Houghton Lake JR/SR High School

Our 7th grade Science of Yuck class dove into the world of osmosis with the classic naked egg experiment! Students dissolved the eggshells to reveal the membrane underneath, then explored how water moves in and out of cells through osmosis. 🌊🔬 It was messy, slimy, and totally awesome — science at its yuckiest and best! 🧠💥 Way to get hands-on, curious, and just a little gross, Bobcats! 💚🤍 #HLBobcats #ScienceOfYuck #OsmosisExperiment #NakedEgg

Our 8th grade Science of Science Fiction class has been exploring how future civilizations might grow food to replenish resources. After learning about planting, sustainability, and space-inspired agriculture, students took their knowledge outside to get their hands dirty — planting sunflowers right here on campus! 🌻🌞 Proud of our young scientists for thinking big and growing even bigger. Go Bobcats! 💚🤍 #HLBobcats #ScienceOfScienceFiction #BobcatPride

Our 7th grade Science of Science Fiction students took on an End of the World survival challenge! Working in small groups, they were given limited resources — 5 cans of beans, 2 boxes of crackers, a gallon of water, and a few surprise items. 💧🥫 Teams had the chance to negotiate and trade with others, then use their final supplies to create a 7-day survival menu. A perfect mix of critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity! 💡🔥 Way to problem-solve, Bobcats! 💚🤍 #HLBobcats #CreativeThinking #FutureLeaders #BobcatPride

HLHS classrooms were having a great week!!! Biology students turned their science knowledge into creative children's books — and had the amazing opportunity to share them with 1st–4th graders at Collins Elementary! 🧠✨ A huge THANK YOU to the incredible teachers who welcomed us into your classrooms. What a great day of learning, sharing, and inspiring the next generation! 💚 #BobcatPride #ScienceInAction Huge shoutout to Mrs. Armstrong’s ELA students! 🐾💚 They crushed their informative essay presentations on tech innovations they were passionate about. Students worked solo or in pairs to research, design, and present—and the results were seriously impressive! 💻💡 Professional slides, strong research, and lots of creativity. Way to represent, Bobcats!! #HoughtonLakeHighSchool #BobcatPride #StudentSuccess #ELAExcellence

HLCS Response to TikTok Challenge https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jPXf_2dz1EXv_gR3gqdv7fHjIz_HvgRj2bFmV8G1UkQ/edit?usp=sharing

As Teacher Appreciation Week 2025 comes to an end, we would like to thank all the businesses, families, and community members who came together to make this a special week for our staff. We were fortunate this week to have the following members of #BobcatNation show their appreciation for our crew: Buccilli’s Pizza Chartwells Food Service Dairy Queen Prudenville, MI Ms. Devos’s Art Class Diebold Insurance Agency Family Fare Fox Golf Course Gasper Electric Houghton Lake Community Schools Board of Education The Houghton Lake Sports Boosters Hungry Howies Pizza Lakehouse Meat and Deli Lakeland Recreation MJ’s Eatery NextHome Up North The Partenio Family RJ’s Best Choice Market TJ Loopies Uncharted Grounds Coffee Shop Walmart We continue to be grateful for this community and for the support it consistently shows our district. #BobcatPride

On Thursday, May 15th, HLCS will be geared up for all things performing arts. From 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the auditorium, we will host our 7th, 8th, and high school band concerts. This is a special performance as it will be Mr. Baker's final concert before his much-deserved retirement. We hope to see a huge contingency of Bobcat support. Prior to the show, you will find an art gallery, courtesy of Mrs. Devos's junior and senior high art students. Enjoy taking the opportunity to peruse the displays of talent and effort our students have put in this semester. #BobcatPride

Bobcat Nation!!! We are excited to announce that our interactive Hall of Fame displays have arrived. While we were slated to unveil these this summer, our excitement got the best of us and we mounted the first board today. It has been exciting watching our students peruse the initial content, but we are SEEKING YOUR HELP! Between now and next school year, our team will be working feverishly to populate the many past accomplishments of HLCS. This is no small undertaking for a district with nearly 100 years of achievement, and we are grateful for you patience and support as this content is generated. What we are asking is that you help us fill in some content. Periodically, we will be canvassing the community for historical information...and the first prompt begins now. If you, or anyone you know has photos, programs, images, or information related to the following prompts, please email these items to goodwinj@hlcsk12.net. 1.) Drama Department- any plays and musicals performed at HLHS from 1979-present. 2) Valedictorians and Salutatorians before 1972. 3.) Band and Choir Performances and rosters. Our next major content update will populate May 20th, but until then, we are excitedly perusing our new visual of ##BobcatPride

HLHS would like to wish a Happy Administrative Professional's day to the three ladies who make our school run. Whether they are managing compliance paperwork, answering phones, being the face of the building for our students and parents, or keeping Mr. Watson behaved, our building could not function without these three amazing humans. So, if you see Mrs. Bovay, Mrs. Chludil, or Mrs. Portz today, please let them know they are appreciated!!! #BobcatPride

Ecology Club spent Earth Day doing a grounds cleanup of our campus!!! #BobcatPride #HLHSGreatThings

Ecology Club spent Earth Day doing a grounds cleanup of our campus!!! #BobcatPride #HLHSGreatThings

4/20/25 HLHS All Call https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jqai0krj8-yIRfTaQ4oe2rp-i0aHekQhliY66J81s5w/edit?usp=sharing

Mrs. Booth's 8th grade gets electrified experimenting with our new Van De Graaf Generator

Freshman Austin Ward in Mr. Bunn’s STEM class used CAD software and 3D printers to create card and piece holders for the game Settlers of Catan for Mrs. Bontekoe.

Hoppin’ into the weekend the Bobcat way! 🐾 Our high school Student Senators visited Collins Elementary for an Spring Egg Hunt full of laughs, candy, and good vibes! 🐣 K–4th graders had a blast hunting Easter eggs and hanging out with our favorite feline—the one and only Houghton Lake Bobcat!! What a sweet way to end the week! #EggHuntAdventures #BobcatPride #HLHSStudentSenate

11th graders in Ms. VanDuinen's World History class are analyzing posters and identifying propaganda techniques used by fascist dictators pre-WW2.

NCAA All-American and 4X Michigan State Champion, Cole Swiderski is coming to HL!!! #BobcatPride

With the incredible help of Ms. Rolando in the library, Mrs. Hissong's ELA students are doing a book tasting! They visit each genre of literature for only a few minutes while they fill out a questionnaire to determine the genre best suited for their interests! Ms. Rolando pulled texts popular among young adults from our shelves and students were incredibly interested in the idea of exploring different genres 🤯

Houghton Lake Community Schools would like to give a huge thank you to Better Yards Landscaping and Bella Concrete Construction for their work on Bobcat Stadium's track facility. Bella Concrete donated their time and energy to pour a new pole vault pad, and long-jump border, in addition to installing the pole vault pads and standards. Better Yards Landscaping is on site today filling the long-jump with new sand and restoring it, while also cleaning up all of the landscaping that was impacted during the concrete work. Both businesses sent large crews to give their time and energy, and HLCS could not be more grateful and appreciative of their commitment to our students, district, and community. It takes a village, and ours is continually special. We are looking forward to watching our student-athletes benefit from these amazing, community-provided upgrades. #BobcatPride #HLHSGreatThings #BobcatNation