Dear Hill Community, We are missing our Dillos on campus but hope everyone is having a summer of fun! The Drummond family went to South Padre for a rain-soaked few days with the little one last week. We have plenty to share about what is going on around Hill School. We wanted to ensure we updated our community on staffing that continues over the summer: Laura Jones will be transitioning from…
Dear Hill Community, Thank you for making our teachers feel special and recognized this past week! As we continue to wind down the year, your support and partnership mean so much. We are now ready for one of our busiest weeks of the year with STAAR upon us! Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be taking the STAAR math assessment this Tuesday and the reading assessment this Wednesday. 5th graders…
Dear Hill Community, In a year like no other, we want to recognize our incredible educators during Teacher Appreciation Week! We are so lucky at Hill to truly have the best teachers from coast to coast. Thank you all for celebrating them this week and letting them know how much they mean to us. Look for an email from our homeroom parents on how we are celebrating each day this week…
Dear Hill Community, We hope you are having an excellent weekend so far. On campus, we wanted to update everyone that we now have around 630 students on campus each day, which is about 70% of our school population. Things are busy around Hill School! Please join us this Thursday for our Anderson Vertical Team Community Conversation with our superintendent Dr. Elizalde. The district leadership team will be sharing information about the…
Dear Hill Community, We hope everyone who attended enjoyed our Dillo Derby last night! We want to again thank Jessica McKay, Alexis Holder, and their entire army of volunteers/donors who made the event a huge success. Through this, our biggest fundraiser of the year, we will be able to better meet the needs of all of our students next year in so many different ways. Dillo Cheer for what was a…
Dear Hill Community, Dillo Derby week is upon us! This is your last call as we invite all of our families to join us Saturday, April 17th for a night of fun. It has never been easier to attend our Hill Hoopla fundraiser than this year as you can enjoy the entertainment in the comfort of your own home. Click here for more information and to purchase your ticket/basket. Remember that the…
Dear Hill Community, We hope everyone is having a restful holiday weekend with your families. April is now upon us with a lot to update you on! It is that time of year for our parents/guardians to fill out a Student Information Form to help provide input as we begin to discuss classroom placements for the next school year with our staff. We value your feedback as an expert on your student both…
Dear Hill Community, It was an amazing week of celebrating the love for reading at Hill School. Our author visit with Mr. Harpster for all of our Dillos was a huge success. This was just part of Hill’s International Reading Week, which is always highlighted by parents and guardians reading in their home languages to our students. Virtually this year, we had 7 different languages represented! We are also proud to…
Dear Hill Community, We hope all of our families enjoyed a safe spring break with plenty of time outdoors. James Drummond is fighting a double ear infection but has not lost his love of the slides at our local park! We were recently joined by Board Trustee Kristin Ashy for a Principal Check-In and a recording can be found here. Some important topics discussed were learning during the next school year and more…
Dear Hill Community, Our week back on campus ran smoothly! It was wonderful to again see all of our face to face Dillos at Hill School. We added an additional 40 or so students on campus this week, and we thank our staff for the wonderful work in continuing our strong systems. We now have one week of school before spring break where we will not hold classes from March 15th-19th.…
Hill Elementary is a blue ribbon school located in Northwest Hills in Austin, Texas. It serves the communities of Northwest Hills, Great Hills, Lakewood and Jester Estates, near the greenbelts of northwest Austin.
