The Wildcat

• PTO info
• Girls Basketball Schedule
• Arrival and Dismissal
• New Social Media Info

Monday, August 26th-Immunization Clinic @ HHS 2:30-7pm

Thursday, August 29th-PTO meeting @ 6pm

Monday, September 9th-Girls Basketball Tryouts Start

Thursday, September 12th-picture day

• Our first meeting has been rescheduled to next Thursday, August 29th at 6pm in the library.
• PTO Membership forms were sent home. Family memberships are $10. The class with the highest percentage of paid memberships by September 13th will receive an ice cream party!
• Popcorn prepay forms also went home. These are due September 3rd and our first official day of popcorn is September 6th. Prepaying ensures your child receives a bag of popcorn on every popcorn day. Popcorn will also be available for purchase for $1 per bag every popcorn Friday.

• Room Parent forms are due September 9th.

• PTO is looking for a Hospitality Chair person, please contact Jessica jlwk1211@yahoo.com for more information

Only those that are eating breakfast can come in to the cafe at 7:20am. All other students can enter the building starting at 7:35am.

• • Doors open for students at 7:35 a.m. daily. Students who eat breakfast at school will be allowed entry beginning at 7:20 a.m. Anyone arriving after 7:50 a.m. will need to buzz and come into the main office to sign in.

  • Cars will enter the parking lot off Duluth Street (right turn only) and follow the curve to drop off students. Please pull up as far as you can and drop all your students off at one time. Have your children ready with their backpacks, lunch money, hugs, and kisses, so that when you stop they may exit the car quickly, and we can keep the drop-off line moving. The line can become backed up onto Duluth Street very quickly which causes safety issues for our parents, as well as other drivers.

  • Please drop off curbside only. Avoid dropping children off where they have to cross the street, this is extremely dangerous. It will be your responsibility to cross them if you choose to do this.

  • Please be mindful of other drivers and walkers. We know many of you have to get to work, and we want all children to be able to enter the building safely and on time.

  • 1st, 2nd, and 5th grade should be dropped off at Door C.

  • Kindergarten, 3rd, and 4th grade should be dropped off at Door B.

  • 5th graders and Mrs. Torres's class will use Door G.

At the end of the school day, the following doors will be used for dismissal:

• Grade K will exit through door J (FIVE minutes before the rest of the grade levels)

• Grade 1 will exit through door C (main doors)

• Grade 2 will exit through door B

• Grade 3 will exit through door J

• Grade 4 will exit through door I

• Grade 5 and Mrs. Torres's class will exit through door G

• Bus riders will exit through door J (a few minutes prior to the remainder of the school being dismissed where the buses will be waiting).

Cars may enter the parking lot off Duluth Street and follow the curve to pick up or park in the parking lot to walk up to get students.

PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE BUS LANE ON GRAND STREET.

We would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation as we strive to keep our Johnston families safe.

Breakfast is $1.50

Lunch is $2.00

You can find both menus here: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=2809100435083594&page=menus

The Highland Education Foundation is hosting a fundraiser this month with Pampered Chef. HEF will receive 30% of the proceeds, which will help fund Highland staff grants!
https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/hef2024

Please don't hesitate to contact us in the office for any ideas, thoughts, concerns, or words of encouragement! We are all part of this large extended mix of wonderful people we affectionately refer to as our Johnston Family.

Email: aharring@highland.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.highland.k12.in.us/o/jes
Location: 8220 5th Street, Highland, IN, United States
Phone: 219.923.2428
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