Kendra Scott will host a Holiday Pop-Up Store at the PTA meeting this Thursday, November 21 at 7:45am in the Hill Library. Get a jump on your holiday gift buying and earn Free Money for Hill; 20% of all sales will be donated back to the PTA! Click HERE to preview Kendra’s latest styles and find something for yourself, your BFF, and your favorite teacher!
Operation Turkey Operation Turkey will deliver a Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day from 10:00am – 1:00pm. To apply, go to this website and click Request A Meal. Thanksgiving Meals There are a number of locations around the city that offer meals in celebration of Thanksgiving. You may call 2-1-1, press option 1, for more information. Coats for Kids Coats for Kids is set for Saturday, December 7th, from 8:00 am to…
ART DISPLAY Congratulations to all Hill 3rd grade artists — their artwork is on display at Eldorado Cafe for the entire month of November! These 100+ colorful paintings were inspired by the storybook The Dot, by Peter Reynolds, who writes, “Just make a mark and see where it takes you.” Here’s hoping you get a chance to visit Eldorado Cafe and check it out! GOT OLD CDs AND DVDs?? The Hill Art…
The 5th grade class is hosting a food drive and coat drive this November. They are collecting both non-perishable foods and gently used or new coats to donate to the Central Texas Food Bank and Coats for Kids. Click HERE for a helpful list of items to donate. Each family is encouraged to bring 4 non-perishable food items and 1 child – teen size coat (new or gently used) by tomorrow, Monday, November…
Hill Elementary is thrilled to partner with Kostumes for Kids. Founded by an 11 year-old 5th grader – Kostumes for Kids’ mission is to collect costumes after Halloween this year and redistribute them to anyone in need before Halloween next year! Look for the Kostumes for Kids donation box by the yellow brick wall at the front of the school! Please donate any gently used (or new) costumes for this wonderful cause! All costumes will be…
The Hill Art Department is looking for donations of old CDs and DVDs to use in an upcoming up-cycled art project. Feel free to send them with your young artists to give to Ms. Perry or give them to the office to drop in her mailbox. Thank you!
Author, Annette Bay Pimentel, is coming to Hill Elementary on Wednesday, November 20th to present to Pre-K through 2nd grades. She loves true stories especially ones about real people. She spends her days reading nonfiction picture books and reviewing them on her website, researching in libraries, and writing about the people she discovers. We will have a limited number of books for sale before the visit, so if interested in purchasing,…
The Hill Elementary Science Fair will be held on Thursday, January 16, 2020. All participating 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will be sent home with Trifold boards before Thanksgiving to allow families to work on projects before Christmas break. We are looking for at least two parent volunteers to shadow the current Science Fair Committee Chair to lead this event next year. If you are interested, please reach out at sciencefair@hillelementary.com. If…
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One of our No Place for Hate activities this year is “Be the ‘I’ in Kind”! We read “The Name Jar” with each class and had wonderful discussions about our names, why they are special, and name-calling. We talked about how each of us has the power to be the “I” in kind and spread kindness, acceptance, and inclusiveness around Hill School. We have taken a picture of each student in…
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.
