Highland High School

Child and Daycare students analyzing preschool lessons.

Halloween Dress Up Week - October 26 - October 30

Great to see coach Deryl Cunningham during an open gym today. He’s feeling much better and is also forever grateful for the outpouring of support the last few weeks. Now, let’s hope we can “ball up” the next few months and get the season going with some practices and games.

Please join us this weekend at 4 diamonds (Across from Highland Elementary) in Highland, IL for Highland High School's production of Disney's The Little Mermaid! The show will be screened on the fields as a drive-in movie. All cars must enter and exit on Lindenthal from Poplar Street. Tickets will be sold based on the number of people in your vehicle, $8 for adults and $5 for students, and are available at the event. There will be some pre-packaged concessions available for purchase. During the show, we ask that audience members remain in their cars in order to follow IDPH guidelines on gatherings and social distancing. If you must leave your car to use one of the portable restrooms, please make sure to wear your mask and maintain social distancing. Below is a link to a news story on the show that was aired on KMOV St. Louis, watch for a sneak peek at what's to come! See you there! https://www.kmov.com/news/metro-east-high-school-to-perform-musical-as-a-drive-in-experience/article_a7242974-1279-11eb-b97c-f7f245445123.html

While we have the next few days off for parent teacher conferences, it’s the perfect time to gather your outfits for StuCo’s dress up week next week! •Monday - Pajama Day •Tuesday - Twin / Trio Day •Wednesday - Halloween Class Color War (Freshmen = Green; Sophomores = Purple; Juniors = Orange; Seniors = Black) •Thursday - Jersey Day •Friday - Halloween Costumes Student Council can’t wait to see everyone dressed up next week! There will be prizes awarded each day for winners! 🎃👻

Ms. Boscolo prepping the PAC team prior to today’s assembly. Although we missed having everyone in the gym, it gave us something to look forward to down the road. The students and staff did a fantastic job and it was fun to compete, smile and laugh.

Members of the HHS Tech Club, WDOG, help with the all of the audio and visual for the PAC Virtual Pep Rally. They are the best in the business. Thanks to Mr. Durbin, Mr. Case and all of the students who do such great work.

Class of 2022- Juniors: You will be meeting with your School Counselor next week. Please preview the powerpoint and complete the interest inventory before your meeting. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hAoFT_f93sVNcr9nhmDumeGs9ZKS-TUUyA4M1KjT0O4/present

Our Principal's Advisory Committee getting ready for the Virtual Assembly during 8th Hour Homeroom. When life give you lemons, the PAC students make virtual lemonade.

Highland Greenhouse Students making their way around the building, watering all of our plants. You can see their smiles through the masks.

Final Exam Information Preview: Dec 21 & 22 We hope that you are doing well and students are off to a good start for Quarter II. The semester is going by fast and the end of the term will be here before you know it. In order to better prepare students for what lies ahead, we are providing some information regarding Final Exams for Semester I. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, HHS has made adjustments to Final Exams to support students and staff. Additional exam details will be provided later in the term by faculty and staff. Please see the link below for details on Semester I Final Exams: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EqzKg0Bb7NXRtW5S5xGJwBkWvqrJ7x5gS55epD-L8do/edit If you have any questions, please contact us, and thanks for your continued support of our students, staff, and school community.

Unity Day is October 21st

Highland High School is pleased to announce that Spencer Powers, Lauren Wernle, Jada Hediger, Karlie Hooten, Tony Wise, Brennan Auston, and Sydney Basler have passed their ServSafe Manager’s Exam in Culinary Occupations class. Please see the following link for details. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qZMFPu7n3w3F5EIR4yVbrKJPQOxVCaJf/view?usp=sharing

If you are out and about tonight, stop in Fairview Heights from 5-8pm, grab dinner at Chick-Fil-A and show this flyer. 10% of all profits will be donated to Coach Cunningham.

Highland High School’s upcoming production of “The Little Mermaid” was featured on KMOV St Louis last night! Come out and see the show this Friday and Saturday at 6:30pm! https://www.kmov.com/news/metro-east-high-school-l-to-perform-musical-as-a-drive-in-experience/article_a7242974-1279-11eb-b97c-f7f245445123.html?fbclid=IwAR0WIwYhxkqyoSShym_5mIbHHUSgXSYTv-ANznA8n6K0XWbmYw9OMVI8rJ0

Seniors struggling with setting up your Parchment account to send your transcript? Use this link to learn how: https://www.canva.com/design/DAELDc4tvso/V3BuqDccYqyq_5-bfs9x4A/view?utm_content=DAELDc4tvso&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

Coach Cunningham would like to say THANK YOU to his Highland family. He said he WILL be back on the sidelines this season.

Mrs. Heinz’s Accounting students had a Zoom meeting with Rachel Richey in the College of Business at SIU Carbondale today in class.

VIP - Very Important Principles T-Shirts on sale now! Help support the VIP Program of Highland Community Schools by purchasing a “VIP” shirt! The design is printed on the front of one of the shirt choices listed on the back of this page in a gray heather color. Students, teachers and district staff are encouraged to wear these shirts EVERY THURSDAY. We are able to get these shirts from a local business at a very reasonable cost to you. PLEASE ORDER ONLINE THIS YEAR! https://aa-sportswear.com/vip_shirts_hcusd5_2020/shop/home

Attention HHS Families: Highland CUSD #5 has made a concerted effort to improve network connectivity for students by adding WiFi in school parking lots. WiFi is up and running at Alhambra (East Lot), Grantfork (South Lot) and Highland Middle School (South Lot). Students can log onto the WiFi network using: Network: HSD Guest Password: K9-Kennel Once connected, students will need to use their school Google account credentials to sign in to the network. Users are reminded that all network AUP policies still apply when students login from these areas.