Letter from Principal Newton

Dear Parents,

Thank you for an exceptional year.  We have enjoyed teaching your students this school year and are so proud of the progress they have made!  We enjoyed celebrating our 5^th graders with Memory Day this week.  It has been an honor to celebrate and learn with these students throughout the years!  We look forward to hearing about their future accomplishments in middle school and beyond!

We hope that your family has a wonderful summer vacation and look forward to hearing stories of your travels and experiences when we return in August.  Here are a few August dates to remember:

August 15 – 4 pm Class Lists posted on front windows

August 16 – Kindergarten Back to School Night, Teacher Helper Day

August 17 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Meet the Teacher

August 18 – New Student Play date

August 20 – First Day of School!

Enjoy your summer vacation!  We will look forward to seeing Hill Dillos around Austin.  Dillo Cheer for a relaxing summer break!

BN

Mark your calendars and get ahead for 2018-2019

School Registration – Click here if you haven’t registered for the 2018-19 school year.

Online School Supplies – Purchase Before July 17^th –  Click Here to skip the long lines and purchase your school supplies online.  Kits will be delivered to the classrooms the week before school. Or Click here to download the 2018-19 supplies list and shop on your own.

Many Buy in Parties left on sale – Click here to check out all the fun parties that still have spots available for purchase.  All proceeds go to Hill PTA and benefit your Hill Dillo.

Hill 2018-19 T-Shirt Sale – July 1st – July 22nd – Look for more info in the Dillo Details on July 1st.

Online Open House – July 29th – August 12th – One stop shopping where you can purchase yearbooks, birthday posters, birthday books, Dillo Decals, make donations and much more!

Open House and Meet the Teacher – Friday, August 17th 11am-1pm

First day of School – Monday, August 20th

Thank You to Our Generous 2017-2018 Sponsors!

Click here to see a list of local businesses that made donations this year and helped us cover the many needs over the school year.

TROJAN TREK
May 6th 2018
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Anderson High School

Hill Elementary will hold our 2nd Annual TROJAN TREK Fun Run with our friends from Doss Elementary on May 6th. Join us for this fun, family-friendly, 1 mile run at Anderson High School.

Registration is free, but all attendees must complete a sign up form and waiver to participate. Registration will be available online until May 4.  Click here to register.

Volunteers are needed to help with registration from 1-2pm. Please email Beth Perkins at healthylifestyles@hillelementary.com if you can help.

Only 3 more days to order your Trojan Trek T-shirts!  Shirt sales will close at midnight on April 22nd.  Shirts are $12 and available to purchase at the registration link.  Shirts will be delivered to students the week before Trojan Trek.

**Water bottles will be given to the first 200 students who check in on race day!

Some Hill families need a little help to make their holidays a bit brighter. There are two ways you can help Hill families this holiday season.
GENERAL DONATION: HEB gift cards and wrapping paper are needed and can be donated at the office.
INDIVIDUAL SNOWFLAKE GIFTS: Each child will have one specific gift from their wish list on a snowflake in the front office. Please stop by or ask your child to stop by and pick up a snowflake to donate a specific item.
Please sign up on the form located by the snowflakes when you take a snowflake and return the item to the counselors by Friday December 15th with the snowflake attached to the gift.

If you have any questions please contact Kristina Spess at spesskristi@gmail.com or Sheila Wessels at sheila.wessels@austinisd.org or Stephanie Winfrey at stephanie.winfrey@austinisd.org
Thank you in advance for your generosity to Hill families in our community!

Please Join Us This Thursday, Nov. 16th at 7:45am in the Hill Library for our PTA meeting and guest speaker-Devorah Heitner, PhD, Founder & Director of Raising Digital Natives

Our kids are growing up in a different world. How do we help them be mindful & responsible citizens in the 21st century? Our speaker will offer a refreshing perspective on kids and media that goes beyond the typical admonishment that limits “screentime”. She offers concrete criteria to evaluate the quality of our children’s media experiences and is a resource for anyone seeking advice on how to help children thrive in a world of digital connectedness.

Click here for more information about Raising Kids in a Digital Age.

We hope you see you there!

The day has come!  Thank you to all of you who participated in early voting over the last couple of weeks.  Numbers were low so if you didn’t already vote, please make sure to vote tomorrow – Tuesday, November 7th.  Hill Elementary along with Murchison Middle School and Anderson High School will be polling sites on Tuesday.  Drop off your child at school and walk over and vote.  It’s that easy!

 *** Due to a change put into place this last legislative session, the AISD bond is actually titled “Proposition A” and is the last item on the ballot. ***

Each ballot will have items in this order: 1) Texas constitutional amendments (there are seven); 2) Travis County bonds (there are two); and 3) the AISD bond. Please read all the way to the end of your ballot to find the school bond.

