We are honored to be recognized as a 2019 Mayor’s Healthiest Schools in Austin! This award is given to only a few schools around the Austin area each year. Members of our School Health Advisory Council will attend a special ceremony at City Hall on September 18th, where they will also announce winners of $1000 grants for schools with the highest achievement. Huge Dillo Cheer to Coach Schafer and all of…

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Back to School Night for 1st – 5th Grades will be held on Thursday, September 5. We will start the evening at 5:30pm in the cafeteria with PTA officer introductions and a quick presentation.  A brief volunteer training will also be conducted at this time (volunteer training is REQUIRED for ALL volunteers except those who did the training in the 2018-2019 school year). 5:30pm:  PTA Introductions and Volunteer Training 6:00pm –…

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Click HERE to learn more about Cub Scouts for Boys and Girls (Kinder to 4th grade).  The first pack meeting will be held this Wednesday, September 4th at 6:00pm.  If you have questions or cannot attend but would like to learn more, please contact Stephen Polkowski at stephen@centtech.com.

Our first Principal / Parent coffee of the year will be this Thursday, August 29 at 7:50 am in the library. All guardians are welcome and encouraged to attend. The Hill administrative team will introduce themselves and their duties this year, along with some updates from over the summer. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Texas Education Agency gives an annual rating to Texas public schools and this year Hill again earned an “A” rating with a total score of 95 (up from 93 the prior year). The ratings are based on STAAR scores for all Hill 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders on each test. The different components of the rating include overall achievement, student progress (improvement year to year), and closing the gaps (meeting…

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Through funding from the 2016 Mobility Bond, the City of Austin Safe Routes to School Program has identified and are planning to fund some improvements near Hill Elementary to aid in making it safer for your students to walk and bike to school. You can click here for a flyer that explains some upcoming projects and the scope of planned work so far. You can also visit the website for updates and to…

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Hill Elementary will begin accepting nominations for gifted and talented program beginning  September 9 –20, 2019 for grades 3-5. We will be hosting a meeting in the spring for K-2 nominations. If you would like to learn more about the GT identification process please come to the GT Parent Information Meeting on August 29, 6:00-7:00pm, in the Hill Library. For more information about the Austin ISD gifted program, please visit the Austin ISD web site. Hill GT Advocates: Chelsea Stover, chelsea.stover@austinisd.org Stephanie Winfrey, stephanie.winfrey@austinisd.org

Please click here to see the important information from the nurse regarding medication administration.

Kinder Dismissal Click HERE to help with Kinder dismissal this week. Parents who have already gone through volunteer training in previous years may sign up . Homeroom Parent Please consider signing up to serve as a homeroom parent in your child’s class. Parent involvement makes a great difference in the quality of our children’s school experiences. Click HERE sign up for your teacher, more than one Homeroom Parent can sign up for…

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Is the Hill Sock Hop on your calendar for Friday, September 20th from 5:30-7:30pm? Join your Hill community at our first family event of the year…..Sock Hop!! The event itself is FREE. Tickets will be sold online for dinner from Top Notch in the coming weeks. Bring cash for snow-cones.  There will be a photo booth, hula hoop contests, 50s style dancing, playground fun and more!!! Watch for more information and…

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