WHY HIGHLANDS?
Our student-centered challenging academic environment motivates students to take ownership of their learning, pushing them to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses in a supportive setting and take risks in pursuit of greater understanding. Struggle and failure are important learning tools and can be found in any classroom on the Highlands campus. In this environment, teachers serve an essential guide, resource and support system for students — challenging them to ask probing questions, test their understanding and link their knowledge to the real world.
Our student-centered challenging academic environment motivates students to take ownership of their learning, pushing them to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses in a supportive setting and take risks in pursuit of greater understanding. Struggle and failure are important learning tools and can be found in any classroom on the Highlands campus. In this environment, teachers serve an essential guide, resource and support system for students — challenging them to ask probing questions, test their understanding and link their knowledge to the real world.
We prepare students for life after Highlands through a transformative educational partnership that fosters perseverance and persistence. Our graduates leave with a sense of self that allows them to take responsibility for their academic journey and follow their own moral compass. This process is exemplified through our Portrait of a Highlands Graduate — a leader, a citizen, a pioneer and an individual. A Highlands graduate is ready to take risks, help their neighbor and pursue their passions.
Highlands’ outplacement services support graduates by providing parent information sessions, student discovery experiences, and application support for the variety of opportunities and options that exist after the eighth-grade year. These services include but are not limited to application to a high school admission night, boarding school fair, boarding and day school visits, test prep classes, application writing day, essay review and editing, and mock interviews.
In whatever community our students find themselves, their time as Highlands students provides them with the skills needed to think critically and creatively, collaborate cooperatively with team members and communicate in an impactful way.
Highlands School, 4901 Old Leeds Road, Birmingham, AL 35213, (205) 956-9731
Highlands School's 'whole child' approach to education and commitment to academic excellence, creative expression, and leadership development prepare and motivate students in grades 4k through 8 to make a positive difference in an ever-changing world. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, Highlands School holds dual accrediation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Southern Associations of Independent Schools (SAIS).
For more information, visit www.highlandsschool.org.
For more information, visit www.highlandsschool.org.