This week, we proudly celebrated the induction of our newest Highland Elementary Beta Club members! These outstanding Scotties have demonstrated academic achievement, strong character, leadership, and a commitment to serving others. We are so proud of their accomplishments and look forward to seeing the positive impact they will make! Congratulations to our newest Beta Club members! You are truly examples of Excellence in Everything! #ExcellenceInEverything #ThisIsHighland

We were honored to welcome Kentucky Commissioner of Education Dr. Robbie Fletcher to Highland today! Our Scotties enjoyed sharing some of the exciting things happening at our school and showing firsthand what “Excellence in Everything” looks like! Thank you, Dr. Fletcher, for taking the time to visit Highland and celebrate the great things happening in our school! #ExcellenceInEverything #ThisIsHighland

We are proud to celebrate our amazing fifth-grade Scotties who were recognized during our Nine Weeks Awards Celebration! today! These students have demonstrated hard work, dedication, and a commitment to doing their best. We love recognizing their accomplishments and celebrating their success! Congratulations to all of our award winners! Keep striving for Excellence in Everything! #164Scottie #ExcellenceInEverything

We are proud to celebrate our amazing fourth-grade Scotties who were recognized during our Nine Weeks Awards Celebration! today! These students have demonstrated hard work, dedication, and a commitment to doing their best. We love recognizing their accomplishments and celebrating their success! Congratulations to all of our award winners! Keep striving for Excellence in Everything! #164Scottie #ExcellenceInEverything

The gym was full of our youngest hoopers on Saturday for the GYSL Skills Session. Big thanks to our GHS coaches & players for giving back! Back at it again this week & it's not too late to register!

🐾💙 CAUGHT BEING EXCELLENT! 💙🐾 Another round of Positive Office Referrals, and we couldn’t be prouder of these Scotties! 🌟 These students have gone above and beyond by showing kindness, making great choices, helping others, and being leaders in our school! We love celebrating students who do the right thing, even when nobody is watching. Keep setting the example and showing everyone what it means to be a Scottie! 👏 Way to go! Keep being EXCELLENT! 🐾 Excellence in Everything! 💙

Remember that parents can shop at the book fair after school tomorrow (Tuesday 10/27) from 3:30-5:30!
See you then!

Add money to your student's eWallet here: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/highlandelementaryschool20
Friday (10/30) will be the last day of the book fair!

Don't miss our basketball skills sessions for our upcoming GYSL leagues. These sessions will be led by GHS coaches & players, as well as our GYSL coaches. Can't wait to see you there!

We are having a school wide food drive during red ribbon week.

The book fair starts tomorrow! Students may shop on their library day. You may start an eWallet here:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/highlandelementaryschool20
The book fair will run from Thursday 10/22 through next Friday 10/30!
Parents are welcome to shop after school on Tuesday 10/27 from 3:30-5:30.

At tonight's board meeting we were fortunate to honor two people with "Inspiring Greatness" awards! Ms. Amy Byrd and Ms. Brandie Mutter both do amazing things every day. Our school community is lucky to have both!! #ExcellenceInEverything #ThisIsHighland

The "Dinner Table Project" is a wonderful resource that we would like to share with our families.

Here is the English version of this month's newsletter:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qBkjStFDRAJQfyvR8L3_55YtrI9DSRcL/view?usp=sharing

as well as the Spanish version:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BXJefiMOLBOEV806bellU7y8SI9oqgIt/view?usp=sharing

The Dinner Table Project Mission:
The Dinner Table Project was created by Four Rivers Behavioral Health Regional Prevention Center in 2015 with the basic idea that families that eat together, have better relationships. If children have better relationships with their parents and siblings, they are less likely to try drugs and alcohol. Then we found out that the children of families that share meals together also have better academic performance, higher self-esteem, a greater sense of resilience, lower risk of teen pregnancy, lower risk of depression, lower rates of obesity, and a lower likelihood of developing an eating disorder! We also wanted to incorporate the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets that young people need to succeed. Through the years, The Dinner Table Project has changed but the core has stayed the same. We encourage families to eat together at least once a week with no electronics!

https://thedinnertableproject.org/

GYSL Basketball season is coming soon for our k-2 CoEd & Elementary girls leagues. Please join us for our skills sessions on the dates listed to get ready for the upcoming season!

Let’s hear it for Stella on being selected for the KYACDA Fall Honor Choir! She auditioned and was selected by a panel of judges to sing in November in Lexington with two hundred other 5th and 6th graders from across the state! Congratulations Stella! #ExcellenceInEverything #ThisIsHighland

The Highland PTO is asking for help from our families to "feed the candy monster" for our Monster Mash event! See the attached flyer for more information. Thanks!!

🌟 Caught Being Excellent! 🌟

This past week we have had the privilege of recognizing three outstanding Highland students with Positive Office Referrals! 🎉

These students were recognized for being leaders, making positive choices, encouraging others, and consistently demonstrating what it means to live out our motto: Excellence in Everything! 💙

We are so proud of the example they are setting for their classmates. Leadership isn’t always about being in front—it’s about making a difference through your actions, your attitude, and the way you treat others.

👏 Help us congratulate these three students for being caught BEING EXCELLENT!

#ThisIsHighland #ExcellenceInEverything

"Can't Stop the Feeling" of how excited we are for our musical this year! Congratulations to the cast of Trolls the Musical Jr! We are so proud of our talented Scotties and cannot wait to see them light up the stage!🎬🪩

Come support our young football players & cheerleaders as we take on Barren Co. at Scottie Field on Thursday, September 24th. The first game begins at 5:30!

A big thank you to our GHS Cheerleaders & Scottie for joining us this week to spread that Scottie Spirit, as we all celebrate Homecoming Week together! #ExcellenceInEverything #ThisIsHighland