Prom

The Heights Junior and Senior prom will be Saturday, April 21st. The dance will be from 8:30-11:30 pm at the Adobe Venue, 1330 E. Douglas. The Senior candidates for king and queen are Connor Kauffman and Raven Campbell, Alex Knowles and Lamaya Scott, Jimmy Washington and Courtney Butler, and Steven Walker and Katie Mertes. Junior prince and princess candidates are Sage Elassais and Farrah Zonoozi, Jet Moreland and Veronica Toy, Grant Walker and Laura Brockmeyer, and Chris Williams and Payton McAtee.

Social Networking in the Classroom

The goal of a teacher is to figure out a way to teach students in the most effective way while keeping them interested and focused.Therefore, the integration of social media into the classroom has been a hot topic for many teachers recently. It's true that students spend a great amount of time on these websites at home, so finding a way to bring them into the classroom would probably be a teacher's dream. As a student, it would be interesting to see how they accomplished this but nothing is impossible.

I've seen how some teachers have made up assignments to resemble Facebook, but Twitter seems to be the "it" thing now. I'd love to see how a teacher could do something with that.

If you enjoyed this article, follow the editor on twitter @princess_kayee

Heights Report Card

Heights Report Card 2010- 2011 for State Assessment Tests basic facts:                             (for more information go to the Kansas Board of Education website: http://www.ksde.org)

• All students: Reading- Above goal- 74.9% Math- Above goal- 57.8%
• Female: Reading Exemplary- 7.3%
• Male: Reading Exemplary- 7.2%
• Female: Math Exemplary- 5.9%
• Male: Math Exemplary- 7.3%
• Female: Science Exemplary- 2.2%
• Male: Science Exemplary- 2.5%

Paying Tribute

Early this morning, February 27th, Heights lost another Falcon. Assistant Principal Ms. LaPorte will be remembered for her dedication to Heights High as an administrator, a role model, and a friend. Sorrow has fallen over the school today, but it is important to cherish her contributions and achievements as well as be thankful for her life. Memorial services will be held in the auditorium on Saturday starting at noon. It is asked that attendants wear orange and black in honor of her love of OSU.