It’s time to order your NEW Hill Merchandise for the 2020-21 school year! We’re super excited to share our redesigned Hill T-shirts and hats along with a few extra goodies for the upcoming school year. Pre-order NOW – July 22! All orders placed during this window will be ready for pick up at Open House, more details to come.
We are also excited to be supporting our 5th graders this year with a portion of all sales going to their 5th grade legacy project. This year has a lot of uncertainty but what we do know is, we are all here as a community and family to support our Hill Dillos!
CLICK HERE to order.
QUESTIONS? CONTACT: hilltshirts@hillelementary.com
Please join Principal Drummond on Thursday, July 23rd at 10:00am for a virtual Principal Coffee. This will not be the last of the summer but will hopefully help our families with decisions they may still be considering in regards to student learning at Hill School.
Topic: Hill Principal Coffee 7/23
Time: Jul 23, 2020 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 837 7632 2672
Password: dillos
Join Zoom Meeting
The last day to order School Supplies from Sprouts is Tuesday, July 14th! Boxes for students-learning-at-school will be delivered to the classrooms. Boxes for students-learning-at-home will be available for contactless pick up (more details to come). Ordering is easy! Just go to www.sproutsupplies.com and enter school code HES003. When you order online you skip an in-person trip to the store AND you raise funds for Hill! Check out the Sprouts flyer here and check out the school-wide supply list here.
As the Hill staff prepares for an unconventional fall, teachers are participating in all types of learning to meet the needs of our students. We thought it would be fun to update you on a few of the highlights.
We want to begin by giving a huge Dillo Cheer to Lorrie Salome, who has organized a weekly tech meetup available to Hill staff. Topics include BLEND, the Google Suite, Flipgrid, and other tools that fit the needs of our teachers. We have a wealth of knowledge on campus that is now being shared across the school, which is such a powerful thing! Hill School has a lot of talent.
Our staff book study on “How to be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi is under way as well, where we will be utilizing our first break-out groups in Zoom to have critical conversations with those participating. We are also thankful to have an expert Cultural Proficiency and Inclusion department in AISD that is offering other cohorts and learning various staff are participating in. This included the recent Austin ISD Equity Summit we were happy to have Hill community participation in!
We have a lot of work to do in order to prepare for the new school year. Thank you to all of our staff who are utilizing their time off to learn and instruct in order for our students to be supported! You are appreciated.
Principal Drummond
Alright Alright Alright – it’s time to order your NEW Hill Merchandise for the 2020-21 school year! We’re super excited to share our redesigned Hill T-shirts and hats along with a few extra goodies for the upcoming school year. Pre-order NOW – July 22! All orders placed during this window will be ready for pick up at Open House, more details to come.
We are also excited to be supporting our 5th graders this year with a portion of all sales going to their 5th grade legacy project. This year has a lot of uncertainty but what we do know is, we are all here as a community and family to support our Hill Dillos!
CLICK HERE to order.
QUESTIONS? CONTACT: hilltshirts@hillelementary.com
As we shared a week ago, a community book study opportunity is taking place on Ibram X. Kendi’s “How to be an Antiracist“. A full letter was sent out by Principal Drummond on June 22nd with details. If you are planning to read the book, please complete this Google form so staff have an idea of who is reading and if you need support in forming a group to study the text. We were made aware that the form was limiting responses and that should be fixed now.
Get your back to school shopping for school supplies wrapped up in minutes and never leave your house. The exact, teacher-selected supplies for each grade level are just a couple of clicks away at www.sproutsupplies.com. Enter our school code HES003. When you order through Sprout School Supplies you skip a trip to the store AND you raise money for Hill Elementary. We receive a small portion of cash back for each box purchased. The deadline to order is around the corner on July 14th. Don’t miss out and check out the flyer here!
CLICK HERE to learn more about the Trojan Belle Virtual Dance Camp opportunity!
Alright Alright Alright – it’s time to order your NEW Hill Merchandise for the 2020-21 school year! We’re super excited to share our redesigned Hill T-shirts and hats along with a few extra goodies for the upcoming school year. Pre-orders begin TODAY, July 1 – July 22! All orders placed during this window will be ready for pick up at Open House, more details to come.
We are also excited to be supporting our 5th graders this year with a portion of all sales going to their 5th grade legacy project. This year has a lot of uncertainty but what we do know is, we are all here as a community and family to support our Hill Dillos!
CLICK HERE to order.
QUESTIONS? CONTACT: hilltshirts@hillelementary.com
Dear Hill Community,
We hope all of our families are enjoying their time together right now. While there is still much uncertainty surrounding the fall semester, I wanted to give everyone a brief update on what we do know.
Last week, the district sent information to our Austin community on some guidelines for the reopening of our AISD schools. That information includes a limited capacity of students on campus daily, procedures while on campus, and steps to follow if anyone is suspected of or confirmed to have COVID-19. You can check out the latest Summer Vision 2020 for more information.
Austin ISD has also emailed all families a survey link to provide information on where you are right now in terms of your comfort level and preparedness with different possible scenarios. We highly encourage you to complete the family survey. For assistance with the survey, please email survey@austinisd.org. It is such important information for us to have in terms of planning. Thank you for taking the time to complete this! You can expect others as we get closer to school with more information at hand.
As you can imagine, this preliminary information will have a big impact on how Hill School will operate, at least to begin the year. Safety will continue to be our utmost priority. Larger school gatherings like assemblies or cafeteria lunch time will not be taking place for the time being. Arrival and dismissal will be very controlled to ensure that appropriate distancing and contact is limited for students and staff who return to campus. Obviously, more information will be shared as we continue to plan in the coming weeks. Updates will include schedules for different scenarios, daily procedures, and other important information as we plan for a truly unique semester. Flexibility will be the key as we allow for the need to move between models at any point that it becomes appropriate. For those parents who may not feel comfortable sending their student(s) to school depending on a number of factors, please know we will have a detailed plan for virtual learning as well. We know that will be the necessity for many for understandable reasons.
You can expect more updates and a more interactive Principal Coffee in the future as we receive more information and develop a strategic plan. While there is still much unknown, please be assured we will constantly consider the health of our students and staff above all else. Tell our Dillos that Mr. Drummond wants to hear about their reading and adventures once we see them again in August! Have a great weekend, everyone.
Principal Drummond
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