The Highlands Latin Extra

Highlands Latin Students Accepted to Prestigious Summer Programs

  Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program is a highly competitive summer program in which rising seniors spend five weeks at one of three in-state college campuses with other students from across the state. Accepted students spend their summer focusing on their chosen discipline. GSP is completely paid for, and students who complete the summer program are […]

Highlands Latin Community Lecture 2016 – Louis Markos

“Why Should Christians Read the Pagan Classics” The HLS Community Lecture Series welcomes Louis Markos, who holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities at Houston Baptist University. Dr. Markos is the author of numerous scholarly books, including From Achilles to Christ, Lewis Agonistes: How C.S. Lewis Can Train Us to Wrestle with the Modern […]

2016 National Latin Exam Awards

Three students worldwide earn their sixth Gold Medal… Two are from Highlands Latin School! Out of 142,000 participants in the National Latin Exam only three students earned their sixth gold medals in 2016. Two of the three students are Highlands Latin seniors, Tanner Petrie and Jack Spurlock. Petrie and Spurlock joined Highlands Latin in 3rd and 1st grade respectively and have excelled at Latin […]

Horatius Society: Fifty Two HLS Sixth Graders Recited all 70 Stanzas of Horatius at the Bridge.

All sixth graders at Highlands Latin School learn 24 stanzas of Horatius at the Bridge. Students seeking Horatius-like glory volunteer to memorize all 70 stanzas (16 pages, 589 lines, 3201 words). This year, a record 52 students rose to the challenge. The prior record was 34. For their toils, students don’t receive a grade or extra credit, just a […]

Seven Highlands Latin students accepted to Governor’s School for the Arts/Governor’s Scholars. Although Highlands Latin is known for strong academics, the arts have been quietly on the rise. Highlands Latin had more students accepted to Governor’s School for the Arts this year than any other private school in Louisville.  Congratulations to the selected students below. Austin Dugan […]

33% of Seniors selected as National Merit Semifinalists/Commended Students in 2016

Why Study Latin? 7 of 21 Highlands Latin seniors (33%) selected as National Merit Semifinalists/Commended Students in 2016. Congratulations to the 7 Highlands Latin seniors recognized as National Merit Semifinalist/Commended scholars. Over the last 10 years, Highlands Latin has had the highest percentage of National Merit students in Louisville. See our complete SAT, ACT, and ITBS […]

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