University Heights Academy 7th grade student, Isabel Cook, has been notified by Duke TIP that she has been accepted into their Summer Studies Program at Rollins College in Orlando, Florida. Isabel will be enrolled in Design Challenges: Physics and Engineering. The Duke TIP Summer Studies is a three-week residential program for high-achieving young scholars in […]
Sabrina Hall has been notified that she has been accepted into Murray State University’s COMMONWEALTH HONORS ACADEMY. The Commonwealth Honors Academy (CHA) is an exciting, challenging three-week academic, social and personal growth program for outstanding high school students who have completed their junior year. Upon completion of the Academy, students will: receive six hours of university […]
The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration hosted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) celebrating early learning, young children, their teachers, and families. Our PreK 3 and PreK 4 classes kicked off this week’s events with a parade. We are proud to help these lifelong learners get […]
University Heights Academy juniors Emerson Barlow, Anastasia “Muki” Kunnmann, and Victoria Sisk have been notified that they have been selected into the 2018 Kentucky Governor’s Scholar Program. Emerson is the daughter of Scott and Kari Barlow; Muki is the daughter of Thomas and Katharina Kunnmann and Victoria is the daughter of Joseph and Lisa Sisk. […]
UHA middle school students competed in the annual Middle School Mathematics Contest at Austin Peay State University on Tuesday, April 12. The contest included 6th, 7th, and 8th grade divisions. Sixth grader, Pritt Patel finished 7th out of all sixth grade students competing and received a medal at the awards ceremony. Scoring highest in the […]
Michael Hodges is one of two students from Christian County who was selected by Pennyrile Electric to participate in a weeklong, expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. during the summer. Michael won this honor by scoring in the top two on a test given to the students who represented Pennyrile Electric in the recent Kentucky Association […]
University Heights Academy is proud to announce that Ms. Beth Unfried has been named the new Head of School to replace Pam Nunn who is retiring at the end of the 2017-18 school year. Ms. Unfried will begin her new position July 1, 2018. Beth Unfried grew up in Hopkinsville and graduated from Christian County […]
Two University Heights Academy Freshmen, Beth Peebles and Sara Whitman, will once again be spending their summer with the Duke TIP Summer Studies program. The Duke TIP Summer Studies is a three-week residential program for high-achieving young scholars in grades seven through ten. Students take part in interactive, inquiry-based learning that challenges them to think critically […]
The students auditioned and were selected by their Director to attend the all day event. The honors choir presented a concert as the culminating event of the day. there were 240 seventh through ninth graders from twelve schools and four states in attendance. Pictured are (back row, left to right): Olivia Smiley, Piper Hancock, Ethan […]
UHA sophomore Gabriella Lynn has been notified that she has been accepted into the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science out of Western Kentucky University for the fall term! Congratulations, Gabriella! She will complete her junior and senior high school years living on WKU’s campus and taking courses offered by the college. At […]
