Highlands Elementary School

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Highlands Elementary is a united and collaborative learning community where students, staff, and families engage in purposeful inquiry, celebrate growth, and nurture agency so that all learners are inspired to question, connect, create, and thrive.

🎬 📣💬ON AIR: 5th graders!News Crew applications open today, Monday, August 24th, and are due back to the front office by ...
08/24/2026

🎬 📣💬ON AIR: 5th graders!

News Crew applications open today, Monday, August 24th, and are due back to the front office by Friday, August 28th.

Our morning news show is produced right here and broadcast to every classroom, and our crew is the face of Highlands. Every member gets time anchoring, filming, graphics, green screen; all of it.

Heads up: it's a real commitment. Our News Crew records in the library with Mrs. Turner, every Tuesday–Thursday at 7:45 a.m.

We need students who are responsible, respectful, and flexible enough to step into any role on any day.

Applications come home with 5th graders this afternoon.
Read the front page together before your student signs. 🦉

📚 The Highlands library is officially open for student checkout, and classes have already begun visiting! Students are l...
08/21/2026

📚 The Highlands library is officially open for student checkout, and classes have already begun visiting! Students are learning our checkout procedures, exploring the collection, and taking home their first books of the year.

Ask your child what they checked out; we'd love for the reading to continue at home! 🏡📖

And we're off! ✨🧠G/T classes started last week, and students spent their first session with Mrs. Turner building communi...
08/19/2026

And we're off! ✨🧠
G/T classes started last week, and students spent their first session with Mrs. Turner building community and making connections.

Wondering if the Gifted & Talented program might be a good fit for your child? Join us for our G/T Parent Information Session to learn about the referral and identification process, program services, and what to expect throughout the school year.

📅 August 27 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 PM | 📍 Valley Ranch Elementary
📚 The presentation will be offered in both English and Spanish.
✨ This session is for parents and guardians of students who are not currently identified for G/T services but would like to learn more.

Huge congratulations to our very first 'Impossible Shot' winner of the year! 🎉
08/18/2026

Huge congratulations to our very first 'Impossible Shot' winner of the year! 🎉

Lots of smiles, lots of learning, and we're just getting started. 😄📚 What a way to kick off the year! 💛
08/17/2026

Lots of smiles, lots of learning, and we're just getting started. 😄📚
What a way to kick off the year! 💛

🔎⛵ Inquiry in Action in 5th Grade! ⛵🔎Mr. Forrest’s fifth graders were putting the PYP into action through an engaging, i...
08/17/2026

🔎⛵ Inquiry in Action in 5th Grade! ⛵🔎

Mr. Forrest’s fifth graders were putting the PYP into action through an engaging, inquiry-based science investigation! Students designed, tested, observed, and reflected on their boats while making meaningful transdisciplinary connections between science and social studies.

As students experimented with their designs, they connected their learning to their current Unit of Inquiry, thinking about the role boats played for early explorers. This is what transdisciplinary learning is all about: students seeing that learning does not happen in isolated subjects, but connects across disciplines and to the world around them. 🌎

Students were also strengthening their Approaches to Learning (ATL) communication skills as they shared ideas, explained their thinking, listened to one another, collaborated, and discussed what was and wasn’t working. And judging by some of those priceless faces, there were definitely a few unexpected discoveries along the way! 😂🛶

We love seeing our Highlands Owls become inquirers, thinkers, communicators, and risk-takers as they ask questions, test ideas, learn from challenges, and make connections across their learning.

This is inquiry. This is transdisciplinary learning. This is IB in action!

Howdy Owl Families!Please take a moment to carefully review the updated Arrival & Dismissal Procedures and maps before t...
08/10/2026

Howdy Owl Families!

Please take a moment to carefully review the updated Arrival & Dismissal Procedures and maps before tomorrow.

Thank you for your continued patience, flexibility, and partnership as we work together to keep our Owls safe! 🦉💛🤎

🧠 Curious About GT? Join Us! 🌟Wondering if the Gifted & Talented (GT) Program might be a good fit for your child?Join us...
08/06/2026

🧠 Curious About GT? Join Us! 🌟

Wondering if the Gifted & Talented (GT) Program might be a good fit for your child?

Join us for our GT Parent Information Session to learn about the GT referral and identification process, program services, and what to expect throughout the school year. We'll also be available to answer your questions!

📚 The presentation will be offered in both English and Spanish.
✨ This event is for parents and guardians of students who are not currently identified for GT services but would like to learn more about the program.

We look forward to seeing you there and sharing how we support students with exceptional potential!

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18000 Cumberland Boulevard
Porter, TX
77365

Opening Hours

Monday 7:45am - 3:55pm
Tuesday 7:45am - 3:55pm
Wednesday 7:45am - 3:55pm
Thursday 7:45am - 3:55pm
Friday 7:45am - 3:55pm

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