Once again, Heritage High School has been named by Newsweek magazine as one of the top public high schools in the nation. Just over 1600 schools, approximately 6% of the more than 27,000 high schools in the nation, make this list. This makes the SIXTH year in a row that HHS has received this honor. Rankings are determined by taking the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and / or Cambridge tests taken by all students at the school and dividing by the number of graduating seniors. Unfortunate, due to an error on the part of Newsweek, Heritage was not included on the original list. We have been assured that, when the list in updated in the next month, Heritage will be included. According to calcuations by Dr. Miear, Heritage should come in around 860, up considerably from last year’s ranking of 1453. Congratulations to all students and faculty for another example of a job well done!
Seventeen student-athletes from the Heritage High School Class of 2010 have been accepted to the following colleges where they intend to continue participation in their chosen sports. Best of luck to them and to all of the Class of 2010 in their future endevors!
Brittany Wilson - Bridgewater College (tennis)
Christina Phelps - Randolph-Macon College (basketball)
Deanna Williams - Lynchburg College (basketball / track)
Whitney Williams - Louisburg College (volleyball)
Chris Phelps - Averett University (basketball)
Omar Pannell - Potomac State (basketball)
Quinton Fouche - Radford University (track)
Justin Gray - Old Dominion University (track)
Tysheem Saunders - Ferrum College (football)
Lawrence Blake - Guilford College (football)
O’Shawn Bryant - Guilford College (football)
Cortez Clark - Stevenson University (football)
Doug Harris - Greensboro College (football)
Bobby Jones - Washington and Lee University (football)
Robbie Shelton - Bridgewater College (football)
Rondell Hamlett - Averett University (football)
LaKuan McPhaul - Ferrum College (football / basketball)
Students in Daniel Vanderpol’s Drafting and Engineering classes took part in the CVCC’s annual Technology Fair. Jimmy Swartz, a freshman, won first place in the bridge competition for both the Craftsmanship and Performance (engineered strength to weight ratio) categories. He is the first from HHS to earn both of these honors for the same bridge. Honorable mention was awarded to Ye Chan Jeoung for Craftsmanship and to Jacinta Wilson for Performance. Congratulations to these students!
