Highland Middle School

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Thank you so much to our amazing custodial staff at HMS. You guys are rock stars!⭐️

Reality Store has been a great success today! Thank you to Susie Dewale and her volunteers for making this day possible. Also thank you to Dieterich Bank for presenting to our 8th grade students about financial literacy.

7th grade is having a great time at their Fall Festival today!

Highland Middle School hosted their annual Highland Cross Country Invite with 39 teams participating on Thursday, October 1st at Highland High School. The meet had some of the top talent in the state with the #5 ranked boys runner from Maryville Christian and numerous state ranked teams. The event had close to 900 runners for the day. In the girls varsity division O'Fallon Carriel won the title with Highland placing second. In the boys varsity division O'Fallon Fulton captured the title with Maryville Christian finishing in second place. Leading the way for the Lady Bulldogs of Highland was Retta Frey who finished in 2nd place with a time of 12:52.4, Paige Korte who finished in 3rd place finishing with a time of 13:14.1 and Hattie King finished in 12th place with a time of 13.33.3. The Bulldog boys were led by Alex Reckmann who finished in 3rd place with a time of 11:51.7, Jace Cox finished 7th with a time of 12:12.6 and Max Busacker with a time of 12:23.1 to place 18th. In the open division Molly Basye finished 6th and Morgan Goestenkors placed 8th. Go Dawgs!

Results from the Highland Invite yesterday at Highland HS. Posted are just the top 15 teams in the boys and girls varsity divisions. O'Fallon Fulton won the boys division with O'Fallon Carriel winning the girls. Congratulations to all the teams on a great meet!

Happy National School Custodians Day! We are so grateful for our incredible custodians and facilities team members that keep our schools and grounds looking impeccable every day! Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to our bulldog community!

Team 7 Black Science classes completed a stimulus and response lab with warheads . . . see the responses. And, they showed how lightness/darkness affects the pupil of the eye.

If you want to keep up on the MEAC Conference stadings in sports check out the MEAC site.

https://conferences.snap.app/mec

We had an exciting morning with the High School greeting our students as they walked in this morning in honor of homecoming week!

Happy October Birthdays, Team 8 Red!

Good luck to the HMS cross country teams as they compete in the Highland Invite at Highland HS today! Go Dawgs!

Team 8 Red enjoying more stops on the Springfield field trip!

Our health classes are getting creative as they work to raise money for Leaps of Love, and we’d love your support!

One class is hosting a Food Drive (canned fruit/vegetables/soup & dry cereal needed)
Another is taking on a “Kiss the Calf” Challenge
Another is planning a Scooter Race

Students can bring in money each morning to help support this great cause! Every donation, big or small, makes a difference.

Thank you for supporting our students and helping us give back to an organization doing wonderful work for families! ❤️

Team 6 Black is proud to recognize these six outstanding students for their hard work, positive attitudes, and contributions to our school community! Congratulations to our September award recipients and VIPs!

Team 8 Red enjoying their first stops on their annual Springfield field trip!

Team 8Black celebrated September birthdays today!

These students on Team 8 Black received the Warheads Candy award for being super energetic!