Highland High School

CALENDARS

These calendars are continually updated and provide all of the important academic and athletic/activities dates for the school year. Please look at them regularly for questions about calendar items.

March 16, 2026-March 21, 2026

Spring is here! This is Highland Make-A-Wish Week, a week where our school, led by student leadership, combines efforts with Make-A-Wish Idaho to sponsor the wish of a specific individual. Our goal every year is to raise $10,000 for this cause. As part of this students participate in Highland Idol, a singing competition inspired by American Idol used to raise money for Make-A-Wish. It is always amazing how talented all the students are that participate. We look forward to each performance. The climax of Make-A-Wish week is the assembly in the gym where the final contestants of Highland Idol perform for the student body, the person we are sponsoring through Make-A-Wish and their family. We also present them with a check on this day at the assembly. Thank you to all who have participated and dontated to this cause. Thank you to student leadership and our student leadership advisors for organizing everything. We are so excited for this week!

A reminder that Spring Break starts next week, 3/23-3/27/26. We will be back in school on Monday 3/30/26.

HIGHLAND DEBATE TAKES 2nd AT STATE!

Congratulations to Highland Debate who took 2nd at state in the Large Schools Division! One of only 2 schools that have taken 1st or 2nd at state for 6 years straight! Way to go Highland Debate! We are so proud of our Highland Debate Students and Coach Jett Smith and the other coaches that help out.

Here are the Results:

Ethan Swift-Lincoln Douglas Debate 4th Place.
Mylee Martin-Congressional Debate 4th Place.
Sammy Mowrer, Leiohu (Raine) Chen, and Scarlett Maxwell-World School's Debate 5th Place.
Isabella Rhett, TJ Beebe, and Xela Gunnell-World School's Debate 6th Place.
Maxwell Kelley-Lincoln Douglas Debate 13th Place.

State Debate Information

HIGHLAND MAKE-A-WISH WEEK IS HERE!

Make-A-Wish Week is here! We fundraise for several months with the goal donating $10,000. One of the big events that we plan is Highland Idol. It is set up like American Idol. The semi-finals are Monday, March 16 at 7pm in the gym and the finals will be at the assembly on March 19 during school hours.

Student Government is really trying to find ways to get more participation at the semi-finals since the audience vote allows one participant to make it automatically to the finals. We encourage all students and their families to come support this event. We are hoping Lily, our Make-A-Wish recipient, and her family will be able to come and it would be great if we could fill the gym that night. We will be having pizza and some raffle items for those who attend. See below information about Lily, the person we are sponsoring, and Make-A-Wish Week Calendar.

Here are the ways that you and your students can participate:

2. Purchase a Make-A-Wish t-shirt $10 each.

4. Attend semi-finals and vote for your favorite contestant by donating money to them.

5. Donate.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to Mrs. Coverdell Student Leadership Advisor.

Thank you for all of your support.

HHS Student Government

HIGHLAND DRAMA FINISHES THEIR SHOWING OF BETWEEN THE LINES & AUDITIONS FOR LAST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR

Congratulations to Highland Drama with their amazing performance of Between the Lines. It was an awesome show!

Highland Drama is now hosting auditions for their last show of the year Disney's Descendants the Musical.

Singing/Acting Auditions Friday, March 13th.
Dance Auditions Monday March 16th.
Callbacks Thursday, March 19th.

Everyone who auditions for this production will be cast!!

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Van Noy.

HIGHLAND BRINGS HOME GOLD, SILVER, & BRONZE FROM FCCLA STATE COMPETITION!

Congratulations to all of those that competed at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) State competition.

Here are the results:

Amelia Goretsky got gold in Early Childhood Education.
Breelyn Riebeek got gold in Event Management.
Rameen Aslam got silver in Job Interview Skills.
Kaydance Martinez got bronze in Job Interview Skills.
Sariah Baker got silver in Repurpose and Redesign.

HIGHLAND, POKY, & CENTURY PV-TEC STATE SKILLS USA COMPETITION

Congratulations to the Highland, Poky, and Century PV-TEC students that went to the State Skills USA Competition in Boise. As a group they swept the podium with 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. Great job to all who participated from Highland, Poky, and Century!

