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This Pride Month, we're highlighting students and staff who help create spaces where everyone feels seen, valued and supported. Across Highline that looks different from school to school.

End-of-year secondary report cards are now available in ParentVUE. A report card communicates your student’s learning progress during the grading period. All Highline schools use standards-based grading, and students’ scores reflect this.

Following a strategic hiring process, Dr. Richard Brown has been selected to serve as the next principal at Sylvester Middle School.  

A message from Superintendent Ivan Duran. "As we wrap up another school year, I hope you'll take a moment to reflect on the memories that will stay with your family long after summer begins." 

This summer, Highline will begin moving student files from Google Drive to Microsoft OneDrive.This is part of Highline's move to Microsoft tools for students. Students will begin using more Microsoft tools in the fall. Most families do not need to take action right now

Highline is financially stable because of steady enrollment and difficult budget adjustments made in recent years. To maintain that stability, the proposed 2026–27 budget includes about $8 million in reductions, including central office reductions, while prioritizing resources that directly support students and classrooms.

Parkside Elementary students and staff spent the day at Waskowitz for a schoolwide field trip planned by Parkside teachers and school leaders. After six years, this end-of-year field trip is now a tradition that connects students to each other, to hands-on science in nature and to their own potential.

This year, our secondary schools focused on helping students grow as readers, thinkers and speakers in every subject area. Students had more opportunities to read challenging texts, build vocabulary, discuss ideas with classmates and connect learning to their own lives and experiences. Teachers also worked to create classrooms where students feel seen, heard, and supported. 

Highline is continuing to build schools where every student feels supported, included, and able to participate. This work is underway in all elementary schools and will expand to middle schools in 2026–27. We recently saw inclusion in action at Field Day at Mount Rainier High School, where students from Adapted PE classes and peers from across Highline came together for a day of movement, connection and celebration.
 

The Promise Podcast wrapped up its first season featuring students, educators, community leaders and staff from across Highline. Explore the conversations, meet the guests and look back at the stories that brought Our Promise to life. Plus, share your ideas to help shape Season Two.

End-of-year report cards will be available soon. Find them in ParentVUE on June 17 (elementary) and June 25 (secondary). All Highline schools use standards-based grading, and students’ scores will reflect this.

Evergreen High School senior Sophia Tua'ua is helping shape district conversations while preparing for her future through Running Start. Hear how student voice, strong relationships and opportunity have shaped her journey.

Families and students will see an update to the ParentVUE and StudentVUE mobile apps later this summer. ParentVUE and StudentVUE are used to view student information, including schedules, grades and attendance.

Members of the Superintendent’s Student Leadership Team shared their recommendations for a mobile device policy with the Highline School Board at its June 3 meeting. Their message: students recognize that phones can be a distraction, but any policy should be developed with students, not just for them.

The Highline Headlines include information about the last day of school, a correction to senior last day, sneak peek to the 2026-27 school calendar, a bond recommendation made to the board, free summer meals and more. 

Highline is financially stable because of steady enrollment and difficult budget adjustments made in recent years. To maintain that stability, the proposed 2026–27 budget includes about $8 million in reductions, including central office reductions, while prioritizing resources that directly support students and classrooms.

Glacier Middle School Principal Tamasha Emedi-Frye joins Dr. Ivan Duran to talk about leadership, belonging and building a school culture where students and staff choose each other every day. Listen to this episode of The Promise Podcast.

We are helping students understand AI, use it responsibly and know when not to use it. With new staff guidance, student learning opportunities and summer training, Highline is preparing classrooms to use AI in ways that support learning, privacy, equity and student success.

Time to start planning! Here is a look at the tentative 2026-27 school calendar. The calendar will be final after Highline Education Association (HEA) members vote on it in August. 

Highline Public Schools is preparing to celebrate the Class of 2026. Find graduation dates, ticket information, arrival details and reminders for students and families as ceremonies approach.

We are reducing next year’s district budget by $8 million while protecting students and classrooms as much as possible. Learn more at the June 3 School Board work session and share feedback during the June 24 public hearing at Central Office or online.

We are shifting from Secondary Redesign to School Redesign to connect learning across Highline from preschool through graduation. This work builds rigorous, relevant and career-connected experiences at every stage, helping students develop the skills, confidence and interests they need for the future they choose.

There will be no school on Monday and Tuesday. Read more headlines including sharing your input on family engagement, graduation reminders, sports registration and more. 

Inside the College and Career Center, students explore options, ask questions and build plans for life after high school. Some students arrive with a clear goal. Others are still figuring it out. Both are supported.