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The Educational Foundation is sponsoring a movie night on Friday, November 21, 2008. Fun for staff, community, and students alike, the movie will start at 7 PM, with the doors opening at 6. Please RSVP to sbcmom2@aol.com if you think you can come. For more details, check out the attached flier.

Reminder: Poinsettia Order forms are due Wednesday, November 19.

Don't miss out on your opportunity to order beautiful, foil-wrapped holiday poinsettias from Vern Goers Greenhouse. Order forms are available on the here. Thank you for your support!

hpilch writes "Sixth grade is going green! Help us reduce the amount of garbage in the landfills by participating in a waste free lunch. Students will be asked to bring their lunches in reusable containers in an effort to cut down on the amount of waste generated in the lunchroom. This event will be on Monday, November 24, 2008. This activity will also be incorporated in math classes by comparing the weight of waste generated on a regular lunch day to a waste free lunch day. For more information on how to prepare a "greener" lunch, visit Waste Free Lunches."

The agenda for the upcoming November 18, 2008 Board of Education meeting is now available for download in a .pdf format by clicking here.

The November, 2008 edition of Notes and News, and newsletter produced by the elementary school office is now available for download in a .pdf format by clicking here.

In response to parent requests, the district will now be archiving older website materials. This means that you will not normally see any news articles, documents, downloads, or calendar events that are more than one year old. If you are looking for something that you can not find, try using our Search Page. Type in a search phrase and click the "Archive Search" button.

8th Grade science classes, led by teacher Mr. Zeman, have been doing their part to monitor their paper savings as reported in previous articles. Now, The Doings newspaper has taken notice as well and has written an article chronicling their project.

Just 25% of the way through the school year, Mr. Zeman's 8th grade science classes have already saved just shy of 3500 sheets of paper by using digital documents instead of printed ones. If they keep on this pace for the whole year, this will amount to about 14,000 sheets in one classroom alone.

mpapierski writes "Highlands Middle School families and staff,

2008 has been a financially difficult year for so many families. The stock market crash and the number of jobs lost has had an impact on budgets and day to day living. Yet, there are still so many who are less fortunate than we, the Highlands community, who could use some help.

Once again this holiday season, Highlands Middle School is sponsoring preschool students from a Chicago inner city school and foster care children. We hope to make the holidays a little happier for these children and for our students learn the reward of giving.

We are seeking individuals, families and/or groups to sponsor a child. We are asking that a winter coat, hat, gloves, and small toy be purchased for the preschool students. The foster children are in need of one of their wish list items.

If you, your family, or a group of friends are interested in helping out, please contact Mrs. Luetkehans for a child’s name, clothing size, and wish list information. Please e-mail her at mluetkehans@district106.net or call (708) 485-3497. We will distribute names in the order that requests are received.

During the time of Thanksgiving, we are grateful and thankful for the kindness and generosity of our Highlands community. Please help us share the warmth and joy of the holidays with these children!

Happy Thanksgiving! "