Farewell Assembly 2016 "I Lava-A You!"

To kick off the last day of such an amazing year, we wanted to celebrate through this year's Farewell Assembly.  This year's theme was "I Lava-a You!", a Pixar short that helped to display the meaning of today's events.  Throughout the event, we recognized all of the awesome clubs and individuals that won BIG and made us extremely proud :)  Along with that, we had a few amazing performances by the Highlands Cheer Squad, the awesome duet of Landon and Iris, and the winner of this year's Highlands Got Talent, Hyper 808!!!  We also awarded the Highlands Spirit Cup to team Fantastic Four for the sixth straight year in a row.  But with all of the fun and joy that this day brought, we also had to say aloha to seven teachers that will not be returning next year.  We would like to wish them luck in their future endeavors and say mahalo for their service to our amazing school.  Cade, SG President

Highlands' Own Hyper 808 Take 1st Place at BBTS!

Saturday May 7th, 2016, the state talent show, Brown Bags to Stardom took place at the Treetops in the old Paradise Park in Manoa.  Tons of participants from middle schools all over Hawaii who had won their school’s talents shows dance, sang, and entertained the packed house! Highlands Intermediate’s Hyper 808  (Mariah, Sara, Jeiley) took 1st place in the Group Dance division once again -- making it 2 years straight!! All of their hard work paid off -- good job Hyper 808!!!  Mariah, Dance Committee Co-Chair

Highlands Best Dance Crew 2014

Screaming and cheering,  you could hear the packed crowd in the Cafeteria at the total other end of the school!  If you did not attend Highlands Best Dance Crew '14, you missed a lot of fun!  There were two awesome crews who preformed and they both performed flawlessly.  The crews were Hyper808 and Wild Ones.  The Wild Ones routine was awesome as they performed to "Animals" by Adam Levine.  The crowd went wild after they preformed and the entire cafeteria was cheering!  Next up were Hyper808 who stole the hearts of the audiences with their professional, polished routine!  Near the end of the Hyper808 performance the crowd could only stare in awe and when it was over, cheering so loud you thought your ear drums would burst!  They were so in sync that you would think they were triplets separated at birth!  Can you believe that Hyper808 chreographed the entire routine themselves? Simply amazing!  

Zoe, Dance Committee Chairperson