Halloween Bash 2022

Happy Halloween, Highlands! What better way to celebrate the spookiest day of the year than by having a fun day for students and staff to dress up and participate in some frightful holiday activities all at the same time! This Halloween, there were several activities such as the Candy Guess Contest, a Halloween Costume Contest, and even a wacky Donut Eating Contest=! We got to see so many amazing costumes and they were all super creative and spooky! With the help of the Student Council and Mr. White students got to go home with wonderful memories and a sweet treat!  Sammi, Assembly Committee

8th Grade Farewell 2021

Aloha 8th Graders, Class of 2025! Your short journey at Highlands Intermediate has now come to a close. We hope you made the most out of your time here and we wish you only the best and much success in high school, college, and beyond! Here is a video of your last day on campus and we hope that you were able to have a lot of fun and create some lifelong memories... a hui hou, Class of 2025!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ALXoeV3vP8

Spirit Point Tally 20-21 New Year Update!

Happy New Year, Colts! We want to thank you for participating in our Christmas Spirit Week 2020 - 5 days of holiday dress ups, 5 days of festive activities! If you participated, you earned your team a ton of precious spirit points! Because of all the Christmas activities, there is a new Spirit Point leader.... Team 4 - Alaka'i (Pokémon) has moved into 1st Place!!! As a result, several teams made moves up and down as well. Let's look forward to more awesome opportunities to earn spirit points in the near future - an announcement will be coming soon for more spirit point opportunities ;) Way to show your school spirit, Colts!

9 Highlands Halloween Activities Are Coming Your Way!

Happy Halloween, Highlands!  Go on and show your school "spirit" and get involved... IF YOU DARE!!!!

Chicken Skin Tales 6 (FRI - 10/23/20 | 2:30 - 3:30 PM)
A Google Live! link will be emailed to all students, teachers, and staff at 2:10 pm the day of the event. Our special guests will be Barry Villamil from mypearlcity.com and Lopaka Kapanui, Hawaii's premiminent story teller!

Spooky Story Contest 2020 (MON - 10/26/20 | entries due at 3 pm)
Max story length is 1,000 words. No gore or overt violence. Spooky, scary, eerie, thought provoking, but not gross. Submit entries to highlandscolts@gmail.com.

Halloween Kahoot! (TUE - 10/27 | 2:30 - 3:00 PM)
Sign up with your Team Leader! Team Leaders will be sent a Google Form for sign ups next week Monday - 10/26/20. 2 students per team can participate to test their knowledge about all things Halloween!

Halloween Scattergories (WED 10/28 | 2:30 - 3:00 PM)
Sign up with your Team Leader! Team Leaders will be sent a Google Form for sign ups next week Monday - 10/26/20. 1 student per team can participate to test their word association skills in a Halloween themed edition of Scattergories!

Halloween Pictionary (THU - 10/29 | 2:30 - 3:00 PM)
Sign up with your Team Leader! Team Leaders will be sent a Google Form for sign ups next week Monday - 10/26/20. 2 students per team can participate to test their Halloween Pictionary skills!

Teacher Friday Power Up! *Halloween Edition* (FRI - 10/30/20 | 7:15 - 7:55 am)
Our monthly meet up for teachers takes a Halloween twist! Meet at Campus Center for a light breakfast, Starbucks coffee and talk story! Make sure to dress up for our Halloween photo booth and earn lots of spirit points in our special Halloween themed games!!!

Halloween Art Contest 2020 (FRI - 10/30 | entries due at 3 pm )
Calling all artists! 3 creepy categories to choose from: spookiest, video games, most creative. Use this link to submit your artwork - https://forms.gle/yrr8gsLhtpUygsZ68

Halloween Dress Up 2020 (FRI - 10/30/20 | Period 6)
Get ready for Halloween by dressing up in your Halloween costume for school! Period 6 teachers will tally all the students who participate at the beginning of Period 6. Teachers will be sent a tally Form before the activity. Do not wear anything inappropriate for school. To qualify for Spirit Points, students must be wearing either:
๏ a Halloween costume
๏ clothes with Halloween prints or colors that are directly related to Halloween

Halloween Costume Contest 2020 (FRI - 10/30/20 | 11:47 AM - 12:22 PM)
Sign up with your Team Leader! Team Leaders will be sent a Google Form for sign ups before the contest. Participants must be present in the Student Activities Google Classroom to win. Link will be shared out right before Lunch. 3 students per team will represent in one of three categories:
๏ Spookiest
๏ Cutest/Funniest
๏ Most Creative

StuCo Xmas Bonding Activities

Student Council has been working hard the entire year to bring awesome Student Activities to Highlands! To bring everyone’s spirits up we put together our annual Student Council Xmas Bonding Activities! On Friday, December 16, we got up early to start the day with our annual Secret Santa! Even though some of us knew who our Secret Santas were, it was still a shock when all of us got our presents and other surprises ;) From gift cards and junk food to tabletop foosball, some of us got carried away when wrapping our presents by wrapping it in 20 layers of wrapping paper! The following Monday, December 19th, we had again come to the StuCo Room to finishing the bonding with our annual Gingerbread House Challenge! Some of us aren't morning people, so after we had made our gingerbread houses, everyone had seemed to be in a more happy mood. You know, it might’ve had something to do with all that sugar we just ate ;) After today we definitely have enough energy to power us all the way through the upcoming “Yule Ball” and into a much deserved Winter Vacation… Thea, 8th Grade Secretary

Leadership Class

What a year it’s been, already!  We've planned and run a ton of activities so far, like the Welcome Back Assembly, Spirit Week 2016, Highlands Haunted House 4, the Valentine’s Dance, all the Intramurals, and so much more! The 2015-16 school year might be the best year ever, but there was so much more to it. In our Leadership Class, our main focus is how to be the best leader we possible can be. One of the best books for that is called “The 7 Habits for Highly Effective Teens” by Sean Covey.  All I can say that that book has changed my perspective in being a leader and also, life. The book has taught us how to become a successful person not only in work or school, but also as a human being. Mr. White also showed us the many activity planning tools to help make each event we plan such a success: Activity Planning Process, Project Proposals, Project Planner, Micro Plan, and the Action Plan. The last component is the most fun -- student facilitated icebreakers and energizers to start off each class!  Leadership Class is so important to all of us 8th Grade StuCo members -- it’s a class we will always remember!  Thank you, Mr. White!!! Sarah, 8th Grade Secretary