Hawk Highlights
March 18, 2024
Hello, Highlands Families!
Welcome to 4th Quarter!
The next 9+ weeks will be FUN & FAST! It is so good to see your kids today after a week long break.
Upcoming Events:
- π Grade Card Timeline:
- π Access report cards on Skyward on March 22. Instructions HERE.
- π Pet Supply Drive: March 25-29.
- Goal is 100 items: pet toys, paper towels, peanut butter, dog/cat food, collars/leashes
- πΌ Skating Party: March 25th @ 6:00-8:00
- π Open House/STEAM Night: April 4th @ 5:00-7:30
- π« No School: April 12th & April 15th
- π Scholastic Book Fair: March 16-19
- π§Ί VIP Guest Lunch: Picnic on the Playground: April 19th
- During each student's normal lunch time. Bring lunch & blanket)
- π Variety Show: April 26th @ 6:30
It's great to be a Highlands Hawk!
Laura LaHue
Principal
Instagram: @HighlandsHawks512
Twitter: @512Hawks
π PTA NEWS π
π Crestview/Highlands Cultural Night: Family Heritage Survey
Highlands Elementary and Crestview Elementary are excited to partner for our inaugural Cultural Night (Fall 2024)! This night is designed to celebrate the many cultures around the world, and, more specifically, the family cultures that are present in our two schools. By filling out this form, you can help us create an experience that embraces the heritage present in the homes of our two school communities.
- π Please fill out this form to provide your family's cultural heritage.
π Highlands Variety Show
The Highlands Variety Show is a unique opportunity for our students to express their creativity! It has become a school favorite over the years, providing students with a welcoming platform and families with a memorable night to see their kids shine.
Students may come up with a solo or group act that showcases a wide variety of talents. In the past, weβve had singing, dancing, tumbling, magic acts, playing a musical instrument - solo, duet or in a group, comedy skits, and more. We also offer kids a couple of ways to participate if they donβt want to be onstage. CLICK HERE for more information and guidelines that help the show run smoothly and keep the show centered on the kids and helping them all achieve their best.
π Permission slip due March 27th.
π± β¨ Highlands Wildly Important Goals (WIGs)
HI WIG #1: Implement a system-wide monitoring process that utilizes collaborative instructional teams who meet regularly to review student data from screening, progress monitoring, and common formative assessments (CFAs) to identify next steps for instruction. (Intentional Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 instruction)
- β Lead Measures (to get us there):
- Intentional Core Instruction: Students are doing the talking (thinking); teachers are asking questions to encourage students to think and generalize what they know to new situations.
- Intentional Core Instruction: Teacher teams will use information from CFAs and real-time observations during core instruction to strategically target skills that will accelerate achievement
- Educational Equity: How will we get EVERY student there? A collective responsibility to provide students with what they need, when they need it, and with an urgency to master essential outcomes.
- IXL: students will engage in personalized learning plans using the IXL app to master skills for each priority standard with an 80% proficiency in both ELA and Math.
HI WIG #2: Prioritize social/emotional personalized learning through explicit instruction, modeling, classroom norms, school rituals/routines, and caring attention.
- β Lead Measures (to get us there):
- Student absenteeism: monitor student absenteeism and create a plan to help students be at school consistently. Students that miss 10% of school days are defined as chronically absent.
- Mindful Mornings: Each morning from 8:00-8:30 will be a time for face-to-face (device-free) connection and friendship. Students know they can softly enter their school day.
- Schoolwide system of mentorship: all-school mindful mornings each month, Hawks Nests each month, classroom buddies, and 6th grade jobs.
- Positive behavior system: of grace and accountability through our PBIS and BIST programs.