Visitors, News, & Updates

MFISD Highland Lakes Elementary - 2nd Graders

May 2, 2019
 75 students and close to 25 parents/teachers braved the stormy weather and were so flexible and positive! Even though we had to change up the day's plan, we still had a lot of fun and managed to bring the outdoors inside or under cover.  We built reading forts, learned about local wildlife and tracks, planted herbs and succulents, learned about composting worms, and made some beautiful wildflower art!
Thank you HLES for being such wonderful campers!
FORTIS ACADEMY
LIBERTY HILL, TX

April 8, 2019

Kinder, 1st, & 2nd grades came out to camp for a wonderful day full of activities! Content included canoeing and water front safety, pictographs and painting with natural pigments, rock stacking and rock art, building and reading inside tent forts, and a garden tour making observations of the veggies and looking for garden friends like pollinators, protectors, and decomposers! 
These littles had BIG imaginations and we were so impressed with their teamwork and creativity. 

Middle School Day Camp

in partnership with the after-school program at Marble Falls Middle School

February 16, 2019

The students registered in our after-school program at MFMS earned this trip as a reward for their participation throughout the Fall '18 semester. They did the High Ropes Course, Archery, Canoeing, Fishing, and had a great time building up their friendships with each other and with us! 

Peace of Christ Church Retreat
​January 26, 2019

During their parents' weekend retreat, these kids ages 2-8 had adventures in our green house, observed worms that help convert food waste to compost, went on hikes looking for tracks, scat, and plants, built forts to read in, and built towers out of rocks! Our goal was to be outside and explore as much as possible. They loved it and were such troopers; rain or shine they were ready to go!

One Day Academy 
​​November 26, 2018

One Day Academy is an organization that helps supplement and support homeschooling families all across Texas. A group from the Hill Country Region of ODA coordinated a half day trip with us that focused on:
- Leadership & Stewardship
- Personality Styles, Strengths & Teamwork
- Orienteering & Nature Hikes
- Track, Scat, & Plant Identification 
- Water Conservation
It was a wonderful day of personal growth and reflection as well as a wonderful opportunity to integrate content from the various classes they are studying into hands-on activities and extension projects!

Highland Lakes Elementary Teachers
August 13, 2018 

More than 80 wonderful teachers spent their first day of in-service in team building activities, strengthening relationships, and discussing a book called The Fundamental 5 which is about simple strategies and routines that make a big difference when used consistently in the classroom. 

Faith Academy Teachers
September 25, 2018

​Faith Academy teachers from elementary to high school created a staff development day around the book Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire which focuses on ways of engaging your students in authentic ways, the importance of providing real-world applications for the material, and the benefits of integrating cross-curriculum activities.