Students in Mrs. Stille's food and nutrition classes being awarded their food sanitation licenses.
Students in Mrs. Jones' food and nutrition classes being awarded their food sanitation licenses.
Students in Mr. Durbin’s Intro to Engineering PLTW class work on box plots, data analysis, and measurement. Yesterday they built machines, such as catapults, to launch objects and today they are filtering and sorting the data.
Senior students in Mr. Makarewicz’s ENGLISH IV course complete a Rhetorical Analysis writing activity on the text Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos. Students select a rhetorical device from the story and write about how it makes the reader feel and engage with the text.
Your Highland Bulldogs defeated Mater Dei 2-1 tonight. They are back in action tomorrow as they head to Mascoutah to take on the Indians starting at 4:15pm.
Seniors and your parents- SAVE THE DATE: Please join our ISAC rep and School Counselors for a parent night on FAFSA and Financial Aid Wednesday September 22nd at 6:30pm in the HHS Kennel or online via google meets. Meeting code: HHSFAFSA22
It's time for our Homecoming Parade! The parade will be held on Wednesday, October 6 at 6:00pm. Anyone that is interested in being in the parade will need to contact Amy Boscolo at aboscolo@highlandcusd5.org with the following information:
Name:
Organization to be represented in the parade:
Email address to be used for for all parade details:
Emergency phone number:
Please have the subject line listed as: 2021 Homecoming Parade
Please note that parade participants are required to find their own vehicle and/or trailer.
All parade entries are due by 3:30pm on Friday, October 1. Detailed parade information (line up order, parking instructions, etc.) will be sent via email on Monday, October 4.
Bulldogs, wear your CARDINALS gear or RED to school tomorrow! Kirk starts treatment this week, so we want to see everyone wearing Cards gear (Kirk’s favorite) or red to show Kirk that we’re all behind him in this fight!! #BulldogStrong
📸: Carson Baer
Our Marching Bulldogs were outstanding today in the O’Fallon Marching Band Championship! Way to go!
Kalei Gould eyeing up her birdie putt on the par 3 6th at Rolling Hills after hitting the flag on her tee shot. She went on to make the putt.
Girls Tennis won the Highland Doubles Tournament! Augustin/Fleming finished third at 1 doubles. Herman/Crask finished first at 2 doubles. Rinderer/Pollard finished first at 3 doubles. Chalfant/Stehlik finished first at 4 doubles. Bluhm/Thomilson finished first at 5 doubles.
Today we play in the Highland Girls Tennis Invite! It’s been a few years, due to Covid and weather. Good luck ladies!
HHS created a beautiful banner to support Custodian, Kirk Essenpreis, as he battles lung cancer. Kirk begins treatment soon and says, “I’m going to fight this thing!” If you would like to make a monetary donation, please use this link:
https://gofund.me/a74397c9
Highland Golf took 4th place with a 291 at the co-ed challenge. Leading the way for the Bulldogs were Emig/Hunsche with a 69. Also scoring were Knackstedt/Gould 72, Belford/Miles 72, and Oestringer/Burns 78.
Juniors in Mr. Warnecke’s US History class review an assessment from last week and begin a unit on the Industrial Revolution. Students hear about several influential players including Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt. They explore key terms and themes regarding the era.
Seniors in Mrs. Huson’s English IV class annotate a piece of text to identify literary devices.They color code and mark up their papers to find elements such as personification, similes, metaphors, irony, and alliteration just to name a few.Critical thinking skills are in play.
Students in Mr. Welz’s Health class create a public service announcement that promotes healthy behaviors. Students research a topic and are required to present to the class. Possible topics include avoiding texting and driving, pet safety, and violence prevention.
Class of 2022 families: Please use this presentation to start planning for life after high school. You will be meeting with your School Counselor soon to discuss your plans. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IMlaUzyTDvWvotS1zfCdDijenGSvWCCQf1na7V-Sh30/present?slide=id.p
Here are a few photos of the Lady Bulldog Tennis Team as they took on Greenville today.
The HHS Girls Golf Team played well at the OTHS Invitational at Tamarack today. Highland placed 7th out 16 teams.
Team total: 378
Top 4 scores:
Sydney Coziar - 88
Camryn Burns - 92
Brooke Hunsche - 94
Maci Miles - 104
