Spotlight

First Grade Classes Create Autism Awareness Bulletin Board

Throughout the school year, each grade level (4K-5th) at Highland View takes a turn at creating a display for one of the hallway bulletin boards. This month, in honor of Autism Awareness, the first grade classrooms created a display around their learning and appreciation for individuals with Autism. #WeAreInspiringMinds

Students Work on Skills During Writers Workshop

Our 5K/1st grade learners have been exploring Mo Willems' writing craft during Writers Workshop. They have been reading Mo's Pigeon stories, studying his creative techniques (speech bubbles, fun punctuation, movement lines, character facial expressions, etc.), and then using what they've seen to inspire their own Pigeon books. #WeAreInspiringMinds

4K Students Embrace Reading

Greendale's 4K students got ready for Spring Break by checking out new books from the library. Principal Flater reminds HV families to catch their child reading over break! Take a photo of your reader in their favorite spot and email it to Mrs. Flater (tracy.flater@greendaleschools.org). She will add your child’s photo to the “Caught Reading” bulletin board at school! #WeAreInspiringMinds

Poetry Unit Has 2nd Grade Reading, Writing and Celebrating Diversity

“In diversity, there is beauty and there is strength.” ~ Maya Angelou

In March, second grade students learned and discussed with each other the many things that make them unique, beautiful, and strong. Anchored to a reading and writing unit on poetry, learners shared about their families, things they like to do, food they like to eat, the languages they speak, and so much more. Students celebrated their differences with one another and created a beautiful bulletin board to share with our school! #WeAreInspiringMinds

Fifth Grade Debates!

Students in fifth grade are participating in group debates in March, discussing their research-based argument topics. This is a cross-curricular unit where students are researching their topics during Reading and applying their research during Writing. #WeAreInspiringMinds

5th Grade Ambassadors' Successful Diaper & Wipe Drive Helps Community

This year Highland View Fifth Grade Ambassadors held a diaper and diaper wipe drive to support the Milwaukee Diaper Mission. Because of our community's donations, we will be able to donate 2,866 diapers and 7,488 wipes to families. Thank you for supporting HV Ambassadors and our greater community! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherPride

Display Reinforces Students' Knowledge About MLK & Civil Rights Movement

Students in second grade at Highland View have been exploring the Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Family Trip display located outside of Ms. Trettin’s room in late February. Students have been excited to take a look at the pictures. Many learners who stopped by the display recognized the places that were shown in the pictures and had a lot of knowledge about MLK, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement! #WeAreInspiringMinds

5K and First Grade Celebrate 100 Days of School

Our 5K and 1st grade students are now 100 days smarter! To celebrate their 100th day of school, students dressed up like they were 100 years old and used the number 100 in many ways. Learners wrote about what they would do with $100 dollars, created 100-year-old portraits, took on 100-second challenges, and tried to read 100 stories during Readers Workshop. It was a fun day filled with hundreds of smiles and laughter! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Video Books Help Students Celebrate Black History

To honor and celebrate Black History Month, students in all grades at Highland View are listening to a video picture book each day that has been recorded by a Time 4 Learning/Highland View staff member. Each selected book highlights a black event or hero for students to celebrate and learn about. After reading each book, classrooms have a conversation around the person or event, as well as what character trait(s) they feel connect well with that person or event. It has been fun hearing students talk about the books, people, and events in their classes, the halls, and in the cafeteria! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Extra Gym Time is Always a Hit With Students

Check out these fun activities our Highland View learners took part in recently in the school's newly-renovated gym! In-person 5K-5th graders earned extra gym time with Mrs. Flater as part of an all-school incentive for being SUPER safe, respectful, responsible and kind! Students enjoyed basketball, bowling, jumping rope and climbing the rock wall.

Second Graders Share Their Dreams After Studying Dr. King's Life

Our second-grade students have been excited to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream for our nation. They decided to add on to his famous dream and wrote their own dreams for our world. We can certainly learn a lot from these inspirational ideas from our second grade students! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

4K Students Happy to Be Back Together & Use the Library

Our 4K students and staff are so excited to be back together again in January at Highland View! Students have loved reuniting with friends and have jumped right back into learning together. They have also enjoyed resuming their weekly visits to our Highland View library! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

First Graders Share Goals for 2021

First graders in Mrs. Smith’s class at Highland View are happy to start the new year back in their classroom. One of their first projects back in-person in January was to reflect on 2020 and create a goal for the year ahead. Becoming better readers and writers, as well as being a good friend to all were just some of their goals for 2021. #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Staff Welcomes In-Person Learners Back to Classrooms

During the first week of 2021, our Time 4 Learning and Highland View teaching staff met to discuss and share strategies and ideas to support the successful return of our in-person learners. They were so excited to see all of our in-person learners on January 11!!! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Students Dress Up for Business Pro Day

As they returned to learning after winter break, Mrs. Haertle's class asked to have a Business Professional Day. While their excitement level for this 'dress-up day' was a bit lower than on Pajama Day before the break, students thought it would be fun to have a dress up day to start off the New Year! 

