Reflections of the Week:
Parenting Tip: Our Home is the Lab!
See below the wisdom from parent himself, Musician Dave Barnes! It is what I shared in my Spill with Hill too!
“I got a word for all the parents out there, and I need to hear this too, but you got to remember something. In your house, when your kids are disrespectful and they're not listening to you and they're doing the opposite of everything you want them to do and they're being mean to each other and mean to you, you are living in the lab. That is the lab,” he explains. This is where kids figure out how to be humans. They figure out how to be themselves. Do not lose sight of that. It is so important to remember that because when they go out in the world, and you're like, ‘Wow, what a sweet kid.’ The teacher speaks so well of them, or they have good friends and people want to be with them. That's real life.” The house is not real life. That's the workshop. Remember that, and be encouraged that because it's going to be hard. It's supposed to be hard, but that's our job to help guide and shape. You're doing a good job. Keep doing it.”
4th Six Weeks Respect Agreement: Intentional Appreciation
Learners are working on unpacking what it means to appreciate others ON Purpose! See below what you can do as a family to honor this agreement this week!
January Spill With Hill:
Happenings Around Hill!
Our staff had a GREAT day of professional learning January 7th! Each teacher has a "bestie" from another grade level or department and they spend time together in staff meetings connecting and finding ways for their classes to get together during the year! A GREAT way for our learners to meet other learners in different grade levels!
Our department leads Maria Thompson (math) Sherry Scott (reading) and Kellie Pringle (science) led out their teacher teams with some great vertical alignment planning! Our goal is for each content area and subject to be aligned to the grade above and below so our kids are getting the same quality experience year to year!
The last thing we did was set really awesome WIGS! Wildly Important Goals around attendance and behavior for the 2nd semester! Each team came up with grade level lead measures that they will do weekly to encourage high attendance and positive behavior for our learners here at Hill. LOTS of collaboration and brainstorming was happening!
January Podcast of the Month: Embrace the Privilege of Parenting
Need to Knows:
- Our school wide attendance goal is 95.2%! We are REALLY pushing hard second semester to meet this each six weeks! Please watch my Spill with Hill to see ways you can encourage your child to come to school every day!
- If your child comes to school AFTER 8:20 you will have to park and come inside to scan the QR code. We are trying to ensure our kids are in class ready to learn and this will help us achieve this goal! Thanks for understanding!
- Under Our Wings and Boys to Men Mentor clubs are back up and running! Our first Under Our Wings meeting will be January 30th!
If you have anything you want me to address in my February Spill with Hill please fill the link below:
If you have any feedback for me to address specifically for this month of January please click the link below!
Upcoming Dates:
- January 13th-17th: Cinderella Closet Dress Drive for Daddy Daughter Dance. Drop off in the morning!
- January 13th-17th: 3rd Six Weeks DOJO Store
- January 15th: 4th Grade Field Trip to River Legacy
- January 17th: 3rd Six Weeks Pep Rallies
- January 20th: Student and Staff Holiday
- January 24th: Daddy/Daughter Dance from 6:00-8:00 PM
- January 28th: 5th Grade Field Trip to AT&T Stadium
Hill Lunch Times:
Important Dates for the Year:
Under Our Wings 5th/6th Grade Girls Mentor Meetings:
If your child signed up to be an Under Our Wings mentor for the school year, see our after school meeting dates below. This form also went home with each girl who signed up and if you need an extra copy please email me! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pyv0ualatdImmAooILvPZGRMBc-7kAa8iZv1NBsRhiw/edit?usp=sharing
Party Dates for 2024-2025 School Year:
- October 31st: Fall Parties
- December 20th: Holiday Parties in AM
- February 14th: Valentine's Party in AM
End of Year Awards and Party Date for 2024-2025 School Year:
- May 13th: PK EOY Award and Party
- May 14th: Kinder EOY Award and Party
- May 15th: 1st Grade EOY Award and Party
- May 16th: 2nd Grade EOY Award and Party
- May 19th: 3rd Grade EOY Award and Party
- May 20th: 4th Grade EOY Award and Party
- May 21st: 5th Grade EOY Award and Party
- May 22nd: 6th Grade EOY Award and Party
- May 23rd: Last Day of School and Dismissal @ 12:10 PM
STAAR Testing Dates for 3rd-6th Grade:
- April 10th: 5th and 6th Grade Reading STAAR (Closed campus, no visitors)
- April 15th: 3rd and 4th Grade Reading STAAR (Closed campus, no visitors)
- April 17th: 5th Grade Science STAAR (Closed campus, no visitors)
- April 23rd: 5th and 6th Grade Math STAAR (Closed campus, no visitors)
- April 25th: 3rd and 4th Grade Math STAAR (Closed campus, no visitors)
PTA Link! Click Here for ALL THINGS PTA!:
How do I put money on my child's account?
Click here to put money on your child's account! https://paypams.com/
How do I become an AISD Approved Volunteer?
Click here to become an AISD approved volunteer: https://www.aisd.net/community/volunteer/
Hill Creed: 24-25 SY
If you need to re-apply for Free and Reduced Lunch, please do so below with the link!
Attendance Shout Outs/Raffles will continue in 24-25!
Let's keep coming to school on time! Beginning at 8:10 I will do attendance raffles! I will get on the loud speaker and randomly select 5-10 kids and if they are at school in class, they will get to come to the office for prizes! Our campus wide goal is 94.9% attendance rate or higher. It's COOL to come to SCHOOL!
Beginning and End Times and Drop Off and Pick Up:
- Doors open at 7:50 AM and learners may go eat breakfast or walk straight to class
- The Tardy Bell rings at 8:20 AM. PLEASE have them here prior 8:20. 8:10 is IDEAL!
- We dismiss at 3:35 PM. Kindergarten will wait inside the front foyer until they hear their learner being called over the walkie talkie and then help their child walk out front to either their parent who walks up or help put them in their car. 1st-4th grade will dismiss out the front doors. 5-6 grade will dismiss from the back of Hill and walk around to either the park if they are a walker or front of the school if they are a car rider. PK will dismiss from the PK POD, same as last year. LOTS of our learners walk to the park or walk home. All other learners will walk out the front of the school with their teacher and we will call your name through the drive thru lane. We will then walk each learner to their car! We are ONLY on duty at the park until 3:50. PLEASE SUPERVISE your learner after 3:50. Mr. Baylor and myself deal with a LOT of park drama (LOL) so your supervision is highly important after 3:50.
Attendance/Tardy Policy for 24-25 SY:
You can click below to see the entire 24-25 Attendance Plan, but here are the big rocks:
No checking out early after 3:00 PM each day. If there is an emergency, a doctor's note will be required the following day or when your learner returns to school.
- More than 5 absences or 5 tardies: a letter will be sent home
- More than 9 absences: a parent/family meeting will be required with myself, counselor or AP. Family Meetings with learners who have more than 9 absences and tardies. We will jointly create an attendance plan to monitor and track attendance and ensure that learners are in school, present, and not missing more than 8% of their entire school year.
- Reinforcements such as 6 weeks attendance parties/lunches for learners who have perfect attendance
- Raffles every 4 weeks with learners who have been present every day at school
- 6 weeks GL parties for the GL with the highest attendance to date.
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2024-2025 AISD Calendar:
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