Highland High School

TRIMESTER 1 2024-25

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.

October 14-October 19, 2024

Highland Parent, Student, and Ram Supporter,

Highland Yearbook has a new website to visit with all your yearbook needs. This site is a good landing pad for students and family members to find information in one easy to navigate place. Highland Yearbook Website

We were able to put new bleachers in the Highland Gym that can provide additional seating so we can host our own games for Winter Sports and Activities coming up. This will require us to stack basketball games instead of having the Freshman and JV at the same time in separate gyms. We are excited to be able to host our events here at Highland. We greatly appreciate the support from District Administration to make this possible. We also want to thank Century and Pocatello High Schools for letting us use their facilities up until now.

NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY

The National Honors Society Induction of new members will take place tonight, 10/14/24, at 7:00pm in the Highland Auditorium.

THANK YOU CONNECTIONS CREDIT UNION!

A huge thank you to Connections Credit Union for the $5000 donation to Highland High School. We appreciate your strong support for all students in the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District #25. We appreciate your support of education in our community.

CONGRATULATIONS HIGHLAND GOLF!

Congratulations to Highland Golf! The girls took 5th in state and the boys took 6th in state. The girls were also recognized as the 6A State Academic Champions with an average 3.961 GPA! Great job Highland Golf and congratulations to our teams and Coach Burrup and Coach Miller! Thank you to everyone who worked hard to put on the State Golf Tournament and to Highland Golf Course for allowing us to host at their facility.

6A State Golf 2024

EXTRACURRICULARS'

Highland Family Sports Pass

Highland offers a family sports pass for purchase. This pass gets you into every home Highland sporting event for the regular season, excluding district playoffs, state, and some tournaments. Contact the school bursar, Mrs. Huelsman (huelsms1@sd25.us) with any questions or to purchase a pass. Upon purchase, adults must have their picture taken and it will be printed onto their pass.

$250: 2 Adults & 4 Kids (14 & Younger)

$125: 1 Adult & 4 Kids (14 & Younger)

Highland Orchestra

Highland's first orchestra concert of the year is this week on Wednesday, 10/16/24, at 7pm at Pocatello High School Auditorium.

District Tournament Soccer

Boys Soccer plays at Rigby on Tuesday, 10/15/24, at 7pm. Winner moves on in the tournament, a loss means the season is over.

Girls Soccer hosts whoever wins out of Canyon Ridge vs. Madison on Thursday, 10/17/24, at 7pm at Highland Stadium for the District Championship.

Highland Speech & Debate Recognized!

Highland Speech and Debate is being recognized...again! They are so amazing! Highland has earned the Leading Chapter Award in the Idaho Mountain River District. Only the top school in accumulated members and degrees per district earns this designation each year. Highland is 1 of only 107 schools nationwide to receive this award. Great job Highland Rams Speech & Debate! Congratulations Coach Jett Smith and your team on this amazing accomplishment!

Highland Drama

Highland Drama's first show of the year, "The Alibis" which is a comedic murder mystery following the death of a recently murdered billionaire, opens this Thursday October 17th. $10 adults, 7$ students. Show starts at 7PM Each night and 1PM for the Saturday Matinee. Come enjoy the show this week.

COLLEGE & CAREER ADVISORS

Seniors => Apply Idaho Day, Wed., October 16th

The college career advisors and other helpers will be assisting senior students with Apply Idaho on Wednesday, October 16th, in the library, during Government classes. Never fear if you don’t have Government this trimester: we have a list of those students and will call them to C-36 or they may join us at ANY point on Wednesday.

Apply Idaho is the platform from which students can apply to 10 Idaho colleges and career technical institutions for free. We presented to Government classes last week, asking them to be thoughtful in their research and application choices. In addition to Apply Idaho, we will encourage students to establish a Scholarship Idaho account AND apply to Idaho Launch for in-demand careers. Between Apply Idaho, Scholarship Idaho, and Idaho Launch students have a ton of opportunities.

In preparation for Apply Idaho, we would ask students:

> To know their Social Security number (put it in a password-protected file in your phone, not a picture of it). Apply Idaho and Scholarship Idaho will ask for it. It's good for seniors to know their S.S. #, anyway.

> Consider what their program or their college major might be – and Undecided is also a perfectly acceptable option.

> Be thoughtful in your applications. We hope each senior will apply to at least one Idaho college or training program and will only apply to the schools for which they have a sincere interest.

