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Highland Park Student Council Announces a Yard Sale!!
If you or your family or friends have any movies, music, electronics, decorative objects, furniture, books, or any other nice stuff you might want to get rid of, please donate it to Highland Park Senior High Student Council!

Collection Day — May 9th from 2:30 pm to 5:30pm. Drop off all sellable items to at the Highland Park parking lot doors. Please, no broken or soiled items.

Yard Sale Day — May 10th from 9:00am to 1:00pm. The Yard Sale will be located in the Garden just off Snelling Ave. and Edgcumbe Rd. Two-thirds of proceeds will go to Student Council and one-third will go to Highland Park for Technology. Come out and support Highland Park!

The Prizm is for Sale Now!
The Highland Park 2008 Prizm is for sale in the Library! Go check it out-it's only $2.

State History Day Winners!
Congrats to Sophia Ristau for receiving an honorable mention in the individual exhibit board category.  Sophia also received the creativity award and won a topical prize.  Caroline Davidson also received an honorable mention award in the individual performance category. Matt Poulos earned 4th place in the individual documentary category. Congratulations to these students for their hard work and excellent achievements!

IB Exams Begin This Week!
IB tests will continue daily until May 23. We have 191students taking 386 exams this year, striving for college credit, possible scholarships, and perhaps just the experience of competing in a high stakes test being taken by students all over the globe. To view the testing schedule click here.

Coming up in May...
May is a busy month. Here's just a little bit of what's going on at Highland Park:

   

Highland Students stand with a newly constructed flower box, which was made on Monday as part of the NHS Earth Day event.

May 9th 12:45PM - Scots Stroll  (Friday)
    May 16th 6:30PM - Boat Dance  (Friday)
    May 21st - Seniors to Valley Fair and Sophomores to Picnic (Wednesday)
    May 22nd - Senior Honors Night (Thursday)
    May 26th - No School  (Monday)
    May 29th - Senior Checkout, Yearbook Distribution and Signing  (Thursday)
    May 30th - Last Day for Seniors, Assembly and Picnic   (Friday)
    June 3rd 5:30PM at Roy Wilkins Auditorium - Graduation  (Tuesday)
    June 4-5 - Final Exams  (Wednesday & Thursday)

Highland Park Blood Drive
Highland will be hosting a blood drive May 15th from 8:00 am - 1 pm in the field house. Our goal is to collect 55 pints of blood. Anyone who is interested should sign up in their advisory. Specific restrictions are provided in the red cross fliers given to junior and senior advisories. If there are any additional questions, look for more information outside Room 220. Restrictions: Donors must be at least 17 years old, 110 pounds, cannot have donated blood within the last 55 days, and cannot have gotten a piercing or tattoo within the last 12 months.

Senior News
Class of 2008 (student designed) graduation announcements will be available for preview on the senior news page.  You may order your cap and gown, and keep up with senior activities.