Highland Independent School District is a UIL Class A district with approximately 225 students enrolled. Highland School is located 12 miles southwest of Sweetwater, Texas.

Thursday, May 03, 2012 Highland One-Act Play will present for the public:

sf “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, published by the Dramatists Play Service

The show will begin at 7:00 PM in the Highland Activity Center.

Admission will be $3 for adults and $1 for students.

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For the fourth consecutive year, Highland ISD received an Exemplary rating on the Texas Education Agency accountability system. Exemplary is the highest rating on the state accountability rating system. Only 14 districts were rated Exemplary for 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11 school years. Highland is the only of Exemplary district in the Abilene area for 2010-11.

HISD students again performed at a high level on this spring’s Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) tests. Preliminary scores indicate that over 90% of students in grades 3-11 as a whole passed the five subject area tests. As was the case in 2008, 2009, and 2010, all students who took the Writing exam in grades 4 and 7 passed.
HISD students also did well at the Commended Performance level. This measure refers to the highest performance level on the TAKS, as set by the State Board of Education. Students who achieve Commended Performance have shown a thorough understanding of the knowledge and skills at their grade level. Congratulations to the HISD faculty and students for their accomplishments.

The Texas Education Agency has rated HISD as a Title I Distinguished Performance Campus for 2010-11.

Criteria for this award are:
40% or more low-income students in 2010-11
Met federal Adequate Yearly Progress in 2009 and 2010
Rated Exemplary in 2010
Rated Exemplary or Recognized in 2009
Rated Exemplary or Recognized in 2008.

Highland is one of fifteen districts in the Abilene area to receive this recognition. This is the third consecutive year for Highland to be a Distinguished Performance school.

Highland's new UIL districts for 2010-11 and 2011-12 are:

Football (Division 1, District 6)- Highland, Aspermont, Hermleigh, Ira
Basketball (Division 2, District 11)- Highland, Hermleigh, Ira, Loraine, Roby, Trent, Westbrook
Cross-Country and Spring Events (District 11)- Baird, Blackwell, Bronte, Hermleigh, Highland, Loraine, Novice, Paint Rock, Panther Creek, Robert Lee, Roby, Santa Anna, Trent, Veribest

For more information, check the UIL website at www.uil.utexas.edu.

For 2010-11, Highland ISD is using the SchoolMessenger telephone broadcast system that enables school personnel to notify all households and parents by phone within minutes of an emergency or unplanned event that causes early dismissal, school cancellation or late start. SchoolMessenger may also be used from time-to-time to communicate general announcements or reminders. HISD will continue to report school closings due to inclement weather on local television stations and will use the SchoolMessenger system as an overlay to the public announcements.

SchoolMessenger simultaneously calls all listed phone numbers in our parent contact list and delivers a recorded message from the superintendent or another school administrator. The service delivers the message to both live answer and answering machines. No answers and busy signals will be automatically retried twice in 15 minute intervals after the initial call.

The mission of Highland ISD is to
* educate every student by combining the wisdom of yesterday, the technology of today, and the vision for tomorrow to develop within each student strong moral character, high self-esteem, and the desire to succeed,
* encourage parental and community involvement in the educational process, and
* demonstrate responsibility to the community through sound fiscal management and open communications.

Highland ISD
6625 FM 608
Roscoe, Texas 79545

(325) 766-3652
(325) 766-2281 (fax)

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Region XIV Education Service Center in Abilene offers workshops and events for parents. For a calendar of the events, click here