Does your child have a great sense of humor to complement his or her artistic skills? If so, your child  will LOVE a Young Rembrandts cartooning class. Students will learn how to personify inanimate objects and draw exaggerated expressions to transform ordinary people, pets, and things into colorful characters. They will learn to visually depict motion and action, and how to illustrate a joke. CLICK HERE for the flyer and dates,…

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Hill Heritage Week is coming up April 11th-14th!  Get your unique cultural clothing, flags, and sashes ready because the Heritage Fashion Show is back!  This year’s fashion show will be held on April 13th, during morning assembly time.  Parents are invited to watch the show along the front circle drive.  In addition, we have two more special opportunities for sharing our families’ unique cultures during the week: International Reading & Virtual…

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WHAT A NIGHT!  Thank you to everyone who made Hill Country Carnival 2022 such a success.  Please join us in giving a HUGE Dillo Cheer for our Carnival Chair Kelly Tarun.  Kelly and her team put together a spectacular event!  Big Dillo Cheers for Carnival Volunteers: Anita Csizmadia, Heidi Parker, Leisha Ehlert, Shanna Heidmann, & Theresa Ellington; Haunted House Crew Caroline Marquis, Jo Dale Guzman, Kerri Westmoreland, Sarah Newton, & Sheila…

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Dillo! Dillo! ATX! Hill Hoopla is around the corner and our main goal this year is community building! We are inviting all of our Dillo Families to help sponsor our largest fundraiser of the year. We’re excited to announce our new Family Sponsorship opportunity, which makes sponsoring this event a great way to show your support for Hill. Put your stamp on Hill and sign up your family for a Club…

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THIS WEEK please say “Gracias! Merci! Danke! Xièxiè Nǐ! Gratias Tibi!” to our World Language teachers: Brenda Baez (1st grade Spanish), Lorella Loftus (2nd grade French), Melissa Drexler (3rd grade German), Xuanhua Zhou (4th grade Chinese), and Neil Hargrove (5th grade Latin). They make learning a new language so much fun for our Dillos! These rockstars aren’t on campus every day, so you’re invited to email your thanks OR drop off your non-perishable thanks…

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Strawbridge Studios is coming Wednesday 3/9 to take individual photos with a Spring theme!  Your child’s teacher will send your pictures home once they’re in, and you can select and pay for the ones you want to keep.  CLICK HERE to see the flyer!  Cheese!

Do you have a little Dillo coming to Kindergarten next year? Please join us for an Incoming Kindergarten Story Time. We will meet in the Hill Library Wednesday 3/9 from 2:00-2:45pm. Spots are limited, so SIGN UP HERE! Reach out to Amanda Goodwin and Cassie Fillman at newparentcoordinator@hillelementary.com with any questions!

The Lost and Found will be outside Wednesday, 3/9, Thursday 3/10, and Friday 3/11.  On Friday at 8am, unclaimed items since December and January will be free for families, and will then pulled for donation at 3:30pm. Items labeled with a first name and last initial will continue to be delivered.  Reach out to Amy Whiteaker at lostandfound@hillelementary.com if you need help!

Please join us Thursday 3/10, at 7:45am in the cafeteria, for our monthly PTA meeting.  The 2022-2023 PTA Board Nominating Committee’s slate will be presented, nominations from the floor will be taken, and voting will take place at this meeting.  Kelley Valdez, PTA Incoming President, will also announce the appointed positions.  See you then!

Hill Sports Days are back, and better than ever!  We need YOUR HELP Thursday 3/10 and Friday 3/11 to run individual stations and direct classes from event to event.  There are several empty spots, so please check out THIS GOOGLE SPREADHSEET and pick a day/time when you can help!  Once you’ve selected a day/time to volunteer, please email Coach Monreal (melissa.monreal@austinisd.org) or Coach Shaw (tyler.shaw@austinisd.org) to sign up!  Thank you, and we can’t wait to see you!