Student Participants were:

Isaac Giesbrecht-First Responder/EMT (1st Place)-Century.
Gage Staples-First Responder/EMT (1st Place)-Century.
Percephone Mills-First Responder/EMT (2nd Place)-Highland.
Andrew Roth-First Responder/EMT (2nd Place)-Highland..
Alexis Smith-First Responder/EMT (3rd Place)-Highland..
Ryan Miller-First Responder/EMT (3rd Place)-Highland..
William Woodin-Firefighting-Highland.
Case Brown-Firefighting-Poky.
Marek VanderSchaaf-Firefighting-Poky.
Parker Jensen-Firefighting-Century.

HIGHLAND STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC SIGNING DAY

Congratulations to all the Highland Seniors that participated in Idaho State University's Academic Signing Day last Friday and thank you to Idaho State University for putting on this amazing event. Highland students have earned over 3.5 million dollars in scholarship money to Idaho State University. It was an awesome day to celebrate Highland students academic success and share in their potential educational opportunities at ISU after high school graduation.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION GRADUATING CLASS OF 2026

Seniors there is a shared senior album on the Highland Instagram page. Please share your photos throughout the year.
Senior Celebration Assembly is May 26th at 8:45am at Highland Stadium followed by yearbook signing and refreshments in the gym.
Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal is June 4th at 11am at The ICCU Dome.
Graduates Luncheon is June 4th at 12:45pm at the Mountain Event Center (MEC).
Graduation is June 5th 1pm at The ICCU Dome.
Diploma Pickup is at Highland on Wed 6/10 & Thu 6/11 from 9am-12pm each day.

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Here is a google doc that will be updated weekly with important information and dates for our Class of 2026...

Class of 2026 Important Info & Dates

Please reach out to Principal Wallace with any questions.

CELEBRATION OF THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR NATION'S INDEPENDENCE

To all students interested, Pocatello/Chubbuck School District #25 is participating in the city wide Fine Arts Competition to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of our nation's independence. Please see the flyer below for details. All projects must be completed at the latest by Wednesday, April 15th and will be displayed as part of the Art Walk in Old Town Pocatello on Friday, May 1st. Please contact Highland school administration with any questions.

TUTORING AVAILABLE

Students, tutoring is available. This is an awesome resource, please use it if you need it.

Math Tutoring email Ms. Johnston or stop by in room B70.

General Tutoring email Ms. Fleischmann or stop by in room B4.

College Career Advisors

Dear Highland Students & Families,

Scholarship Season is NOW

We hope seniors are using these late winter / early spring months to apply apply apply to scholarships. Each institution to which a student has been accepted has scholarships, so apply on all the college websites and then you’ll have the option to see which schools are most generous. There is a short window left for students to apply to the Idaho Launch Grant on Scholarship Idaho (third round of contingent offers will be made on March 27th). Our Senior Google Classroom has scholarships we become aware of and families should consider looking for scholarships that might be offered to the children of employees, scholarships where students themselves work (McDonald’s is an example), where you bank, where you get your home or car insurance, in the fields where you hope to pursue a career (another example, the American Society of Registered Nurses). Make a list, ask recommenders for help, draft a boilerplate essay that can be adapted for any number of scholarship essay prompts, pay attention to deadlines, and keep at it until about the middle of May. The scholarships on ISU’s website change every day, so go back often to see which scholarships have opened up. No one regrets the time spent applying to scholarships, but they might regret opportunities lost in hindsight. Just see the CCAs with any questions.

That’s it for now. It’s a fun and exciting time of year with lots of good energy. We look forward to sharing it with you.

Alice & Sarah

College career advisors / C-36

HIGHLAND ATTENDANCE

Student attendance is essential for student success in school. However, we do understand that there are sometimes reasons a student cannot attend in person, but is still able to work virtually. In these situations students can request to work virtually if they meet the criteria. This is not a request for approval for long-term online work, but it is available to students who may need to miss some school days for personal reasons.

Highland Virtual Present Request Form

Virtual Present Requests are pre-arranged at least a full school day or more in advance, there is a process that happens before it is approved, and a criteria a student must meet to be eligible.

