The 5th graders worked hard on researching and writing a speech.
Higbee T&F back at it @ CMU!
Shout out to the birthday girl Kiersten Rockett for shattering the school record in the 300m Hurdles with a new PR of 56.00 seconds!!!
Ronnie Welch and Aaron Welch took home bronze medals. Ronnie in the High Jump and Aaron in the 200.
With multiple top 5 finishes tonight we capped the week off well!
The Boys 4x800 (Celton Crawford, Aaron Welch, Brayson Harlan, Danny Janssen) clocked another good time with an all out sprint finish to secure 5th place.
The Girls 4x100 (Joey Westfall, Natalie Ritter, Kiersten Rockett, Raegen Derboven) ran a season's best 57.22 to also place 5th.
The Boys 4x100 (Cale Nelson, Xavier Gabing, Aiden Freidin, Gavin Snell) placed 7th.
Danny Janssen is inching closer to our 300m hurdles school record with a 4th place finish in 46.75.
A handful of our athletes are setting times and marks in the top 15 in all of Class 1 T&F. Consistency is the key to our success and our athletes are ready to dive into the bulk of our training.
It was great to see Jaelyn Jennings compete in her first meet! Along with other throwers hitting their marks today.
We're back in action Tuesday April 8th @ Cairo. Come out to support!
🐅Go Tigers! 🐅
🧠✨ Join us for the ultimate Showdown Trivia Night—where brains meet competition, and fun is the real winner! Let’s see who’s got the knowledge to claim the title! 🏆🎉 Contact Mrs. Richards at krichards@higbeeschool.com to pre-register #SmartyPantsShowdown #ClassOf2028 #TriviaNight
You won't want to miss the 2025 Fine Arts Banquet! Further event details to come!
🎭 Higbee Drama Needs Your Help! 🎭 We're gathering supplies for our upcoming stage set and would be so grateful for any donations you can provide. Right now, we’re specifically looking for: black fabric (several yards), chicken wire, dowel rods (various sizes), yellow felt, lumber (2-in x 2-in, 1/4-in 4-ft x 8-ft plywood or lauan board, 1-in x 1-in ). If you have any of these items lying around or want to help out, we’d love to hear from you! 📦 To arrange a pick-up or drop-off, please reach out to Mrs. Atina Roberts at aroberts@higbeeschool.com or 660-456-7206. 💛 Prefer to support us with a monetary donation? Checks can be mailed or dropped off at the school—just make sure to note that it’s for Drama Club. Thank you for supporting the arts at Higbee! 🎭✨ #HigbeeDrama #SupportTheArts #TheShowMustGoOn
Happy Paraprofessionals Day
Read Across America Prizes were a big hit. 80 students received prizes and racked up 15,700 mintues of reading. Thank you to all the wonderful donors for making this possible. Your support is great appreciated!
Higbee Track and Field @ North Callaway
Great showing at a big meet of 17 schools!
It was great to see our Senior girls Raegan Derboven and Maddie Seidel debut their first meet of the season in stride!
Raegan Derboven is returning as a multiple event state qualifier and she picked right back up where she left off. She clocked a 13.91 in the 100 and a 28.59 in the 200 to place 6th.
Kiersten, Ronnie, Joey, Raegan rocked a 4x400 for the first time!
Maddie Seidel is returning as our school record holder in the javelin and she's looking to smash that record this year!
The Boys 4x800 (Celton Crawford, Aaron Welch, Brayson Harlan, Danny Janssen) had great competition and they lowered their school record to a 9:44 to place 5th.
Ronnie Welch placed 2nd in high jump in a very deep field!
Our discus/shotput throwers (Shayanna, Ayla, Jayla, Xavier, Jedidiah) had great marks.
Kiersten Rockett and Danny Janssen are both now ranked high in the state in the 300 m hurdles and looking to break our school records!
Celton Crawford became the first athlete to ever compete in pole vault at Higbee!
Great day to be a Higbee Tiger! 🐅
All the students PreK-5th received a book for Read Across America Month. Thank you to all that donated to make this possible. The students loved their books.
The JH track meet @ La Plata has been cancelled today. This will not be rescheduled.
JH & HS practice after school from 3:30-5:00.
Join us for Title Night!
Information regarding the program portion of Homecoming 2025!
Second graders were soooo excited for their "cake pops" that they didn't even think about it being April Fools Day. Mrs. Marriott treated them with real cake pops after she got a good laugh.
Mark your calendars! 🌟 On April 26th, Higbee students will take the stage in two exciting performances featuring Peter Pan! 🎭 Elementary students will open the night with "The Shadow of Peter Pan" by John Biscello. 🎩 Middle and high school students will perform "Peter Pan: Non-Flying Version!" by Jon Jory based on the book by J.M. Barrie. Doors open at 6 p.m., and tickets ($5) will be available at the door. Come support our amazing student performers! #GoTigers #HigbeeDramaClub ✨ Peter Pan: Non-Flying Version! is produced by special arrangement with Stage Partners. ✨ The Shadow of Peter Pan by John Biscello is produced through arrangement with Drama Notebook: dramanotebook.com/plays-for-kids-by-category
The Junior Class would like to invite the community to their dinner before the Homecoming march!
After months of hard work, the 5th grade class are now published authors!!!
Higbee Track and Field @ New Bloomfield
Last night was the very first meet held at their brand new facility!
Both sides competed well bringing home 8 marks that placed to score points!
Women's Placed Marks:
Ronnie Welch won the Women's High Jump with a 5-01.75 foot clearance! She was flying high and there's more to come!
Kiersten Rockett is proving her consistency in arguably the toughest event in track and field with back to back places in the 300 meter hurdles.
Both Ronnie and Kiersten scored points in the Triple Jump with Ronnie jumping 30-2.75 ft. & Rockett hitting 29-04.75 ft.
Ayla Griffin, Jayla Schaedel, Shayanna DeWeese took on the throws! Jayla and Shayanna cooked up some quick 100 meter clockings. These ladies logged a number of new personal bests!
Men's Placed Marks:
We competed well in the field events with Danny Janssen placing 3rd in the Triple Jump with a mark of 38-4.0 ft.
We saw numerous personal bests from our long jumpers Celton Crawford (16-00.50 ft), Brayson Harlan (14-03.25 ft), and Gavin Snell (14-02.50 ft).
In Javelin our boys Jedidiah Williams and Cale Nelson threw within 1 hundredth of a meter of each with Williams taking the edge! Nelson had a good showing by competing in Javelin, 110 hurdles, 4x100, and the 200 in his first meet.
Aaron cleared 5-05.75 ft in high jump to place 10th. He brought home a seasons best in the 200 meter dash in 25.09 to place 7th.
Our throwers Xavier Gabing, Jedidiah Williams, and Aiden Frieden all pressed out some solid marks.
In the running events we led the meet off with our 4x800 (Celton, Aaron, Brayson, Danny) placing 6th in a deep field.
Danny Janssen placed 2nd in the 1600 meter in a tactical race that led to an all out sprint finish.
We saw a couple personal bests in the sprints with Brayson leading the team to a 63 in the 400, Friedin and Nelson running neck and neck in the 200, and Crawford clocking a 53 in the 300 hurdles.
We have meets next Tuesday at North Calloway and next Thursday at CMU.
🐅 Go Tigers! 🐅
Day 4 of Senior Trip: They took a boat to Shell Island, enjoyed an Escape Room and spent time on the beach.
Senior Trip-Day 3 included more exploring, yummy treats and a trip to Race City.
Day 2 at Panama City Beach included shopping, a dolphin cruise, and some beach time!
