Highland School of Technology

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Highland School of Technology

School Reopened	August,2000
School type	Magnet School
Principal	Lee Dedmon
Location	Gastonia, N.C.
Enrollment	About 500-600
Athletic Conference	Southern Foothills
Colors	Navy Blue & Gold
Nickname	Rams
Rival Schools	Bessemer City HS
Homepage	Official Site

Highland School of Technology is a magnet public high school, located in Gastonia, North Carolina. It is the first magnet school available to students in the Gaston County Schools District . The school opened to freshman and sophomores through a lottery process in the 2000 school year. The first graduation class was in the year 2003

[edit] Campus and facilites

Highland School is remodeled off of the former Highland Jr. High School. The new configuration of the hallways has 3 hallways, a gymnasium, and a football field. The halls are labeled A, B and C, and are quasi-sorted by career-technical academy. For example, the A hall has all of the Medical classrooms, such as the dental lab located in the vicinity. There are two commons areas; Medford Commons, which all students congregate and socialize in before going to classrooms, Times Square where the halls meet.

Jennifer Henderson and Amanda Woelfel were the Valedictorian and the Salutatorian of the Class of 2007.

[edit] Vocational Academies

Highland offers students magnet classes under pathways that are taken through your academy.
Communications and Information Technology
Health Sciences and BioTechnology
Manufacturing and Engineering/Graphics