📣 Calling all writers and storytellers!
The Highland County Arts Council is inviting community members to help create an “official-unofficial” ode to Highland County! ✍️
Join a series of FREE creative writing workshops where participants will write poetry, share ideas, and celebrate what makes Highland County special. No writing experience is needed—just bring your creativity!
🗓 Workshop Dates:
April 9 • April 16 • April 23
📍 Location: The Highland Center
👩🎓 Youth Workshop (Ages 11–17): 4:00–5:15 PM
🧑💼 Adult Workshop (Ages 18+): 5:30–6:45 PM
✨ Open to writers of all abilities in a welcoming, collaborative environment.
🔗 Register here:
highlandcountyartscouncil.org
The Highland County Arts Council is inviting community members to help create an “official-unofficial” ode to Highland County! ✍️
Join a series of FREE creative writing workshops where participants will write poetry, share ideas, and celebrate what makes Highland County special. No writing experience is needed—just bring your creativity!
🗓 Workshop Dates:
April 9 • April 16 • April 23
📍 Location: The Highland Center
👩🎓 Youth Workshop (Ages 11–17): 4:00–5:15 PM
🧑💼 Adult Workshop (Ages 18+): 5:30–6:45 PM
✨ Open to writers of all abilities in a welcoming, collaborative environment.
🔗 Register here:
highlandcountyartscouncil.org
🚗 Students in Mr. Warf’s Physics class recently tested their mousetrap cars, putting their knowledge of energy, motion, and design to the test. It was exciting to see the creativity and problem-solving that went into each build as students worked to see whose car could travel the farthest!
🎓📘 Senior Ad Deadline Extended!
Good news, Ram families! We have extended the Senior Ad deadline to March 20.
In addition, we are offering a FREE yearbook with the purchase of any half-page or full-page Senior Ad!
This is a great opportunity to celebrate your senior and make their yearbook even more special. Don’t miss out—get your ad submitted by March 20! 🖤💛
Good news, Ram families! We have extended the Senior Ad deadline to March 20.
In addition, we are offering a FREE yearbook with the purchase of any half-page or full-page Senior Ad!
This is a great opportunity to celebrate your senior and make their yearbook even more special. Don’t miss out—get your ad submitted by March 20! 🖤💛
📵✨ Tech-Free Tuesdays! ✨📵
Each Tuesday, our students and staff set aside devices to focus on hands-on learning, creativity, and face-to-face connections. 💡📚✏️
We’re excited to keep building this tradition and seeing the great things that happen when we go screen-free—together!
📚☀️ Mrs. Hupman’s Spanish 4 students took their reading outside while enjoying a choose-your-own-adventure novel. The class has loved the book so much that they are now on their fourth adventure with it this semester!
Along the way, students have written summaries, created illustrations, and even developed their own alternative endings to the story. What a fun and creative way to bring reading to life!
Along the way, students have written summaries, created illustrations, and even developed their own alternative endings to the story. What a fun and creative way to bring reading to life!
Highland students are currently selling ads for the High School and Elementary Yearbooks, and we would love our community’s support! Businesses, families, and community members can purchase ad space or make a donation to support the program.
Ad options range from $65–$150, or you can make a $25 donation to be listed on our Acknowledgement Page.
📅 Deadline: April 1
See the attached forms for details. Thank you for supporting our students!
Ad options range from $65–$150, or you can make a $25 donation to be listed on our Acknowledgement Page.
📅 Deadline: April 1
See the attached forms for details. Thank you for supporting our students!
📣 Highland PTO
Join us for our monthly meetings on the Tuesday before School Board meetings at 7:00 PM in the Elementary Library.
🗓 Upcoming Dates:
March 10
April 7
May 12
June 9
July 7
Your voice matters! Come connect, share ideas, and support our students and schools. 💙💛
🎒 Kindergarten Registration
It’s time to start preparing for the 2026–2027 school year! If you have a child who will be entering Kindergarten, registration is now open.
📄 The registration packet can be found here:
https://www.highland.k12.va.us/page/elementary
Required documents include:
• Birth Certificate
• Physical Exam
• Immunization Record
For more information, please contact Highland Elementary School at 540-468-6360. We can’t wait to welcome our newest Rams! 🐏📚
It’s time to start preparing for the 2026–2027 school year! If you have a child who will be entering Kindergarten, registration is now open.
