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While the phrase “college days” may spark many memories, it is an opportunity for our Hill parents to share their career and educational experiences with our Dillos.  And we are looking for parents to volunteer or to nominate someone who may have an interesting story to tell. The goal behind College Days is to get our Dillos thinking about what they want to do and be when they grow up —…

September is almost over, but there is still time to start planting some winter vegetables such as lettuce, broccoli, kale and spinach. Also think about planting some great smelling herbs like oregano, thyme, and lavender. Gardening and connecting with nature can be done indoors and out. The home gardening project of the week is a Kitchen Scrap Gardening. Sometimes the best seeds are free seeds. Click here for more info to have…

Dear Hill Community, Time is flying as we have wrapped up our first full week of instruction for the school year. Thank you for the support and feedback the last few weeks! There is a lot of information to share so we will try to keep this update as concise as possible. The biggest news as of Wednesday was the announcement of the district and Hill campus plan for the reopening…

Make sure to check out Marketplace to view the NEW Dillo Gear for sale along with the 50th Anniversary merchandise! 50th Anniversary Merchandise for sale: Anniversary T-Shirts: Celebrate Hill Elementary’s 50th-anniversary all year long with a t-shirt designed exclusively for Hill’s 50th year! Anniversary Boxes: Buy a Hill Anniversary box and get everything you need for a Dillo-pride celebration. Yard Signs: Show your Dillo pride and help us celebrate Hill’s 50th Anniversary with a yard sign with Hill’s…

Top Notch Hamburgers will be hosting a Spirit Day this Wednesday, September 23 from 11am – 9pm.   Order online, at the carhop stations onsite or call for takeout.  Top Notch will save your receipts and donate 15% of sales back to Hill Elementary PTA!  Click here for more information. Thank you Top Notch Hamburgers!!! Wear your Sock Hop gear and show Top Notch some love by tagging any social pics #topnotchaustin…

Our next Hill Principal Check-In will be this Thursday, September 24th, at 4:00. Zoom information is below. We are excited to welcome Board Trustee Kristin Ashy to our meeting! The Hill Reopening Plan working draft will be shared as well. We hope everyone can make it! Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 894 3084 2215 Passcode: dillos

Hill Elementary will begin accepting nominations for the Gifted and Talented Program from September 21 – October 2, 2020 for ALL grades K-5. Nomination Process (For Parents): 1) Please complete the GT Nomination Form. 2) Complete the Parent Checklist and email to chelsea.stover@austinisd.org and stephanie.winfrey@austinisd.org. This will come in an email when you have completed the Nomination Form. For more information about the Hill Elementary GT Nomination Process, please visit our Hill GT Newsletter. For more information about the…

We are utilizing the very cool Goals app this year to set weekly personal and professional goals for our staff to meet to promote self-care and celebrating excellence. As part of our celebrations throughout the year, we will be holding raffles for gift cards or other items that teachers can enter to win using their earned “Dillo Bucks”. If you have gift cards at home you may not use or from…

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