Highland News

Fighting in the main event of a six-fight Boston vs. New York card at the Boston House of Blues before 2500 delirious fans, and with a A rock star in his corner, super lightweight boxing prospect Danny O'Connor knew he had to deliver in a big way.

SpringFest 2012, slated for May 12 in the Lloyd hamlet, is poised to be an all-day extravaganza of fun, activities, hysterical bed races, waiter races, a kids' bike parade, jumpy castles, face-painting, prizes, local food vendors and live music into the night.

"Voices of Glory," the popular trio who were among the top 10 finalists on America's Got Talent, perform at The Clayton Center, Saturday, Jan.

Last week at Highland Elementary School was about the closest you'd get to seeing a fourth-grade sewing circle.

In a March 24, 2012 editorial , AJC claimed that "in 196 of the nation's 3,125 largest school districts, the investigation reveals highly improbable swings in test scores, a finding that strongly points to tampering." The investigation, it must be noted, was limited to statewide standardized tests administered to all students in grades three ... (more)

Do statistically improbable gains in standardized testing scores indicate that a school is cheating in some way? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution turned the spotlight on Wheaton's Highland Elementary School this weekend in a story about National Blue Ribbon Schools, "Cheating our children: Suspect scores put award's integrity in question." Highland ... (more)