🎄✨ SCA CHRISTMAS SPIRIT WEEK IS HERE!
Get ready to spread some holiday cheer from December 15–19! Check out our festive dress-up days and join in the fun:
📅 Monday: Christmas PJ Day
🎄 Tuesday: National Tree Day
⭐ Wednesday: Christmas Character Day
🎅 Thursday: Santa & Friends Hat Day
❤️💚 Friday: Rock the Red & Green Day
Let’s make this week merry and bright!
Reminder: All outfits must follow school dress code.
🎁✨ We can’t wait to see everyone’s Christmas spirit!
Get ready to spread some holiday cheer from December 15–19! Check out our festive dress-up days and join in the fun:
📅 Monday: Christmas PJ Day
🎄 Tuesday: National Tree Day
⭐ Wednesday: Christmas Character Day
🎅 Thursday: Santa & Friends Hat Day
❤️💚 Friday: Rock the Red & Green Day
Let’s make this week merry and bright!
Reminder: All outfits must follow school dress code.
🎁✨ We can’t wait to see everyone’s Christmas spirit!
Highland Basketball – Tomorrow on our Home Court! 🏀
3:00 PM – Boys Middle School vs. Paw Paw @ Highland
4:00 PM – Girls Varsity vs. Paw Paw @ Highland
5:15 PM – Boys Varsity vs. Paw Paw @ Highland
Times have been moved up, so don’t miss a minute of the action! Come out and support our Highland Rams! 🐏
3:00 PM – Boys Middle School vs. Paw Paw @ Highland
4:00 PM – Girls Varsity vs. Paw Paw @ Highland
5:15 PM – Boys Varsity vs. Paw Paw @ Highland
Times have been moved up, so don’t miss a minute of the action! Come out and support our Highland Rams! 🐏
We are seeking your feedback on several items presented at the December 2025 School Board Meeting. Your input is vital as we plan for the 2026–2027 school year. Please take a moment to review the proposed school calendar and salary scales using the links below, and share your thoughts through the surveys or by emailing HCPS@highland.k12.va.us
📅 Proposed 2026–2027 School Calendar: https://aptg.co/1DCh6F
👉 Calendar Survey: https://forms.gle/QWznXMgwK65fKnHS7
⚖️ Proposed 2026–2027 Salary Scales: https://aptg.co/tmbp-R
👉 Salary Scale Survey: https://forms.gle/VNSr7cMGsPzVfcPf7
📄 Draft Minutes from the December 11, 2025 Meeting: https://aptg.co/Stnkmd
📅 Proposed 2026–2027 School Calendar: https://aptg.co/1DCh6F
👉 Calendar Survey: https://forms.gle/QWznXMgwK65fKnHS7
⚖️ Proposed 2026–2027 Salary Scales: https://aptg.co/tmbp-R
👉 Salary Scale Survey: https://forms.gle/VNSr7cMGsPzVfcPf7
📄 Draft Minutes from the December 11, 2025 Meeting: https://aptg.co/Stnkmd
Our Preschoolers loved having their Fifth Grade Buddies read their newly picked library books! After storytime, it was outside for some fun… and the Big Buddies quickly learned that chasing a bunch of energetic Preschoolers is a workout! 😂💨
🎶 The Advanced Band has been hard at work, and you won’t believe what they’ve been practicing! 🤩🔥 Come join us TONIGHT at 6 PM in the High School Gym for our Holiday Concert! 🎄✨ Don’t miss this festive musical celebration! 🎷🥁🎸
📣 RESCHEDULED TO JANUARY 21, 2026!
🎭 Highland High School Drama Presents: An Enemy of the People
Join us for an evening of powerful theatre as our drama students bring Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People to the stage.
📅 Wednesday, January 21st
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 School Cafeteria
We hope to see you there to support our talented students! 🌟
❄️ In the event of a school closure tomorrow, the performance will be rescheduled to Wednesday, December 17.
🎄✨ Join HCPS for our Holiday Concert tomorrow, December 12, at 6 PM in the HHS gymnasium.
Enjoy a festive evening featuring performances by our PreK–5th grade students, along with rock-and-roll holiday classics presented by the Advanced Band. 🎶🎸🥁
Families, please plan to drop students off at their classrooms at 5:30 PM so they have time to get ready. Wearing red and green is encouraged.
Throwback Thursday! 🎤✨
As a later part of Alleghany Mountain Radio’s spring fundraiser, our Radio Club took on a challenge — if they raised a certain amount of money, they earned the right to “Bedazzle the Boss!” 😂
Well… they met the challenge! 💎
Here’s a classic photo of our Radio Club members decorating Scott’s head in the name of a good cause. Hilarious memories and a great way to support local radio! 📻👏
#ThrowbackThursday #AlleghanyMountainRadio #BedazzleTheBoss #RadioClubFun
The Highland County School Board meeting scheduled for tonight is still on.
Highland County School Board Meeting
Thursday, December 11, 2025 · 6:00 p.m.
Highland High School Library
Agenda: https://aptg.co/R9FT2b
To join by Google Meet video: https://meet.google.com/pga-zfsz-okd
To join by phone: (US) +1 318-485-8758
PIN: 194 282 850#
Highland County School Board Meeting
Thursday, December 11, 2025 · 6:00 p.m.
