Highland's very own published author/illustrator Ginny Neil shared her book The Glorious Forest that Fire Built with students at HCPS and hosted a poetry workshop with 8th graders. We thank her so much for sharing her talents with us.
📏 Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: 🚫 A Compendium of Assessment Tools: This collection provides the school community with tools to measure a range of bullying experiences, including assessing self-reported incidents and the prevalence of bullying. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/BullyCompendium-a.pdf
📢 Cheer & Dance begins TOMORROW!
GO RAMS! 🎉
📢 Cheer & Dance will begin on Monday October 30, 2023 right after school in Mrs. Ann’s room & cafeteria from 3:30-4:30. Calling all cheerleaders, dancers, & any folks interested in being a secretive Rocky the Ram. 2023-24 sports physicals are required. Please schedule your physical if needed.
GO RAMS! 🎉
📚 School Climate Improvement Resource Package: This set of resources, reference manuals, and action guides outlines ways school leaders, personnel, and community partners can improve school climate and create an environment where students feel safe, supported, and accepted. https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/scirp/about
We'd love for you to join us!
🤚 The Relationship Between Bullying and Suicide: What We Know and What It Means for Schools: This resource provides school administrators, teachers, and other school staff with concrete, action-oriented information based on the latest science to help improve schools’ understanding of and ability to prevent and respond to bullying. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/riskprotectivefactors.html
📱 KnowBullying Mobile App: Through this app, parents, caregivers, and educators can find information to start conversations with children, share successful bullying prevention strategies, recognize the signs of bullying, and support children who are being bullied. https://store.samhsa.gov/
Please join us!
National School Bus Safety Week 🚌
Always stop when the stop-arm is out! 🛑
National School Bus Safety Week! 🚍
SLOW ON YELLOW 🟡, STOP ON RED 🔴.
IF THE STOP ARM IS OUT, KIDS ARE CROSSING AHEAD 🚶♀️.
😁 Picture makeup day is tomorrow! 📸
🚌 Bullies on the Bus: This webpage provides tips for how how parents, kids, bus drivers, and schools can work together to make the school bus bully-proof.
https://www.transfinder.com/resources/school-bus-bullying-prevention
October 16-20, 2023 / National School Bus Safety Week
Prevent Illegal School Bus Passing Awareness Campaign
Nearly every day, millions of children across the United States line up to ride the bus to school. The school bus is one of the safest modes of transportation, but illegal school bus passing poses a significant threat to children and their caretakers.
During National School Bus Safety Week help NHTSA share the message about the dangers of illegal school bus passing.
T.H.I.N.K. before you speak!
👉 National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: This program supports schools, districts, and states to build a framework to improve outcomes for students with, or at-risk for, disabilities, enhance school climate and school safety, and improve conditions for learning to promote the well-being of all students. https://www.pbis.org/
Save the date: Picture makeup day is scheduled for October 19th! 😁📸
🚫 Preventing Bullying! 🤚
This webpage provides background information on bullying, including bullying statistics in the United States, as well as prevention strategies to stop bullying before it starts.
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/bullyingresearch/fastfact.html
T.H.I.N.K. before you post!
Highland County School Board Meeting
Thursday, October 12, 2023 · 7:00pm
Highland High School Library
To join by Google Meet video: https://meet.google.com/xhk-unav-btm
To join by phone: (US) +1 267-652-0363
PIN: 378 197 357#
Public Packet: https://5il.co/26k2s