LEWIS CO. C-1 - Home of the Cougars

Due to a sewer line issue at the high school, Highland will be closed today and school will operate under an AMI day. The HS band trip to QU for “Clarinet Days” will still leave at 8am as scheduled, but students and staff will not be allowed in the building. Votech students will also still attend Hannibal and catch the bus at School (11am) or the 18 wheeler (11:15am) as planned. All students should either work on their paper & pencil packets as previously provided by their teachers, check their Google Classrooms, or check their school email for assignments from their teachers. Basketball games will be moved to another location with specific details to be announced later today. For a reminder on what AMI is and how it works read the following: http://bit.ly/306MXOX

The Highland JV girls fall on the road tonight 21-38 at North Shelby.

Checkpoint achieved! The 2nd winner of the Book Blast Treasure Chest is Madison. Congratulations! More treasure awaits ahead…. If you haven’t yet, register and enter contact info for 10+ people to support your agent’s home library and for the chance to unlock the next Treasure Chest. You may still sign up at:
https://app.booksarefun.com/HighlandES63452

​#readingadventure #literacymatters #booksaretreasure #BooksAreFun

Thirty-seven members of Highland FBLA competed at the District 3 Leadership Conference held at Truman State University on Tuesday, February 4. Our students competed in online testing, performance and speech events. All of our performance events made the stage placing in the top 5. We will have around 15 students advancing to the State Leadership Conference in Springfield in April. Several competing in two events. Highland also had two members elected to district offices for the upcoming year. Congratulations Highland FBLA!

Wow - our Book Blast is off to a great start! Congratulations to Cooper for winning our first drawing prize: the Book Blast Treasure Chest! Our quest to level up our readers has never been so much fun! We’re blasting through our mission to earn as many books as possible for our students. Register now and invite 10+ contacts to be entered into the drawings for our Treasure Chests!

​#booksarefun #bookraiser #bookblastadventures #epictreasurechest #treasure @go.booksarefun

You may still sign up at: https://app.booksarefun.com/HighlandES63452

Finally: We have given out the 204 initial sign up prizes. Students qualifying for the sign prizes will receive them when the books come in.

Thank you all for your support so far and raising money to get students free books.

Reminder that the Varsity Girls and Boys Basketball teams will play Louisiana tonight at Highland in a make-up game from early December. Girls tipoff at 6pm followed by the boys!! GO COUGARS!!

ATTENTION: We are giving away our 1st drawing prize for a Book Blast Treasure Chest tomorrow! Act now! Simply invite 10+ friends and family members TONIGHT to support our Book Blast and your student will have a chance to win. Entries to win the Treasure Chest have already begun. Don't miss this epic opportunity! If you haven’t already, register here: https://app.booksarefun.com/HighlandES63452

​#bookblastadventures #literacymatters #booksarefun #bookblast @go.booksarefun

Dear Highland Elementary School Families!

WOW! In just 24 hours, families have answered our call, sending invitations to friends and family. We love seeing families as excited as we are about giving students more books and supporting teachers.

Get started here: https://app.booksarefun.com/HighlandES63452

Complete your Treasure Map tonight and your student(s) will be entered to win a Treasure Chest. Drawings start tomorrow!

Thank you!

Due to low numbers of wrestlers available the wrestling dual with Palmyra scheduled for February 5 has been cancelled. GO COUGARS!!

BOOK BLAST STARTS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Highland Elementary School Families,

We're excited to partner with Books Are Fun and the Book Blast program to grow our students' home libraries and encourage more reading over screen time! Tonight, we're asking you to take 7 minutes to support your Student Home Library initiative.

Today, our students learned about the Book Blast Program and the importance of having their own books at home. Tonight, we are asking you to take 7 minutes to support our Student Home Library initiative.

Get started here: https://app.booksarefun.com/HighlandES63452

How it works:

Click the link and register your student(s).
Invite at least 10 friends or family to support your student(s). (Info is secure and only used for this program.)
Need help? Watch this short video: Family Explainer Video
Win a trip to Disney!

Each supporter who clicks your student's link earns an entry for a chance to win a Disney trip. More clicks = more entries! For example, if five different people click the link, your family gets five entries into the drawing! There will be one Disney winner per all of the entries received throughout the United States.
Pro Tip: After sending invitations, follow up with a phone call to make sure they received the message.
Why I love this program:

Every student gets new, age-appropriate books.
100% of contributions go to books and classroom supplies.
Takes less than 10 minutes and NO financial requirement from you.
Check out the attached book list—it's amazing!
More books at home = more reading! We're aiming for 100% participation

See Book Blast in action at Fulton Elementary: Fulton Elementary News Clip

Students will have brought home their Treasure Maps today.

Thank you for helping our school and community.



Jeff Oenning, HES Librarian

Our 7th grade scientists recently rolled up their sleeves for a flower dissection lab! Students carefully examined flowers to identify and explore the reproductive structures, including petals, stamens, pistils, and more. It’s always exciting to see curiosity bloom in the classroom!

Final from South Shelby, Cougars fall 32-57. #WeAreHighland #GoCougars

Lady Cougars come up just short in a barn burner at South Shelby. Final 44-40. #WeAreHighland #GoCougars

Last night on 1-29-26 the Highland Quiz Bowl Team traveled to South Shelby where we won the J.V. match 200-100, immediately following that we picked up our 1st Varsity win by the score of 220-180. Hooray! This morning we traveled to Quincy to participate in the WGEM Academic Challenge where we took on a veteran squad from QND who won the match by the score of 400 to 140. The Kids had fun and it was a valuable learning experience for our very young team. Go Cougars!!!

HIGHLAND IS HIRING!

LCC1 is looking for coaches!

The Highland Quiz Bowl Team consisting of 3 Freshmen and 1 Sophomore took on Centralia tonight and played a J.V. match 1st and won by a score of 200 to 60. The same four underclassmen then played Centralia 's varsity team but lost respectfully 280 to 170. Long time Highland coach Mr. Sparks commented "that was the most points he could ever remember Highland scoring against Centralia." Go Highland!!!

Congratulations to Anna Palmer! She is our January Highland Elementary Sixth Grade Student of the Month! Anna’s teacher says she is kind and respectful to both staff and peers. She always tries her best, comes to class prepared with her materials, and is an active listener to whoever is speaking in class.

#GivingOurBestAtHES
#BeResponsibleBeRespectfulBeSafe