Good luck to our 8th grade Lady Bulldogs as they open up their season at O'Fallon Carriel with a MEAC conference game. Go Dawgs!
Our HMS Student Ambassadors are ready for our 6th grade orientation tomorrow! We can't wait to meet our new 6th graders!
We will have two additional days this week to pick up Chromebooks for middle school and high school students. Chromebooks can be picked up in the HMS Library on Thursday from 3 pm to 7 pm and Friday from 8 am to 1 pm. Both the student and a parent/guardian must sign the HCUSD5 Chromebook Agreement (https://highlandcusd5.org/chromesign). Chromebooks for new enrollments will be available on the first day of school.
Here is the Cross Country Store. Support our Athletes!
https://aa-sportswear.com/hms_cross_country_2025
https://aa-sportswear.com/hms_cross_country_2025
Get the new HMS Athletic App and keep up with HMS Athletics. You can keep track of one team or all of the HMS teams.
Just a reminder, we have Chromebook pick-up today from 8:00 am- 3:00 pm in the HMS library.
The HMS Softball Spirit Wear Store is now open.
https://aa-sportswear.com/hms_softball_2025
https://aa-sportswear.com/hms_softball_2025
Be sure to register your athlete and have a current physical on file!
Get the new HMS Athletic App and keep up with HMS Athletics. You can keep track of one team or all of the HMS teams.
Just a reminder today we have summer pictures and Chromebook pick-up for HMS and HHS at Highland Middle School from 3 pm-7pm.
Fiona Abbott, an ELA teacher at Highland Middle School, was selected for the Echoes & Reflections Advanced Summer Fellowship Seminar in Poland with Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center. The 10-day seminar gave 30 teachers from 21 states an in-depth learning experience about the Holocaust and Echoes & Reflections teaching resources, including visits to historical sites throughout Poland. These sites included ghettos in Warsaw, Lodz, Lublin, and Kraków, and extermination camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Majdanek, and Chelmo. The team also visited various small villages where atrocities had occurred, as well as monuments and museums.
The program is designed for U.S. middle and high school teachers and aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills necessary to teach the complex history of the Holocaust effectively and appropriately to students. All participants completed research assignments before the trip about a specific victim of the Holocaust. Ms. Abbott also participated in a ceremony of remembrance at Auschwitz-Birkenau, in which she honored the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust. Following the trip, participants completed post-seminar work, including bringing their experience to their students through creating lesson plans and activities, and arranging for Echoes & Reflections professional development in their region.
Ms. Abbott is incredibly grateful to Echoes and Reflections and Yad Vashem for sponsoring this amazing educational and emotionally enriching experience. The knowledge and personal connections made during this seminar will positively impact her teaching of the Holocaust to Highland students.
The program is designed for U.S. middle and high school teachers and aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills necessary to teach the complex history of the Holocaust effectively and appropriately to students. All participants completed research assignments before the trip about a specific victim of the Holocaust. Ms. Abbott also participated in a ceremony of remembrance at Auschwitz-Birkenau, in which she honored the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust. Following the trip, participants completed post-seminar work, including bringing their experience to their students through creating lesson plans and activities, and arranging for Echoes & Reflections professional development in their region.
Ms. Abbott is incredibly grateful to Echoes and Reflections and Yad Vashem for sponsoring this amazing educational and emotionally enriching experience. The knowledge and personal connections made during this seminar will positively impact her teaching of the Holocaust to Highland students.
School doesn’t start until Wednesday, August 13th, but there’s a lot happening before then! Be sure to check out the flyers for important dates and information.
Softball tryouts will be at HHS in the gym due to the heat. The tryouts run 3-5 pm. You must have registered online and an up to date physical on file.
Be sure to register your athlete and have a current physical on file!
Softball tryouts will be at HHS in the gym due to the heat. The tryouts run 3-5 pm. You must have registered online and an up to date physical on file.
Softball tryouts will be in the gym at HHS due to the heat expected on Monday from 3-5pm.
Be sure to register your athlete and have a current physical on file!
Be sure to register your athlete and have a current physical on file!
