Thursday morning, Highland faculty and students received some news that felt like déjà vu for most. There will be no in-person learning for the next two school days, Friday and Tuesday. This last-minute decision is in response to the surging number of COVD-19 cases, mostly of the omicron variant. The...

Those little Ziploc bags that are filled with sandwiches and chips in every students lunch box are great at keeping food fresh but they are spoiling the recycling efforts at schools everywhere. And Highland is certainly one of the victims. Ziploc bags are not recyclable. Worse, each time they...

Highland teacher Sara Lea loves teaching math to her students but knows that it can stress them out. When they feel this way, it is a chance for her to teach something that goes beyond equations. Stress is a normal part of school and a normal part of life. Everyone feels it. The butterflies that are...

Mental health concerns have never been higher. From the pandemic to social media to constant bombardment of bad news streaming on phones, struggles for mental health have skyrocketed in today’s teenagers. Learning to deal with mental illness presents plenty of challenges, such as taking medication...

Highland principal Jeremy Chatterton meets students at the front doors each day and hands out masks to students who don’t have any. It’s an attempt to ensure that all students are as safe as possible. But when they leave school, Chatterton can’t control what students do. And with the holiday...