Dear Hill Community,
As was stated in the recent communication from Dr. Elizalde, Austin ISD will only be offering virtual learning next week from November 30th-December 4th. Hill School will be closed for face to face learning on campus. All families should make arrangements as needed to ensure students can access our virtual curriculum on Monday.
Prior to leaving for the fall break, our staff worked to ensure all students brought home their needed learning devices and materials to ensure we were prepared for a situation like this. Please know that if needed, devices that were left at school can be picked up beginning Monday if you call ahead to our front office so we can prepare for your arrival. We want to ensure all students have what is needed as some were absent toward the latter part of the week.
Staff will communicate with families as needed by Sunday night to ensure students, parents, and guardians have the necessary information to access virtual learning on Monday. In many cases, nothing will change as the majority of our students are already learning virtually. Where that is not the case, we are working to ensure we have as few disruptions as possible to keep routines with virtual learning only being anticipated for this upcoming week based on the district communication. As always, we appreciate the understanding of our community as our staff is on break and this transition is a big one for some classrooms. There will be some bumps as always with a big shift like this taking place. Your grace is appreciated, especially on the Monday coming back from the fall break.
We will keep our school community updated as we learn more. We appreciate Austin ISD prioritizing the safety of our students and staff. We also acknowledge the hardship this creates for many. We look forward to the return of face to face learning on December 7th and seeing many of our Dillos on campus again. Enjoy your weekend and thank you again for your support this upcoming week!
Jack Drummond
Principal
Hill Elementary and all Austin ISD campuses will be closed to on-campus learning and will only offer remote instruction November 30 through December 4. We appreciate your help in stopping the spread by staying home when possible, wearing a mask and frequently washing your hands. For help acquiring technology, meals, or Wi-Fi, please visit www.austinisd.org/openforlearning or contact the school office.
This year we are requesting parents send in their child’s headshot for individual pictures FOR ALL GRADE LEVELS. By now you should have received an email from Balfour with a personalized link to submit. If you have multiple children at Hill, you will receive a personalized link for each child. Make sure to search your inbox and/or spam for “no-reply@balfour.com”. Deadline to submit is MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30th.
If you have not received your Balfour email or have a child missing from your links, please email yearbook@hillelementary.com with the child’s first name, last name and teacher information.
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A reminder that there will be no virtual or face-to-face classes for the week of November 23rd – 27th.
AISD will partner with the Central Texas Food Bank to provide access to healthy food while campuses are closed for the Thanksgiving break. Click here for more information.
We wish all Hill families a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
It may look a little different, but we are still ready to take your Dillo card orders for the holidays! A few details:
- All orders will be placed online through a Google form this year.
- We WILL be able to do a bulk order of physical cards to use for the holiday orders!
- Unfortunately, we are still unable to offer HEB cards currently.
- Orders are due Monday, November 30th. We won’t be able to accept late orders.
- Pickup or delivery details will be announced closer to the date.
Click here to place your order today!
Questions: Contact dillocards@hillelementary.com
Hospitality Committee will be celebrating Hill Staff with a Thanksgiving box lunch from Galaxy Cafe on Thursday and parent provided treats on Friday. Let’s continue to show all teachers and staff some extra love by decorating the entry Bulletin Board with notes of appreciation and messages from you! Cards may be dropped in the designated bin located in the North Portico at the school beginning Monday morning.
It may look a little different, but we are still ready to take your Dillo card orders for the holidays! A few details:
- All orders will be placed online through a Google form this year.
- We WILL be able to do a bulk order of physical cards to use for the holiday orders!
- Unfortunately, we are still unable to offer HEB cards currently.
- Orders are due November 30th. We won’t be able to accept late orders.
- Pickup or delivery details will be announced closer to the date.
Click here to place your order today!
Questions: Contact dillocards@hillelementary.com
The Virtual Book Fair will close this Saturday, November 21st, so make sure to SHOP before it’s too late! We are thrilled to partner with Book People this year so that each purchase supports our school and a local bookstore. You may shop the WHOLE BookPeople website and make sure to use the Bookfair Code: HILL20 at checkout. Orders can be shipped to your home or picked up curbside at BookPeople. Happy Shopping!
The Virtual Hill Book Fair is OPEN! We are thrilled to partner with Book People this year so that each purchase supports our school and a local bookstore. Just click here to start shopping! You may shop the WHOLE BookPeople website and make sure to use the Bookfair Code: HILL20 at checkout. Orders can be shipped to your home or picked up curbside at BookPeople. Book Fair will end on Saturday, November 21. SHOP NOW!
By now, you should have received an e-mail from BALFOUR with directions on how to submit and upload your child’s school photo for this year.
PARTICIPATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGE!!! Due to Covid-19 Fall Pictures were cancelled. Parent participation is our only option to continue with this beloved keepsake this year.
If you have any questions or have not received the e-mail from Balfour please contact yearbook@hillelementary.com and submit your child’s name, teacher and the e-mail address you would like the e-mail to go to. Once we have that information, you will get the link in the next push out. Please submit your photo by Monday, November 30th.
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