The HPHS Alumni Association and the Highland Park Education Foundation are pleased to announce the 2025 HPHS Alumni Awards distinguished honorees! | |
Please join us in congratulating the honorees and their families. We are thankful for the many people who submitted nominations. Our community is filled with remarkable individuals accomplishing extraordinary feats. We have so much to celebrate in our community, with so many deserving people doing wonderful things. We hope you can join us on Thursday, April 24th to celebrate! | |
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The Scots football team will be playing for the 5A-DI state title Saturday, December 21, at 11:00 a.m. at AT&T Stadium. The Scots will face Smithson Valley. Come show your support and help the Scots bring home what could be the 7th state football title in HP’s history.
Tickets can be purchased online only on Seat Geek.
To purchase tickets, CLICK HERE.
Some local TV providers will be broadcasting the game for free on the Fan Duel Network. Or, the game will be available for a fee on the Fan Duel app. To hear the HP broadcasters, go to the Scots Illustrated app for an internet-only broadcast of the audio broadcast.
Scots Find A Way! Take State!
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Vivian Jin '23 and Clay Staunton '23 have been friends since kindergarten at Armstrong Elementary. They recently reconnected as a midshipman and a cadet at the Army-Navy football game on December 14th. They have supported each other since elementary school. Duty, Honor, Country and a bond that lasts a lifetime - Vivian and Clay are living out the HP motto, "Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve". | | | |
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Above: Vivian Jin '23, Judge Ellis '23 and Clay Staunton '23 in kindergarten in 2010
Left: Vivian and Clay at the Armstrong Elementary reunion during senior week in 2023
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Jon Alexis '97 stopped by the Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) program on December 4th to speak with students in the Business Design & Leadership focus group.
As a follow up to the restaurant research project that Brice Beaird '70 and Larry Lavine '62 started, Jon discussed entrepreneurial thinking and how business decisions can be recalibrated according to the market demands.
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A crew of friends from the Class of 1967 recently gathered at Ozona Bar & Grill. Old friends, new memories - classmates reconnecting over lunch and laughter! | |
Left to right: Tony McClung, Patrick McEvoy, Larry Nixon, Bruce White, Kerry Rike, Jimmy Merritt, and Steve Woods | |
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Calling all former HP Men's Basketball players!
HP Men's Basketball Alumni Day will be on Friday, January 3rd. Join former teammates and friends in reconneting and celebrating the legacy of Highland Park basketball.
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Scenes from last years'
alumni day
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Come sign the Alumni Wall in the men's basketball locker room! | |
Get to know new HPHS Alumni Board Members | |
Join us for our Winter Happy Hour to kick off 2025! | |
Alumni news and notes: Share yours for our spring publication! | |
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Clements Foundation and La Fiesta launch $100,000 matching challenge during the holidays!
The Highland Park Education Foundation is excited to announce that the Clements Foundation and La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas have issued a generous $100,000 match to challenge the community to give. Every dollar donated to Mad for Plaid between now and January 8 will be DOUBLED, up to $100,000.
Mad for Plaid raises funds in support of HPISD's critical budget needs, and currently that critical need is raising the bar for teacher and staff salaries districtwide. Your donation will support the District in retaining and attracting top talent, and we hope you won’t miss the chance to have your gift doubled by giving today. Every gift, no matter the size, will help the Foundation gift $1.8 million to HPISD, which accounts for 3% of the total district salaries in 2024-2025. To learn more, tune in to our video.
Thank you to the Clements Foundation, established by Governor Bill Clements, HPHS Class of ’34, and La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas, for their continued generosity and passion in challenging our community to support our wonderful educators!
Double your gift by giving now here.
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Lead for Tomorrow Endowment Campaign | |
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One of the latest funds in the Lead for Tomorrow campaign comes from the Hegi family. Together, they have committed $1 million to establish the Hegi Family Education Excellence Fund.
Jan and Fred Hegi moved to the Park Cities in 1982 with sons Peter ’92 and Brian ’95. Both Jan and Fred came from rural Texas towns where supporting the community was instinctive. “My parents were great philanthropic role models,” recalled Fred. “My mother was recognized by the mayor of Tahoka, Texas, for 75 years of community service.” Education also mattered, as both Jan and her mother were teachers, as was Fred’s mother. Jan was especially moved by her mother’s work teaching choral music in Snyder, Texas, “Being a teacher who impacted students of all ages in our community brought tremendous joy to my mother.”
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As the Hegi boys entered UP Elementary, their paths would eventually lead them to their future spouses. Peter encountered Amy (Davis) around the fifth grade but didn’t get serious until their sophomore year, “I asked her to slow dance with me at the Howdy Dance after the first home football game, and we’ve been together ever since.” Their youngest, Lila, is now a sophomore at HP, following sisters Kate ’18 and Mary Allison ’21.
Brian and Libby (Denton) graduated in 1995 but “did not know each other well, despite having similar friends” according to Brian. They didn’t spark until four years later, “Libby and I bumped into each other at a UT football game shortly after college, and the rest is history.” Their youngest, Katherine, is also a sophomore at HP, following siblings Hunter ’23 and Anna ’24.
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Jan and Fred point to the future in explaining their family’s gift: “Our family created this fund to ensure future generations can benefit from our wonderful schools by attracting and retaining excellent teachers.” This is echoed by Peter, who serves on the HPEF board of directors, “We, as a community and Scottie Nation, need to band together to grow a university-style endowment to secure our legacy of academic excellence within HPISD.”
Learn more about how you can establish an endowed fund at leadfortomorrow.org!
View all donors (to date) to the campaign here.
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Left to right: Kate '18, Peter '92, Mary Allison '21, Amy '92 and
Lila '27
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Left to right: Katherine '27, Brian '95, Anna '24, Libby '95 and
Hunter '23.
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Congratulations to the HPHS Class of 2009 on celebrating their 15th class reunion!
Special thanks to Lindsey Boston Miller, Blair Moore Raggio, Shelby Strodel Rizzuto and Laurel Pugliese Thrash for planning such a great day for their class after Thanksgiving!
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Congratulations to the HPHS Class of 2019 on celebrating their 5-year class reunion!
Special thanks to Lizzy Brimmage, Katherine Hall, and James Lightbourn for planning their first reunion! Many more to come!
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Come hear author Mark Sullivan at HP LitFest | |
Join the HPHS Alumni Association | |
Scenes from holidays past | |
Joy Wideman Hedrick '58, Susan Buck Riley '58, Barbara Molsen Kandel '58, Suellen Caperton Nall '58 , Nancy Clement Campbell '58 and Judd Stiff '58 decorate for the Student Council formal in 1957 | |
Student Council officers decorate for the holidays in 1981 | |
Watching the clock approach midnight on New Year's Eve 1968 are seniors Cay Mathers Thorn '69, Lynn Smith Banks '69, Sharon Brown Wootton '69, Betty Harless Nicolay '69 and Louise Bush Watkins '69. | |
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Happy Holidays to you and yours!
All the best in 2025!
HPHS Alumni Association
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