HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
2024-25 School Year
Dear Highland Parent, Student, and Ram Supporter,
CALENDARS
These calendars are continually updated and provide all the important academic and athletic/activities dates for the school year. Please look at them regularly for questions about calendar items.
Highland Academic Calendar
Highland Sports/Activities Calendar
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The school year is already moving right along. Reminder that there is no school next Monday September 2nd for Labor Day. It is so great to be back with students and we are excited for this school year!
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HIGHLAND VISION & MISSION
The Highland Vision & Mission provides standards and principles that form the culture we are continually trying to actualize. Our advisory that takes place during 1st hour on Monday's is focused on teaching these principles and standards to students. Our expectation is that students, staff, and parents strive to live, breathe, and actualize the vision and mission. This is who we are. This is how we define excellence at Highland. The principles that form this foundation for Highland are research based.
Vision: Highland High School offers a safe and comprehensive learning experience focused on preparing all students to achieve success and happiness in college, career, and in life.
Mission: Highland High School believes deeply that in learning and in life=Right Attitude Means Success.
The “Right Attitude” we strive to learn and live as RAMS includes being….
Respectful and caring towards ourselves and others;
Contribute to a safe and trusting environment.
Control the R Factor (Event+Response=Outcome)
Build healthy and appropriate relationships.
Practice courage, vulnerability, selflessness, forgiveness and ownership.
Have a positive impact on ourselves and others.
Accountable and prepared for each class and event;
Establish a vision/goal.
Learn what it will take to accomplish the vision/goal.
Plan for success and setbacks.
Relentlessly engage in the work.
Seek support and feedback on the journey.
Take ownership-Own Your 20 Square Feet, DMGB, Do The Work.
Motivated and focused in academics, activities and athletics;
Continually improve.
Practice self-discipline.
Establish goal driven routines.
Collaborate to overcome barriers.
Learn from examples and experiences.
Use adversity to fuel your fortitude, your growth mindset, your grit, your confidence, and ultimately your efficacy.
Scholarly and spirited in school and in life.
Represent ourselves, our family, our school, and our community with excellence.
Invest in improving yourself.
Learn to be organized, strategic, hardworking, patient and optimistic.
Become a self-driven learner.
Help others in their journey.
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HIGHLAND PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Parents that are interested in being a part of the Highland Parent Advisory Committee, we would love to have your input. The committee will meet at 3:15pm at Highland one Monday a month. This committee has been a major part of leading Highland High School and enacting changes to help the school continually improve. If you are not able to attend the meetings, but would like to be involved and provide input, you are also able to do so through email. We will make sure you are on the email list. Please fill out the form below if you want to be involved for the 2024-25 school year. If you were involved last year and want to continue to be participate, please fill out the form again. We are so grateful for the amazing collaboration and support we receive from our Highland Ram Family.
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ATTENDANCE MATTERS
Each week we will pose some common challenges and questions we face with attendance and provide answers.
This week we will examine Excused Absences and Verified Absences.
The only absences that are considered excused are a visit to a Physician or an absence resulting from Legal circumstances, such as court. Both require documentation provided from the Physician or Legal authority in order to be considered Excused. It must also be understood that in both circumstances a parent/guardian has 3 days to provide the documentation to the school following the absence in order to verify the absence, otherwise the absence will remain coded as “absent.”
Parents who call in can verify an absence. This is not an excused absence, but this is taken into consideration when issuing truancies. If the school has record of where a student is then it places the student in a much better situation then if an absence is not verified by a parent/guardian. If a student has absences that are not verified then it is determined that they simply missed class. It is essential parents notify the school if their student is absent in order to avoid truancy, however, excessive verified absences will result in a truancy.
There is an understanding that sometimes students are sick, but not sick enough to go to the doctor, or there are other circumstances that pull students from a school day at times or cause them to be late. Because of this students do have 5 absences each trimester and 4 tardies they can accrue before receiving a truancy. After that, generally speaking, on the 6th absence and/or on the 5th tardy a truancy will be issued. From then on every absence is considered another truancy. With tardies, every 5 tardies is considered a truancy and an additional absence. At a students 4th truancy if they are 15 years old and younger they will be referred to the School Resource Officer for a Citation for Habitual Truancy. Students 16 years old and older will lose credit and be dropped from the class or classes in which they have 4 truancies.
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COLLEGE & CAREER ADVISORS/COUNSELORS
Each grade is assigned a Google Classroom where important information is provided along with forms for schedule changes and more. Here are the assigned google classroom codes:
Freshman-adkvm3s
Sophomores-etkszsu
Juniors-ljnspeq
Seniors-2kre7ct
For Seniors interested in applying to BYU for college, please visit the Seniors Google Classroom for important information.
If you are interested in Cosmetology please let the CCA’s in room C-36 know. Paul Mitchell of Rexburg would like to come for a visit and we would like to have them come on a day that would best fit your schedule.
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EXTRACURRICULARS'
Please check the Highland Athletics and Activities Calendar for the most up-to-date schedule of events.
Two applications you will want to download if your student is involved in athletics are
Max Preps and
Team Reach. Max Preps provides rankings, scores, etc from all teams across the state that district and state competitions are based off of and Team Reach is the communication tool coaches use to keep in contact with players and parents. Please reach out to the school if you need help downloading these apps on your phone.
Congratulations to our Football,Cheer, Dance, Volleyball, Cross Country, Swim, Marching Band,Golf, Girls Soccer, and Boys Soccer teams. They are all fully engaged in practices and competitions. We are proud of the hard work these students and their coaches put in.
The Highland Drama Department has started auditions for its rendition of
Alibis. For questions please contact Director Van Noy (
vannoal@sd25.us).
Homecoming week is scheduled for September 16-September 21st with the Homecoming Football Game at Highland Stadium versus Thunder Ridge High School.
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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE-HIGHLAND REBUILD
Our amazing school board of trustees and district administration have been hard at work along with a committee of administrators, teachers, Highland parents, and community members in planning and designing the rebuild of the parts of Highland High School that was burned down. The goal is that the new areas for rebuild will be opened for the 2027-28 school year. Please contact Principal Wallace with any questions or concerns.
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