March 10-March 15, 2025

Highland Parent, Student, and Ram Supporter,

Last week the board approved to move forward with the reconstruction of Highland High School, approving all bids. Building will start very soon, around spring break. Designs of what the reconstruction will look like are on display at the district office and in the front office at Highland High School. We are very excited by this news and grateful for everyone involved. We appreciate the leadership and tireless work of our school board of trustees and district administration as well as the committee of community and school persons tasked with this responsibility. Please contact Principal Wallace with any questions. This is an exciting time! 

SPRING EXTRACURRICULARS & SENIOR FEES

Spring extracurriculars are now underway. Please remember that all spring sport athletes need to get their fees paid prior to the first game or sporting event. Seniors, fees also need to be paid or cleared by graduation or you will not receive your diploma. Fees can now be paid online through the Infinite Campus app.  Please stop by and see or email the Bursar if you have any questions.

HIGHLAND JUNIORS, HIGHER EDUCATION + DAY

This Wednesday 3/12/25, Highland Juniors will be participating in Higher Education + day in the morning during 1st and 2nd periods. Students will go to 1st period as normal before being released. Attendance at the Higher Ed Day Sessions will be taken. Juniors will choose 3 sessions of interest to them – colleges, training programs, military reps, financial aid & scholarships, and more to choose from. Reach out to the College and Career Advisors if you have any questions. This is an important day for helping our Juniors start to develop a vision for their future or taking steps towards a vision they already have into making it a reality.

College and Career Advisors

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

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

BOYS & GIRLS STATE APPLICATIONS

Girls and Boys State Reminder

The American Legion Auxiliary Girls and Boys State programs are one of a kind! Girls and boys from across the great state of Idaho come together, empower one another and learn how the government works in their state. Those in attendance will be eligible for certain awards and scholarships. 

Girls and boys interested in participating in Girls/Boys State must fill out the application and interview with members of the American Legion Auxiliary. After completion of both the application and interview, delegates will be selected and contacted with further instructions. For 

Girls State, please visit: https://www.idgirlsstate.org/ to complete the application. DEADLINE: April 1st

Girls State will be held in Nampa from June 15-20, 2025.

For Boys State DEADLINE: March 15th

Boys State will be held in Boise from June 15-20, 2025

Please see Mrs. Santos-Smith ASAP in the Counseling and Career Center for the application. There is a $100 fee to help cover the cost of food, transportation, lodging, etc.

Email Mrs. Santos-Smith with questions.

KEY CLUB SPRING BLOOD DRIVE

Key Club is sponsoring a Blood Drive at Highland on tomorrow Tuesday, March 11.  Students who are 16 and older can donate. 16-year-olds need to fill out a form with parent permission. Students who donate will receive a $10 gift card by email! See Ms. Frasure in room B67 to sign up or to get a permission slip. 

HIGHLAND MAKE-A-WISH: $10,000 GOAL

Ryanne, an optimistic and upbeat senior who loves to dance and cheer, plans to graduate with a 4.0 and try out for a nationally ranked college dance team. Due to a serious brain tumor, her senior year has been turned upside down as she now has to balance her plans for graduating on time with the difficulty of undergoing regular treatment. Ryanne’ s wish is to go to Hawaii with her sister for some relaxing time in the sun. 

Make-A-Wish week is next week, March 17-20.  We have several activities during the week.  Highland Idol Auditions start this Wednesday 3/12/25 during lunch in the gym. Also, there are sign up sheets in room B71 if you would like to participate in the March Madness 3-on-3 basketball tournament.  Each team can have 3-4 players.  Deadline to sign up is March 13.  If we do not have enough teams we will have to cancel.  All games are being played during the lunch hour.  Also, Shirts and Bracelets are now on sale in the Bursar’s office, Room B68, B70,  and B71.  Shirts are $10 and bracelets are $2.  You can also check out the Pura Vida bracelets for $10 in Room B71.

