December 16-December 21, 2024

Highland Parent, Student, and Ram Supporter,

Winter Break starts next week and goes from Saturday 12/21/24 through Sunday 1/5/25. We hope everyone has a happy holiday season and a happy new year. Please stay safe over the break. 

Lots of fun in town rivalry competitions this week. Please practice good sportsmanship cheering on our Highland Rams!  

ATTENDANCE:

Please make attendance a priority this week. Every day matters and missing just 1 day of class can have an impact on a students academics, adding up quickly, resulting in falling behind as well as truancy troubles. 

HIGHLAND JOURNALISM CLASS: FEATURE ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

EXTRACURRICULARS'

Highland Band

Highland Band is performing on Monday, 12/16, at 7pm at Century High School's Auditorium. 

Highland Choir

Tuesday 12/17 & Wednesday 12/18/24 Highland Choir is headed to Salt Lake City for their Winter Choir Performances in Salt Lake City. 

Highland Girls Basketball

Thursday 12/19/24 Girls Basketball vs. Jerome at Highland. Freshman at 4:30pm, JV at 6pm, and Varsity at 7:30pm.

Highland Boys Basketball

Wednesday 12/18/24 Boys Basketball at Century High School. Freshman and JV at 6pm and Varsity at 7:30pm.

Friday 12/20/24 Boys Basketball at Pocatello High School. Freshman and JV at 6pm and Varsity at 7:30pm. 

Highland Girls and Boys Wrestling

Wednesday 12/18/24 Girls and Boys Wrestling vs. Pocatello High School at Highland. JV starts at 5pm and Varsity follows right after. 

Friday & Saturday 12/20/24-12/21/24 Girls and Boys Wrestling competing at the Wiley Dobbs Tournament at Twin Falls High School. 

COLLEGE & CAREER ADVISORS

Idaho Launch 1st Contingent Offers Today, Dec. 16 !!

Any senior who applied to the Idaho Launch grant on the Scholarship Idaho platform should learn today by email, December 16th, whether their Launch application was accepted in the first round of contingent offers. Students will get a hard copy offer letter in the mail and in their personal email, again today, December 16. Students need to 1) check their personal email for a contingent offer, and then 2)  take action to accept or decline a contingent offer by 17 January 2025. The Launch grant is good for $8,000 total over two years of training or college, so DO NOT miss these important communications. Just ask the CCAs if you have any questions.

Idaho Launch Applicants: Complete your Career Pathway Plan

Students, if you chose to apply to the Idaho Launch grant in Scholarship Idaho, please be SURE to complete the four modules that comprise the Career Pathway Plan on Next Steps Idaho. Do you know where to find those? Your Launch grant monies cannot be released until those four modules are done (and you have re-submitted your Launch grant application). Stop by the CCAs and we’ll show you where to find them and give you a quick primer on what they will ask of you – which is not hard and does not take a great deal of time. But it’s important and we don’t want students to miss out.

If you Missed FAFSA Night, There’s a FAFSA Night # 2, January 14th

If you missed last week’s first FAFSA Night, never fear, we have another one planned:  Tuesday, January 14th, starting at 6 pm, in Highland’s Library. As before, we will have help from financial aid experts and other college personnel, along with Highland staff – we’ll have all the support and encouragement a student and parent / guardian could ask for. It is optimal for the student AND parent / guardian to come together to FAFSA Night because the one (student) invites the other (parent / guardian) to contribute. The parent / guardian can bring a personal laptop because there will be guest wifi. Mark your calendar to be there and we’ll help you get this important step done.

Create your FSA ID !

There is no FAFSA, or FAFSA submission, without an FSA ID. If you have not yet established your FSA ID, please visit the CCAs this week to get one on the books. Bring your Social Security # to the CCAs in C-36 and get that task done before you leave for your winter break. Then you’ll be good to go for FAFSA Night # 2 next month.

We wish the Highland community a lovely holiday season and all good things in 2025.

Alice Rowe

Sarah May Clarkson

College career advisors / C-36

CONTACT INFORMATION-HIGHLAND PHONE (208)237-1300
Highland High School Administration 

-Dr. Brad Wallace-Principal (wallacbr@sd25.us) phone ext.103

-Travis Bell-Assistant Principal/Athletic and Activities Director (belltr@sd25.us) phone ext.105

-Ed.S. Jena Wilcox-Assistant Principal (wilcoxje@sd25.us) phone ext.104

-Dr. Steve Morton-Assistant Principal (mortonst@sd25.us) phone ext.107

Bursar

-Shelley Huelsman (huelsms1@sd25.us) phone ext.106

Registrar

-Elaine Whitehead (whitehel@sd25.us) phone ext.114

-Katie Schwartz (schwarka@sd25.us) phone ext.111

Attendance

-Mindy Murphy (murphymi@sd25.us) phone ext.115

-Sloane Lewis (lewissl@sd25.us) phone ext.135

Counseling Center 

-Tami Romriell=students with last name A-D (romrieta@sd25.us) phone ext.131

-Christa Santos-Smith=students with last name E-K (santosch@sd25.us) phone ext.109

-Cali-Ann Hilliard=students with last name L-R (hilliaca@sd25.us) phone ext.110

-Tricia Harvala=students with last name S-Z (harvaltr@sd25.us) phone ext.116

-Sarah May Clarkson=College & Career Advisor (clarksa@sd25.us) phone ext.123

-Alice Rowe=College & Career Advisor (roweal@sd25.us) phone ext.236

School Psychologist

-Amy Holloway (hollowam@sd25.us) 

IMPORTANT LINKS