Calling all volunteers! We need YOU, yes YOU! We are looking to fill chair positions for the 2024-2025 school year. Reach out to President-Elect Margarita Bagwell at presidentelect@hillelementary.com for more information or to volunteer! Don’t be shy! VETERAN’S DAY ASSEMBLY Chair: What an honor to celebrate our veterans! We need you to coordinate Hill’s annual Veteran’s Day assembly and picture Honor Wall in November. LOST AND FOUND Chair: Do you like to organize? This is a volunteer job…

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Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Dillos will take the STAAR Reading test this Monday, April 15th. And our 5th grade Dillos will take the STAAR Science test this Thursday, April 18th. Parents, caregivers, visitors, and volunteers are not allowed on campus during school hours (with the exception of the PTA meeting Thursday morning). Here’s a short list of STAAR-ready reminders: get a good night’s sleep, have a healthy breakfast, arrive…

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Elementary schools throughout Austin ISD will be participating in Kindergarten Round Up.  This is an opportunity to register your kindergartner for the 2024-2025 school year. Hill Elementary’s Kindergarten Round Up is at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 17 in the Hill School Cafeteria. Please bring your incoming preK or kindergartner for a very special visit to Hill preK/Kindergarten classrooms.  While the children visit the classroom, parents/legal guardians may register their child for…

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What is the secret sauce for a dinner everyone will love? Pizza! With literal sauce. And toppings! Because you can dress up a slice in infinite ways it’s always a crowd pleaser. On April 18th be the dinner hero by grabbing some pizza over at Tony C’s on Anderson Ln. You’ll also be showing your Dillo Spirit as 10% of your purchase goes back to the school. Just mention “Hill Elementary”.

Hospitality committee would love your help to treat our Teacher & Staff during STAAR testing. We stock snacks for the long testing days. If you can help, please drop snacks by 7:30am on testing days (or before) & be sure to label “Hospitality”. And don’t worry- we didn’t forget about 5th grade STAAR- we planned other fun that day! Sign up HERE.

PE Camp Registrations are filling fast! Coach Shaw would like to remind all PE eXtension campers that session 2 after school starts this Monday.  We have 3 spots available (1st-5th grade). We will be in the big gym until 4:00PM Mondays until May 13. After school registration link: https://forms.gle/h1nkxG2tkkfvpLfq6 PE Sports and Games Summer camps are filling quickly! Don’t miss out! Open to students upon completion of Kindergarten. Sessions run 9am-2pm…

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Texas public school funding stalled in the last legislative session, due to political games.  Now virtually every district in the state of Texas, including AISD, is facing budget shortfalls. How did we get into this mess?  This presentation on School Funding from the Austin Council of PTA’s simplifies* school funding and is easy to share with your friends and family. For even more information on the subject, check out the informative videos from Raise Your…

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