Highland Independent School District is a UIL Class A district with approximately 220 students enrolled. Highland School is located 12 miles southwest of Sweetwater, Texas.

Highland ISD again received an Exemplary rating on the Texas Education Agency accountability system. Exemplary is the highest rating on the state accountability rating system.

One hundred seventeen districts were rated Exemplary for 2008-09 out of over 1000 districts in the state. Only 35 districts were rated Exemplary for both the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years. Highland is the one of three Exemplary districts in the Abilene area for 2008-09.

Highland vs. Forestburg
Friday, November 20
7:30 PM
at Gordon

Playoff brackets: (UIL web site)

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, all students who took the Writing exam in grades 4 and 7 passed. Overall scores in Reading and Math increased over 2008. 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 2008-09.

Criteria for this award are:
40% or more low-income students in 2008-09
Met federal Adequate Yearly Progress on 2007 and 2008
Rated Exemplary in 2008
Rated Exemplary or Recognized in 2007
Rated Exemplary or Recognized in 2006.

Highland is one of only eight campuses in the Abilene area to receive this recognition.

Highland ISD received an Exemplary rating from the Texas Education Agency for 2007-08. Exemplary is the highest rating on the state accountability rating system.

Only 43 districts were rated Exemplary for 2007-08 out of over 1000 districts in the state. Highland is the only Exemplary district in the Abilene area.

HISD also received Gold Performance Acknowledgement in eight areas:
Advanced Courses
Attendance
Texas Success Initiative – Mathematics
Commended TAKS Reading/ELA
Commended TAKS Writing
Commended TAKS Science
Commended TAKS Social Studies
Recommended HS Program

Highland High School was chosen as one of "America's Best High Schools" by U.S. News & World Report magazine. The "America's Best High Schools" list recognizes three categories of distinction: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Highland High School received Bronze Medal recognition.

In Texas, there were 10 Gold Medal schools, 22 Silver Medal schools, and 119 Bronze Medal schools.

A complete list of "America's Best High Schools" is available at www.usnews.com/highschools.

Highland's new football and basketball districts for 2008-09 and 2009-10 are:

Football - Highland, Blackwell, Hermleigh, Moran, Novice, Trent

Basketball - Highland, Hermleigh, Ira, Loraine, Roby, Trent

Cross-Country and Spring Events - Highland, Blackwell, Garden City, Hermleigh, Loraine, Lueders-Avoca, Midland Academy, Robert Lee, Roby, Sterling City, Trent, Water Valley, Westbrook

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

For 2008-09, Highland ISD is continuing the SchoolReach 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. SchoolReach 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 radio and television stations and will use the SchoolReach system as an overlay to the public announcements.

SchoolReach 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 Nolan County-City Library is pleased to announce two new free online tutorial services: Live Homework Help and Learning Express Library.

To access these new services, click here

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 (main office)
(325) 766-2281 (superintendent fax)
(325) 766-3869 (campus 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