Highland School District

Photo/SubmittedSuzanne McCracken (Licensed Professional Counselor) and Michelle Tupper (Licensed Master of Social Work) have both taken the steps to become certified in equine-assisted psychotherapy. Helping students and providing them with what they need in order to be successful can happen in many different ways. The one-size-fits-all approach typically won’t be successful. Two therapists from Highland Schools have brought a new method of therapy to the district: equine-assisted psychotherapy. This method has been…

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Voters in the Highland School District:We have had the good fortune of being selected to receive 6.3 million dollars as partnership money from the state toward construction of a new high school. Our current original buildings were begun in 1963 and have multiple structural issues that cannot be simply band-aided to continue use. A positive vote for the millage request made by the Board of Education and administration will give our students…

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PHOTOS/TAMMY CURTISArchitectural rendering of proposed new Highland High School. By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The Highland School District held the first of their public meetings in their “Our Kids, Our Community,”Highland Proud millage campaign to inform the public on the need to increase the current millage by 8.9 mills to build a new high school. There was a large crowd present as Superintendent Jeremy Lewis welcomed the group.Architectural renderings of the proposed…

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Editor’s Note: The following information is from the Highland School District and is an attempt to answer questions regarding the upcoming public meeting and purpose of the proposed millage increase.The Highland School district has always taken pride in ensuring students have safe, encouraging learning environments. In recent years, they made improvements including increasing safety at building entryways, elementary school renovations, and parking lot improvements to name a few. Earlier this year, the…

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Social contracts. Hand Signals. Good Things. Affirmations. Greetings and handshakes. These may be a few of the things you’ve heard students in the Highland School District talk about since the 22-23 school year has begun.Before school started, all district administration, faculty, and staff embarked on a training journey that would affect the way they approach everything within the school system this year. The district adopted a voluntary process called Capturing Kids’ Hearts.…

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