Highlands Estates Academy

09/04/2026

Please join us for Open House on Thursday, September 10th.

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

Highlands Hawks help us inform the community! What will voters see on the ballot this November?

The ballot language shows that funding will continue to support teacher and staff compensation, as well as arts and athletics.

We’re sharing the official language so our community can understand exactly what will appear on the November 3 ballot.

Learn more about the 1-mill referendum, including frequently asked questions and funding information, at www.duvalschools.org/vote.

For Teachers. For Students. For Duval. Our Progress Continues.

09/03/2026

The current 1-mill was approved by Duval County voters in 2022, and under Florida law, voters must consider its continuation every four years.

The 1 mill has helped support teacher compensation and efforts to recruit and retain qualified, certified educators. Since 2022, teacher vacancies have declined, teacher retention has increased, and Duval County Public Schools has become an A-rated district for two consecutive years.

As we approach the November election, we’ll be sharing factual information to help our school community understand what the 1 mill is, how the funding is used, and what voters will be asked to consider.

For more FAQs visit the DCPS website - https://www.duvalschools.org/o/dcps/page/vote-faqs

08/28/2026

Dear Hawk Parent/Guardians of students in grades 3-5,

The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is a progress monitoring system that is administered three
times per year to track your student’s progress in learning the Benchmarks of Excellent Student Thinking
(B.E.S.T.) Standards. Students in grades 3-5 will participate in the first administration (PM1) of the Grade 3-5 Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) ELA Reading and
Mathematics assessments beginning on August 31st -September 4th.

Please carefully review the test administration letter here for more information regarding the test: https://canva.link/tdu0cjj49fpq2vr

If you have any questions related to this test administration, you may contact Ms. Matt or Dr. Brown at (904) 696-8754.

For more information about the Florida Statewide Assessments program, please visit the portal at
https://flfast.org/fsa.html.

We wish your child the very best on test day!

08/28/2026

📚 MISSION READ MORE: KEEPING LITERACY ALIVE! 🦅

The mission continues beyond the school walls! 💙💛

Tonight, Highlands Estates Academy, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida, took literacy into the community through Mission Read More at the Highlands Regional Library!

Our Hawks and their families dropped in and READ! 📖 Students explored books, read together, completed literacy activities, and—most importantly—experienced the joy of reading in a space filled with possibilities.

This is what keeping literacy alive looks like.

Our goal is bigger than simply encouraging students to read at school. We want our children to see that reading happens everywhere—at school, at home, at the library, and throughout our community.

I am especially excited to see the literacy work we began through Saturday Storytime continue to grow through partnerships and opportunities like Mission Read More. The summer may be over, but our literacy mission is NOT! 🦅📚

A huge thank you to our Boys & Girls Club team, the Highlands Regional Library, and every family who showed up tonight and chose to make reading a priority.

Strong partnerships. Strong readers. Stronger futures.

📚 KEEP LITERACY ALIVE!
🦅 Mission Possible: No Limits. No Excuses.
💙💛 Building Readers. Building Leaders. Building Our Future.

08/24/2026

Thank you to our partners at RadiFi for a generous donation of school supplies.

08/24/2026

Please join us for our first SAC meeting of the year on Thursday, August 27th at 5:00 p.m. in the Media Center.