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 2, 2026-March 7, 2026

Highland Ram Family,

We have reached the last week of Trimester 2! Finals for Trimester 2 are on Wednesday 3/4 and Thursday 3/5/26. 1st, 2nd and 3rd period finals are on Wednesday 3/4 and 4th, 5th and 0 Period Finals are on Thursday 3/5. Students do not have school on Friday 3/6/26 for record day. Trimester 3 begins on Monday 3/9/26.

PREFERENTIAL SCHEDULE CHANGE REQUESTS CLOSE TUESDAY 3/3/26

Students have until Tuesday 3/3/26 to fill out the Schedule Change Request Form on the counselor's google classroom. After this date they will no longer take preferential schedule change requests.

HIGHLAND REGISTRAR-STEM SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

Applications can be found at this link= https://stem.idaho.gov/apply/stem-diploma/.

WINTER ATHLETICS/ACTIVITIES UPDATE

Congratulations to Highland Boys Wrestling who went to State this last weekend and took 5th overall! Great season to all wrestlers, below are the individual results from state. Highland Boys Wrestling was also crowned 6A State Academic Champions! Way to go Highland Wrestling!

State Results:

132lbs. Anderson, Sawyer 3rd
144lbs. Johnston, Cuyler 2nd
150lbs. Vincent, Jacob 4th
157lbs. Hernandez, Aiden 4th
165lbs. Johnston, Brakken 3rd
175lbs. Whitworth, Trayson 3rd
190lbs. Pokibro, Reid 6th

Congratulations to Highland Dance who performed amazing at state. We are so proud of their season and how much they have grown this year. Great job Highland Dance!

Congratulations to Highland Cheer who swept all categories at State bringing home the 6A State Championship in show, sideline, and pom! Great job Highland Cheer! We are so proud of this amazing accomplishment. What a season! 6A Academic State Champions, National Champions, and State Champions!

Congratulations to Highland Boys Basketball who won the district championship for the first time in over 10 years and is headed to state. Information about the state tournament is listed below...

3/5-3/7/28 State Boys Basketball @ Idaho Center in Nampa, ID.

Pictures taken by Kyle Riley-Riley's Hot Shots.

Congratulations to Highland Speech & Debate who competed at Districts at Pocatello High School this last weekend. Speech & Debate took 2nd at districts! Great job Speech & Debate!

The following students qualified for state:

Speech:
- Niendorf, Maiya
- Rhett, Bella
- Kelley, Maxwell
- Martin, Mylee
- Chen, Raine
- Mowrer, Sammy
- Riecks, Evelyn
- Martin, Mykita
- Maxwell, Scarlett
- Beebe, TJ
- Gunnell, Xela
- Wollen, Johnny
- Daigle, Aedan
- Sanford, Camden
- Lyon, Hadlee
- Farnes, Lillian
- Monroe, Rachel
Debate:
- Swift, Ethan
- Niendorf, Kai
- Niendorf, Maiya
- Kelley, Maxwell
- Martin, Mylee
- Mowrer, Sammy
- Chen, Raine
- Maxwell, Scarlett
- Rhett, Bella
- Beebe, TJ
- Gunnell, Xela
- Martin, Mykita
- Monroe, Rachel

Highland Drama starts their performance of Between the Lines. A story about a 17 year old who finds an escape to a reality within the pages of a book. The performance will be nightly (except Sunday) at 7pm starting on Thursday 3/5 and running through Tuesday 3/10/26 with a matinee on Saturday 3/7 at 1pm. Purchase your tickets online for $10 for adults and $7 for students at https://highlandhs.booktix.com/.

HIGHLAND KEY CLUB BLOOD DRIVE

Highland Key Club is sponsoring a Blood Drive at Highland on Tuesday, March 10. Students who are 16 and older can donate. 16-year-olds need parent permission. Students who donate will receive a $15 gift card by email! Contact Ms. Frasure to sign up or to get a permission slip.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ISU

Any students are invited to an upcoming college event at Idaho State University on March 5th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This event is designed to give students engaging opportunities to explore college pathways, connect with faculty and students, and learn more about academic opportunities related to education.

HIGHLAND MAKE-A-WISH CALENDAR, ETC

Highland Make-A-Wish week is right before Spring Break, March 16-19. For those of you who are new to Highland, each year we work with the Idaho Make-A-Wish program to sponsor a child and present a check to the Make-A-Wish representative and the child's family during an assembly held here at Highland. 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 with HHS students auditioning during the lunch hours (March 11-13). The semi-finals are then held on 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. I am attaching info about Lily and the Make-A-Wish calendar.

