Browse past news stories for Highland Elementary School in Highland, NY.

• Here comes Santa Claus: Metro-east communities usher in the season (Belleville News-Democrat)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 08:05:36 am
  Belleville will start offering its season's greetings with its annual Santa Parade at 10 a.m. today.
• Job market is drying up for graduating teachers (Amarillo Globe-News)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 07:11:17 am
  [In the next few weeks, Victor Favela will graduate from West Texas A&M University ready to enter the teaching profession, but a time that's supposed to be ripe with anticipation is instead steeped in anxiety.
• Valley teen finds rising fame in 'New Moon' (East Valley Tribune)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 12:10:59 am
   It’s no question what team local actor Kiowa Gordon is on: It’s Team Jacob. The former Mesa resident portrays Embry Call, Jacob Black’s best friend and werewolf pack brother in the popular movie “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”
• Santa parades: Here's the list; check it twice (Belleville News-Democrat)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 12:00:44 pm
  "Looks like ol' Santa's done it again!"
• Special American flag used to celebrate Veteran Day in Apple Valley school (Apple Valley - Rosemount Sun-Current)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 08:25:15 am
  Navy Chief Petty Officer Eddie Fitzpatrick used to don his uniform for Highland Elementary School's annual Veterans Day flag-raising ceremony. This year he's miles away, but students at the Apple Valley school still saw a piece of fabric important to him Wednesday, Nov. 11.
• Volunteer who died gets wide acclaim (Billings Gazette)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 01:41:35 am
  Alice Layman, who died last week at 78, was the kind ofvolunteer any charitable organization loved to have on board.
• Gresham police nab suspect in string of church, school thefts (Portland Tribune)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 06:09:40 pm
  Gresham police arrested a 44-year-old woman Tuesday, Nov. 24, who they say is a suspect in a string of thefts at local churches and schools in the past five months. Police took Kamila “Kami” Rhodes into custody at about 12:26 p.m. after staff members at Highland Elementary School on ...
• Boulder Mayor Susan Osborne: a model of perseverance (Colorado Daily)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 08:11:50 pm
  Susan Osborne is congratulated by former Mayor Matt Appelbaum after she was named Boulder's new mayor Tuesday. ( PAUL AIKEN )
• Boulder Mayor Susan Osborne: a model of perseverance (Boulder Daily Camera)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 04:11:18 am
  Those who know her best say that Susan Osborne's life has been defined by optimism in the face of adversity.
• Waco ISD board approves purchase of properties near Bell's Hill Elementary as part of rebuilding (Waco Tribune-Herald)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 05:28:18 am
  The Waco Independent School District board approved the purchase of four properties near Bell’s Hill Elementary School in preparation for the school’s rebuilding, slated to begin in fall 2011.
• American Education Week celebrated in Crookston public schools (Crookston Daily Times)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:09:35 pm
  Fifth-graders weigh in on their school, education
• Apple Valley student raises special flag - "Sun-Current Today" TV news - Thursday, Nov. 12 (Burnsville Sun-Current)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 08:23:53 am
  Students at Highland Elementary School in Apple Valley recognized Veterans Day yesterday with an annual flag raising ceremony.
• Highland Elementary School special programs (Provo Daily Herald)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:37:39 pm
  The Parent Program for students in Mrs. Roberts’s class is today in the lunchroom at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Christiansen’s Invention Fair is Friday, all day in the lunchroom.
• Showing off science (Milford Times)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:56:41 am
  Highland Elementary School fifth-grader Mike Waroquier said “his eyes popped” when he heard his school was having a science fair this year.
• SONM helps school kids warm up with gift of coats (This Week Upper Arlington)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 09:08:22 pm
  Responding to an evident need for a ministry to serve its neighbors, Upper Arlington Lutheran Church at Mill Run has incorporated a nonprofit organization to keep children in the Hilliard City School District warm in the winter and properly fed in the summer.
• Las Cruces man's behavior sparked child porn investigation (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:09:38 am
  LAS CRUCES - The child pornography investigation into a 50-year-old East Mesa man might not have happened had his daughter's boyfriend not allegedly seduced an 11-year-old girl he met on MySpace.
• AYP District Improvement Plan sent off (Crookston Daily Times)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 06:24:32 pm
  Major focus is reducing absenteeism by boosting two-way communication with parents and families.
• Lots of events on Veterans' Day in Crookston (Crookston Daily Times)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 06:39:42 pm
  Activities start in the morning and continue to the evening.
• News briefs for November 9 (The Danville Advocate-Messenger)
  posted on November 9, 2009 at 04:48:46 pm
  Veterans Day event at National College
• Western High principal gets national honor (Baltimore Sun)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 02:16:53 pm
  Eleanor Matthews, principal of Western High School in Baltimore, was honored with a Terrel H. Bell Award for outstanding leadership this week in Washington. Matthews is one of two Maryland principals who received the award from the U.S. Department of Education that recognizes principals who "do whatever it takes to help their students meet high standards and are committed to the notion that in ...
• Highland principal to take reins at new school (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:09:49 am
  LAS CRUCES - Highland Elementary School Principal Theresa Jones will become the principal of the new LCPS elementary school, effective in December, Superintendent Stan Rounds announced.
• Nonprofit provides coats for Hilliard kids (This Week Hilliard)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:28:44 pm
  More than 100 children in the Hilliard City School District will be a little warmer when they trudge to school this winter, thanks to a new Hilliard nonprofit organization.
• During Phillies' postseason run, fans revise their priorities (The News Journal)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 10:05:57 am
  Would recreational dodgeball players rather pummel each other with the ball, or watch the Phillies possibly pound the Yankees tonight?
• Celebrating a century (Evansville Courier & Press)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:31:47 am
  Julie McKim looked over the shoulders of her second-grade pupils Tuesday at Tekoppel Elementary School as they worked on a Thanksgiving-themed writing assignment. The room was equipped with five computer terminals and an interactive board — teaching gadgets not even dreamed about when McKim was a second-grader in the same school, in the very same classroom, in the late 1950s. Desks in the ...
• Western High principal honored by U.S. Department of Education (Baltimore Sun)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 05:28:50 pm
  She's among two in the state to be honored Eleanor Matthews, principal of Western High School in Baltimore, is receiving a Terrel H. Bell Award for outstanding leadership Tuesday morning in Washington.
• List of polling places for Tues. election (New Haven Register)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 07:16:46 am
  Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for municipal elections in area towns:
• LCPS to hold community forums (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 05:25:22 am
  LAS CRUCES - Las Cruces Public Schools has scheduled three community forums to gather public input on proposed boundary lines for all elementary schools and middle schools in the school district.
• Redistricting committee seeks public input (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 06:24:58 am
  The first of three meetings to garner public input on the proposed redistricting of the city's elementary and middle schools is set for Wednesday at Highland Elementary School, 4201 Emerald St.
• LCPS to host redistricting forums (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 06:10:28 am
  LAS CRUCES -- Las Cruces Public Schools will host a series of community forums to seek feedback on proposed redistricting plans.
• Waco ISD approves design for new Dean Highland Elementary (Waco Tribune-Herald)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 04:31:00 am
  Design plans for a new Dean Highland Elementary School were approved Thursday night at the Waco Independent School District board meeting.