Today was FIRE SAFETY DAY at HES. Special thanks to LaGrange Fire & Rescue, Lewis Co. R-4 Protection District, Western Lewis Co. Fire Protection, Lewis Co. Ambulance District, & Survival Flight 3. These groups spent the day talking with students about fire safety skills.
Reminder that tonight is Senior Night. Seniors involved with football, band, FFA trap shooting, Cheerleading and cross country will be recognized starting at 615. Lineup with seniors will start at 6pm.
Jr High Girls Basketball will begin practice Monday Oct. 14 at 6:45 am in the high school gym.
Reminder: Wagner Portrait Studio will be at HHS Tuesday, 10/15 for retakes and Senior composite photos. Retake order forms are available in the office. Senior forms will be sent home with the students.
Mrs. Seals’ class has the tower garden assembled. Students planted the seeds on Thursday. They practiced following step-by-step directions and counting. They are also now in the process of learning patience. The seedlings have to be 2-3 inches before they are transferred to the tower. Mrs. Seals’ class cannot thank KHQA and their sponsors enough for the one classroom at a time grant which made this possible!
Junior High Boys Basketball will begin practice Monday October 14th in the high school gym. Please make sure you have a physical and proof of insurance turned into the high school office before Monday.
Homebank representatives talked to Personal Finance students about making good financial decisions.
Homebank representatives talked to Personal Finance students about making good financial decisions.
Reminder: Wagner Portrait Studio will be at HHS tomorrow, 10/11 for Fall Sports Pictures.
Highland softball wins 4-2 versus Knox Co. Congratulations to senior pitcher Lauren Merrell for breaking the Highland career strikeout record (625, previously held by Julie Schultz 2008-2011). With 16 vs Knox Co tonight, she is currently at 633 career strikeouts.
Fourth Grade officially opened a @little free library in Ewing Park this evening! It's well stocked and ready for readers! Thank you @EwingCommunityPark for your help and support.
Mrs. Bainter’s class earned their bubble party for our class compliments!
CANDY BAR SALES REMINDER: We are off to a great start with candy bar sales! Thank you for all of your hard work! Please remember if you requested another box, the majority of boxes are being sent home on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Also, when you sign the bottom of the envelope requesting another box, please specify if you would like variety or caramel. This will help us a lot! Thank you, PTO
Mrs. Bainter’s class were nature detectives today and recorded what we found around our school!
We are busy growing seeds in Mrs. Phillips' class. We decided to see if the seeds would grow better in zip lock bags, or cups. Which do you think will grow better?
Join the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at HES this coming Tuesday, October 15th (6:00 p.m.) for our monthly PTO meeting. This KID FRIENDLY meeting will be held in the AV lab (next to the HES library). We will be discussing our candy bar sales, mother/son event, and daddy/daughter ideas. We would love for you to join us!! Please mark your calendars because we hope to see you then! Thank you, PTO
The day is finally here! Please join us in the Ewing Community Park tomorrow evening for the official opening of fourth grades first Little Free Library! We will be there tomorrow from 5:30-6:00 to visit and stock our library. If you are planning on coming, please bring a book!
Congratulations to the Lewis County C-1 FFA Trap Shooting team for placing 2nd out of 21 teams at the NE District Trapshoot with a score of 454/500. Mathew Richardson was the high overall shooter with 98/100. Great Shooting!
Due to the impending weather forecasted for Thursday Oct. 10 the Varsity Softball game scheduled against Knox Co. has been moved to Wednesday Oct. 9. First pitch will be at 5pm. Varsity only! GO COUGARS!!
The National Honor Society officers for the 2019-2020 year are: Secretary-Jolie Geisendorfer, Treasurer-Kenzie Rutledge, Vice President-Braeden Wenneker, and President-Ellie Teneyck.