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

1. Purchase raffle tickets $1 each for a variety of gift baskets worth approximately $300-$400 each.

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

3. Get a team together for the 3-on-3 basketball tournament: $5 per person with 3-4 people per team.

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

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.
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 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,

My tulips are peeking up and the crocuses (croci, sp?) were in full bloom on Saturday. Gadzooks. Too soon, too soon! Save yourself for finals, I wanted to tell them.

What we’ll tell you is we hope students will put their best effort and energy into their finals and end-of-trimester work. Always finish strong.

Here are a couple of things to consider as we look toward the start of Tri 3 and all the excitement of the end of the year.

Senior All Day Drop In? Check!

Senior All Day Drop In last week went very well and we have the sense it was helpful to students and families. We may have hit on a formula going forward. We are grateful to the seniors and families who came out and to:

> Idaho State Financial Aid & Scholarships

> TRiO

> Idaho State Bengal Bridge

We are fortunate to have such great educational colleagues.

Contingent Launch Offers Made – Deadline is March 6th

The state of Idaho extended a second round of contingent offers for the Launch grant to seniors (by email) who applied for Launch grants (in the last couple of months). Launch provides $4,000 / year for two years ($8,000!). Students need to log into their Scholarship Idaho account and click on the red Action Required button. The hard deadline to accept this is this Friday, March 6th (we don’t have school that day). There are a number of contract terms to acknowledge and then students can hit the “Accept” button. This is a terrific funding opportunity and we want to be sure students take the action required. The CCAs have sent notes to each student who has received a contingent Launch offer. If you plan to attend college out of state or will be taking a gap year, we ask students to Decline the Launch grant (and then the money can go to another student). The deadline to accept or decline Launch is Friday, March 6th.

Field Trip to Paul Mitchell in Rexburg, Tues., March 10th

On Higher Ed + Morning, Nathan Layne was one of our presenters. If students are interested in Paul Mitchell as a training provider, the school district has organized a field trip to Paul Mitchell in Rexburg on Tuesday, March 10th. Read more in the Google classrooms. Students must be in good academic standing in terms of grades and attendance, and they need to see the CCAs in C-36 to sign up and obtain a permission slip.

Lots going on, so we’ll leave it there. Godspeed, student friends. Get good sleep before your finals and prepare well.

Alice & Sarah

College career advisors / C-36

HIGHLAND ATTENDANCE

Attendance is crucial for academic success. Please make attendance a priority.

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

Spring Sports-baseball, softball, track & field, and tennis are already starting with tryouts and practices. Please contact the front office or the specific coach for each sport with any questions.

Monday 3/2/26:

Highland Native American Club Meeting at Lunch in Room B17.
Highland Art Club Meeting at Lunch in Coach Moysh's Room, Room C44.

Tuesday 3/3/26:

Wednesday 3/4/26:

Highland Boys Basketball leaves for state tournament @ Nampa,ID-Ford Idaho Center.
Finals Periods 1, 2, and 3.

Thursday 3/5/26:

Highland Boys Basketball at State Tournament @ Nampa,ID-Ford Idaho Center.
Finals Periods 4, 5, and 0 Period.
7pm Highland Drama performance of Between the Lines. Purchase your tickets online for $10 for adults and $7 for students at https://highlandhs.booktix.com/. @ Highland Auditorium.

Friday 3/6/26:

No School for Students: Record Day.
Highland Boys Basketball at State Tournament @ Nampa,ID-Ford Idaho Center.
7pm Highland Drama performance of Between the Lines. Purchase your tickets online for $10 for adults and $7 for students at https://highlandhs.booktix.com/. @ Highland Auditorium.

Saturday 3/7/26:

Highland Boys Basketball at State Tournament @ Nampa,ID-Ford Idaho Center.
1pm Highland Drama performance of Between the Lines. Purchase your tickets online for $10 for adults and $7 for students at https://highlandhs.booktix.com/. @ Highland Auditorium.
7pm Highland Drama performance of Between the Lines. Purchase your tickets online for $10 for adults and $7 for students at https://highlandhs.booktix.com/. @ Highland Auditorium.

Monday 3/9/26:

Highland Native American Club Meeting at Lunch in Room B17.
Highland Art Club Meeting at Lunch in Coach Moysh's Room, Room C44.
7pm Highland Drama performance of Between the Lines. Purchase your tickets online for $10 for adults and $7 for students at https://highlandhs.booktix.com/. @ Highland Auditorium.