Therapists from Anderson High School’s Vida Clinic* will be hosting a dialogue with parents about adolescent mental health and wellness. We invite you to join us for the opportunity to connect with other parents, ask questions, and learn about mental health resources offered at school. We will talk about adolescent development, warning signs, and mental health issues, so feel free to bring your worries and questions to this open discussion about how to have important conversations with your teens.
Anderson High School Theatre
Wednesday, January 17th
7pm-8:30pm
*Vida Clinic is a behavioral health practice that specializes in providing school-based mental health services. We partner with the AISD and offer year-round therapeutic support, including individual, family, and group counseling, as well as consultation and training for parents and staff. Common reasons for referral include depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, trauma history, school-related stress, family conflict, grief and loss, substance abuse, and self-harming behaviors. Our therapists are clinically trained to provide the highest quality of services to meet the needs of each individual client and utilize evidence-based and trauma-informed techniques.
Leslie Faulhaber, LCSW and Laura Rifkin, LCSW are the Vida Clinic therapists based at Anderson High School. For information on referring your child to therapy services at Anderson, please contact their alpha counselor on campus. If you have additional questions about Vida Clinic and it’s services, please call Laura at 512-414-7918 or Leslie at 512-841-7307.
The City of Austin is collecting input from the community on how they can spend 2016 Mobility Bond funds to create Safe Routes to School. Now is our chance as a Hill community to provide our ideas and show our support for improvements around Hill. Without strong support that money may head elsewhere.
The plan for spending funds is being developed NOW! We need YOU to weigh in! It’s easy! Just open this link,
enter your email address, and click to the map. Use the grey toolbar near the top to locate Hill or shift the map to our corner of Austin. You’ll see lots of dots with described improvements already entered. If you like any of these, show your support by agreeing. If you have additional ideas enter them in. If you walk or bike, enter your route using the ‘Add Route’ tool on the grey toolbar and describe barriers along your route. It is important we show decision-makers safe routes matter to us!
A few ideas already mentioned on the map you can support: 1) Add sidewalks in key missing locations, 2) create additional bike racks near the front and back of the school, 3) create roundabouts at our intersections to reduce dangerous three-point turns around the school, 4) create bike paths along Hyridge, 5) add paint for No Parking designations, 6) raise the intersection of Austin Woods to improve visibility and slow down traffic. Have other ideas? Want to support these ideas? Follow the link above!
Saturday, February 3rd
Lamar Middle School
9am-12pm (anytime between)
Click here for more information.
When: Saturday, January 20th and Thursday, January 25th
Who: For all interested 5th graders
It should take about 20-30 minutes to try the instruments and then check out with the band and orchestra teachers to get all the details they need for playing an instrument at MMS.
Saturday, Jan. 20, in the MMS Cafeteria and Front Foyer from 9 am – 4 pm.
Thursday, Jan. 25, in the MMS Cafeteria and Front Foyer from 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm.
It’s the ATX Dog Pageant sponsored by Anderson High School’s Project Graduation (the keep new grads safe lock-in party) and Lofty Dog. PRIZES available in three categories.
January 20th
4-6 PM
AHS cafeteria
Enter your dog or purchase tickets to attend online by clicking below:
https://tinyurl.com/ATXdogpageant
Proceeds benefit Austin Pets Alive! and PG18.
Register TODAY!
The Westover Hills Tennis Program will swing back into action February 5th. The Spring program has two sessions. If you’re interested in having your child learn the lifetime sport please follow the link and see the details. If you have any questions please contact Brendan Sheehan at formulatennis8@gmail.com
Click here for more information!
Ballet Austin is now offering classes for children ages 18 months to 7 years in our northwest campus at the JCC! for class schedule visit: https://balletaustin.org/academy/school-year-programs
FREE introductory classes on Thursday, January 18:
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Creative Movement for 3 years old
3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Pre-Ballet for 6 years old
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Pre-Ballet for 7 years old
To sign up for a free class:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=11944&stype=-115&sTG=112&sVT=355&sView=day&sLoc=0
Tuition assistance is available to students who qualify based on financial need.
For more information call 512.501.8703 or email: registrar@balletaustin.org
Class Location:
Jewish Community Center
Ballet Austin @ the J
7300 Hart Lane
Austin, TX 78731
Dear Hill Families,
Welcome back to school! We hope that your family had a relaxing, fun filled time over the Winter Break. To get to see snow twice in one month in Austin was pretty special! We have really enjoyed hearing the students’ stories about their holiday adventures! Now, here we are in 2018, setting resolutions and goals for learning and social, emotional choices this Spring Semester at Hill School.
On January 2, the Hill Staff participated in the Creative Learning Initiative Training with the other elementary schools in the Anderson Vertical Team. On this day, staff collaborated with community arts partners on strategies to create engaging, arts-integrated lessons in the classroom. The CLI has been a wonderful way for our teachers to expose students to multiple art forms, thereby deepening content understanding.
On January 3, all of the schools in the Anderson Vertical Team joined together for multiple training sessions led by teachers and staff on everything from technology integration to mindfulness. Teachers learned about math and writing instruction, ways to integrate spelling into the curriculum, how flexible seating can benefit students and how to differentiate instruction for multiple learners. Then in the afternoon, teachers across campuses met for vertical and horizontal planning. This is always a great day for conversations and planning across the entire Anderson Vertical Team! Thank you for giving us this day for teacher planning and development with our peers!
Finally, I wanted to let everyone know that Whitney Wallace, Hill fourth grade teacher has resigned from AISD for personal reasons, effective January 12, 2018. We appreciate Ms. Wallace’s service to the students of Hill School and wish her luck in future endeavors. We have hired Alexa Denny as our new fourth grade teacher. Ms. Denny is a graduate of the University of Texas and most recently was a fourth grade student teacher at Laurel Mountain Elementary School in Round Rock ISD. We are excited to welcome Alexa Denny to Hill School!
Have a great weekend and we will see you in the Hill hallways!
BN
Calling all 5th grade artists! Want to join 5th Grade Art Club? Art Club will meet every Tuesday, January 9 – March 6, from 3:00-4:00 in Mrs. Perry’s Art Room. Students will collaborate on community service art projects and explore their own creative ideas. Please see Mrs. Perry for an Art Club application if interested.
Click here for permission slip.
During the Spring Semester, the Student Council has selected the following dress up days to support our No Place for Hate initiative:
January 26th – Team Up Against Bullies (wear your favorite Sports Team or Dillo school shirt)
February 23 – Dillos Show Good Character (Book character day – no scary costumes, mask, weapons)
March 29th – Don’t Be Caught Sleeping, Stand Up to Bullies! (Wear your favorite pajamas)
April 27 – I “mustache” You to Play! (Wear mustaches)
May 25 – Bully Free from Head to Toe (Silly hats, Silly Hair, Silly Socks)
