Your child will be taking the state mandated test ACCESS for English Language Learners during the week of February 7-10. Please be sure your child is at school rested and ready to do their best on this test. If you have any questions please call Ana Rowe 226-2193. Thank you!!
Su niño tomará el examen estatal ACCESS para los Alumnos Aprendiendo Inglés durante la semana del 7-10 de febrero. Asegúrese de que su niño esté en la escuela descansado y listo para hacer lo mejor que pueda en este examen. Si tiene alguna pregunta, llame a Ana Rowe al 226-2193. ¡¡Gracias!!
2nd Graders got a special reading by author Carla Crane Osborne today. She read us one of her many beautiful books about growing up on a farm.
January’s IStation’s most improved hero’s were celebrated today at Hillcrest. Jeremiah, Rhapsody, Emalee, Lukawner, and Kenzie WAY TO GO!! YAY!! We are super proud of our students hard work.
Hillcrest's Kids Heart Challenge 2022 is off to a fantastic start! We have already collected $4500 of our $8000 goal in donations. The community of American Falls is amazing. Thank you for your continued support of our students and this fundraiser for the American Heart Association.
This week in PE class we will be discussing our annual Kids Heart Challenge Event. Hillcrest Elementary has participated in the event for the past 27 years. Last year we were very successful and helped raise over $7000 for the American Heart Association. This year our goal is $8000. Students that wish to participate will bring back their registration letters and then they can begin collecting donations and earning prizes. February 7th through 10th students will be participating in our KHC PE activities. We will be jumping rope, jumping hurdles, walking on balance beams, climbing ropes and other fun activities. Hillcrest also received $700 in gift certificates last year to spend on PE equipment. We are excited to once again participate in Kids Heart Challenge!
Due to hazardous weather conditions there will be no school in the American Falls School District on Tuesday, January 4th 2022.
Typical December weather has finally hit us! Fun but also cold. Please be sure to sent your students prepared to be outside for recesses. Hats, snow boots, gloves and a waterproof coat make it more comfortable for your children. We all go outside for recesses unless the temperature is 10 or below or the wind is a safety issue. Please help your child remember to dress for the weather. Thank you!
Family Game Night and Dinner at Hillcrest Thursday 12/8/21.
Dinner at 5:30
Games from 6-7
Can't wait to see you all there
This week is officially Computer Science Education week Dec. 6-12
Classes in Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd are working on coding.
Known as the Hour of Code
The Hour of Code takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week. Which is held annually, typically in December, in recognition of the birthday (December 9, 1906) of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.
Today we made this cute tessellated Christmas tree at Fired-Up Fridays at Hillcrest. Students learned about tessellation and then did their own project. They were so careful and precise with their work that it turned out beautifully. such a fun learning project.
Happy Thanksgiving! There is no school until Monday, 11/29/2021.
We hope all our students and families have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving.
A very friendly dinosaur was in our building yesterday to remind students of our DRIVE THRU Family Literacy night tonight at the Public Library from 4:30 to 6. Just drive through or come and your family will receive lots of fun family goodies and games! Hope to see you there!!
Today Hillcrest participated in a PRACTICE lock-down drill. We prepare our students and staff for lock-down procedures - that is, getting behind a locked door and out of the line of sight if possible. We talk about what it means to go into lockdown. That something strange is in our school and we need to be safe. We do not go into scary details. Then we practice in a very calm manner. We had city and county police here to help us practice and see how we are doing. They said our students and staff did very well! We hope to never, ever have to go into a real lockdown but I am confident if we did, our school and law enforcement will react as safely as possible! Ask your child about this experience and tell them Mrs. Fehringer said GREAT JOB!
Mrs. Morgan's Halloween party 🎃
We hope to see you at conferences Thursday and Friday, November 11 & 12 so we can share your child’s work and progress with you. Teacher’s time slots are pretty full so please do your best to make your scheduled time.
For those of you who don’t have the opportunity to venture down the kindergarten hall, here is a picture the preschool teachers made to go along with their dinosaur theme. Simply amazing!! Love the talent!
Thursday November 4th is Picuture RETAKE Day!!
Pictures have been sent home and if you would like retakes, please bring the orginal photos in for them to be retaken. Also new students or those who didn't order may also get their photos taken. To order online to go:
https://www.bellphoto.com/
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We partnered with @DonorsChoose to help our teachers fund more of their projects. Check out the new landing page for more information! www.donorschoose.org/afschools
Fired Up Friday - 10-29-21 Enrichment
Kindergarten Halloween parties 2021
