Attention Highland High School Parents:
We will have a schedule change for grades 7-12 due to finals Dec. 14-18th.
We will have brown attendance day kids attend next week for finals on M/T.
We will have gold day attendance kids attend next week for finals on W/TH.
The finals schedule will be M/W Odd hours take finals: 1,3,5,7 and T/TH even hours take finals: 2,4,6,8.
Wednesday will be a full day and Friday will be a shortened day and students who have passing grades will not need to attend.
This is to allow students to attend 2 consecutive days for finals.
Students that have failing grades instead will attend the day of their finals and Friday.
If your student is failing a class and was on the list to attend 5 days per week as identified after Thanksgiving, they will attend 3 days next week.
If they are brown attendance day students they will attend M/T and F.
If they are gold attendance day students they will attend W/TH and F.
Please call the office if you have questions about any of the schedule changes above.
Reminder: Highland has a full mask mandate in place. Anyone planning on attending the board meeting tonight must wear a mask at all times while in the school building - open session starts @ 6pm.
Reminder that Bus 9 (John O’Brien) will be run late today due to the bus driver shortage. Parents wishing to pick up their kids are welcome to do so.
Reminder: Before attending school or school events, everyone should be able to answer NO to ALL questions on the LCC1 DAILY WELLNESS CHECKLIST: https://bit.ly/33SGygD A full mask mandate is in place at Highland - please wear a suitable face mask properly while in the school!
Monthly Board Meeting tomorrow night in the HS Commons with Open Session to begin at 6pm. Here is the full posted agenda: http://bit.ly/3m0eGx7. The agenda does include board consideration of the new quarantine rules allowed by the CDC, State and Local Health Departments.
Students in grades 7-12, who have been virtual for 1st semester and are wanting to return to in person learning 2nd semester, need to contact their school counselor to request a schedule for 2nd semester. We would like to have your schedule finalized before classes resume January 4.
HHS fall & winter sports pictures will be this Thursday, 12/10 beginning at 4:00p.m. The schedule for picture times is as follows:
4:00 - HS Football
4:00 - HS Girls Basketball
4:15 - JH Boys and Girls Basketball
4:30 - HS and JH Cross Country
4:40 - JH Softball
4:50 - HS Softball
5:00 - HS Boys Basketball
5:15 - JH Football
There will be 2 photographers, so pictures should move quickly. Please have your student athlete at the high school, dressed and ready to go by their team's time. Pictures will be taken inside. Order forms are available for students to pick up in the high school office. Pictures can also be ordered online at wagnerportraitgroup.com (password: HIGHLAND).
Schedule of events for Tuesday Dec 8:
6pm - JV G/B at Scotland Co.
6pm - Junior High 7/8 Girls at Palmyra
6pm - JH Boys vs. Palmyra (1 game at Highland)
Note: When attending Athletic Events at Highland MASKS ARE NOW MANDATORY for all spectators.
Athletic Schedule for December 7
5:30 pm 7th girls basketball vs. S. Shelby
6:30pm JH boys bball vs. S.Shelby
7:30 pm 8th Girls bball vs. S. Shelby
All games are being played at Highland!!
GO COUGARS!!
Highland will be back to in-person learning tomorrow as announced last week, but we will also have all bus routes running on schedule! HHS is still in the Hybrid model, with students who have an F attending all 5 days. HES will continue in a normal schedule! #GoCougars
Wagner Portrait Group will be at HHS next week for senior composites, underclassmen retakes, & fall/winter sports pictures. Gold day senior composites & retakes will be Tuesday, 12/8. Brown day senior composites & retakes will be Thursday, 12/10. Retake forms can be picked up in the office. Fall/Winter sports pictures will be Thursday, 12/10, and will be taken after school with our first group starting at 4:00p.m.. Athletes will need to show up in uniforms and ready for pictures. Coaches will be contacting their players with individual group times.
The Highland Cougars defeat a scrappy Marion Co team in big fashion 65-31!! GO COUGARS!!
The Highland Lady Cougars fall to a quality Marion Co squad 56-51!! GO COUGARS!!
On Saturday, November 28th the Highland Jr High Student Council held a 5K Run/Walk event to raise money for a local family. The event was a great success! People participated in person at Wakonda State Park, and others chose to complete their 5K on their own. Together, $2556.00 was raised and donated to the Stark Family to help with medical expenses and other financial needs. Thank you to all community members who participated and supported our event!
The following link will allow you to view tonight’s Varsity Basketball games at Marion Co.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvbd_DBYSsE
UPDATE: Based on current information, we fully expect to be back to "in-person" learning at Highland starting Monday (12/7) with HES in a full normal schedule & HHS in the Hybrid Model as we were before today. Keep your fingers crossed & stay tuned in case COVID changes things.
Community WiFi access and schoolwork help are available on Friday, 12/4 thanks to our local businesses and organizations. MASKS ARE REQUIRED. See the attached photo for times and locations. Please email the contact on the page if you plan to attend a location so that we can plan for proper staffing and spacing.
Reminder: The Varsity girls and boys basketball teams will play tonight at Marion Co. Girls at 6 boys to follow. Each participant is allowed two guest however there are no tickets. The games will also be live streamed on YouTube at:
MCR-II Mustangs
Meal deliveries will be re-evaluated Tomorrow and Friday, but the earliest we would be able to resume delivering meals would be on Monday, December 7th. More information will be released tomorrow.
Highland Votech Students will still attend Hannibal Votech on 12/3/20 and 12/4/20 as scheduled. The students should know their routine to get on the bus.