
Congrats to Jaida Lay! She's been "Giving her Best at HES" & has been selected as our 2nd grade Student of the Month.
Thank you Jaida for being RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, & SAFE. Your efforts are noticed & appreciated! Keep it up!


Congrats to Reagan Schroeder! She's been "Giving her Best at HES" & has been selected as our 1st grade Student of the Month.
Thank you Reagan for being RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, & SAFE. Your efforts are noticed & appreciated! Keep it up!


Congrats to Adley Childress! She's been "Giving her Best at HES" & has been selected as our December Kindergarten Student of the Month.
Thank you Adley for being RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL, & SAFE. Your efforts are noticed & appreciated! Keep it up!


Congratulations to JH Lady Cougars on winning the championship of the Mark Twain Tournament Thursday night. They play at home Friday against Knox Co.


HES Principal Prize Patrol surprised 4th grader Tuesday Hetheriton with a pizza and snacks for working so hard to be responsible, respectful, and safe during the month of November! We are so proud of Tuesday for always giving her best at HES!



Dani Welte completed mural designed by Regan Smyser and Jaden Washington, interrupted multiple times by covid, it will look great in the science wing


Seventh grade has been learning to knit. They are doing great, pictures of our community blanket will be forthcoming! So proud of these great students, and makers!





First of several goings on in Art Dept at HHS, kiln up graded and working great.





There will be no Athletic Booster Club meeting tomorrow night, 12/1. The next meeting will be on 1/15/22 at 5:45 pm. Thank you.

Correction: Highland will be continuing to provide a District-Provided Virtual Learning Option during 2nd semester of 2021-22. This option is available for students who demonstrated success (completed & passed all coursework) during first semester while in Virtual or for students who were “in person” learning during first semester, but now wish to switch to virtual. In order to make this designation, Parents must complete the SURVEY (https://bit.ly/3ljkcgR Link to Survey) and submit a signed CONSENT FORM (https://bit.ly/31eaxBp Link to consent form) by Wednesday, December 15, 2021. **Also, electing to be Virtual or In-Person is a semester long commitment. Please contact your attendance center/counselor tomorrow if you have questions.


JH Lady Cougars with an opening round win against Canton in the Mark Twain Tournament.

HHS was informed of 2 COVID-19 positive staff members today. It is imperative that everyone continue to monitor daily for signs/symptoms of COVID and to stay home if experiencing any of those signs/symptoms.


Highland Elementary first and second graders will present their VERY FIRST music program on Tuesday, December 7th* at 6:30 p.m. in the HES gym! We are so excited to kick off the holiday season with such talented singers!
1st and 2nd grade parents--a note was sent home before Thanksgiving with more detailed information. This note is also posted in your student's music Google Classroom!
*If needed, the snow makeup date for this program is Thursday, December 9th--same time, same place.


Due to low player numbers at Louisiana the JV Basketball games scheduled for Tuesday 11/30 at Louisiana have been temporarily postponed and a reschedule date is pending.

Two more wins for Lady Cougars 7th and 8th grade teams against Kirksville on Tuesday.

JH Lady Cougars with 2 wins over Clark County Monday night, take on the Kirksville Tigers on Tuesday. #GoCougars

Highland FBLA attended the National Fall Leadership Conference in Milwaukee November 19-20. Students attended hands-on, interactive sessions, saw some sites in the city and enjoyed meeting new people.

LCC1 learned of a positive staff member at each building and 3 new COVID positive students today: grades are Pre-K, K, & 3rd. The Pre-K student has possible contact days of 11/16, 11/18, &11/22 (Rode Pre-K bus to school and bus 21 home on these dates). The K student has possible contact days of 11/22 & 11/23 (Rode Bus 16 in the AM both days & PM on 22nd only). The 3rd grader has Contact dates of 11/16, 11/19 & 11/22 (Rode Bus 21 am/pm on each day). Please monitor daily for symptoms & stay/keep home if experiencing sickness.


Congratulations to Quinton Miller for winning a flash fiction writing contest. Quinton will work with author Stephen Kozan over the next year and have his book published. We can't wait to read the full book!!
