Highland School is the culmination of dreams, plans, and commitments that have steadily filled its sails for 80 years. Though the founders of the School could not have imagined the size and complexity of the current Highland community, they established a tradition of excellence that has made every step taken since the founding a step forward.

From a faculty of two and a student body of nine, since 1928 the School has grown into a faculty and staff of over 100 people, a student body approaching 560, a facility of 40 acres and over 130,000 square feet under roof. But the fundamental nature of the School has remained unchanged: the commitment to producing the well-rounded individual who has experienced not only the pleasure of academic accomplishment, but also the challenges of discovering who they are and what they value by expressing themselves through the fine and performing arts, drama, sports, and student government.

The Highland student will not have a narrow world view: they will have experienced a universe of different ideas through guest lecturers, field trips, discussions with classmates and teachers of diverse backgrounds, and exposure to books, movies and plays with disparate viewpoints.

The same principles that marked the School in its first days (an emphasis on skill building and personal development, and the timing of academic advances to the child's developmental progress) mark the School today, with the added benefit of an Upper School that carries those assets forward into an intense but balanced college preparatory program.