Who created Highlands Stories?

Highlands Stories was created by the Highlands graduating class of 1958 as the first project of the 1958 Fund, an endowment created for the sole purpose of preserving and illuminating the history and traditions of Highlands High School. The 1958 Fund is administered by the Fort Thomas Education Foundation. Any financial support necessary for Stories will come from this fund. In the future, the 1958 Fund will be available to the School for events, markers, sponsorships or other historical projects. The Fund is currently over $10,000, and the Class hopes to increase it substantially. 

The following are the members of the Class of 1958 Gift Committee:

Why is it Important?

Since 1888, Highlands High School has played an integral role not only in Kentucky history, but also in the lives of thousands of students who have walked its hallowed halls. And it is in this city, in those buildings, and with those graduates that little pieces of history have been made, held onto, gifted, written, remembered, cherished, and perhaps even forgotten. Highlands Stories seeks to preserve those bits of Highlands’ history for generations to come. For many of us, Highlands was crucial to our personal histories. At the very least, most of us recognize Highlands as a place that played an important and memorable role in our development as human beings.

How Can you Help?

The number of interesting items relating to Highlands High School is almost limitless. Please think back to your Highlands years, and let us know if there is a small “reminder” of those years that you would like to submit. Maybe your children or parents have something; we need items from every era of Highlands. And remember we’re looking for not just awards or commemorations, but for everyday reminders of what Highlands was and is. An athlete’s toothguard isn’t significant as a physical item, but the story behind it, Highlands’ dedication to player safety, being the first secondary school in the U.S. to require such toothguards, is significant. A spoon is just a spoon, but a silverplated spoon, engraved with the School’s name, used every day in the cafeteria? That’s special. 

So don’t leave that little relic you have in the attic for your kids to find; they’ll not know what it is, and it will just get thrown away or lost. Offer it to Highlands Stories, where it (with your name on it) can be seen and preserved and appreciated. Because space is limited, objects in the collection will be relatively small. There is not specific size limit, but pieces larger than 6-8 inches may be difficult to fit in.