Notes from the Principal...

Highlands Impact 2021!

This month as a community we focus on gratitude and empathy and as we leave November and launch into December we begin to shift from gratitude into giving/service. And we start thinking about Impact Day!

This is our second annual celebration of the Highlands Impact. How does your family give back to the community? Hot chocolate stands? Sewing mittens? Donating toys? Creating placemats? Packing food? How many ways will you make an impact in our community? We will celebrate all the impacts made by Highlands at the December All School Meeting/IMPACT DAY.

Highlands is inviting all students, families and staff to use this Service Photo/Video Sharing Form to submit pictures and/or videos of any service learning projects you do at home during our Highlands’s December monthly theme of SERVICE. You can also email your Impact projects and photos to Shaun Pakenham as well. shaun.pakenham@edin aschools.org

Watch THIS amazing video from the Highlands Impact 2020:

Start talking about how YOU will make an impact.

EEVP Family Feedback

Thank you so much for being a part of our Virtual Pathway this year. EVP is a full year program - We have planned for and staffed for a full year (September-June). As we continue to look for ways to improve the Edina Virtual Pathway experience your feedback and thoughts are essential. If you would please take 5 minutes to complete the form linked below we will use that information to continue to grow and improve our school.

EVP Family Feedback

Mark Your Calendar

Dates to Remember...

Wed 11/24 - No School

Thurs 11/25 - No School

Fri 11/26 - No School

Some ways you can help...

Passive Fundraising Opportunities

Help Highlands raise money by doing everyday things!

Each of these programs provides funding back to Highlands simply for doing what you already do - buying groceries, shopping on Amazon and buying labels to put on your kids' things! Whenever you shop, these companies will give to Highlands.

When you shop at http://smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate to your favorite charitable organization.

AmazonSmile has the same products, prices and shopping features as Amazon, with the benefit of donating 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice! Make Highlands Elementary your choice to help our teachers & students! To find, search: Highlands Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization, location Edina (or Minneapolis). Be sure to make AmazonSmile your default Amazon shopping site by following these directions: Using AmazonSmile in the Mobile App

Earn funds for Highlands just by doing your normal grocery shopping!

Use the new Box Tops App to scan your receipt. The app will find participating products purchased at any store and instantly add cash to your organization's earnings online.

Learn more here! Box Tops for Education Home

Order personalized labels online and Mabel's Labels will give back 20% of the purchase to Highlands!

Want to keep track of your kids' things? Looking for fun ways to personalize gifts?

Simply visit Mabel's Labels Fundraising to order personalized labels for an array of things from water bottles to clothing to sports activities to travel from top rated Mabel's Labels. Sign up to be connected to Highlands Elementary (Edina) before you start shopping on the site so 20% of your purchases will go back to our school.