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ACTIVITY TICKET: Make sure to purchase your Activity Ticket! An Activity Tickets is your yearbook purchase along with free entry to football, basketball, STUNTS and more! Does not include homecoming dance or prom tickets. Please see our website for details.

Dist113 Education Foundation Board is accepting applications for student representatives for the 2024-2025 school year. Interested Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors should complete the application by August 25th. The application can be found here. If you have any questions about the program you can email Mrs. Meyer at LMEYER@dist113.org

Charity Drive 2025 Beneficiary Application Is Open! If you know of an amazing organization that could benefit from the funds and awareness raised by Charity Drive, please have them submit an application. Deadline is September 5th.

THIS WEEK!!!! ACTIVITIES FAIR!!!!! Here's the list of clubs for each day. Come hang out, talk, and learn more about each club and join the club you have the most interest in!

ACTIVITY TICKET: Make sure to purchase your Activity Ticket! An Activity Tickets is your yearbook purchase along with free entry to football, basketball, STUNTS and more! Does not include homecoming dance or prom tickets. Please see our website for details.

Activity Ticket/Yearbook: $135.00. (Optional for all Students)

Includes:

• Yearbook - Advance purchase is necessary via the Campus Portal > School Store. Yearbooks are distributed in August (HPHS) or May (DHS) after all student obligations are met. Note: The yearbooks are not sold separately. 
• Activities - Includes all access to special events during the school day, after school, during the weekend (i.e. Giant U-nite, Courtyard Celebrations/Parties, Movie Night, Senior Sunrise, etc.). This does NOT include Homecoming Dance or Prom Tickets. Those are sold separately. 
• Athletics - Includes free entry to all home regular season athletic events. CSL Conference Tournaments and IHSA State Series contests are not included. 
• Fine Arts - Includes free entry to performances like S.T.U.N.T.S. & Short Play Festival. 

Our Fall Sports Kickoff Meeting will be held on Saturday, August 24 at 10:30am in the student cafeteria.  We hope all Fall athletes and parents/guardians can attend. Important Athletic Department information will be shared and breakfast will be provided by the Giants Club.

The Giants Club, our parent booster organization, is scheduled to hold their first meeting of the year in the Giant Conference Room at HPHS on Wednesday, 8/28 from 7-8pm. All are welcome! Check out the Giants Club Website for information about membership.

Any student-athletes or marching band members who are interested in an Athletic/Marching Band PE Exemption should attend the mandatory meeting on Monday Morning at 8:45am in the Exhibition Gym with Athletic Director, Paul Harris.

Visit our Website for more information!

Completing College Applications - Seniors and Parent/Guardian(s),

Please plan to join us virtually on Monday, August 19 from 6:30pm - 7:30pm for a very important meeting about completing college applications. The meeting will take place via Zoom Webinar and you will access the meeting using this link.

During this meeting we will review important information about the college application process. We will also discuss college visits with college representatives and revisit the fall timeline. There will be time for questions and this meeting will be recorded and posted to the Postsecondary Counseling website as soon as it is available to post. It is imperative that students attend or watch the recording of this meeting so you are informed about your next steps in the college application process.

A handout will be shared via email closer to the event date as well as during the live webinar. This handout will contain necessary and useful information for completing your college applications.

Reminder that appointments will begin on Tuesday, August 20th. You are able to schedule an appointment by using the links on our individual Contact page found on the HPHS Postsecondary Counseling website.

You can find information on all of our postsecondary programs under the Information for Seniors section on the Postsecondary website. Please also review the Senior programming planned for this year, and keep an eye out for future email invitations with details.

We look forward to seeing you on August 19th!

The HPHS Postsecondary Team

College Application Workshops in the CRC (A223): college application help, essay feedback, genral application questions.

August 26: 8:00-9:09am

September 16: 8:00-9:09am

October 9: all lunch periods

October 21: 8:00-9:09am

Fundraising for our clubs will start soon! Watch in the cafeteria for some extra fun while supporting our great clubs!

Stay tuned for more!

Stay tuned for more!

GIANT values

Show Up: the importance of being present and attending class

Beat the Bell: the importance of being on time to you, your classmates, and your teacher

Disconnect to Reconnect: the importance of disconnecting from our devices to more fully engage with each other and our classes

Taking Care of our Casa y Familia: the importance of treating each other with respect, kindness, and care, as we are all family members in this House on Vine.