Highlander Way Middle School

The HWMS staff wishes you a safe and relaxing summer.

Important dates to help with your summer vacation plans:

August 11 - 6th grade WEB program and orientation (Students only) 8:00-noon

August 11 - 6th grade student/parent self-guided tours, noon-12:30

August 11 - 7th & 8th grade orientation by alpha time slots, 1:00-6:00 p.m.

August 17 - First day of school, Q1 begins, ½ Day, no afternoon classes

DO YOU HAVE A NEW MAILING ADDRESS? 

We don’t want you to miss important mailings.  If you have a new address, please submit  Proof of Residency (driver’s license, current utility bill or purchase or lease agreement) to Karen in the HPS registration office at [email protected] or at one of the Highlander Middle School offices.

FREE AND REDUCED MEALS

For the past two years, all students have received free school breakfasts and lunches regardless of a family's income based on waivers from The United States Department of Agriculture. Those waivers are set to expire at the end of this school year. For the 2022-2023 school year, families will need to complete a Free and Reduced Price Meal application to qualify for free or reduced priced meals. Those applications will be available on the Food Service website at HowellSchools.com/Meals after July 1, 2022. If a family currently meets the income guidelines and completes a Free and Reduced Price Meal application between now and June 30, 2022, those students will receive either free or reduced meals for the first 30 school days of the next school year.

Paper copies of the free and reduced applications will also be available after July 1st.

ATTENTION 8TH GRADERS

Testing Out Guidelines and Procedures for August 2022

According to the Michigan Merit Curriculum Law, Section 380.1278(a)(4)(c), "a school district or public school academy shall also grant a student credit if the student earns a qualifying score, as determined by the department, on the assessments developed or selected for the subject area by the department or the student earns a qualifying score, as determined by the school district or public school academy, on 1 or more assessments developed or selected by the school district or public school academy that measure a student's understanding of the subject area content expectations or guidelines that apply to the credit."

Students are required to earn a grade of 77% or higher on the test-out exam in order to earn credit for the course.  Students who already have credit in a class cannot test out of it. Failure to earn a 77% or better will not be reflected on the transcript. Students are expected to take both the midterm and final exams in order to receive credit (1.0) for a full year course and should plan on testing during two test sessions or staying longer than the scheduled time. Students taking the midterm and final exams may take a break between tests.  Students are welcome to bring QUIET snacks to eat while testing.                                                 

Sign up

Students should sign up to test out of a course in their current school’s Counseling Office through June 2.  Students may sign up through June 10 in both the Freshman Campus(FC) or High School 10-12 Main Office.

Materials

Downloadable study guides will be posted on the HHS Guidance Department website, in the Testing Out link. 

Textbooks for Biology, English 9, Algebra 1, and World History can be checked out of the FC Media Center through June 10. Textbooks for all other courses may be checked out of the HHS 10-12 Media Center through June 10. 

Test Schedule

Students should notify the 10-12 building main office at 540-8300 or email [email protected] if they wish to cancel their test out. Students should contact their school counselor or Ms. Adrian with any questions.

HWMS SCHEDULING AND SCHEDULING RELATED ITEMS

Attention 7th grade families - HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Human Growth and Development is a required encore class for all 7th grade students.  As a parent, you have the ability to opt your student out of this class.  To do so, please email Nancy Folk at [email protected] and include you and your child’s first and last name. 

Schedule concerns/requests

The link will reopen in the fall to request a schedule change or voice a concern.  Please click  

Schedule change request. 

Our goal at Highlander Way Middle School is to provide a variety of academic and elective class opportunities to our students, and to accommodate their class choices to the greatest extent possible.  

Unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate all requests for schedule changes, but will address all requests as completely as possible based on class availability.

CLUBS & TEAMS

The following clubs and teams have been offered in the past.  Please watch and listen for announcements regarding dates, times and places.

CLUBS

Archery Club
Art Club
Baking Club
Bible Club
Brown Bag Book Club
Dungeons and Dragons Club
Euchre Club
Heart and Sole
Howell Jr. Bass Nation Club
Interact Club
Middle School Ski & Board Club
Photography Club
UkeBirds
White Hats Computer Science Club

Each year we recognize students for their academic achievement. Our School Improvement Team and the Positive Behavior Support Team have elected to recognize students the following ways: High Honors for Summa Cum Laude 3.9-4.0 GPA, Magna Cum Laude 3.7-3.89 GPA, and Cum Laude 3.5-3.69 GPA. Students will also be recognized for All A’s 4.0 GPA for each year and all A’s 4.0 GPA for all three years 6th, 7th, and 8th. Students taking high school level classes (Algebra, Geometry and 8th graders taking Spanish and French) will be recognized for All A’s 4.0 GPA based on the first three quarters. The Presidential Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence will be awarded to 8th grade students who have maintained a cumulative 3.5 GPA or above while attending Highlander Way. All honors will be calculated through the end of Quarter III of the current school year.  WEB, TIES and Leadership students are also recognized.

Information on the awards and awards program are shared each spring.   Invitations are mailed home.

GPA/Letter Grade Scale

The table below lists letter grades and their numerical equivalents as used in calculating GPA (Grade Point Average)

A 4.00

A- 3.67

B+ 3.33

B 3.00

B- 2.67

C+ 2.33

C 2.00

C- 1.67

D+ 1.33

D 1.00

D- 0.67

F 0