Highland Elementary School

🌟🌟Highland Bright Spot🌟🌟 Did you know that Highland offers BAND two days a week!! 🥁🎺🎷🪊 5th graders can choose to participate in band, learning about different instruments, and much more! We are so happy to have Mr. Kidd with us each week!

Academic practice for this coming week Monday and Thursday from 3:00-4:00 pm

Mrs. Bevins' classroom celebrated a great week of learning with donuts and juice. We have had a great week learning division and reading poetry.

Our 4th graders have been reading about some spoooooky spiders this week! Within their passages, the students were able to find the topic, main idea, and supporting details! They worked together to create graphic organizers, then write and present their summaries! Such creepy crawly fun!!!

For the past few weeks, the 5th grade Language Arts classes have focused on finding Problems and Solutions within Historical texts. They created their own t-charts to present examples from their passages.

Mrs. Wright’s Kindergarten Class had so much fun reading Spookley the Square Pumpkin! We made our own Spookley craft and snack and loved learning, that just like Spookley, we are all special in our own way! 🎃✨

Members of the Highland Blessing Box and Lighthouse Teams braved the morning chill to load the box with food they have donated and collected to share with our community.

Miss Fairchild's first grade class went on a leaf hunt today and did some leaf etchings using crayons and paper!

🚌 Bus Transportation Update Highland families, please be aware of the following transportation changes for this afternoon: Bus 31 & 93 will run late bringing students home as both buses were combined in 31. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to get all of our Wildcats home safely! 💙

Today is a practice NTI Night! Check rooms on JC app and/ or student folders for more information!

🚌 Bus Transportation Update

Highland families, please be aware of the following transportation changes for this afternoon:

Bus 93 will run late bringing students home, as it will make stops at the middle and high school first.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to get all of our Wildcats home safely! 💙

🐾💙 5TH GRADE FUNDRAISER: TATTOO A TEACHER! 💙🐾 Get ready for some fun! Our 5th graders are hosting a Tattoo a Teacher Fundraiser, and we need your help! Students can choose ANY teacher and purchase a temporary tattoo for them to wear proudly on Thursday, October 29th! 😎 💵 Tattoo Prices: ⭐ Small: $1 ⭐ Medium: $3 ⭐ Large: $5 When to Buy: Friday, October 23rd – Wednesday, October 28th Tattoos will be available for purchase during the school day. Let’s show our teachers some love, have a little fun, and support our amazing 5th graders! 💙🤍 Which teacher will YOU tattoo? 🐾

🎈🎈Red Ribbon Week Starts Next Week 🎈🎈

Mrs. Bolden's class used cooperative learning to plan a voyage in fifth grade social studies. It's going to be smooth sailing ⛵️ for these Wildcats! 🧭

Congratulations to Mrs. Bevins' classroom for being the winner of the Highest Attendance award for September!! 🎉🎉🎉

This is the schedule for academic team practice for this week.

🍂🐾 Highland Happenings for Families! 💙

📣 From the Desk of Dr. Moore

Another busy and exciting week ahead at Highland! Check out this week’s newsletter for important dates, basketball games, PTO events, upcoming activities, and more! 🎃🏀

💡 Let Your Light Shine!
💙 Lead with Pride. Show Respect. Have Courage. 🐾

💙🐾 WILDCAT PRIDE! WE HAVE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE! 🤍🐾 The 2025–2026 Kentucky School Report Card results are in, and we are proud to share some exciting highlights from Highland Elementary! 🌟 BLUE RATING! Highland maintained the highest performance category for School Climate and Safety! Creating a positive, safe, and supportive environment for our Wildcats is something we take great pride in! 📚 READING SUCCESS! Our reading proficiency has improved over the past several years and continues to exceed the state average! 🔬 SCIENCE GROWTH! Our Wildcats demonstrated growth in science proficiency this year, also performing above the state average! 🏆 ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE! Highland exceeded Kentucky's proficiency averages in ALL FIVE tested academic subjects! While we know there is always room to grow, we also believe in celebrating our successes along the way! These accomplishments reflect the dedication of our students, the hard work of our teachers and staff, and the continued support of our families and community. We are proud of where we've been, proud of where we are, and excited about where we're going! 💙🤍 It's a GREAT day to be a Highland Wildcat! 🐾 Let Your Light Shine! ✨ #HighlandWildcats #WildcatPride #LetYourLightShine #HighlandElementary

Third through fifth grade Highland Wildcat academic team information. Forms went home today for those interested. First practices are Tuesday, October 20th and Thursday, October 22nd. We can't wait to get this season started!

The Blessing Box and Lighthouse teams took advantage of the break in the rain today by filling up the Highland Blessing Box.