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This year, our Social Emotional Learning (SEL) team is engaging with students, staff, families and our community in a Community Advisory Process (CAP) to learn from our community about their hopes for and experiences with Social Emotional Learning Instruction in Highline.

In January, we will begin our annual budget development process. We will experience a shrinking of our resources for 2023-24, as our one-time federal COVID-relief dollars will be spent by the end of this school year.

Learn more about our budget outlook for next year...

As we are nearing winter break, we want you to have tools to stay healthy. Learn more about upcoming vaccine clinics, test kit distribution and a new test that offers combination rapid testing for COVID & FluA+B. 

Did you hear…the federal government distributed millions of dollars to schools to address COVID-related expenses. These are one-time funds to help schools through the challenges of the pandemic. One way we are using these funds is to improve air quality in all of our schools and to purchase cleaning supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE).

Inclusive Schools Education Week is December 5-9, and there is much to celebrate about the work being done in Highline. 

UPDATE! Due to weather and road conditions, all schools are on a two-hour delay on Thursday, December 1, 2022. Buses will stop at their ALTERNATE BUS STOPS–two hours later than normal. 

Stay updated on inclement weather and school closures. Highline Headlines also includes schools of choice information and an 8th-grade event for high school transition. 

Highline Virtual Elementary is an online option for students in kindergarten - 5th grade and provides engaging, innovating learning experiences. The school will be hosting an information session for interested families on January 12. 

Highline also offers Schools of Choice, a variety of school and program options, each with a specialized focus to meet student interest and need. The application window for secondary schools of choice is open now and runs through January 31. See information night details.

The 2022 bond is passing at an overwhelming 68.8 percent approval rate. Take a moment to savor this historic milestone by watching our "Thank You, Voters!" video featuring students saying "Thank you, Voters!" in three languages.

No school November 21-25 for PK-5. No school November 23-25 for all grades. See more headlines including information about report cards and conferences.

Our graduation rate is on the rise again, after a slight dip in 2021. The Highline Class of 2022 graduated at 83.5 percent.

Friday, November 18, is Substitute Educators Day. Here in Highline our guest teachers are critical to providing students with high quality learning experiences when school-based teachers are absent. Read the Highline story of one of our guest teachers, Lisa Peterson!

My Highline Story.

No school tomorrow, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. See more headlines including a thank you note from Superintendent Duran and a reminder to update your student’s information.

Superintendent Duran has completed his fall listening tour, and now we move into Phase 2 of his entry plan. This includes analyzing the feedback from the community meetings, focus groups, and other feedback loops and identifying themes and next steps.

Initial election returns are in. Proposition 1: Highline Schools Bond is passing! Read the letter from Superintendent Duran.

This week’s Highline Headlines include a reminder to VOTE by November 8, updated COVID guidance from the DOH, schools of choice application, and a reminder that COLLEGECON is tomorrow.

November is Native American Heritage Month, a month to celebrate, appreciate and learn about Native American Heritage. Despite centuries of deliberate erasure, Native Heritage persists and is revitalizing through the dedication of Native activists, artists, teachers, and leaders.

The Washington Department of Health (DOH) has released updated COVID guidance. Highline will continue following the recommendations and best practices outlined by DOH to keep students and staff safe and healthy.

The estimated tax rate associated with Proposition 1, the Highline Schools Bond, was updated during the first week of October when King County updated its projections for property values. This does not affect the dollar amount homeowners will pay for the bond because voters approve a dollar amount, not a tax rate. 

4th-grade families are invited to attend a meeting to learn about Rainier Scholars. Rainier Scholars is a long-term program that provides students of color with academic enrichment and college preparation.

This week’s Highline Headlines include information about critical improvements funded in the bond, upcoming community meetings, media literacy resources and Highline in news media. 

One of Highline Public School’s electric school buses starred as backdrop to remarks about investments in clean school buses by the vice president of the United States at Lumen Field on October 26. Six seniors from the HHS Environmental Club rode another one of our electric buses in the motorcade and had a chance to meet Vice President Harris and others.

You have two more opportunities to participate in Superintendent Duran's listening tour. The final sessions are next week. Dr. Duran is listening to staff, students and families to learn how the district can make the Highline Promise true for every student.