big dillo cheer

A big Dillo Cheer goes out to so many in our Hill community this week. To our Hospitality Committee: Sandra Polkowski, Erica Butler, and Ashley Stafford – Thank you for putting together a delicious Thanksgiving feast for our teachers and staff! We also want to thank all the parent volunteers who helped in the classroom on Thursday so our teachers could get a well-deserved hour to enjoy their Thanksgiving lunch with…

Dear Hill Community, We have one week of school until the fall break! Hill School will be closed from November 22-26. We hope everyone enjoys the nice time with family. Here is a recording of our Veterans Day assembly we held virtually Thursday. Thank you to Ryan Kelly who shared his story, as well as Allison Brundidge for her help organizing. If you missed our Principal Check-In on Thursday, you can click here for a recording…

We are honored to recognize two special Hill parents this week.  Please join us in giving big dillo cheers for Mr. Ryan Kelly and Allison Brundidge.  Mr. Kelly, who served as a Staff Sergeant in the Army Reserves, was our Veterans’ Day Assembly speaker.  His story and words (click here to watch his presentation) inspired both our students and staff!  Allison planned our assembly and created our Honor Wall, featuring veterans…

November is National Native American Heritage Month. Austin ISD is offering three virtual events on November 19-20 in collaboration with AISD Parent Engagement Support Office, AISD Cultural Proficiency & Inclusiveness, AISD CARES, and Great Promise for American Indians and Chickasaw storyteller Amy Bruton Bluemel. For more information and to register, click here. To build upon what our students have learned in the classroom and celebrate at home, families are invited to…

Mr. Drummond is holding a UIL Academic Meet informational meeting tomorrow, Monday, November 15th at 3:30pm to answer questions about our upcoming meet in February. Tomorrow’s meeting will be held virtually and the zoom link is in his letter above. If your child is interested in participating, please return the form that came home in last week’s Wednesday folder by Thursday, November 18th. Also, we need a few volunteers to serve…

The Lost and Found will be outside at the North Portico Wednesday, November 17 through Friday, November 19 in the morning and afternoon. At 7:45am on Friday 11/19 all unclaimed items will become free for Hill families to “shop.” Remaining items will be donated at 3:30pm. Email Amy at lostandfound@hillelementary.com with detailed descriptions of items, student name, and teacher name for delivery. Please label your items!

DirectorySpot, our school directory platform, is updated!  The steps to access the updated directory are below.  If you have not previously provided an email address for directory access, but would like to now, please send a request to directory@hillelementary.com with your preferred email address. Go to www.directoryspot.net or download the app Click login Enter your email address in the username field Click reset password Check your email for a clickable link…

Q: My child was in close contact with someone positive for Covid. Does my child have to quarantine? A: Unvaccinated/partially vaccinated students in close contact with a positive Covid case have 3 options. Remain at school and test on day 5. Negative results, continue at school. Positive results, quarantine for 10 days. Quarantine for 4 days and return to school on day 5 with documented negative rapid or PCR test result.…

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