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Longtime Hillcrest coach Dwight Gingerich headed for Goshen College as AD and coach

KALONA Dwight Gingerich , the longtime boys basketball coach and school principal at Hillcrest Academy, will return to Goshen as director of athletics and head men’s basketball coach, … more

Hillcrest Academy Junior/Senior Banquet

Four area students recognized by Gov. Reynolds for academic excellence

Ainsley Roling, a student at Highland High School, Mason Bender, a student at Hillcrest Academy, Catelynn Sexton, a student at Lone Tree High School, and Logan McClellen, a student at Mid-Prairie … more

Hillcrest Academy’s double feature

Hillcrest Academy’s middle school students performed “Ants & the Grasshoppers”; cast included Myka Widdel, Livia Lundberg, Amelia Vigneron, Vincent Yoder, Reghan Good, Payton Gray, Eliza … more

The Chili Supper: a Hillcrest Academy tradition since 1960

The Flintstones premiers on TV. A gallon of gas is 25 cents. In a campaign that features the first televised debate, John F. Kennedy wins the U.S. Presidential Election after defeating Richard Nixon. … more

The phone-free school: a mid-year report

KALONA In August, at the start of the 2024-2025 school year, Hillcrest Academy announced it would go phone-free, all day every day, as part of a new mental health initiative. “The goal of … more

Hillcrest Academy -- First Day of School

For the first time, Hillcrest Academy welcomed grades 6-12 on the first day of school, Aug. 23, 2024. more

Educating the educators: AI in classrooms

IOWA CITY In a world full of misinformation, it can be difficult to tell what is real, and what is fake. As artificial intelligence (AI) has made its debut into everyday life, it has brought fake … more

All eyes on the future

KALONA Hillcrest Academy experimented with a sixth grade program last school year, introducing a class of students who will end up being great ambassadors for the program. That is because next … more

‘A deep sense of belonging’

KALONA When Hillcrest Academy set a course to open sixth grade classes for the 2023-24 school year, they published a middle school purpose statement which reads as follows: “The middle … more

Hillcrest Academy Class of 2024

Photo gallery: Hillcrest junior/senior banquet

KALONA Hillcrest Academy hosted their Junior/Senior Banquet at Upper Deer Creek Church on Saturday, May 4. Students paired up at Lower Deer Creek Church before making the trek to the upper … more

Hillcrest earns the SEISC crown, topples Columbus on senior night

KALONA It was a busy Friday night for the Hillcrest Ravens.  First, they beat the visiting Columbus Wildcats 4-0. Because of the win, the Ravens could celebrate as conference … more

Hillcrest Class of 2023

Hillcrest Junior/Senior Banquet

Hillcrest held their Junior and Senior Banquet on Saturday, May 6. more

Hillcrest Academy Banquet 2022

Hillcrest Academy held their banquet on May 7. more

Photos: Hillcrest Academy presents Mary Poppins

Photos from Hillcrest Academy's spring musical production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins: a musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film . Ensemble … more

Hillcrest Academy Presents "Mom's Gift"

Hillcrest Academy presented “Mom’s Gift” on Nov. 5-7, starring Hannah Chalupa, Ivana Ebersole, Gabe Burns, Julia Boller, Samara Jimenez, Jacob Smith Derksen and Julia Ortiz-Luna. more

Hillcrest Graduation

Oh, baby, Huskies win tourney match

Now here’s a baby story that’s likely to be remembered around Highland High School. Playing in the first round of the Iowa Class 1A regional tournament Monday night, the Huskies … more
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