4K Students Show Off Hard Work During Digital Learning Period

The digital learning period has not stopped Mrs. Bushman's students from learning and working hard! Our 4K learners have been participating in Google Meets to connect with classmates and teachers and are engaged through activities like virtual ABC bingo and a gingerbread house-making activity. Students have also been working on packets of school lessons to continue their learning at home. These happy students showed off all of the hard work they had been doing from their school packets! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Fun Scavenger Hunt Rewards Hard Work

To reward their hard work and perseverance last week, students in one Highland View fifth grade class chose the class incentive of a scavenger hunt. They were able to share some of their favorite things and celebrate their commitment to being responsible at the same time! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Students Engage in "Hour of Code"

Last week was Computer Science Education Week! Students in Grades 5K-­5 had the opportunity to participate in an “Hour of Code”. This program introduces students to coding and the possibilities that go along with learning how to code (creating commands on the computer to complete certain tasks). The fun our students will have with coding has begun! 

Second Graders Celebrate Their Writing

In Mrs. Randall's 2nd Grade digital classroom, students have been working on writing about something they are an expert on. Students started by organizing their ideas into chapters, and then created a table of contents to help readers find information in their books. To celebrate, writers shared a part that they were most proud of in break-out rooms with their classmates! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

4K Students Connect With Virtual Get Together

Before the Thanksgiving break, some of Greendale's youngest learners, 4K students in Ms. Bushman's class, connected with each other virtually with a PJ and stuffed animal get together. #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

School Focuses on Kindness

Our Time 4 Learning and Highland View students have been celebrating kindness in November. 4K students helped to create a heart with all of their handprints. After hearing the book "We're Different, We're the Same and We're all Wonderful", by Bobbi Kates, students drew a self portrait. They also read the book "Be Kind", by Pat Zietlow Miller. This story teaches children how to show kindness to others at school and the community and how a little kindness can make a big difference. #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Fourth Graders Share a Digital "Highland View Hello"!

In mid Novemver, Highland View's students, their families, and staff made the switch from in-person to digital learning. Pictured here, Mrs. Janicik's 4th grade class has fun during their morning meeting by taking turns doing a virtual “Highland View Hello”! #PantherStrong

Third Graders Learned About Life Cycles

Third grade learners at Highland View recently finished up their science unit on life cycles. They studied the life cycle of a bulb, a worm, and a butterfly. Students planted garlic bulbs, observed their bulbs for several weeks, and then got to take them home! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

4K Students Go On Leaf Walk While Studying Autumn

Mrs. Rechlitz’s 4K students have been busy learning about autumn. Learners created books on how the trees change throughout each season. In late October, students got to go on a leaf walk to collect beautiful colored leaves that have fallen off the trees around the school grounds. #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Students Studying World's Biomes

Fourth graders at Highland View each selected a biome to research for their science unit in Environment and Life in October. After learning about the characteristics, climate, flora and fauna in their biome, students created a project to display for the grade. The students grabbed their passports and took a trip around the world, visiting the different biomes and reporting back on what they learned! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Students Process Numbers in a Variety of Ways

Kindergarten mathematicians at Highland View have been working on developing their Number Sense. Students are learning to recognize and represent numbers using numerals, words, dot patterns, fingers, number lines, number racks, and tally marks. They can show numbers in so many ways! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Fourth Grade Researching World's Biomes

Where in the world are Highland View 4th Graders?! These fourth grade scientists are learning about different biomes around the world in October. Students are working on how to use different research strategies and take organized notes using both electronic and book resources to find information. Over the coming weeks, learners will get to "travel" around the world and have their “passports stamped” as they visit their classmates’ biome presentations! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Is Highland View The End of the Rainbow?

Someone once said, "Count your rainbows, not your thunderstorms." That was easy at Highland View one day at the beginning of October, as this amazing photo shows! #PantherStrong

September Pride Panther Post Focuses on Optimism

Each month, students at HV focus on a different Character Education theme, or trait, in order to deepen their understanding of our four big ideas/expectations of being safe, respectful, responsible, and kind. Our Panther Pride Post provides families with communication around our monthly topic(s) and includes ways for you to become involved at home through table topic discussions. To find out more information around our September focus on OPTIMISM, see the image here. #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Speech and Language Students Doing Great Work

Speech and Language students at Highland View have sure been resilient during the first month of school. Students have jumped right back into practicing their speech and language skills either in person or digitally; and they are teaching Mrs. Harrmann a thing or two as well! (Mrs. Harrmann’s new classroom/office space at HV is shown in this photo.) #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Socially Distanced Game Teaches Key Life Skills

On September 18, third grade students participated in a socially distanced community-building game recently. The game, called “The Big Cheese”, gives a Wisconsin twist on the classic game of Simon Says and incorporates the important skills of cooperation and communication. #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

Third Graders Learned to Choose "Just Right" Books

Students in 3rd grade at Highland View were learning how to choose “just right” books in mid September. Once all readers had a book picked out, they were able to spread out in the classroom to dig in and enjoy it! #WeAreInspiringMinds #PantherStrong

In-Person Learners Return to School!

Elementary schools welcomed in-person learners back to school on Thursday, September 3. In keeping with district ReOpening schools practices, students wore face coverings entering the building and during the school day except when eating or engaging in physical activity outside. It was a great first in-person day! Click on the photo to watch a slideshow of drop off at our schools.