Highlands High School

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School Overview

Highlands High School is the premier school of the Southeast Side of San Antonio featuring strong academics, engaging career preparation, and award-winning student activities. We are a school with tremendous pride and a long legacy of success. Boasting top performance on AP exams across all SAISD traditional schools and one of the quickest improvements in state accountability over the past 4 years, Highlands prides itself on serving and supporting every student who walks through our doors. We offer over 30 college credits for FREE to students in advanced courses such as AP, Dual Credit, and Dual Enrollment in the OnRamps program with UT Austin. Our new Early College, Highlands P-TECH, will offer students dual credit, industry certifications, and associate degrees in Aerospace, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Welding. Mighty Owls can join a number of successful extra-curricular programs including athletics, JROTC, National Honor Society, and an incredible fine arts program (brigade/dance/cheer, band, mariachi, choir, orchestra, art, and theatre art). Highlands High School is YOUR neighborhood school and we can’t wait to welcome you to the Owl Nation.

Grades: 9-12

Hours of operation: 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Choice Program Specialization: Highlands P-TECH for Aerospace, Engineering, Manufacturing and Welding. Apply online at www.SAISDChoice.com

Academic Offerings in CTE: Career Pathways in Agriculture- Plant Science • Culinary Arts • Business Management • Law Enforcement • Health Science • Teacher Education • Cybersecurity • Engineering • Manufacturing • Welding • Aircraft Maintenance • JROTC

Extracurricular Programs: Athletics • Band • Choir • Mariachi • Orchestra • Brigade/Dance • Theatre • Cheer • Pep Squad • JROTC • Drill Team • Academic Decathlon • National Honor Society • FIRST Robotics • Future Farmers of America (FFA) • Journalism/Yearbook • Class Leadership • Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society • National Art Honor Society • Go Green Environmental Club • Gamma Sigma Girls • Architecture, Construction, Engineering Mentor Program (ACE)

Core Values

The following core values guide the actions of our Highlands High School community:

Connections to family, community, and self within our global community
A physically and emotionally safe environment in which to learn and practice communication and collaboration
Empathetic faculty and staff providing opportunities to build lasting relationships with staff and fellow students
Students who are empowered to set and accomplish personal goals, become self-aware, and advocate for themselves
Opportunities to explore college, career, and/or military options, learn 21st century skills to support students in the workforce and classroom, which will prepare them to be an active participant in their community
Rigorous coursework o support students in their postsecondary readiness

Mission Statement

Highlands High School's mission is to provide a safe, collaborative environment, rooted in our cultures and community, and built on strong relationships, where all are empowered and prepared to reach their fullest potential as global citizens.

Highlands History
Fight Song
Alma Mater

Opened at its present site in 1958 on 20-acres of park land acquired from the city of San Antonio as part of a trade for the German-English School building. The school is named for the neighborhood it serves.

The San Antonio Independent School District prepared to open a brand new high school on the southeast part of town. This new gleaming high school was nestled atop a tall hill amongst many other hills. As district officials prepared to open the new school, they debated what to name the new facility. No one can remember which person said this, but someone supposedly mentioned that the area reminded them of the 'highlands of Scotland' in the United Kingdom and a name was therefore given to the new campus.

Highlands High School opened in the fall of 1958 with the first set of students finishing their first year on campus in the late spring of 1959. Adopting the 'Scottish' theme as a starting point, an owl was selected as the Highlands mascot. Owls were common birds in Scotland and many believed it appropriate to use this strong hunting night bird as the mascot; and the 'Mighty Fighting Owls' were born.

Cheer for Highlands,

Tell all the World

Of our Loyalty

We’ll Keep Fighting and Never Stop

Until Victory

We’ll play fair and win overall

While we cheer with pride

We are the

O-W-L-S, O-W-L-S

Fighting, fighting, side by side.

Fight, Fight, Fight For maroon and white

Fight for Victory