Highland Park

Saturday, November 21, 2009

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Welcome to Highland Park Elementary

Principal Kurt Baze Welcome to Highland Park Elementary. We serve nearly 400 students Pre-K to 5th grade. We have an enthusiastic, dedicated faculty ready to work hard to meet the needs of each and every student.

We have many programs that offer a variety of educational and social opportunities for our students and their families. Events such as: Curriculum Nights, Red Ribbon week, Fire Prevention week, Camp Redlands Outdoor Education, Conflict Managers and a Bullying Prevention Program.
Students in our Accelerated Reader program are recognized during our Fantastic Friday assembly as well as with medals at the end of each year.

Our students participate in community service projects including Meals-on-Wheels, Jump Rope for Heart, United Way, and Indian Education Dinners.

We have an excellent Special Needs Inclusion Program with teachers specializing in Mild-Moderate, Learning Disabled, and Speech Therapy that work hard each day to identify and meet the needs of each of their students.

Thank you for visiting our site, visitors are always welcome. Please check in at our office to receive a visitors badge and we will be glad to show you around.

Kurt Baze
Highland Park Principal

Upcoming HP Events
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Highland Park Creed

Mrs. Wesh has been named Eskimo Joe's Teacher of the Year! She will be driving this Janzen Toyota RAV-4 SUV this summer. She and her class received prizes from Eskimo Joe's. Nikki Owens, currently a SHS sophmore and one of Mrs.Welsh's past students, submitted the winning essay selected by the Eskimo Joe panel. Visitors to our school to announce the winner were Mr. Stan Clark, owner of Eskimo Joe's and Clark Enterprises, Mr. Juergan Janzen of Janzen Toyota, Eskimo Joe, Ms. Welsh, Buffy, and Nikki Owens. Ms. Owens won a gift card from Eskimo Joe's. Highland Park students are awesome!

I am a Highland Park Panther.
I am a bright child.
I am unique and special.
There is no one I would rather be than me.
Today I have the courage to be the best I can be.
I will smile, use gentle touches, and use kind words.
I am responsible for my own actions.
I have a brilliant brain.
I can learn.
I am loved.
I will succeed.

Access Accelerated Reader

To access the AR book list, click here. You may sort by author and book level, in addition to the defaulted title sort.

Announcements

Events and Announcements - Monday, November 09, 2009

TEACHER OF THE YEAR at Highland Park is Mrs. Mastin. Mrs. Mastin teaches physical education. Parents see her every day after school helping car riders to their cars.

Mrs. Brien's School Counseling Corner
Our Highland Park counselor, Mrs. Brien, is available for individual and group counseling for students in addition to conducting guidance classes for all students. The School Counseling office is located in the Highland Park Library. If you would like to contact Ms. Brian please call her office at 533-6352. If you would like to contact her by e-mail you may email her at: sbrien@stillwater.k12.ok.us or go to "teachers" on this site. She looks forward to meeting parents and students at Highland Park Elementary throughout the school year! Check out her counseling website for more information on our counseling program and links to helpful websites for parents and teachers.

PE: Students have a great time in Coach Mastin's PE class. Proper clothing (i.e. shorts or pants) and athletic shoes need to be worn. Please help students remember to not wear flip flops, open-toed shoes or Heelies to school. We like to keep our students safe.

PTA - Parent Teacher Association: We meet at 5:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month. We have a great group of teachers and parents who would love to have you join them. Our new president is Casey Ashley. You may contact her at caseyashley@juno.com. Casey will be happy to talk to you about PTA.

PTA Meetings (Highland Park Library):

December 1, January 12, February 2; March 2, April 6, May 4

Please join us!!

Did you know?

The PTA pays for the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders to participate at the Multi-Arts Center.
The PTA contributed towards playground items.
The PTA is collecting "Nestle" water labels for free items. Please send them to your child's teacher.

What if Highland Park Elementary PTA earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!

GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half of its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!

GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, eBay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed ujp with GoodShop and every time you place an order you'll be supporting your favorite cause.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Highland Park Elementary PTA as the charity you want to support. And, be sure to spread the word!

HighLand Park Elementary National Board Certified Teachers - Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards improves teaching and student learning. National Board Certified Teachers are highly accomplished educators who meet high and rigorous standards. Highland Park Elementary has five outstanding teachers that have become Nationally Board Certified (L-R): Margaret Coffee, Denise Roberts, Denise Missal, Kasi Redfearn and Robbie Duck.

Box Tops for Education

A HEARTY "Thank You" to all the HP supporters who carefully collect and donate. The Box Tops for Education program allows Highland Park to raise needed money for projects and supplies for our students. We earned $626.37 for the school year 2005-2006. The following year we earned $844.80! Last year we earned $887.50! So far this year we have $500.50!!

Get the word out to your relatives and friends that they can help our school just by saving their box tops from food items they would normally use. Ask them to give them to you and then come see us at Highland Park. Stop by the office and they will help you with the donations. We will thank you ahead of time for your continued help and interest in HP students.