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Highland Junior High School, located in Ogden, Utah, is the home of the Hikers.  The school's early history is quite interesting: In 1959, about 260 junior high students were forced to attend Bonneville Elementary School due to substantial overcrowding in the other junior high schools in the Ogden School District.  The students were supposed to receive a new junior high the following school year, but poor weather halted construction and the students were yet again forced to attend a temporary school, this time at Ben Lomond High School.  Highland Junior High School eventually opened in the fall of 1961, and the students who attended temporary schools the previous two years finally received a permanent home.

Today, Highland Junior High School enrolls approximately 900 students from 7th to 9th grade.  Principal Ed Morris and his faculty and staff are proud of the hard work students put in every day at Highland Junior High School.  Their hard work pays off: In recent school years, Highland Junior High School has made adequate yearly progress (AYP), which means the school's test scores exceeded state standards.

Highland Junior High School has committed to increasing the opportunities available to students.  This includes a partnership with the local YMCA to provide constructive, healthy after-school programs for students.