📄 The registration packet can be found here:
https://www.highland.k12.va.us/page/elementary
Required documents include:
• Birth Certificate
• Physical Exam
• Immunization Record
For more information, please contact Highland Elementary School at 540-468-6360. We can’t wait to welcome our newest Rams! 🐏📚
March 2 was officially Read Across America Day, and our 3rd graders definitely took it seriously—some of them maybe a little too seriously! 😎
We are proud of our young readers for stepping up to the 40 Book Challenge from March through April. We can’t wait to see all the amazing books they discover along the way! 📖✨
We are proud of our young readers for stepping up to the 40 Book Challenge from March through April. We can’t wait to see all the amazing books they discover along the way! 📖✨
A little feel-good moment on this sunny March day! ☀️
Our seniors took a break and went back to their childhood roots, spending some time outside creating colorful chalk art just like the good old recess days. Sometimes the best memories are made by simply slowing down, enjoying the sunshine, and embracing a little bit of fun. 🎨
Our seniors took a break and went back to their childhood roots, spending some time outside creating colorful chalk art just like the good old recess days. Sometimes the best memories are made by simply slowing down, enjoying the sunshine, and embracing a little bit of fun. 🎨
Highland County School Board Meeting
Thursday, March 12, 2026 · 7:00pm
Highland High School Library
Agenda/Public Packet: https://aptg.co/0GZ6LB
To join by Google Meet video: https://meet.google.com/mps-ufhk-ucz
To join by phone: (US) +1 904-900-0460
PIN: 608 532 247#
Thursday, March 12, 2026 · 7:00pm
Highland High School Library
Agenda/Public Packet: https://aptg.co/0GZ6LB
To join by Google Meet video: https://meet.google.com/mps-ufhk-ucz
To join by phone: (US) +1 904-900-0460
PIN: 608 532 247#
📢 PUBLIC NOTICE
Highland County School Board - Budget Work Sessions and Public Hearing
The Highland County School Board will hold Budget Work Sessions on the following dates:
🗓 Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., in the High School Library
🗓 Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., in the High School Library
🗣 A Public Hearing on the proposed budget will be held immediately following the March 26, 2026 work session at the same location.
Highland County School Board - Budget Work Sessions and Public Hearing
The Highland County School Board will hold Budget Work Sessions on the following dates:
🗓 Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., in the High School Library
🗓 Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., in the High School Library
🗣 A Public Hearing on the proposed budget will be held immediately following the March 26, 2026 work session at the same location.
🏅❄️ Winter Olympics Fun in P.E.!
Our elementary students have been having an incredible time participating in Winter Olympic stations during P.E.! Each day, they eagerly checked the medal count to see how their teams were doing!
To make it even more special, students had the opportunity to design their own medals, adding a creative touch to the competition. It’s been a fantastic way to stay active, build teamwork, and celebrate a little friendly competition. Great job, everyone! 🎉
Our elementary students have been having an incredible time participating in Winter Olympic stations during P.E.! Each day, they eagerly checked the medal count to see how their teams were doing!
To make it even more special, students had the opportunity to design their own medals, adding a creative touch to the competition. It’s been a fantastic way to stay active, build teamwork, and celebrate a little friendly competition. Great job, everyone! 🎉
🥞🍁 We are getting ready for the Maple Festival and need your help! There are several ways to volunteer and support our students:
🌭 Bazaar
Contact Mrs. Myers at amyers@highland.k12.va.us
🥛 FFA Milkshakes
Email Mrs. Neil at jcneil@highland.k12.va.us
🥞 Pancake Shifts
To sign up, please contact Candace Lightner at 540-468-6360 or crlightner@highland.k12.va.us
All proceeds directly benefit HCPS students! 💙
Thank you for helping make the Maple Festival a success!
Our kindergarten scientists have been busy exploring magnets! Through hands-on investigations, students discovered the power of magnetism and learned how magnets can attract and repel. They experimented with different objects to see what would stick and what wouldn’t, and they observed how magnets push away or pull toward each other. This exciting exploration sparked curiosity, encouraged predictions, and helped build early science vocabulary in a fun and engaging way! 🧲
🌎🏀 Our 4th grade students had a blast playing Around the World in Mrs. Wood’s gym class! This fun activity kept everyone moving, practicing their basketball skills, and cheering on their classmates.
🏃♂️ According to a study published by the National Academies of Sciences (Educating the Student Body), regular physical activity in children is linked to improved attention, memory, and academic performance in the classroom.
🏃♂️ According to a study published by the National Academies of Sciences (Educating the Student Body), regular physical activity in children is linked to improved attention, memory, and academic performance in the classroom.
🕺💃🎉 Our students had a great time at this year’s homecoming dance! It was a wonderful night filled with music and laughter.
We are so glad to see our students making memories and enjoying time together. 💙
We are so glad to see our students making memories and enjoying time together. 💙
Our kindergarteners had so much fun exploring shadows! Using flashlights indoors and sunlight outdoors, students discovered how shadows are made and how they change. They experimented with different objects to see how size, position, and light affected the shadows. Through hands-on learning and exploration in nature, students asked questions, made observations, and shared their discoveries with excitement. It was a fun and engaging way to explore science both inside and outside the classroom! ☀️🔦
🎓📘 Senior Ad Deadline Extended!
Good news, Ram families! We have extended the Senior Ad deadline to March 20.
In addition, we are offering a FREE yearbook with the purchase of any half-page or full-page Senior Ad!
This is a great opportunity to celebrate your senior and make their yearbook even more special. Don’t miss out—get your ad submitted by March 20! 🖤💛
Good news, Ram families! We have extended the Senior Ad deadline to March 20.
In addition, we are offering a FREE yearbook with the purchase of any half-page or full-page Senior Ad!
This is a great opportunity to celebrate your senior and make their yearbook even more special. Don’t miss out—get your ad submitted by March 20! 🖤💛
Highland County Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, due to forecasted freezing rain overnight and below-freezing temperatures in the morning.
Road conditions will be evaluated in the morning to determine if a school closure is necessary.
