Highland County Public Schools

Attention Highland Elementary Parents, This is a reminder that spring pictures will be taken on Monday, April 25. Individual and class photos will be taken. Thank you and please contact your student's teacher or the main office with any questions.

On March, 10, 2022 the Highland County School Board approved FREE school lunches for all substitutes while you are here substituting for us. Join our substitute list! Applications here: https://www.highland.k12.va.us/page/current-job-openings Check out what's for lunch on our school website. https://www.highland.k12.va.us/dining Have you downloaded our app?

Save the date and join us for Mother's Day Lunch! Sunday, May 8, 2022 11:30am - 2:00pm in the HCPS Cafeteria Free Will Donation All proceeds will benefit The Class of 2024

Dear Parents, Teachers, Students, Staff, Administration, and Community, Thank you so very much for making our Spring 2022 Book Fair a huge success. Several books were donated to classroom libraries, students at HES have new books in their hands to read, and several students won posters and books in contests and drawings. Thanks also to Dr. Gary Pillow for bringing his new book Roonerspisms to our fair and giving his time to sign copies. It made my heart sing to see and feel the excitement the Book Fair generated from both students and adults alike. It couldn't have been done without the help of each and every one of you! THANK YOU for your support! ❤

On March 28th, Mrs. Springer had the final interview with Project Stem as part of the Amazon Engineer Grant. We were one of the schools chosen to receive the grant from Amazon that will give us access to middle and high school coding courses to help advance our students in the ever growing field of computer science. The field of computer science careers is projected to grow 13 percent within the next 10 years. Currently there are not enough people to fill these positions. This grant is going to provide a great opportunity to our students and community. In the upcoming 2022- 2023 school year, Mrs. Springer will be offering a high school course on Programming using Python to our 10th - 12th grade students as well as integrating computer science to the 6th and 7th grade during their science class. The 8th grade course will be available in the following school year.

Attention Highland Elementary Parents, This is a reminder that spring pictures will be taken on Monday, April 25. Individual and class photos will be taken. Thank you and please contact your student's teacher or the main office with any questions.

FREE hand sanitizer! We have a large surplus of hand sanitizer. Swing by the Elementary Office from 7:45a-3:45p M-F and let Miss Casey know you’d like a gallon of free hand sanitizer.

Highland County Public Schools will be operating on a two hour delay tomorrow April 19, 2022.

Join the Department of Social Services tomorrow, April 16th from 10:00am - 2:00pm at the Highland Center for FREE photos with the Easter Bunny!

Reminder that today is an early release day at 1:00pm. Enjoy spring break! See you back on Tuesday, April 19th.

Current Job Openings at HCPS -4th Grade Teacher -High School History Teacher -High School Special Education Teacher -Elementary School Special Education Teacher -School Psychologist -Elementary School Administrator -Superintendent https://www.highland.k12.va.us/page/current-job-openings

ATTENTION Parents! Your child will not be able to attend this assembly with out a signed permission form. Permission forms are due Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Barn Hill Preserve Assembly for PK - 12th Program Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022 If permission slips are not returned, the student will NOT be able to attend the presentation. The photo purchase is completely OPTIONAL. Permission Slip: https://5il.co/18gsz

Barn Hill Preserve Assembly for PK - 12th Program Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022 This permission slip will be sent home tomorrow. They need to be RETURNED by 4-13-2022. If they are not returned, the student will NOT be able to attend the presentation. The photo purchase is completely OPTIONAL. Permission Slip: https://5il.co/18gsz

Governor's Order for the Commonwealth of Virginia In accordance with the authority vested in me as Governor, I hereby order that the flags of the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Virginia be flown at half-staff on all state and local buildings and grounds in the Commonwealth of Virginia in respect and memory of Henrico Police Officer Trey Marshall Sutton who was killed in the line of duty. I hereby order that the flags shall be lowered at sunrise on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 and remain at half-staff until sunset. Ordered on this, the 5th day of April, 2022. Sincerely, Glenn Youngkin

Tune into 89.7 FM WVLS today from 1-3pm and listen to the Mid Kids Radio Club!

School Board Meeting Tuesday, April 12 · 7:00pm HCPS Cafeteria Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/jmh-guvr-ujr Or dial: ‪(US) +1 252-379-2920‬ PIN: ‪863 187 004‬# Agenda: https://5il.co/189yv Proposed Calendar: https://5il.co/17jn6 Service Animal Policy: https://5il.co/189yx

Good morning, Elementary Parents and Families, You are invited to join us at the Elementary Book Fair tonight from 6 - 8 pm in the Elementary School Library. Thanks for your support!

Elementary Book Fair! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/highlandelementaryschool82 Monday, April 4th - Friday, April 8th 8:30am - 4:00pm each day Evening Events: Parent Night - Tuesday, April 5th from 6pm-8pm "Paws" Night - Thursday, April 7th from 6pm-8pm - Dr. Gary Pillow is going to do a book signing of his new book, Roonerspisms.

Highland County Foster Care Information Session Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at the Highland Modular Conference Center

2022-2023 Draft School Calendar: https://5il.co/17jn6 Please review our draft calendar and send all comments to cwinkler@highland.k12.va.us by April 8th.