Let’s make sure to get out there and have our voices heard! Every vote matters! Every vote counts!

Just as a reminder, the Hill PTA voted unanimously to support this bond. To see how Hill will be impacted should the bond pass, please click here!

Election Day is Nov. 7th. Polling locations are listed below:
Hill Elementary
Murchison Middle School
Anderson High School
Fire Station #33 on Bluegrass Drive
Renaissance Retirement Center on Taylor Draper Lane
Lakewood HOA
North Village Public Library
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Burnet Middle School
Doss Elementary School
Old Quarry Public Library

Bake Sale and Cake Walk Needs:

Please bring as many store bought goodies as you can. Cookies, brownies, muffins and other sweets will be perfect. We also need small store bought, cakes donated for the Cake Walk Booth.

*Health code regulations require that all items are sealed in the original packaging. That also includes cupcakes. Please do not bring anything that needs to be refrigerated. Deliver your goodies to the Multi-purpose room just before the library no EARLIER than the morning of Friday, 10/26 and label them “BAKE SALE or CAKE WALK”.

Questions? Contact Rachel Gritz at carnival@hillelementary.com

HELP!!!!  Donations still needed!

Full, sealed Pringles for the Pringle Toss Booth
1 or 2 Liter Sodas for the Soda Toss Booth
Lots of small, medium, and large toys and stuffed animals for prizes

Bring your donations to the boxes at the yellow brick wall.

Did you already purchase your wristbands and tickets? Pick them up at the WILL CALL table inside the front doors Thursday 10/25 and Friday 10/26 before and after school.

Early Bird online sales end tonight, October 25th at midnight! Order by midnight and save money and the hassle of ticket and wristband lines at Carnival. Also, for every early wristband purchase, there will be 2 drawings where your child could win either an iPad mini or the Golden Ticket (which includes jump to the front of the line and 50 food tickets)!!

Wristbands and tickets can be purchased at carnival for a higher price.

Click here to purchase. Click here to see a list of what you can buy at carnival with tickets.

Adults do not need wristbands!

Did you already purchase your wristbands and tickets? Pick them up at the WILL CALL table inside the front doors Thursday 10/26 and Friday 10/27 before and after school.

Donations still needed!

Full, sealed Pringles for the Pringle Toss Booth
1 or 2 Liter Sodas
Lots of small, medium, and large toys and stuffed animals for prizes

Bring your donations to the boxes at the yellow brick wall.

Bake Sale and Cake Walk Needs:

Please bring as many store bought goodies as you can. Cookies, brownies, muffins and other sweets will be perfect. We also need small store bought, cakes donated for the Cake Walk Booth.

*Health code regulations require that all items are sealed in the original packaging. That also includes cupcakes. Please do not bring anything that needs to be refrigerated. Deliver your goodies to the Multi-purpose room just before the library no EARLIER than the morning of Friday, 10/27 and label them “BAKE SALE or CAKE WALK”.

Questions? Contact Rachel Gritz at carnival@hillelementary.com

Sign up to volunteer at Carnival!

Every class has a booth. Homeroom parents are looking for your help. Please sign up to help at your classroom’s assigned booth. Look for an email from your homeroom parent and sign up today. This is a volunteer run event. Many hands make light work.

Middle School and High School volunteers are also needed at Carnival. They can report to the volunteer table at Carnival. For questions, email Jo Dale Guzman at jodaleg@gmail.com.

Click here to purchase tickets and wristbands online!!

Buying your wristbands early will get you the chance to win an iPad mini!!

Click here for food ticket prices.

The Dillo Dads are having a work day this Sunday, October 22nd and definitely could use some extra volunteers.  Anyone is welcome, not just Dads, and even the smallest amount of time is a big help.  So if you can spare an hour, or more, please email chiefdillodad@gmail.com.  We’ll be repairing vandalism in Hill Harbor, improving the outdoor learning area for the 4th grade portables, finishing the new shed, repairing and painting picnic tables around the campus, and much more.  A single hour helps so much!!

We are so excited about Sports Day coming up this week!  Many thanks to Coach T and Coach Schafer for their organization of this healthy event!

As a reminder, we will NOT have Assembly Wednesday, Thursday or Friday morning.  Students should still come to the cafeteria/gym at their normal time each morning.  At 7:35 a.m., teachers will come to the cafeteria/gym and walk their students back to their classrooms.  Students arriving between 7:35 and 7:45 should go straight to their classroom.

At 7:45 a.m., we will use the loudspeaker for any announcements, as well as the pledges.