Highlands Elementary School

On April 4, 2025, Principal Dr. Headen, surprised the librarian, Deborah Delacey with a beautiful plant and a bag of special gifts on Librarians' Appreciation Day. According to T...

A group of volunteers from Oakwood University selected Highlands Elementary as a service site. On Saturday, April 12, 2025, volunteers came on campus and picked up trash outside t...

The Year of the Snake was celebrated today with several activities and participation from AAMU Community Involvement Volunteers. Students attended an assembly to see special guest...

Parents, scholars, faculty, and staff dressed in their finest ethnic apparel and participated in the first African American Heritage Ball held on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 5:...

On Tuesday, January 14, 2025 our Annual Spelling was held in the cafeteria. Twenty-one students represented each homeroom class. After 10 rounds of intense spelling and with the l...

Students in grades K-6 selected famous African Americans and brought them to life in the wax museum. Scholars created trifold organizers with facts and pictures about their famous...

On Friday, November 22nd, Principal Dixon and members of the Leadership Team surprised Ms. Jennifer Uzochukwu with a beautiful plaque, balloons, and flowers. Ms. Jenn was nominat...

On Friday, November 22nd, Principal Dixon and members of the Leadership Team surprised 6th Grade teacher, Mrs. Crystal Bates-West. She was chosen to be Highlands Teacher of the Y...

There were over 200 scholars and parents who came out to have fun at the Annual Fall Festival. Children came dressed in their story book characters and movie characters. We had a ...

HCS GATE has joined the Green Ambassador Program teaching students to be good stewards of the earth. Students learn about the environment and the importance of taking care of it. ...

Mr. Martin Hayes, an Aerospace Engineer and son of our Third Grade Teacher, Ms. Gardner talked with her class about Aerospace Engineering. The students were captivated by his pres...

We are very excited to kick off the Buddy-A-Thon fundraiser which runs from 9/6 – 9/27. The money we raise will be used to cover the cost of PBIS incentives/rewards for our st...

Scholars were excited to participate in the PBIS Kick-Off Celebration. The PBIS Coach gave a brief overview of PBIS. Then guest DJ Wallace turned up the music so they could show t...

On Friday, September 6th, we held our Grandparents Day Luncheon and Celebration. Over 136 Grandparents came to enjoy lunch with their grandchildren. There were some Grandparents w...

Promoters of the concert featuring, "That Girl Lay Lay: Back to School Bash" gifted Highlands Elementary School with 10 pairs of tickets. This picture shows the winners of the tic...

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ms. Shelia Crutcher-Stewart on her promotion to Assistant Principal at Highlands. She brings a wealth of experience and a deep comm...

On Friday, August 9, 2024, our scholars received a surprise visit from the Rocket City Trash Pandas Baseball Team and their mascot "Sprocket". Their visit was a prelude to the up...

The Highlands family congratulates our Assistant Principal, Dr. Patsey Thomas on her retirement. She served our Highlands community for five years. We wish her well in her future...

Pre-K students participated in the Bridging Ceremony to Kindergarten May 16, 2024. They sang songs such as "We're Moving Up to Kindergarten" and "So long, Farewell, Good-bye for N...

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, volunteers of the Arise2Read Program presented certificates to 2nd Grade students who met their individual goal of reading sight words fluently. Arise2Re...