Here is a link to the hand-out we gave out to seniors last week: URLs, information, more.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M0eO_G4V9aT_VNJnrc0SI8fQ6DVR6hoG/edit

In addition, we can / will help students complete their applications for any out-of-state schools, private colleges, or the BYU schools (you'll need a credit or debit card for those, though.

U.S. Military Academy at West Point

There will be an information session for students and families interested in application to / service at West Point:

Tuesday, Oct. 15th

6 to 7 pm

Salt Lake City area

RSVP at: https://apply.westpoint.edu/register/MillcreekUT

Portneuf Valley College / Life Fair – Success!

The Portneuf Valley College / Life Fair was today (Monday, October 14th) and it was a success. More than 50 exhibitors were there: colleges, training programs, the Idaho National Guard and the Marines, career technical training, schools of cosmetology, and more. Highland took more than 150 students and the response has been positive. Ask your student if he / she attended and what they took away from the experience.

Next Up . . .

After Apply Idaho Day (October 16th) students will start to hear back from colleges, so we hope that students will regularly check their personal email and be responsive.

We will have an FSA ID Night in November – watch his blog to mark your calendar for that event – and we will stand ready to help students and families complete the FAFSA when it opens up.

College career advisors:

Alice Rowe

Sarah May Clarkson

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HIGHLAND KEY CLUB: UNICEF DRIVE

Thank you to all who participated in the blood drive organized by Highland Key Club it was a great success! Key Club is now sponsoring a UNICEF Drive at Highland High School. Students can donate money in their 4th period class. The last day to donate is 10/31/24. UNICEF stands for the United Nations Children's Fund. It works to protect the rights of children and adolescents, and to help them survive, thrive, and reach their full potential. UNICEF provides vaccines, supports child nutrition, and works to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.

HIGHLAND COMMUNITY TRUNK OR TREAT PUT ON BY HIGHLAND STUDENT LEADERSHIP, CLUBS, ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES

Come enjoy a trunk or treat on October 23rd from 6:30-7:30pm put on by Highland Clubs, Activities, and Sports! Highland High School 1800 Bench Road in front of the school. Use gravel parking lot to park and then walk across the street to the trunk or treat.

SOPHOMORE'S & JUNIORS WHO SIGN UP=PSAT EXAM-OCTOBER 23rd (VIRTUAL DAY 9,11,12 GRADES)

On October 23rd all Highland Sophomore's have the opportunity to take the PSAT Exam at Highland. Juniors who want to take it can also sign up to do so in order to prepare them for the SAT they will take in April. Freshman, Juniors who do not want to take the PSAT, and Seniors will stay home and have a virtual day of school that day.

If you are a Junior and would like to take the PSAT to qualify for National Merit or to prepare for the SAT that is given; in the spring, you will need to sign up in the Junior Counseling Center Google classroom (ljnspeq) and complete the form to request an exam or you may use the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DzI59U6ayyiqwJdmAZ7n2CYoLGyX4Cyod7GT2kGfJbU/edit

As mentioned before, the benefits of taking the exam include an opportunity to become familiar with the content and testing process for the SAT. When testing results are utilized, they provide students feedback on their academic strengths and weaknesses as well as opportunities to explore career interests, access college searches and help with placement for training or college programs.

Students and guardians can learn more about the digital PSAT by watching the following video: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt?navId=gh-pn

More information will follow in the next couple of weeks including time, location, what to bring etc.

CLASS OF 2025 IMPORTANT EVENTS

For parents of graduates and graduates, class of 2025. We keep a live google doc that is updated each week with all the dates and information important for graduates to know. Please review it and use it a resource to find out anything important pertaining specifically to the Class of 2025. Reach out to Principal Wallace with any additional questions.

Senior portraits are due February 14th, 2025. Contact Mrs. Smith or any yearbook student if you have questions.

Class of 2025 Important Dates & Information

DISTINGUISHED YOUNG WOMEN

Attention Junior girls graduating in the Class of 2026:

Registration for the Pocatello/Chubbuck Distinguished Young Women program is open now at https://distinguishedyw.org/idaho/pocatello-chubbuck

Distinguished Young Women is a scholarship program available to all Junior girls residing in Bannock County. The 12 week program will begin on Wednesday, January 8th with a Parent Meeting at 8pm at the Idaho Central Credit Union Administration Building. Please attend this meeting to receive further information about the program and practice schedules.

The DYW of Pocatello/Chubbuck Finals Program will be held at the Stephens Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 10th this year. $21,000 will be awarded to participants that night. If you are interested in participating, please register online or contact the Chairman, Kayla Cruz at (208)241-7671 or follow DYW of Pocatello/Chubbuck on Instagram and send us a DM.