Highlands Highlights

February - I Love to Read Month!

2/12 PTO Meeting and Townhall 6pm - 7pm

2/14 School Spirit Day - Dress like your favorite character

2/17 Presidents Day Holiday - No School

2/18 Teacher Professional Development Day - No Students

2/20 Primp Sip and Shop Fundraiser 5 - 8pm

2/22 Family Camp Read A Lot 1-4pm

2/24 - 2/26 Deep Portage Camp - Deb & Wally

2/25 Bandstravaganza 6pm Southview Middle School

2/26 - 2/28 Deep Portage - Prowell and Spellman

3/12 Imagination Fair 5:30 - 7:30pm

For more Highlands dates, please Go to the Highlands website at: https://highlands.edinaschools.org/

Reminder! Today, Wednesday, February 12th is our PTO Townhall. Our Highlands staff will be presenting on how we teach math and you'll have the opportunity to learn some math games that can be done at home. 6pm start time in the Art Room. Please enter through Door #1. See you there!

Save the date and start planning for the Imagination Fair on March 12th!

Your kids will learn more soon in their classrooms about how they can participate. Help them get excited by exploring the event website and project ideas.

We need volunteers! We need help to make this a great experience for all of our student scientists. We especially need volunteer judges – this is a great job for parents, grandparents, or high-school-aged siblings! Watch for a volunteer sign-up link coming soon.

Highlands has a new leopard gecko in the office! Her name is Luna. She lived at Normandale for a while and then with Nurse Anne, until she moved in to our Highlands office. We love having her here and we hope that you are able to stop to see her when you visit.

We invite you to sign up to help feed Luna, if you are able to. She likes live mealworms. She will need a container of mealworms every other week. Sign up to feed Luna is here. Thank you!

Please take a minute to update Infinite Campus to include any adult who might be picking up your child/ren from school. This could include neighbors or relatives who live out of your home. This is especially important when considering potential Early Releases. For directions to update Infinite Campus, go to the Parent Portal website.

West Suburban Summer School (WSSS) offers summer classes to students entering grades 2-12 in the fall of the upcoming school year. WSSS offers a wide variety of classes for students who demonstrate an interest/passion about a topic, and are comfortable moving at a faster pace or pursuing a topic in depth. WSSS is an excellent opportunity for students and families who seek enrichment classes throughout the summer.

Classes are fee-based and designed to challenge the unique abilities of talented students. If the fee structure prohibits your child from participating, please reach out to WSSS for reduced fee options.

More information and registration can be found at www.district287.org/wsss

Timeline

• FEBRUARY 12, 2025: PREVIEW WSSS Course Catalog

• FEBRUARY 13, 2025: COURSE REQUEST PERIOD opens

• FEBRUARY 21, 2025: COURSE REQUEST PERIOD closes at 11:59 p.m.

• FEBRUARY 26, 2025: MEMBERS notified of course enrollment(s)

• FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 4, 2025: Review, accept, request changes, pay, or drop courses without penalty

• MARCH 4, 2025: Payment due by 11:59 p.m.

A district specific code is required to register. Please reach out to one of the Highlands Talent Development teachers for the code.

Erica Wattson
erica.wattson@edinaschools.org

Kristen Brovold
kristen.brovold@edinaschools.org

Please have your students check the lost and found! Thank you for labeling items so they can easily be returned to their owners. It helps to keep the lost items to a minimum. We will be donating the unclaimed items more frequently throughout the year to keep it more manageable.

Should the District call for an Early Release this winter, the plan is to send your child/ren home as they normally would for that particular day.

• If your child/ren normally rides the bus on the particular day, they will be sent home on the bus.

• If your child/ren normally goes to Kids Club, an Enrichment Class, QueTal or A2D on the particular day, the plan is for the child/ren to be picked up.

We recognize plans might change on the day of an early release. If an early release occurs, you will receive an email communication from Dr. Rieckenberg with a link to a Google Form to complete if your child/ren’s plans change from their usual end-of-day routine. Completing the Google Form:

(1) eliminates confusion for the child/ren;

(2) allows for efficiency and effectiveness in communication; and

(3) reduces phone calls into Highlands to keep main lines open.

The Health office needs to be restocked with gently used elastic waist pants. Boys and girls in all sizes are needed, but we are especially need girls and boys xsmall (5/6), small (7/8), and medium (9/10) sizes. Thank you!

Come to the February 12th PTO Town Hall Meeting and learn from Highlands Staff on math instruction, how our students are learning math concepts, what the difference is between concrete - representational - abstract and more! Learn some games you can play at home with your child/ren. Keep watching for more details, but for now, save the date and time (6pm-7pm).

Save the Date for Family Camp read a lot on Saturday, February 22nd from 1-4pm. Tickets will go on sale next month and a limited number of t-shirts and book bags will be available for sale at the event.

Main Office Line: 952-848-4500

Attendance Line: 952-848-4502

Website: https://highlands.edinaschools.org/
Location: 5505 Doncaster Way, Edina, MN 55436
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HLHappenings

Tech and Infinite Campus Help: The Help Desk is available to answer media and technology related questions from 7am -4pm. For live assistance, please call 952-848-4915