Parent/Guardian, Student, and/or Highland Supporter...
Seniors/Senior parents: Please send a baby pic and a
senior pic to hhs2018seniorpic@gmail.com
for the Senior Breakfast Slideshow.
Senior All-Night Party tickets are now on sale at HHS, rooms
B1 & B4. $40 through May 14, $50 May 15 through party
night. This will be a fabulous graduation celebration so encourage all the
seniors you know to get their tickets!
Contact Annie Leavitt,
Senior Class Party Coordinator, 208-705-7131 hhs2018gradparty@gmail.com with
questions.
The Pocatello/Chubbuck Middle School All City Track Meet will be held at Iron Horse Stadium on Tuesday 5/1-Wednesday 5/2/18 from 10am-3pm each day. Parking will be available in Highland North Parking Lot for spectators.
Highland Future Farmers of America (FFA) have opened the greenhouse. Come buy flower pots, garden plants, etc.
We appreciate and wanted to recognize the hard work of Mr. Austin Thompson. Mr. Thompson teaches science classes at Highland and has raised over $20,000 to increase the technological tools students are able to use in science classrooms at Highland High School. Thank you Mr. Thompson for all your hard work and dedication to the learning of our students.
Discussions are continuing towards a shift in the access parents, community, and other visitors have to our school. We are continuing to plan to soon limit access parents, community, and other visitors have to the school, except in cases of emergency. The plan is that all school doors will be locked throughout the day. Certain doors will be open at lunch and passing times to allow current operating procedures to continue. Steps for checking students in and out are being developed along with addressing other needs. Lunch, gifts, balloons, holidays, celebrations and other types of deliveries will no longer be allowed. These decisions come after training and collaboration with Pocatello Police Department and schools around the state. Safety is our top priority, and making a shift in limiting school access is an important step in ensuring the safety of students while at school. Further information will be provided before anything is put in place. We also would like to hear what you think. Please email (wallacbr@sd25.us) or call and speak with Mr. Wallace (208)237-1300 ext.103 to provide your questions, feedback, input or concerns.
Tonight, April 30th parents and family of our graduating students who are Highest Honors are invited to attend the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District #25 Highest Honors Reception at the Highland High School Cafeteria at 6:30pm. Students are encouraged to wear their medals they received at the luncheon to the reception as students from Highland, Pocatello, and Century High Schools are recognized for their outstanding academic achievements.
The End of the Year Calendar is as follows=
4/30/18 Highest Honors Luncheon 12pm in HHS Media Center
4/30/18 Highest Honors Reception 6:30pm in HHS Cafeteria
5/5/18 Prom: To The Moon & Back 8:30pm-11pm in HHS Main Gym $35 ticket, $40 at the door.
5/7-5/17/18 Advanced Placement Exams
5/16/18 Senior Assembly
5/17-5/18/18 Graduates Finals
5/18/18 Graduates Last Day of School
5/21/18 Graduates Makeup Day (for those that need it)
5/23-5/24/18 Freshman-Juniors Finals for Trimester 3
5/24/18 Freshman-Juniors Last Day of School
5/25/18 9am Mandatory Graduation Rehearsal @ Holt Arena
5/25/18 11am Free Graduation Breakfast @ HHS Cafeteria
5/25/18 6pm Highland Graduation @ Holt Arena
5/25/18 10:00pm Senior All-Night Graduation Party @ Mountain Event Center for more information or to volunteer to help please email hhs2018gradparty@gmail.com
5/29/18 Record Day
5/29-6/1/18 9-11am & 1-3pm Graduate Diploma Pickup Day and Fee Payment
We appreciate and love our students at Highland. Thank you parents for all you do to support them and Highland High School.
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'When I Was Your Age' And Other Pitfalls Of Talking To Teens About Stress
April 16, 2017 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/16/523592625/-when-i-was-your-age-and-other-conversational-pitfalls-of-talking-to-teens
It's difficult to have a teenager's mind. The brain develops rapidly during the adolescent years, which partially explains why teens experience anger, sadness and frustration so intensely.
During these tumultuous years, hormones surge, bodies change and adolescents must face a number of social and academic challenges, such as managing their relationships, coping with peer rejection and,— especially this time of year — graduating from high school or preparing for college admission tests.
These worries can take a definitive toll on a teenager's emotional health.
…Though all teens need coping skills to help navigate their unique set of stressors, many adolescents either don't turn to their parents for help or refuse to accept their advice.
This may be partly due to the way parents typically try to help their kids.
Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler, a psychologist in Denver, Colo., explains, "When teens are overwhelmed, parents may try to connect with their kids' feelings by drawing on their own childhood experiences. They may say things like, "When I was fourteen, I had a job, and I still did my homework and made time for my friends. I know that you can do this, too.'" They mean well when they try to connect with their teens in this comparative way, but often it prompts a communication breakdown.
"Teenagers are looking for proof that their parents don't understand them and bringing up these examples only confirms that you're not on the same wavelength," Ziegler says.
She suggests that parents try to relate to their teen's feelings by saying things like, "When I was your age, I had difficulty with my friends. I felt confused, and my heart was broken, too."
She says that these disclosures remind kids that even if technology is different, human emotions are the same. Parents can bond with their kids by focusing on these similarities.
When adolescents are distressed, most parents are inclined to try to solve their problems, but often what teens really need is help developing problem-solving skills of their own. Parents don't need an entirely new set of tools to impart these lessons to their teenagers. They can adapt lessons about empathy and perspective that they taught their kids earlier in childhood….
ISAT and SAT testing have been completed for the year and they would not have been as successful without you as parents/guardians. Thank you so much for your support!
Bengal Visit Day for Juniors—Sat. April 28 campus & housing tours, explore majors, essay writing competition etc. isu.edu/visit
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Be sure and purchase your $2 Ticket or Tickets for the Lithia Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM of Pocatello Raffle benefiting Athletics and Activities. Last year a Pocatello High School parent won a brand new Dodge Dart all expenses paid including taxes. Over $56,000 was raised for school activities in the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District in last years raffle. Support athletics and activities again this year and buy raffle tickets for $2 for the chance to win a new Jeep Renegade worth $25,000 donated by Lithia Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM of Pocatello. There is no limit on the number of tickets you can buy. All expenses for the car are covered, including taxes. All proceeds go to school athletics and activities. Tickets are on sale until May 21, 2018 and the drawing will take place at the new Lithia Dealership in Pocatello on May 31, 2018. Contact the school bursar to buy tickets (208)237-1300 and/or look to buy tickets and see the car on display at home events throughout the school year.
$6-Adults
$5-Seniors 55 and up
$4-Children 6-14yrs.
FREE-Staff w/Activities Card
FREE-Any Pocatello School District High School Student w/Activities Card
$3-Middle School Student w/Activities Card
$4-Visiting Student(s) w/Activities Card
Family Events/Activities Passes available for $130. This gets you and your entire immediate family (except high school students-they must buy their own activity card) into any home event for the entire school year. This does NOT include Holt Arena.
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Check the Following Calendars for Highland High School Events=
Academic Calendar
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1/r/month/2018/3/1Highland Events
https://highlandrams.org/