Highland High School Library
Agenda: https://aptg.co/R9FT2b
To join by Google Meet video: https://meet.google.com/pga-zfsz-okd
To join by phone: (US) +1 318-485-8758
PIN: 194 282 850#
You can find this banner proudly hanging on Ms. Nelson’s classroom door! ⭐️💙
Highland has earned the Wise Blue Star Award, which recognizes high schools where a high percentage of students pass the Wise Financial Literacy Certification Test—showing strong personal finance skills and readiness. To qualify, schools must have at least an 80% pass rate and at least half the grade level take the exam.
Highland had an outstanding 91% pass rate! 🎉
We’ve earned this award in 2018, 2023, and 2025, and in 2021 the school was honored with the Platinum Star Award—reserved for top-tier performance where students achieve near-perfect scores. 🌟
Highland has also stood out on the national stage:
• 2021: Ranked 69th among the Top 100 Wise Best Performing High Schools in the nation
• 2023: Ranked 8th in the nation! 🚀🏆
We are also proud of the four Highland students with near-perfect scores who were nominated for the prestigious Wise Ambassador Award. Only four students nationwide are selected to win $1,000 and a trip to New York City. While our nominees were not chosen, being nominated is an incredible honor and speaks to their dedication. 🎓✏️💼
Congratulations to Ms. Nelson and all our outstanding students for continuing to set the bar high in financial literacy! 🐏
Highland has earned the Wise Blue Star Award, which recognizes high schools where a high percentage of students pass the Wise Financial Literacy Certification Test—showing strong personal finance skills and readiness. To qualify, schools must have at least an 80% pass rate and at least half the grade level take the exam.
Highland had an outstanding 91% pass rate! 🎉
We’ve earned this award in 2018, 2023, and 2025, and in 2021 the school was honored with the Platinum Star Award—reserved for top-tier performance where students achieve near-perfect scores. 🌟
Highland has also stood out on the national stage:
• 2021: Ranked 69th among the Top 100 Wise Best Performing High Schools in the nation
• 2023: Ranked 8th in the nation! 🚀🏆
We are also proud of the four Highland students with near-perfect scores who were nominated for the prestigious Wise Ambassador Award. Only four students nationwide are selected to win $1,000 and a trip to New York City. While our nominees were not chosen, being nominated is an incredible honor and speaks to their dedication. 🎓✏️💼
Congratulations to Ms. Nelson and all our outstanding students for continuing to set the bar high in financial literacy! 🐏
Highland County Public Schools will be closed today, Thursday, December 11, 2025 due to continued snow and snow covered roads. Please be safe if you must travel. No virtual learning.
Due to worsening winter weather conditions, including continued snowfall and areas of drifting overnight and this morning—particularly in the western part of the county—Highland County Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, December 11, 2025. Road crews will continue working through the early morning hours, and we encourage families to use caution while traveling. We will monitor conditions closely and provide further updates if necessary.
🎉 Our preschoolers celebrated the 50th day of school by showing off just how much they’ve learned! They proudly wrote upper and lowercase letters, practiced letter sounds and numbers, colored their “50 Days Smarter” crowns, and dotted the number 50 while carefully counting to make sure they reached fifty.
They also counted out 50 pieces of cereal and strung them together to create fun patterns. What a great way to celebrate learning and growth! 💛✨
They also counted out 50 pieces of cereal and strung them together to create fun patterns. What a great way to celebrate learning and growth! 💛✨
Our students LOVE school lunch, and it’s easy to see why! 🥪🍎🍕
A huge THANK YOU to our amazing cafeteria team who work so hard every single day to serve delicious, nutritious meals with a smile. We truly appreciate the care and effort you put into keeping our students fueled and happy! 💛👏🍽️
A huge THANK YOU to our amazing cafeteria team who work so hard every single day to serve delicious, nutritious meals with a smile. We truly appreciate the care and effort you put into keeping our students fueled and happy! 💛👏🍽️
Due to potential refreezing of secondary roads, Highland County Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay tomorrow, December 10, 2025. We are hopeful that conditions will allow us to open, but we will re-evaluate road conditions in the morning. Please check for updates then.
Our SCA reps have been hard at work planning Christmas Spirit Week! 🎄✨ These students put so much time, creativity, and heart into bringing fun and excitement to our school. We’re so proud of their leadership and dedication to making our little school a joyful place for everyone! 💙🎅🏼
🎨🖌️🪟 Our classes got creative last week with window decorating, thanks to the coordination of our NHS students! During 4th block, classes returned to their homerooms to paint two window panels based on their class themes. NHS made sure everyone had the supplies they needed and helped collect materials at the end of the day.
Students showed off their school spirit and artistic talent, and the windows are now filled with colorful, festive designs! ✨
Students showed off their school spirit and artistic talent, and the windows are now filled with colorful, festive designs! ✨
After evaluating the road conditions this morning, Highland County Public Schools will now be closed on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, due to the icy and snowy road conditions. No virtual learning.
❄️ Snow days don’t stop teachers from learning! While students were enjoying a day off, our teachers were still hard at work growing, learning, and preparing new ideas to bring back to the classroom. 👏 Mrs. Rain Hupman, Mrs. Julie Jessee, and Mrs. Brooke Springer are representing our school at the Virginia Society for Technology in Education Conference, gaining valuable knowledge, tools, and resources to enhance learning for all of our students. We’re grateful for their dedication to staying current and bringing innovative practices back to our classrooms! 💡📚💻 #VSTE #LifelongLearning #DedicatedTeachers #SnowDayLearning
Due to ongoing snow accumulations and low temperatures, Highland County Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay tomorrow, December 9, 2025. We are hopeful that conditions will allow us to open, but we will re-evaluate road conditions in the morning. Please check for updates then.
