11:37-12:07
Period 5B 12:03-12:33
Period 5C 12:29-12:59
Period 6 1:05- 1:57
Period 7 2:03- 2:55

[edit] Rivals

Highland's arch rival are the Munster Mustangs. Munster is the town to the west of Highland. Munster has beaten Highland in every sport this school year, except for girls basketball. Munster has always had a great basketball team and tennis team (both boys and girls). Highland is in the LAC Black conference.

[edit] Student Body

Highland's students are into the boys basketball team. Last season (05-06) every game was sold out and the student section was crazy. People were dressed in costumes and painted and everything. On December 6, 2005, the Trojans defeated the West Side Cogars at Highland. The students rushed the court because West Side was ranked in the top 10 in state at the time. During that game, West Side coach John Boyd said the student were making racial comments to his team (since Highland is a mainly white school and West Side is mainly a black school). West Side said that they had an adminestratior in the Highland student section, and she said, "I heard n----r so many times, I thought i was white." The main reason was because there was one student in a gorilla costume. The West Side coach thought that was racist, but that student wore it to every game that season. In the end, nothing happened and the Trojans were defeated by E.C. Central in the second round of sectionals. Highland is know for having one of the craziest student sections in all of northwest Indiana.