Congratulations to Lewis County’s own Ronnie Richardson on his induction tonight into the MO Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame! Only the second official ever inducted!! Great time celebrating this in Springfield with Ronnie and his family and friends!! Congratulations from Cougar Nation!
Conference to Nathan Caudill (29th - 12:20) on his top 30 finish at the extremely wet, cold, and muddy MS Championship Race today at Lucas Oil Speedway! Nathan represented Highland very well!! #CougarPride
Highland falls to MonroeCity 54-22. GO COUGARS!!
The National Honor Society Induction Ceremony will be held Thursday, October 28 at 7 pm in the high school commons. Letters of acceptance will be distributed at school on Monday.
HHS please join in celebrating Halloween on Oct 25-29.
Highland Elementary 3rd and 4th graders will present our very first LIVE music program since March 2020 on Thursday, October 28th at 6:30 in the HES gym! We are SO EXCITED to perform for an audience again!
3rd and 4th grade parents, check your student's bookbag for a purple information sheet OR your student's music Google Classroom for more detailed information about when to arrive and what to wear!
REMINDER: HES Parent and Teacher Organization is selling Cougar apparel. Click on the link below to order your Cougar Spirit Wear. Online store closes on October 25th. Shirts will be sent home when orders arrive at HES, unless a shipping option is chosen at checkout (additional fee).
** If you would like your order sent home with your child, please select PICK UP AT STORE. If possible, please put your child's name in the "notes" section. This will help us a lot when sorting! PTO will pick all orders up and send them home.
https://designitapparel.com/collections/highland-pto
The Cougar’s football team and the Marching Highlanders came together and raised $3,000 for a local family battling breast cancer. Thank you to everyone who contributed!
Parents/Guardians - reminder that there is NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Friday (10/22)! Enjoy the 3-day weekend!!
Highland FBLA attended the District 3 meeting on Wednesday evening at the Jackson Country Connection in LaPlata. Wednesday was also recognized by Governor Parsons as the first Missouri FBLA Day.
FB Parents: there are reports of possible staph infections within the football team. If any rashes are present, please seek medical attention. Learn about staph infection at this site: https://mayocl.in/3m1TYAo. Keep wounds covered & sterilize equipment/uniforms after each use!
The 3rd new case is another 7th grader whose symptom onset was 10/18 and was present on 10/18 & 10/19, as well as rode bus 23 both days. Please monitor closely if your students could have been in contact with any of the positive cases & keep sick ones home.
The 2nd new case of COVID is from the 7th grade also with symptom onset of 10/18 and was present on 10/18, but also rode bus 8 in the AM. Parents please monitor your children closely for symptoms associated with COVID and keep kids home if they do have symptoms.
HHS has three new students cases of COVID. The 1st is a 12th grader with symptom onset of 10/18 and was only here on 10/18 for an hour. This student does not ride a school bus. Parents please keep an eye out for symptoms and keep sick ones home.
HES Principal Prize Patrol surprised 6th grader Aiden Patterson with a pizza and snacks for working hard to be responsible, respectful, and safe during the month of October! We are so proud of Aiden for always giving his best at HES!
The Scholastic Book Fair at HES is open to the public from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm Wed., 10/20 and Thurs., 10/21. These are the final 2 days of the book fair. If you would like to shop online you can use the following link:
https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/parent-store-2.html?fairId=4914620
The online fair runs through 10/28.
This is the last week to get your Highland Baseball hats ordered! If you would like to put in an order, please contact a player or Coach Thrasher by Friday. There will be a table set up at Friday night’s football game to order from as well!
Reminder: HHS Absentee/Retake Picture Day is: 10/28/21
To preorder retakes go to www.WagnerPortraitGroup.com and use Password: 6E5U9W6.
FAFSA Assistance Night
October 20, 2021
6-8 p.m.
Financial Aid Officers will be available to
assist in filing the FAFSA
(Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
in the Paula Wallace Memorial Library
starting at 6 p.m.
Eligibility to file the FAFSA opened Oct 1st.
Bring parent & student 2020 taxes and personal bank account information to assist in
filing of the FAFSA.
Apply for both a student and parent FSA ID at www.studentaid.gov prior to this session.
The FSA ID allows you to electronically
submit the FAFSA. Do not use your school email when applying for your FSA ID.
Congratulations to Nathan Caudill on his 5th place finish at the Brian T. Simpson inaugural Cross Country Invitational.
