Celebrating 100 Years of Public Education at Highline High School
Highline High School marked its 100th year with a four-hour celebration of student creativity, talent and history.
At the HHS Showcase, students shared their talent and learning in ceramics, woodshop, art, drama, music, culinary arts, film, and other career & technical education (CTE) courses.
Community members, families and students explored hands-on workshops run by students, enjoyed multiple performances, and posed in a student-run photo booth.
Extensive student art and photography was on display in the library and on the walls outside the graphic arts and photography classrooms. Student-produced film documentaries were running in several classrooms. The culinary arts students wore tall white hats and had spent hours baking elaborate pastries.
Heralded by mariachi performers, staff and students unveiled a giant centennial mural designed to mark 100 years of Pirate people and pride. Arts and CTE classes collaborated on the mural and worked with Highline Heritage Museum volunteers.
The mural honors the generations of students, staff and community members who have shaped Highline since 1924. It includes select pieces of school swag and hundreds of black and white photos from yearbooks in a large-scale collage.
At the heart of the celebration, as always, the spotlight was on our brilliant Highline students preparing for the future they choose.
Photos
In addition to the photos below, see more than 40 photos spotlighting the event and extensive student work in our Facebook post.
Check out the B-Town Blog video and story about the mural unveiling.
