Highland schools will be closed today, Tuesday 11/12/19, due to road conditions.
Mrs. Phillips' third graders want to say thank you to all the veterans! We worked on these today.
Due to the forecasted bitter cold temperatures and the current road conditions the Veterans Day program and the Pancakes for Patriots breakfast at HHS will be postponed until Wednesday 11/13. Breakfast starts at 7am and the program starts at 9am!!
School is going to dismiss at normal time, but all evening activities for Highland have been cancelled, including practices. There will be no shuttle buses tonight.
The Junior High Tournament scheduled for tonight at Marion Co has been cancelled. The tournament will simply be pushed back one day. Today’s games will be played tomorrow , Tuesday’s games on Wednesday and Thursdays schedule will remain unchanged.
Highland will NOT be sending students to votech today and Afternoon Preschool is cancelled today due to the current road conditions.
Pictures from the Veterans Day Program at Monticello Courthouse put on by Highland High School History club
The Pancakes for Veterans Breakfast At HHS has been postponed until Tuesday 11/12/19 due to the possibility of snow and poor road conditions!
Congratulations to James Stutheit on making 1st Chair All District Jazz Band!
Thank you Col. Don Koonce for coming and presenting to Highland High School students this afternoon.
Congratulations to Highland Cross Country's Morgan Keith on earning All-Conference 2nd team honors as a Freshman this year. Morgan completed the 3.1 mile conference race with a time of 23:12. #GoCougars #CougarPride
Highland fourth grader, Quentin Miller, was phenomenal in his performance as Benny in The Boxcar Children at Quincy Community Theater. Several school personnel and students were on hand to watch the curtain call performance on Sunday, October 27th.
#GoCougars #CougarPride
Mrs. Bainter’s class is studying shapes. We read the book The Shape Of Things. Then the class created their own picture by using different shapes to make the pictures!
Mrs. Hinton's homeroom kicked off @NightZookeeper today. As usual, it was a big hit! We were all abuzz creating creatures and tickling our creative writing bone!!
Highland Elementary 6th graders will present their annual Veterans Day music program on Thursday, November 7th at 6:30PM in the HES gym.
Highland High School held its National Honor Society Induction Ceremony this evening in the high school commons.
Please help us celebrate our HES November Principal Prize Patrol winner—6th grader Bri Reed! We are so proud of how hard Bri works to be responsible, respectful, and safe every single day! Thank you to Mr. Post, Mr. Scifres and Mrs. Scifres for helping to celebrate Bri and her family with two delicious Johnnie’s pizzas, soda, and chips!
HES 5th grade surprised Mr. Scifres at lunch today with a special rendition of Happy Birthday. Thanks 5th grade for the AWESOME singing! Extra special happy birthday to Mr. Scifres! Your smile & Cougar pride are contagious. Thanks for all you do to help make HES great!
#GoCougars
Mrs. Hinton's 4th grade homeroom took a trip to Cody, Wyoming this morning to @@centerofthewest via @SkypeClassroom to learn about animal adaptations. We had a great time!
The high school health classes did an activity building a house of cards. After working to build those houses, underage drinking came along and ruined their plans.