Highland Elementary School

💙🐾 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.

Miss Faith's 1st grade class has been working hard to add within 20 by make a 10. They even got to draw on their desks for extra practice! So proud of these little wildcats.

Cookie Dough is here!! Please make arrangements to pick up orders after school!

Shoutout to our 5th graders who met their weekly i-Ready goal! 🎉 They celebrated with a little extra recess!

Mrs. Estep's 5th graders dedicated time to read with Mrs. Lykins's 2nd graders today. They were great leaders as they helped sound out words and take AR tests. It's so much fun to have a reading buddy!

🍪💙 Cookie Dough Delivery💙🍪 📅 Tentative Delivery Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026 Our Fall Fundraiser Cookie Dough Orders are tentatively scheduled to arrive tomorrow! Please read the following pickup information carefully so we can make the process as smooth and efficient as possible for everyone. ⏰ PICKUP WILL BE AFTER SCHOOL ONLY! Our Highland PTO volunteers need time to sort, organize, and prepare all orders before parents and guardians arrive for pickup. We appreciate your patience as our volunteers work hard to make sure everyone receives the correct order! 📦 PLEASE NOTE: 🍪 Large bulk orders will NOT be sent home with students. Please plan to pick up these orders after school. 📞 Need to pick up at another time? Please message us or call the school office to arrange for your items to be placed in the front office for pickup at a different time. Thank you for supporting Highland Elementary and our Wildcat family! Your support helps us continue providing special experiences, activities, and appreciation for our students and teachers. 💙🤍 🐾 Go Wildcats! 🐾 Please remember that the delivery date is tentative. We will share any updates if the schedule changes.

Congrats Mrs. McKenzie!

🎉 **HIGHLAND BRIGHT SPOT STAFF SPOTLIGHTS!** 🎉

Let’s give a huge round of applause to our **September Spotlight Staff Members**—**Tracy Ousley** and **Amanda Pelton**! 🐾✨

These incredible ladies go above and beyond every single day to make Highland the absolute best place for our students and staff to grow, learn, and thrive. We are so lucky to have them on our team! 💙

Thank you, Tracy and Amanda, for your dedication, passion, and hard work! Drop a congratulations comment below to help us celebrate them! 👇👇

#HighlandPride #WildcatNation #StaffSpotlight

Third grade wore blue today to support Bully Prevention Day.

The Highland Resource Center is gearing up for spooky season and is in need of costumes for students. Please donate any unneeded costumes by bringing them to the front office.

Wrestling season is right around the corner! Come out this Friday to support our Golden Eagles, and while you’re there stop by to get signed up for this season! More signup dates will be available as well. 🤼🏼💪🏼🖤⭐️

Monster Mash Dance - Sponsored by the HES PTO

🐾💙 Highland Happenings for Families! 💙🐾

We’re ready for another great week at Highland! Check out this week’s newsletter for important dates, practices, Habit 3, AR and i-Ready goals, Kona Ice, and more. 🍂📚🏀

Good Students. Brighter Tomorrows. Wildcat Pride! 💙🐾

Help Support our Boys' Basketball team!!

🎃👻 October is going to be SPOOKTACULAR at Highland Elementary! 🍿🧡

Our PTO has lots of fun planned for our Wildcats this month! From popcorn and dancing to Halloween pictures and Boo Grams, there’s plenty to look forward to! 🕸️🎶📸

🍿 Rayann’s Popcorn Fundraiser
🎃 PTO Halloween Dance
📸 Halloween Pictures with PS Photography
👻 Boo Grams coming soon!

Check out the flyer for all the dates and details, and keep an eye out for information coming home with students! 🧡💜

We can’t wait for a FUN October at Highland! 🐾🎃

Apple activity #3 in STEAM, students completed the Apple A-Head challenge in which students had to create an Apple balancing head gear device on their own using the materials provided. We tested those devices in an Apple Day relay race to see whose head gear balanced the Apple best! Our last activity was about objects that sink or float. We discussed buoyancy, watched a Brainpop Jr video, learned about making predictions and observations, testing and checking those predictions for accuracy, and then actually predicted whether or not an apple would sink or float in water. Most thought it would sink, but they learned that the apple floated! The lesson ended by predicting what other objects sink or float in a video and checking to see if they were correct! Apple Day activities in STEAM has made for a fun week!

Apple Day activity #2 in STEAM, was to design and build the tallest tower using toothpicks and Apple chunks that would stand on its own. Students found it challenging to create a tower with those supplies and the exact way to design such a tower that would stand, however they eventually did it!

For Apple Day, students in STEAM have been doing activities with apples. The first activity was to design and build a tower at least 10-20 cubes high that would balance an apple on its own for a minimum of 10 seconds. Students had to work together to design, build, and improve their tower to meet the criteria of the task. The tension was high, but they did well!