
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!

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.

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

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

Congratulations to 7 Black High Honor Roll and Honor Roll students for 3rd quarter!



We had a long week of IAR testing and a big list of Positive Pups. Here are the students we recognized on Friday for going above and beyond! Keep up the great work!!!


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

Good luck to our track members competing at the Mascoutah Relays today at Mascoutah. The meet starts at 10 am. Go Dawgs!

Students designed a working aqueduct in sixth grade science this week.




Happy Assistant Principal Week to the best Assistant Principal anyone could ask for! Mr. Baumgartner works so hard to lead and support students and staff at Highland Middle School. He goes above and beyond every day! We are blessed to have him at HMS! Thanks for all that you do!





There are only a few days left to check out the HMS lost and found for missing items! All unclaimed items will be donated on Wednesday, April 13th. If your student is missing a coat, gym clothes, sweatshirt, water bottle or lunch bag have them stop by the lost and found next to the office.





Good luck to our track teams as they compete at home vs. Wesclin & Highland St. Paul 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

Happy National Paraprofessionals Day! Our Para staff goes above and beyond each and every day and we would be lost without them! Thank you for all that You do for the students and staff of HMS!


Track meet today is running events only! No field events due to rain earlier today.