High Mount School

🔷🔶🔷🔶HMS BLUE & GOLD AWARD🔶🔷🔶🔷 CONGRATULATIONS to our RTI ParaEducator, Ms. Dunlap!!!

It is Principal Appreciation Week. There is no one finer than Mr. Wilkerson. Thanks for all that you do at HMS! #hmsfamily

🔷🔶🔷Students of the Month🔷🔶🔷 Congratulations to 8th grade students, Gary Ramirez-Cifuentes and Kennedy Karstens. They were recognized by the Swansea Rotary as the HMS Students of the Month for September and October. Way to go Gary and Kennedy!!! #HMS116 #HMSFamily Rotary Club of Swansea

Join our HMS family! Evening custodian needed with an immediate start date. Begin earning nearly $38,000 with outstanding benefits. (Benefits include: health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance benefit, attendance bonus, paid sick days, paid vacation days, and paid holidays.) Send a letter of interest and resume to: Dr. Beth Horner 1721 Boul Ave Swansea, IL 62226 or bhorner@highmountschool.net

Red Ribbon & Spirit Week October 25-29

🔷🔶🔷🔶HMS BLUE & GOLD AWARD🔶🔷🔶🔷 CONGRATULATIONS to Administrative Assistant and School Board Secretary, Mrs. Ackerman!!!

🔷🔶🔷🔶HMS BLUE & GOLD AWARD🔶🔷🔶🔷 CONGRATULATIONS to our 6th grade ELA teacher, Dr. ROBBEN!!!

The High Mount Concert Band is sponsoring a mask sale. Masks are $3 (or more if you wish to make a larger donation) and are sized small, medium, and large. All proceeds will be donated to the St. Louis VA Medical Center.

The High Mount Concert Band is sponsoring a mask sale. Masks are $3 (or more if you wish to make a larger donation) and are sized small, medium, and large. All proceeds will be donated to the St. Louis VA Medical Center.

🎃 THANK YOU to our students and parents who participated in the HMS Pumpkin Fest this year. We hope you enjoyed the activities and bag of treats!!! #HMSFamily

🔷🔶🔷🔶HMS BLUE & GOLD AWARD🔶🔷🔶🔷 CONGRATULATIONS to our Principal, Mr. Wilkerson!!!

Parents/Guardians: We appreciate you working with us to ensure the safety of our students at High Mount School. As a reminder, please pull all the way around to the first cone while in the circle drive during arrival and dismissal. We will have a staff member available to help your child in and out of the vehicle. Thank you for your continued support. #HMSFamily

A huge shout out to Jason Vasser-Elong from the Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, as well as Latausha Cox and Amy Torbert from the St. Louis Art Museum for speaking with our 7th grade classes. Each class is learning about the Harlem Renaissance and will be researching and curating an exhibit about an artist, poet, singer, dancer, or writer that was active during this time. These speakers gave our students tips on where to begin when curating an exhibit and lead a discussion about this amazing time period!

🔷🔶🔷🔶HMS BLUE & GOLD AWARD🔶🔷🔶🔷 CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. HAND!!!!

HMS Families, We are in need of your help at home. A recent trend on TikToc is “devious licks” or just “licks” and it is spreading quickly. A "lick" involves stealing, breaking or destroying school property. This trend is happening in schools across the country and sadly, here at High Mount School as well. In the quest for “likes” students are not fully realizing the impact of these decisions. Unfortunately, this trend is one of many on social media leading to harmful, dangerous, and criminal decisions by our youth. Everyone at HMS wants our students to take pride in our school. We want them to be responsible, respectful, and safe. It saddens me to send this message, but we must work together to stop the harmful impact social media is having on too many of our children. Please help us and talk with your child(ren) immediately. Students involved in the destruction of school property, filming videos, or watching and cheering on negative behavior could face severe consequences that could include long-term suspensions, expulsions from school, and even criminal charges. Please understand that a large majority of our students are not participating in such activities and behaviors. However, unfortunately, we have been impacted by TikToc and other social media outlets. Thus, in an effort to be proactive, I implore that you speak with your child(ren) at home to put a stop to this destructive behavior. Thank you in advance for your partnership and support! Dr. Beth A. Horner Superintendent

🔷🔶🔷🔶STUDENT SPOTLIGHT🔶🔷🔶🔷 CONGRATULATIONS to 7th grade student, Daniela Marquez. Daniela competed in the 2021 USA Karate National Championship & U.S. Team Trials earlier this month with over 1,000 of the Best athletes from the United States. Daniela finished within the Top 8 in the entire country in Kata & Kumite in the Advanced (Black Belt) division. Way to go Daniela. We are PROUD of you and your Accomplishments!!! #HMSFamily

4H has been learning about what it means to have a Growth Mindset! This means to embrace challenges, move past mistakes and to focus on always improving. Our class completed a collaborative poster that we are proud to share with our HMS family. Way to go, 4th grade!

Get your smiles ready! Picture day is this Thursday, September 16. Paper order forms were sent home, but you can also order online at shop.hrimaging.

Get your smiles ready! Picture day is this Thursday, September 16. Paper order forms were sent home, but you can also order online at shop.hrimaging.

🔷🔶🔷🔶HMS SPOTLIGHT🔶🔷🔶🔷 Each week we will recognize our BLUE & GOLD AWARD recipient through our HMS SPOTLIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS to our first recipient of the BLUE & GOLD AWARD, Mrs. Tierney-Hurst!!!!