
The HMS soccer team won 4-2 at Granite City today. Goal scorers were Clayton Van Fossen with 2 goals, Elliot Alexander and Shafer Hunn adding a goal a piece! Walker Nehrt had two assists and Cam Coziar got the win in goal! Great job Dawgs! Congrats to Coach Robertson!

Parents & Students,
Congratulations to Mrs. Kristin Reed, Highland Middle School Team 8 Black Language Arts teacher, for being nominated for Teacher of the Year!!! Please vote once per day from now until April 30th to help her win this prestigious award. Also, thank you to whomever nominated her for her dedication to our students.
https://gomadison.com/teacher-of-the-year/


Congratulations to Mrs. Kris Reed for being a nominee for teacher of the year by Madison Communications.


HMS cheerleading registration is open for tryouts. A parent meeting will be held on April 12th at 6pm in the HMS Library. Tryout dates will be April 25,26 & 28th from 6-8pm. Tryouts are for current 6th & 7th graders plus incoming 5th graders to the 6th grade for the 2022-23 school year. Please make sure to get a physical on file and register on the athletic site. Deadline to sign up is April 25th at noon and have up to date physical on file. https://il.8to18.com/highland/home

Congratulations! Third quarter Honor Roll and High Honor Roll for 6 Black.





It’s a beautiful day for a track meet. Come cheer on HMS against Mascoutah and St. Paul.


Congratulations to the Honor Roll and High Honor Roll students on Team 8 Black! Keep up the great work!!



HMS' Rolling Out The Red Carpet Dance
The HMS Student Council would like to announce their upcoming Rolling Out The Red Carpet Dance!! The Rolling Out The Red Carpet Dance is on Friday, May 6th from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., with doors opening at 5:45 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday, May 2nd through Thursday, May 5th, during lunch hours. Tickets cost $5.00 before the event, if paid during lunch hours. At the door, the cost is $7.00 with a canned food item or $8.00 without a canned food item. The attire for the event is dressy. Students will enjoy music being played by DJ Silverbac, along with some refreshments . . . cookies and drinks. There will also be a very small concession stand available. We will have a photo booth available as well. Photos will be $1.00 per sheet, or $5.00 for unlimited sheets. We are looking forward to a wonderful evening with the students of HMS. If you have any questions, please contact Mecala Scholl at mscholl@highlandcusd5.org


HMS cheerleading registration is open for tryouts. A parent meeting will be held on April 12th at 6pm in the HMS Library. Tryout dates will be April 25,26 & 28th from 6-8pm. Tryouts are for current 6th & 7th graders plus incoming 5th graders to the 6th grade for the 2022-23 school year. Please make sure to get a physical on file and register on the athletic site. Deadline to sign up is April 25th at noon and have up to date physical on file. https://il.8to18.com/highland/home

HMS cheerleading registration is open for tryouts. A parent meeting will be held on April 12th at 6pm in the HMS Library. Tryout dates will be April 25,26 & 28th from 6-8pm. Tryouts are for current 6th & 7th graders plus incoming 5th graders to the 6th grade for the 2022-23 school year. Please make sure to get a physical on file and register on the athletic site. Deadline to sign up is April 25th at noon and have up to date physical on file. https://il.8to18.com/highland/home

Enjoy your Spring Break, HMS!


7 Red students and teachers participated in Baseball IDU day! Students completed activities in all classes related to baseball and many dressed up in their favorite team attire!


April awards for Team 7 Red...Mag 7, Quarter 3 Awards, and Honor Roll and High Honor Roll. Nice work!!




We had a short week but we had numerous Positive Pup nominations. Thank you HMS students for going above and beyond! Thank you teachers for recognizing them! Here are this week's Positive Pup Awards!!!


Congratulations to the Super Six winners on 6 Black for February and March!



Congrats to the 6 Red You Rock award winners for March.


Good luck to the 6th grade track team members as they compete at home against Carlyle and Highland St. Paul today at 4pm. Go Dawgs!

HMS cheerleading registration is open for tryouts. A parent meeting will be held on April 12th at 6pm in the HMS Library. Tryout dates will be April 25,26 & 28th from 6-8pm. Tryouts are for current 6th & 7th graders plus incoming 5th graders to the 6th grade for the 2022-23 school year. Please make sure to get a physical on file and register on the athletic site. Deadline to sign up is April 25th at noon and have up to date physical on file. https://il.8to18.com/highland/home

A Cheer parent meeting will be held tonight at 6:00 pm in the HMS library. Parents are encouraged to attend this informational meeting if they have a student trying out for the upcoming 2022-2023 HMS Cheer Team.

Boys basketball open gym at HMS has been canceled for this week and Monday, April 18th. It will resume on Wednesday, April 20th.