Dear Hill Community, The last day of school is this Thursday! If you have not yet done so, please ensure you turn in your device and/or library books tomorrow to your teacher as the deadline is passed. We will have periodic emails over the summer, but this will be our last scheduled weekly communication for now. It has been an honor serving the Hill Community again this year as the principal. Please ensure…

Dear Hill Community,  We have 9 days of school left! Be on the lookout next weekend for more detailed information on graduation walks that will take place throughout the week. For our 5th grade families, please know all the information you will need will be shared in an upcoming 5th grade newsletter. Reminder: It is required that ALL students turn in any provided Austin ISD devices, hotspots, chargers, and/or cases or…

Dear Hill Community, It is Teacher Appreciation Week! During this week, we recognize the excellence and care that our teaching staff brings to Hill each day. Thank you to our volunteers helping to provide an extended lunch to them on Wednesday. We appreciate all of your thoughtfulness this week in showing how much we care about our teaching staff! It is also Nurse Appreciation Week! Thank you to Alexis and Carmen…

Dear Hill Community, This week is Office Staff and After School Childcare Appreciation Week! Please join us in thanking these two amazing groups for all they do. Our office staff is the heart of our school and the first faces that greet you. Our Childcare Workers go above and beyond to do so many different tasks for our students each day. Dillo Cheer for these ladies! Our older students made us…

Dear Hill Community, This week is School Lunch Heroes Week. Let’s give a big Dillo Cheer to our lunch staff who show up and support our students every day! As we are now in the last month of school, we wanted to give our community a staffing update for the fall: –  Counselor Sarah Kelton is leaving Hill to expand her private practice. We wish her well and thank her for…

Dear Hill Community, Dillo Cheer to everyone who volunteered to help on Saturday at our Hill School Beautification Day! Our grounds are looking excellent and ready to welcome our families this spring. STAAR testing begins this week for our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. We are so proud of the hard work our students have put in. We can’t thank our teachers enough for all the preparation they have done this…

Dear Hill Community, We want to thank all of the volunteers that made another successful Hill Country Carnival possible. It is always one of the highlights of the year for our students. We appreciate you all! As a reminder, there is no school this Friday, April 7th as it is a student/staff holiday. Current Kinder-4th grade families: It is that time of year for our parents/guardians to fill out a Student Information Form to…

Dear Hill Community, For those celebrating, we hope you are having an excellent holiday weekend. The following letter is full of reminders about upcoming events and deadlines. Nothing new but thanks for taking a look! For interested Pre-K families, please take a look at the end of this letter for a step by step guide on how to complete the Pre-K application that is now live. Reminder to current Kinder-4th grade families: It…

Dear Hill Community,  This is an information-filled letter this week with many event reminders. Please read carefully, including the reminder at the end that there is no school this Friday! It is Hill Heritage and International Reading Week! We appreciate all of our families who have volunteered to support reading in the classrooms in multiple languages, as well as our Hill Heritage Parade on Thursday. The Heritage Parade will be held…

Dear Hill Community, We have one week to go until Spring Break! As a reminder, there will be no school March 13-17. We hope you enjoy the time with your family. With many Austin ISD students living in food-insecure households, access to healthy food may be challenging when the district is closed for Spring Break.  Families can use the community resources below to find free meals in their area while Austin ISD offices…

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