A Message from the Principal

Julie Korte
Principal - Highland Primary
Highland, Illinois

Hello and welcome to our website.  Highland Primary is an elementary school (Pre-K-2) in the Highland Public School District #5.  It is made up of students ranging in age from three to eight years old.  We have Pre-K, Early Childhood, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade Classes in our building.  Our school population is 610. Highland is located thirty miles east of St. Louis, Missouri.

Our school offers some great programs that help our students develop to their fullest potential.  Some of these programs are: Reading Recovery, Guided Reading, Reading Club, Banana Splits, PeaceBuilders and many more. 

 We are part of a bigger unit district - Highland Community Schools #5.  Highland Community Schools is made up of seven buildings.  The Primary, Elementary, Middle School, High School, New Douglas Elementary, Grantfork Elementary and Alhambra Elementary.  Our district population is about 3000.  We have had many exciting things happening within our district.  Our high school and middle school are totally remodeled.

The Highland School District, at www.highlandcusd5.org offers more information about our school and others in Highland.  You can find out even more by calling
(618) 654-2107. We look forward to hearing from you.  Welcome to the Highland Primary home page. Thank you for choosing this page to learn more about the primary grades in Highland!