It’s time to clean out those closets! Highland Elementary is participating in the “Battle of the Schools”. This is a textile collection challenge hosted by USAgain. The contest runs through the month of September. Any type of textile is accepted. Please visit the green and white bins at the 4-Diamonds with your donations. We appreciate your help!
Highland Elementary celebrated Kindness Day by wearing purple, orange, or kindness shirts. We'll be doing this every Wednesday!
Highland Elementary is ready for Bulldog football!
Three of our former students are getting ready for middle school this week by attending the SIUE Percussion Camp with Mr. Gindler.
Congratulations to Jakob B for winning the Jill Frey Memorial Leadership Award. Jakob displays positive leadership with his peers, has excellent character and is a hard worker. He is a fifth grader in Mrs. Cotto's class.
Congratulations to our 2023 retirees: Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Ashby, Mrs. Durbin and Mrs. Limmer. Thank you for your many years of service. You will all be greatly missed! Don't forget to come back and visit!
Students from Mrs. Bartlett's, Mrs. Becker's, Mrs. Ford's, and Mrs. Spies's classes took time for pictures before heading out on their field trip today.
Perfect weather for the fourth grade beach party!
Third grade had a great time at Spindler Park today!
Congratulations to our wonderful PE teachers and student teachers on another successful Olympics. We had perfect weather all 3 days and so much fun in every event. We appreciate their hard work and organization. A big congratulations to Mrs. Durbin who completed her last Olympics of her career. We are so grateful to her dedication and service to our students all these years. She will be greatly missed!
Our fifth graders closed out the Olympics today. A good time was had by all!
Fourth graders had their turn at the Olympics today!
Our third graders had a blast in the summer Olympics today!
Mrs. Plocher loved listening to Mrs. Kapp's class read during story time this morning!
Girls on the Run participants had a lot of fun at their color run yesterday. They're ready for the official 5k in Forest Park this weekend!
Mrs. Weiss's and Mrs. Gurley's classes are working hard to clean up our landscape and make things look pretty!
Congratulations to Louis Latzer Library's Teacher of the Year, our very own Mrs. Spies! We are proud of you!
A big thank you to Mrs. Kapp's class for helping our Girls on the Run teams with their service project for the Highland Animal Shelter. They donated several cat beds. It's not too late to send in a donation. We'll be delivering them on Thursday!
Congratulations to Mrs. Kapp's class for completing their 100 walking miles!
Congratulations to Miss Detweiler, Mrs. Mehrtens, Miss Terschluse and Mrs. Thies for being nominated for Madison Communications' Teacher of the Year! Also congratulations to Mr. Gindler who is not pictured.
