Hillcrest Elementary School’s mission is to provide an educational environment that encourages all learners to respect themselves and others, value education, contribute to their communities, and succeed in an ever-changing world. We provide our students with opportunities for success, and we expect our students to make progress each day toward attaining that success. We seek to instill in each student the desire to be a lifelong learner and to serve others.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."~ Aristotle
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Week At A Glance
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Monday - May 14, 2012
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Citizenship trait continues as part…
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Citizenship trait continues as part of our Character Counts program. Are you receiving the weekly Hillcrest Global Connect message? If not, please call the office to have your telephone number updated. All Global Connect phone numbers have been updated according to…
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Tuesday - May 15, 2012
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Pretzel money due. (Pretzels will…
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Pretzel money due. (Pretzels will be delivered on Wednesday.) Pretzels are $0.50 each. Has your child been absent? If so, please remember to turn in your child’s absence note. Without the note, the absence will be unexcused.
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Wednesday - May 16, 2012
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Wednesday folders go home today. (See…
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Wednesday folders go home today. (See materials below.) Please return tomorrow with your child. Wednesday folders should be returned empty. Do you have an hour to spare? Volunteers are needed to help stuff Wednesday folders. Give an hour and earn a…
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Thursday - May 17, 2012
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Student Spelling Bees. 7:00pm Home and…
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Student Spelling Bees. 7:00pm Home and School Association Meeting in the library. All are invited to attend. Childcare will be provided. Donations for the teacher luncheon should be dropped off in the office today. Keep saving your Box Tops. Every Box…
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Friday - May 18, 2012
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Market Day orders due. Payment is…
4Sight Assessments for students in grades 3 through 5. Market Day orders due. Payment is due at pick-up. Dance Show at 7:00pm at Drexel Hill Middle School. Send your used inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges, cell phones, GPS devices, iPods, and laptops to the office to be recycled by the Hillcrest…
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Education Week: Education Act
English-Language Learners
15 May 2012, 12:05 am
Children with parents who speak little to no English reap important benefits by participating in one year of center-base... Read More
Push Back High School Start Times
15 May 2012, 12:05 am
The high school day should start later for public health and learning reasons, Terra Ziporyn Snider says.... Read More
Education Week: Research
Gifted Programs Aim to Regain Budget Toehold
15 May 2012, 12:05 am
But efforts to restore federal funds for a long-running gifted education program lack Obama administration support.... Read More
Calif. Aims to Go Own Way in NCLB Waiver Bid
15 May 2012, 12:05 am
The state board approves a waiver request that departs from the Education Department’s model.... Read More
