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February 10th and 11th

Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences Scheduled

by Emily Snyder | Thursday, January 27, 2011

Thursday, February 16 8:00 am - 8:00 pm No School Preschool - 12th Grade, Including all HLA students   Friday, February 17 8:00 am - Noon No School Preschool - 12th Grade, Including all HLA students Michael Burrows will be in contact with all of our traditional aged students parents/guardians to schedule their . . . read more

'Tis the Season - to be mindful of Inclimate Weather and School Closings

In case of an emergency school closing, the following radio and TV stations will be notified:  KSCB,  KLIB,  KJIL-FM,  KULY,  KFXX,  KWCH-TV,  KSNG-TV,  KUPK-TV and Cable Channel 12 .  In . . . read more

What are the HLA Students Thankful For?

by Edith Jiminez | November 22, 2011

It’s the Thanksgiving holiday, a time of the year when we reflect upon what we are thankful for. In honor of this tradition, the HLA students were encouraged to reflect on what is important in their lives this year. The majority of the . . . read more

History of Thanksgiving

November 21, 2011

Thanksgiving at Plymouth In September 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers—an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home where they . . . read more

About American Sign Language

excerpts of an article by Karen Nakamura

Sign Language Linguistics American Sign Language (ASL) is a complex visual-spatial language that is used by the Deaf community in the United States and English-speaking parts of Canada. It is a linguistically complete, natural . . . read more

Daylight Saving Time Rules

November 1, 2011

Daylight Saving Time (DST) rules changed in 2007 for the first time in more than 20 years. The NIST Time Services continue to operate properly under the new DST rules. Let's take a brief look at what DST is, what the new DST rules are, and . . . read more

Halloween Around the World

October 31, 2011

Dia de los Muertos In Mexico , Latin America and Spain, All Souls' Day, which takes place on November 2, is commemorated with a three-day celebration that begins on the evening of October 31. The celebration is designed to . . . read more

Columbus Day Facts

October 10, 2011

Columbus Day, which is annually on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This holiday is controversial because the European settlement in the Americas led to the demise of . . . read more

 
 

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