
Happy Labor Day! Thanks to our amazing Highland CUSD 5 personnel who are dedicated to our students, our schools, and our community. Thank you teachers, faculty and staff, secretaries, cafeteria workers, custodians, our facilities team, bus drivers, SRO, counselors, psychologists, social workers, nurses, directors, administrators, librarians, coaches, and support staff for making a difference.




Girls varisty tennis won their first match 6-3 vs Althoff and lost to O’Fallon 2-7 in the consolation final. JV tennis won 9-0 vs Metro East Lutheran to win their back draw final. 🖤🎾❤️

College Fairs are a great way to start planning for life after high school. It's never too early to start. For more information and to register go to iacac.org click "Programs and Events" then click "Virtual College Exploration" to register.


NACAC Virtual College Fair is Sunday Sept 13th. Check out virtualcollegefairs.org to register for sessions of schools/programs in and outside Illinois you want to learn more about.


Results from the Triad 2-Man at Oakbrook. We tied for 1st with Mascoutah with a 212. Evan Sutton and Jake Brauns finished 2nd with a 67. Also scoring were Bryce Knackstedt and Dominick Emig with a 71, and Jaxton Black and Connor Reinarman with 74.

HHS Schedule for Sept 7-11
No School Monday & Tuesday is a Black Day.


Best of luck to our Varsity Girls Tennis Team as they take on Belleville West as a part of the Edwardsville Heather Bradshaw Tournament!


Construction has begun on the softball field! Thank you Gelly Construction for pulling out our old fence poles today! We can’t wait to see the full transformation.



Please click the following to access a letter from Highland CUSD No. 5: https://5il.co/kmla

Results from the boys varsity golf match at Highland Country Club par 36. Highland 156, O'Fallon 171, and Triad 175. Scoring for Highland were match co-medalists Evan Sutton and Jaxton Black with 37's, Jake Brauns 38, and Dominick Emig 44.

Boys Varsity Golf results from The Legacy par 36. Highland 158, Triad 163, Granite City 183. Scoring for Highland were match medalist Evan Sutton 36, Dominick Emig 40, Jake Brauns 41, and Jaxton Black 42. Great job guys!

Mr. Dibert and the Building Trades classes are making significant progress on the storage shed. Don’t you love the red doors?!?!



Virtual College Visit with Eastern Illinois University will be Thursday Sept. 10th during Homeroom. Any student wanting more information about EIU needs to complete the sign up form in the google classroom for your graduation year. Questions see your School Counselor.

HHS Families,
Please see the following important message from Highland High School.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nXxYlp-NjDTAeuvVLw7z4joKZL6CN-D4FEMdmQR6LbM/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PBoxtaH3oH54L1HLZ4I8JBP1-_BPKurO/view?usp=sharing

Students in Mr. Makarewicz’s English class participate in an analysis activity on Chromebooks related to the novel, The Bitter Side of Sweet. They also discussed several literary elements related to the text.




The College and Career Planning Parent Night previously scheduled for tonight has been canceled. We are hoping to share some updates soon. Thank you for understanding.

Students in Mrs. Simmons Physics class building towers with 10 pieces of paper and a meter of tape. Learning about engineering design, trial and error, and collaboration.



Girls tennis practice has been cancelled for today.

Please see the September School Counseling Newsletter https://www.smore.com/at70p for updates regarding sending transcripts, ASVAB testing, Virtual College Fairs and more.

Students in Mrs. Schwarz’s Intermediate Algebra class solve equations with an emphasis on the Associative and Distributive Properties


