![]() ![]() ![]() Other student organizations include Chess Club, Yearbook, Drama, Conquest Club, Ecyd Club, Challenge and Math Club, National Honor Society, Student Ambassadors, Student Council and Choir. Club and take trips to prestigious universities every year to debate students from other schools over various political issues both past and present. Boys and girls are involved in the Model U.N. The Highlands School offers several clubs and activities for students. Limited financial aid is offered to students, at the discretion of the admissions office. This scholarship award is available to incoming 9th grade students who have attended Catholic school and maintain a B average for their 7th and 8th grade year. The Terrae Altae Scholarship is a $2500 scholarship for all four high school years. The Highlands School offers the Terrae Altae Scholarship to its students. The junior high school sports include football, cheerleading, volleyball and basketball. Other varsity sports include football, cheerleading, volleyball, boys/girls basketball, boys/girls soccer, baseball, softball, boys/girls track and field, boys/girls tennis, and boys/girls golf. The reigning girls state high jump champion is also a student at The Highlands School. The Highlands School varsity soccer team was state champions in 2000, 1999. The middle school sports are in the Dallas Parochial League (DPL), although the football team operates as an independent in order to use players from grades 6–8 for one team as opposed to two teams. ![]() The boys soccer team often plays in a 5A or a 4A district. The Highlands School is in the 3A classification of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS). Offered electives include Philosophy, Drama, Choir, Yearbook, Drawing, Journalism, Music, Introduction to Art, and Art History. The core curriculum include math, science, English, history/social studies, and theology. The class schedule allows for seven forty-five-minute classes with a break for lunch. The Highlands School follows a typical curriculum along with a challenging Roman Catholic theology program. The Highlands School was formerly gender specific from 4th through 12th grade. Students of The Highlands School excel academically before and after graduation. The students travel to The Highlands School from households all over the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Although The Highlands School is a Catholic school, it accepts students from all religious backgrounds. The Highlands School welcomes students of all ethnicities, religions, and economic backgrounds. It is in close proximity to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The campus is located next to the University of Dallas and works closely with the school. The Highlands School is located in the Las Colinas area of Irving, Texas on Northgate Drive between Texas State Highways 114 and 183. In 2012, it was also named a top 50 Catholic High School by the Cardinal Newman Society. For the fourth consecutive year, the school has been named by the Acton Institute as one of the "Top 50 Catholic Schools" in the country. The Highlands School is fully accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department (TCCED) since 1999, and by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) since 2006. The school itself has seen many upgrades from the addition of a football field and lights to a gymnasium, weight room, and new technology in the classrooms. The last twenty years, The Highlands School changed location twice. It was established in 1986, in the front room of a family's house in Highland Park, Dallas. The Highlands School is a private, PK–12 Catholic college preparatory school in Irving, Texas, United States. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ![]()
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