Parent Note: Parent Note – February 12, 2024

SCHOOL NEWS

From the Ooms Family:  Thank you to our HCS community, family and friends for all the love, support, gifts and prayers we have received through this hard journey our family is going through. We appreciate all you have done for us!

Important Reminder:  There is no school this Friday, Feb. 16 and Monday, Feb. 19.

The all-school skating party is this Thursday, Feb. 15 from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. at Lynwood Sports Center, 2030 Glenwood-Dyer Road, Lynwood, IL.  Admission is $3.50 and skates are available for $3.00.  Parents and siblings are invited to join the HCS students for a fun-filled evening! In order to expedite the admission process, please pay in cash if you are able.

7^th Grade Parents:  It is time to start planning for our 8th grade trip to Philadelphia in May of 2025! Mrs. Groen is hosting an open house meeting about this trip this evening, Feb. 12 at 6:00p.m. in her classroom. The official presentation will be at 6:00 but you may come to school between 4:00 and 6:00 if you cannot make the presentation. The purpose of starting at this time of year is to spread out payments and fundraising as much as possible.  This year, we will have 3 official fundraisers, our snack day on Wednesdays, parking on the 3rd and 4th of July, and a coffee fundraiser that we will have in May. Worldstrides is the company we use to plan the entire trip. Please reach out to Mrs. Groen with any questions as we are in the thick of planning for our trip in May as well and will have answers to your questions. We are looking forward to another year of planning for this 8th grade trip!

LIBRARY NEWS

Book Week is February 26- March 1!  

The Book Fair will be in the gym foyer and is open February 27 -March1from 8:30 – 4 pm each day.  A flyer will be sent home with your student with some book choice information.  For a bigger selection you may order online at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/highlandchrschool . All proceeds go to the library to buy more books!!  If you would like to help with the Book Fair, please contact Judy H Zandstra at [email protected]

Book Week has loads of fun and reading each day!

Monday – Be on the Reading Team! – Wear your favorite team or sports t-shirt

Tuesday – The more you Read the more you Know – Dress up like a teacher (They’ll dress up like you)

Wednesday – “Orange” you glad Reading keeps the “Blues” away? – Dress up in school colors

Thursday – I hope you “Sink your Teeth into a Good Book”. Bring your stuffed animal to school

Friday – Reading is a novel idea – Dress as your favorite book character

PTO NEWS

Save the date!! The 6th-8th grade Family Fun Night is on March 8th. More details to follow soon! 

Our next restaurant night will be on March 4th from 4-8pm at the Highland Chipotle. More details will be coming home soon. Thank you for your continued support of Highland Christian PTO! 

Are you interested in joining PTO or do you know someone who might be interested? We are in need of board members for our upcoming school year. This is a wonderful opportunity to serve your school community! Please email [email protected] for more information. 

ATHLETIC NEWS

Tuesday, Feb. 13 – 6^th, 7^th, 8^th basketball vs. Crown Point – AWAY – 4:00, 5:00, 6:00

COMMUNITY NEWS

Information on Highland Girls Softball and Highland Little League registration is available in the school office.