The criteria includes:

Student does not have excessive absences and/or tardies.
Student has a C or better in all classes.
The form is completed and approval is granted from teachers and administration prior to the day(s) requested.

Plan in advance, this is not something you do at the last minute. Also, please remember that this Virtual Present Request Form is for Highland only and not PV-TEC. If you have PV-TEC classes you must contact their administration for any questions regarding PV-TEC attendance. Virtual Present Requests during finals will not be approved. Students must make attendance to their finals a priority.

ACTIVITIES/ATHLETICS

Monday 3/16/26: Highland Make-A-Wish Week = Dress up Theme is Disney

Highland Native American Club Meeting at Lunch in Room B17.
Highland Art Club Meeting at Lunch in Coach Moysh's Room, Room C44.
12:00pm Make-A-Wish 3v3 Basketball Tournament @ Highland Gym.
7pm Make-A-Wish Highland Idol Semi-Finals @ Highland Gym.

Tuesday 3/17/26: Highland Make-A-Wish Week = Dress up Theme is Green/St. Patrick's Day

12:30pm Make-A-Wish 3v3 Basketball Tournament @ Highland Gym.
3pm Highland Boys Freshman/JV Baseball Double Header @ Blackfoot Baseball Complex.
3:30pm Highland JV/Varsity Tennis v. Idaho Falls High School @ Osborn Tennis Complex/Capell Park.

Wednesday 3/18/26: Highland Make-A-Wish Week = Dress up Theme is Pink Out.

Highland Jazz Band Gem State Jazz Band Festival @ Idaho Falls.
12:30pm Make-A-Wish 3v3 Basketball Tournament Championship @ Highland Gym.
Highland JV/Varsity Track & Field @ Preston High School.
3pm Highland JV Boys Baseball Double Header @ Skyline High School, Idaho Falls.
4pm Highland JV Girls Softball v. Century Varsity @ Coverdell Field/Capell Park.

Thursday 3/19/26: Highland Make-A-Wish Week = Dress up Theme is Make-A-Wish Shirt.

1:52pm Highland Make-A-Wish Assembly/Highland Idol Finals @ Highland Gym.
3:30pm Highland JV/Varsity Tennis @ Rigby.
4pm Highland Girls Softball v. Idaho Falls High School @ Coverdell Field/Capell Park.

Friday 3/20/26: Highland Make-A-Wish Week = Dress up Theme is Class Colors= 9-Grey, 10-White, 11-Red, 12-Black, Teachers-Orange.

3pm Highland Boys Freshman Baseball Double Header v. Skyline High School @ Highland Westmark Field.
3:30pm Highland JV/Varsity Tennis v. Hillcrest @ Osborn Tennis Complex/Capell Park. CANCELLED
4pm Highland Boys Varsity Baseball Rocky Mountain Tournament @ Eagle High School-Boise, ID.
7pm Highland Boys Varsity Baseball Rocky Mountain Tournament @ Mountain View High School-Boise, ID.

Saturday 3/21/26:

10am Highland Boys Varsity Baseball Rocky Mountain Tournament @ Rocky Mountain High School-Boise, ID.
1pm Highland Boys Varsity Baseball Rocky Mountain Tournament @ Centennial High School-Boise, ID.
11am Highland Boys Freshman Baseball Double Header v. Bonneville High School @ Highland Westmark Field.

Thursday 3/26/26:

3pm Highland Boys Freshman Baseball Double Header @ Century High School.

Friday 3/27/26:

2pm Highland Boys JV Baseball v. Twin Falls High School @ Poky Rails West Field.
2pm Highland Boys Varsity Baseball v. Twin Falls High School @ Highland Westmark Field.
3pm Highland Girls JV Softball Double Header v. Eagle High School @ Capell Park.
3pm Highland Girls Varsity Softball Double Header v. Eagle High School @ Coverdell Field/Capell Park.

Saturday 3/28/26:

11am Highland Boys Freshman Baseball v. Poky @ Poky Rails West Field.
11am Highland Girls JV Softball Double Header v. Centennial High School @ Capell Park.
11am Highland Girls Varsity Softball Double Header v. Centennial High School @ Coverdell Field/Capell Park.

Monday 3/30/26: