From Mr. Drummond
- April Beaty
- Dillo Details, Letters from the Principal
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 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 academically and emotionally. As always, we request you not make specific teacher requests as many factors go into these decisions. Please complete the linked Google Form by Friday, April 14th if you are interested.
A final reminder for our Incoming Pre-K4 and Kindergarten Parents: We look forward to seeing everyone who can make it to our annual Roundup event at Hill School this Wednesday, April 12th at 9:00 am in our cafeteria space. All incoming Pre-K and Kindergarten parents, along with their students, can learn more about our school and teachers. We will take care of registration documents as well. Your students will visit a Pre-K or Kindergarten class for fun activities. Please spread the word to friends who may be interested in joining our Hill community! Also, please remember there is a special Principal Coffee on Thursday, April 20th at 7:45 am for incoming Pre-K and Kinder families. We’ll do a presentation and leave time for your important questions.
We hope our caregivers can join us for our annual Parent Education event sponsored by our Hill PTA this Thursday, April 13th at 7:45am in our Hill Library. Click here for the flier and information on our presenter.
You need to enroll your current or incoming Hill student for the fall now! All the information you need can be found at https://www.austinisd.org/enroll. Our wonderful PTA also has more helpful information for our new incoming families at https://www.hillelementary.com/parents/new-parents/. Thank you for helping us better plan for staffing as you all state your intentions!
For our 3rd-5th grade families, please know we will send out more information next weekend on the upcoming STAAR tests. The first is our Reading STAAR that will take place on Wednesday, April 19th. They are earlier this year. Have a great night, everyone!
Principal Drummond
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Apply for Pre-K!
Greetings! We are excited to announce that the Pre-K application for the 23-24 school year is now open! Please make sure that you are ready to apply by following these steps below:
Step 1: Create a portal account with Austin ISD
Why? The portal account provides access to online registration and the Pre-K Application.
Step 2: Complete online registration for your student
Why? Online registration generates a Student I.D. number, notifies your student’s school that they may be enrolling, and gives you access to the Pre-K application. Should you have difficulty with registration, please contact the Family Help Desk at 512-414-9187.
Step 3: Find Your School using School Zone Finder
Why? You will need to know what school your student will be attending. You can either choose to have your student attend their neighborhood school or transfer to another school. Please keep in mind that a transfer depends on space availability at the desired school. For information about our Pre-K 3 programming options please click this link. For information about our Pre-K 4 programming options click here.
*Please know that your zip code determines your zoned campus. If you are interested in a campus outside of your zoned area, this will require the completion of a transfer application. The window to submit transfer applications will open on April 3rd 2023.
Step 4: Gather documentation that verifies your student’s eligibility for Pre-K
Why? Pre-K is an eligibility based program and documentation that verifies eligibility must be provided. There are seven ways to qualify for eligibility based Pre-K. Please click this link to find out more. As you complete the application, you will be prompted to upload these documents. If you believe that you will not qualify for eligibility based Pre-K, we do offer a tuition-based program. Completion of the Pre-K Application is required for both Eligibility-based Pre-K and Tuition-based Pre-K.
Step 5: Select the Pre-K Application tile located within the portal and apply
Why? The Pre-K application can only be accessed through your portal account and must be completed in order for your student to be admitted into our program. This means all necessary documentation must be provided and processed before receiving an acceptance letter. If you are planning to transfer, you must complete the entire Pre-K application process first, then the transfer application can be processed. You will receive notification of the status of your transfer application directly from the Office of Student Services.
Step 6: Select the appropriate school year
Why? Carefully select the appropriate school year as both the current school year (22-23) and next school year (23-24) applications are now in the portal.
Should you have specific questions after you apply, please reach out to your student’s school directly as schools will be processing applications for the 23-24 school year. Tuition based applications will still be processed centrally by our Early Learning department in collaboration with your student’s school. Should you have general questions, please send them to Early Learning via Let’s Talk. We look forward to welcoming your family to Austin ISD Pre-K!
