The 8th grade boys basketball team with an exciting overtime win over Edwardsville Lincoln in the O'Fallon Tournament tonight 40-37. Great job boys!
No School Tomorrow, HMS.
Good afternoon, The National Weather Service is providing a very high confidence forecast of at least 4 inches of snow with a significant amount of that falling in the morning hours on Wednesday. Highland CUSD No. 5 will not be in session tomorrow, Wednesday, January 25th. We hope that school campuses and roads can be cleared for return on Thursday, January 26th. Additional information will be sent as necessary for future cancellations. Thank you and enjoy the snow day!
Our Snowball group had fun presenting to our 6th grade this morning!
Eat at Dominos tonight and support Team 8 Black. Use code DN1 when ordering online or mention Team 8 Black to your driver or in the store to ensure we get credit for your order. Funds earned will help pay for end of the year activities.
Team 7 Black’s most recent Mag 7 winners. Keep up the good work:)
Registration is open for track & field on the athletic. sitehttps://il.8to18.com/highland/home
Students must have an updated physical with nurse. Track will start around the beginning of March. First practice dates are TBA.
Here are your weekly Announcements for the week of January 23-29. Have a great week HMS!
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Congratulations to the HMS Cheerleading team for finishing in 3rd place at the ICCA State Championships this weekend! Great job ladies!
Congratulations to our state scholar cheer athletes recognized at the State Cheerleading competition this weekend at the ICCA State Championships in Springfield. Congratulations ladies!
On Friday, HMS rewarded several Positive Pups. Some of the reasons they were nominated include volunteering, showing their best effort, taking on a challenge, and showing integrity. Keep going above and beyond!!!
The 8th grade Bulldogs split their games today at the Ofallon Tournament. The Bulldogs beat Edwardsville Liberty 48-35 in the morning and lose to a tough East St. Louis Lincoln team 52-38 in the afternoon game. Tournament play continues next week.
Good luck to the 8th grade Bulldogs as they open up the O'Fallon Basketball Tournament today at 10:15am vs. Edwardsville Liberty and then play in the afternoon vs. East St. Louis Lincoln at 3:15 pm. Go Dawgs!
We had ESPN at the game tonight with our students and some pictures of the tournament 1st and 2nd place teams. What a night of great basketball!
The Bulldogs lost a heartbreaker after coming back from a 13 point lead by Centralia to tie the game late. The boys end up losing in the last seconds 43-39 in a great team effort. Tremendous season for the Bulldogs who end up 18-3 on the season. The future looks bright for the Bulldogs! Go Dawgs!
En exciting night of basketball at the Highland Tournament. Results from the night.
Consolation Championship- Mascoutah over Triad 41-26
3rd Place Game- O'fallon Carriel over Fulton 41-32
Championship Centralia over Highland 43-39
Some of the 7th Grade Basketball team looking sharp for game day! Come out tonight and support our boys as they play the final game of their tournament and season tonight. Game starts at 7!
Good luck to the 7th grade Bulldogs as they play Centralia for the Highland Tournament Championship at 7pm. Come out and support your Bulldogs! Go Dawgs!
A shout out to all our 7th grade boys basketball team parents for providing an amazing hospitality room for every night of the tournament. The food, drink and deserts were amazing and appreciated. Thank you!
Good luck to the cheer team as they compete at the ICCA State Cheer Competition this weekend! Good luck ladies!
Thursday Highland Tournament results:
Mascoutah over Collinsville 33-27
Centralia over O'Fallon Carriel 39-36
Friday night is set for an exciting night of basketball with the following games:
4:30 pm Triad vs. Mascoutah for the consolation championship
5:45 pm O'Fallon Fulton vs. O'Fallon Carriel for 3rd place
Then your marque game for the championship with Highland facing Centralia at 7 pm.