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.

August 25-September 1, 2025

Highland Parent, Student, and Ram Supporter,

We are so excited to begin school this week and to see all of our amazing students. We hope everyone had a relaxing and fun filled summer. Fall athletics and activities are already in full swing as practices and competitions have already begun. Homecoming week is scheduled for September 8-September 13, 2025 with the Homecoming Football Game scheduled for Saturday, September 13th at 11am v. Lake City High School at Highland Stadium. The Homecoming Dance is the night of the 13th from 8:30pm-11pm at Highland. The best resources to keep informed about what is happening at Highland are...

1)This Newsletter that will be sent out every week.

2)The Highland Academic Calendar that has all of the important dates for the school year already calendared with minor revisions throughout the year.

3)The Highland Sports/Activities Calendar includes dates and locations of the sports and activities of Highland High School.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY 9/1/25

We will not have school next Monday 9/1/25 in recognition of Labor Day.

HIGHLAND PARENT ADVISORY GROUP INTEREST

We have a strong and active Parent Advisory Group here at Highland. We meet at least every other month on Mondays' at 3pm throughout the school year. This group has been a driving force behind several improvements we have made at Highland High School. We as a school rely heavily on the feedback, leadership, and support from this group. We are so appreciative of those that have been a part and helped us lead Highland through continued improvement towards excellence. Please fill out the Highland Parent Advisory Group Interest Form if you are interested in being a part of this group this school year and we will begin meeting soon.

ONGOING CONSTRUCTION & PARKING

The construction of the Auditorium, Band, Choir, Orchestra, Drama, and general classrooms along with new gyms, weightroom, wrestling room, cafeteria, etc are all progressing. Half of our science classrooms (C Wing) were remodeled over the summer and we may experience a couple weeks when school starts of some finishing touches with those classrooms. The other science classrooms (Upper B Wing) are scheduled for next summer. It is exciting, but does come with some inconveniences that are just part of the process. Much of our south student parking lot is being used for construction purposes. As a result, we expanded the newly formed parking lot in front of the school.
Students will need to park in the parking lot in front of the school.
If there are no parking spaces available then students can park in the gravel lot at the fairgrounds just west of Highland High School.
Students who do not leave at lunch can park in the south parking lot, but these spaces are limited. Again these spaces are only to be used by students who do not leave at lunch.
Do not park in parking spots marked as Visitor, handicap, or are assigned to teachers.
Do not park in any spot that is not assigned for parking (fire lanes, end of designated parking areas, etc.)
Students parked illegally will be ticketed and may be towed.

We will have a lot of students walking across the road in front of the school from the parking lot. Those crossing, please use the cross walks provided. Let's work to keep everyone safe by driving slowly and carefully around the school being aware of students, construction equipment, vehicles, construction areas, etc. Please contact school administration with any questions or concerns. All updates and information on construction can be found at Highland Rebuild.

FRESHMAN/NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION TUESDAY 8/26/25 6pm & HIGHLAND STUDENT LEADERSHIP WELCOME BACK CHALK PARTY w/SODA MIX

Tonight at 6pm in the Highland Gym, students and parents/guardians will receive a brief welcome orientation from Highland Student Leadership and the Principal and then students and their parents/guardians will have a chance to walk through their students schedule and familiarize themselves with the school, its layout, and where the students classes are located. Spirit shirts will be for sale for $5. At 6:30pm is a Welcome Back Chalk Party with Highland Student Leadership sponsored by Soda Mix in front of the school. All Freshman are invited to participate and celebrate back to school time.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WEDNESDAY 8/27/25 REGULAR BELL SCHEDULE

We are so excited to have our Highland Ram Students Back to School. The First Day of School is tomorrow, Wednesday 8/27/25. The weather is forecasted to rain all day on the first day of school, so we have moved our assembly to Friday, 8/29/25. Tomorrow 8/27/25 and Thursday 8/28/25 will both follow the regular bell schedule.

Students who travel to PV-TEC will stay at Highland the first day and attend those assigned class periods in the library. They will start travel to PV-TEC the 2nd day of school. Buses pick up students on the Northside of the school at the bus stop.
Choir, Band, and Orchestra will be at Calvary Chapel on Wednesday and Thursday and transportation will be provided. They will be in the auditorium on Friday, as transportation will not be provided because of the assembly.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Here is the regular bell schedule...

BACK TO SCHOOL ASSEMBLY MOVED TO FRIDAY 8/29/25

Because of weather the Highland Back-to-School Assembly has been rescheduled for Friday 8/29/25.

PV-TEC Students will need to attend their PV-TEC classes as normal and follow their same bus schedule.
Choir, Band, and Orchestra will be in the Auditorium on Friday because there will not be transportation to Calvary Chapel.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Here is the assembly bell schedule...

PICTURE RETAKES AND STAFF PICTURES & BELL PHOTOGRAPHY Yearbook Pictures...Link to order pictures.

Picture retakes will be taken by Bell Photography on Monday 9/8/25. This will also be Staff Picture Day. These pictures are used for the yearbook, student school ID's, and Student Activity Cards'. Graduates will have the opportunity to submit their own photo for their yearbook picture.