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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@edinaschools.org 

Watch THIS amazing video from the Highlands Impact 2020: 

In addition to at home service projects, we are having Impact Day this year with Harvest Pack. We will be packing as a school on December 15 and 16th. We will be following strict guidelines established by the school district as well as Harvest pack in order to stay safe as well as pack safe and healthy meals.

Your students are hearing about Impact Day and Harvest Pack from Student Ambassadors in class every week starting this week. Many are excited to learn creative ways to earn money toward meals for those who need it. More information on Highlands Impact days coming in the next few weeks.

Start talking about how YOU will make an impact. 

We started our Winter Lunch Plan last week and it is going well! Each day students will have the option to eat outside OR inside. All students inside will be masked until they are sitting down to eat and they will be unmasked for no more than 15 minutes. This plan should provide all students with options to be comfortable while they eat while keeping all Highlands students safe and in school.

Dates to Remember...

Wed 11/24 - No School

Thurs 11/25 - No School

Fri 11/26 - No School

The Edina Ed Fund Cake-Off is back!

Join us in person (or via Zoom) on Friday, November 19th 10:00 AM at Church of St. Patrick. Enjoy coffee, time with fellow community members and of course, cake! The program begins at 10:30 and will highlight Ed Fund’s work with EPS in STEAM, Literacy & Mental Health, remarks from Superintendent Dr. Stanley and a live auction to finish the event. Learn about all the programs and lives you touch through your donation and hear what's next for our kids. The event is free, please register here: https://www.edinaedfund.org/s/cake-off



Are you a baker? Check out the virtual Cake-Off Home Edition, get creative and have some fun! Bake a cake, cupcakes, pie, cookies, any baked good you love! Email us a picture of your creation and enjoy your baked good with your family. Entries accepted NOW through Friday, November 12th. All entries will be featured on the Ed Fund website and prizes awarded for most votes. Click here for more information: https://www.edinaedfund.org/s/cake-off

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.