In order to help Ryanne fulfill her dream, our current fundraising efforts include selling  raffle tickets for baskets full of amazing things.  There are 12 baskets valued from $115-$835!!!  Tickets are ONLY $1 each.  So come check out the baskets and grab a Make-A-Wish shirt while you are in Room B71! Shirts are $10 each. All proceeds go to Make-A-Wish and our goal is $10,000!

EXTRACURRICULARS'

Highland Cheer Team Tryouts

If you are interested in trying out for our amazing Highland Cheer team for next school year, there are flyers with more information in Mrs. Orr’s room, Room C35. 

Highland Band

Wednesday 3/12/25 Jazz Band Festival @ Thunder Ridge. 

Highland Speech & Debate

Good luck to Highland Speech and Debate Teams at State Competition coming up, Debate is this weekend!

• State Debate is 3/14-3/15/25 @ Kimberly High School. State Debate.

• State Speech is 4/11-4/12/25 @ Blackfoot High School. State Speech. 

Highland Baseball

Saturday 3/15/25 11am Highland JV Baseball @ Twin Falls High School Double Header vs. Twin Falls & Rocky Mountain.

Saturday 3/15/25 1pm Highland Varsity Baseball @ Twin Falls High School Double Header v. Rocky Mountain & Twin Falls. 

Highland Softball

Friday 3/14/25-Saturday 3/15/25 Highland Softball @ St. George, UT Tournament.

Highland Track & Field 

Friday 3/14/25 Highland Track & Field @ Boise. 

ATTENDANCE

Let's focus on attending on time, every class, every day. One of the biggest factors in student success is attendance. Please contact Principal Wallace with questions about attendance. Also, Please reach out to Principal Wallace prior to your student missing days for personal reasons-family vacations, funerals, club extracurriculars, etc. There is a form you will need to fill out.

COLLEGE & CAREER ADVISORS

Higher Ed + Morning for Juniors, THIS Wed., March 12th

Every spring, Highland invites colleges, universities, and training programs, as well as  military representatives, career services professionals, local experts on apprenticeships, financial aid and scholarships staff, and more to school to get the wheels of our junior students turning. It’s called Higher Ed + Morning. Juniors will choose three sessions from 16 different offerings (ten colleges / training programs) plus professional presentations. It will take place during the first and second hours this Wednesday, March 12th, and all junior students with classes at Highland in the morning are expected to participate. Students will report to their first hour where attendance will be taken, and then there will be announcements for them to pass to the first of their three sessions. Ask your junior student what they thought. The time to be thinking about the future is . . . now!

Fearless Future Scholarship – Highland Students Only ! Deadline!

The Fearless Future Scholarship provides a $1,000 scholarship just for Highland students, and which can be used for training, college, career technical education. All that’s required is a 60-second video uploaded to the Senior Google classroom (as an assignment) that answers two questions found in the assignment. Easy! The deadline is Monday, March 17th – a week from today. Go to the Fearless Future Scholarship assignment in the Senior Google classroom and start creating. Only ONE student has submitted a video thus far! That makes good odds for the one student, but surely more of you are looking for scholarship money. If you have any questions, stop by and ask the CCAs in C-36. Don’t delay.

Seniors: ISU Academic Signing Event, NEXT Wed., March 19th

If you are a senior, have been accepted to Idaho State University, and been awarded a grid scholarship upon your acceptance, we want to honor that achievement with an Academic Signing event next Wednesday, March 19th. During the 1st hour of classes, we will gather in the library, have you sign a certificate of achievement, and ply you with donuts, cheers, and morning beverages. Families and fans are also invited. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. 

University of Utah here, Thurs., March 13th

Our admissions rep from the University of Utah will be here, at school, this Thursday, March 13th, at 10:15 am, for about an hour or so, in the CCA area, C-36. Great opportunity to explore, get your questions answered, schedule a tour, or commit to enroll.

There is a lot going on, a lot to look forward to, and it is sometimes (um, often) overwhelming. The CCAs can’t always solve “overwhelm,” but we have tools and information to help students and families feel confident and excited about what is ahead.

Your friendly neighborhood CCAs,

Alice Rowe

Sarah May Clarkson

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