The Greenville Relays scheduled for today is canceled due to the weather and will not be made up!
There will be no practice today, enjoy the weekend!
Good luck to the HMS track teams as they travel to compete in the Greenville Relays today. Go Dawgs!
The HMS soccer teams both tied their games against Edwardsville Lincoln today 1-1. In the varsity game Phoenix Parker scored on an assist from Lillyan Schaefer. In the jv game Cameron Wylie scored for the Bulldogs.
Great job, Team 8 Red Starbittles! ⭐️
Team 8 Black enjoyed an educational day at Busch Stadium yesterday for the annual Weather Day. We had front row for the weather demos and made slime at the expo. To top it off the Cards brought home a WIN!!
FYI- Hat Day and Snack Basket Raffle
Congratulations to the Super 6 students from Team 6 Black for April!
Just a reminder that Online bidding will be closed on Friday, April 26, at 12:00 pm
Please check out our Silent Online Auction to benefit the Baer Family. This event is sponsored by the Angel Fund in conjunction with Highland Middle School. If you are interested, there are many great items available to bid on this year! To bid please click the link below for more details and to start placing your bids.
Submit a bid: https://forms.gle/Pktb1duzVhKhTNZg7
Today, HMS student ambassadors visited the 5th-grade classrooms at Grantfork Elementary and Highland Elementary to talk about life at the middle school. We had a lot of good questions and enjoyed the opportunity to share with the 5th graders. This Thursday, we will host their parents at a Parent Night for all incoming 6th-grade students from 6 to 7 pm.
The track meet for today has been canceled due to pending weather.
There will be no practice today.
We had some help putting up our new flag today.
Students on Team 8 Black learned about food insecurities and Entomophagy (eating insects...crickets) in science yesterday!
Happy Birthday to our students with April birthdays on Team 8 Black!!
SIUE Youth Baseball Camp Information
Here is the link to register https://info.collegebaseballcamps.com/siuebaseball/
HMS' Hawaiian Dance
The HMS Student Council would like to announce their upcoming Hawaiian Dance!! The Hawaiian Dance is in the HMS gymnasium on Friday, May 3rd from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., with doors opening at 5:45 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 29th through Thursday, May 2nd, during lunch hours. Tickets cost $5.00 before the event if paid during lunch hours. Please have your ticket the night of the dance for quicker entrance, but we will also have a record of who has paid in case you misplace it. At the door, the cost is $7.00 with a canned food item or $8.00 without a canned food item. Attire for the evening can be anything from casual to dressy but must be school-appropriate. Also, costumes and large bags/backpacks are not allowed. Students will enjoy the music being played by DJ Silverbac, along with some refreshments . . . cookies and drinks. There will also be a very small concession stand available with drinks and candy, along with glow items for sale. 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.
On the night of the dance, students may be dropped off by the HMS gym lobby any time between 5:45 - 6:30 p.m. The doors will close at 6:30 p.m. and there will be no admittance after this time. Students are not allowed to leave during the duration of the dance unless a parent/guardian has provided a written note to the office before the start of the dance. At the end of the evening, students will need to be picked up promptly at 8:00 p.m. by an adult and students are not allowed to walk to another location from the dance.
If you have any questions, please contact Mecala Scholl at mscholl@highlandcusd5.org
Good luck to the HMS track teams as they host O'Fallon Fulton and Salem at 4pm. Go Dawgs!
Congratulations to the Girls Track team who placed 6th out of 14 teams at the Alton Invitational today. The 4 x 400 relay team of Morgan Greenwald, Carley Lindsey, Molly Ellis and Chloe Lindsey took first place. Morgan Greenwald took second in the 400. It was a great day for the girls and lots of personal records. Go Dawgs!
Congratulations to the HMS soccer team as they defeat Edwardsville Liberty 5-1. Leading the way for the Bulldogs was Joshua Knobloch with a hat trick ( 3 goals), Lillyan Schaefer with a goal and assist and Rachael Reckmann with a goal. Phoenix Parker and Jude Hadowsky both added two assists to add to the win. Eli Ritz gets the win in goal.
The HMS golfers had a great day on the course today at the Okawville SIJHSAA Regional. John Barr shot a 38 to finish in third place, Parker Logsdon shot a 40 and Tyler Driscoll shot a 43. All three advance to the SIJHSAA State Championship on May 7th at Rend Lake. Congratulations and Go Dawgs!
Thank you to the VFW Ladies Auxiliary for our new flag!
