Highland Terrace Elementary School
100 North 160th Shoreline, WA 98133 206-361-4341 FAX: 206-361-4348

David, Leah, Cali, and Nicole enjoy the cool blue pool at the annual sixth grade pool party! Have a wonderful and safe summer everyone! Keep reading, learning, and having fun! See you in the fall!
Ms. Chmielniak and Ms. Dearing celebrate at Mrs. Dearing's retirement party. Over 1300 children benefitted from Mrs. Dearing's masterful teaching from 1970-2009. We'll miss you Milie! Best wishes for your retirement.
Christopher, a kindergartener, is all smiles as he reads with his sixth grade buddy Taylor. Highland Terrace has a long tradition of setting up "classroom buddies."
Colin teaches his classmates during Calendar Time in Ms. Holm's class. Nice job Colin!
Second Grade students learned about their community by visiting Central Market and speaking with the staff. Thank you Central Market for providing a real-life lesson on our community!
Several classmates from Highland Terrace came to the Mariners game to cheer on Sienna Helland who was acknowledged by Washington Traffic Safety Commission.  Sienna received the honor of being in the AA Hall of Fame for her excellent work as a safety patrol guard.  Highland Terrace Safety Patrol was given $300 to purchase crossing guard equipment.  Way to go, Sienna!
Mystery author, David Patneaude visited Highland Terrace students in grades 4-6 to share his experiences as an author and provide a writer's workshop. David enjoyed having lunch with the students pictured above. Thank you HTPTA for bringing David to our school!
Solomon, a second grader at Highland Terrace is proud of his pasta drawn math equation! Math is all around us!
There is a small courtyard outside of the Kindergarten classrooms and staff lounge.  It is tucked away, and the benches have become worn over time.  Thanks to an anonymous donation and volunteers, the benches have been rebuilt.  With the beautiful flowers planted by Sue Nevler, the courtyard is once again an inviting oasis of color.  Our kindergarteners will enjoy using this wonderful space. Thank you to Ivan Ellis, Gene Coumbe, Lee Carey, Bob Oswald and Sue Nevler for restoring the area for students to enjoy. 
Highland Terrace's Global Reading Challenge Readers from the "T-Pod" had a terrific time competing in the King County Library System's annual showdown. Highland Terrace had two teams reading and mastering the content of ten books. We look forward to next year's competition.
Sixth Grader, Siena Helland has been nominated to the Safety Patrol AAA Hall of Fame. Only 10 students throughout the state are awarded this honor each year. She entered a writing contest and wrote about her experience as a patrol captain and why she likes serving our school and community in this way.  She will be inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame at a Seattle Mariner’s baseball game this spring at which a banquet will be held in her honor. Sienna's in the middle of this photo, being held up by her fellow patrols.

Ms. Pleasant's "EarthART" Program has been a wonderful addition to the academic experience at Highland Terrace. Student's have loved using their sketchbooks for activities across the curriculum. We look forward to working with Ms. Pleasant as our earth warms up for Spring!
The Pancake Breakfast, Open House, and Book Fair was a great success! Hundreds of Orcas from past, present, and future came to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Ms. McClure, Mrs. Dearing, Mrs. Buren, and Ms. McCary-Smith had a blast serving pancakes and cinnamon rolls to the hungry crowd.
Mrs. Dreier, teaches Room 4 students a new song in Music class.
Mr. Owen led a school-wide "Trick-or-Treat Drive" for Unicef that raised $904.77 to help people in need. The students visited QFC to exchange their coins in the Coinstar Machine.
Guest Author/Illustrator team Naomi Black and Virginia Heaven spent a day with all Highland Terrace students sharing "Springer's Journey."
Mrs. Gronvold is your one stop source for information about Highland Terrace! Stop in our office and she'll help you with any question you may have.
The Highland Terrace PTA invited acrobats from China to amaze our students with feats of juggling and acrobatics. It was an amazing assembly with a lot of student participation.
Third Graders at Highland Terrace received brand-new, hardcover dictionaries from the Shoreline Rotary Club. After using them for three weeks at school, students will take them home and use them for homework. They'll be useful for many, many years! Thank you Shoreline Rotary.
Mrs. Rohrer, our school nurse, is raising a therapy dog named Pilaf. Pilaf comes to school with Mrs. Rohrer and helps relax students who visit the nurse. Pilaf spent a few moments with Christian and Nick outside at recess.
The Taproot Theater performed "Alexander and the Dragon" and taught students the importance of addressing bullying. Students learned to recognize, refuse, and report bullying. It was a terrific play with captivating characters and acting.
Highland Terrace students are taught to respect themselves, others, and their environment. Teachers and students make sure to weave the theme of respect into daily lessons and activities.
A family of barn swallows nested at Highland Terrace over the summer.
Mrs. Swanson took her new second graders to the library to check out their first book of the year.
Highland Terrace students always enjoy relaxing together over lunch in our cafeteria. What a clean table!

Highland Terrace Elementary School, Shoreline, Washington
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