From Principal Drummond

Dear Hill Community,

We enjoyed a fantastic week of learning as we returned from spring break. This communication has several opportunities for surveys to reflect on this year and look ahead to next year. Thanks for ensuring you check out the links below. Here are a few quick reminders before you read further. Friday is a student holiday with no school (April 1st). This is for all schools in AISD as our staff will be participating in professional learning. Also, our class picture day is this Wednesday throughout the day.

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 Sunday, April 10th if you are interested.

A 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 Thursday, March 31st 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! We are open for transfers currently, especially at the Pre-K4 level.

From AISD communications: Our district values your feedback! We are currently surveying Austin ISD families in order to gain insight into your perception of our school and district effectiveness. To ensure we continue to provide high-quality, rigorous learning experiences that meet the needs of our learners and prepare them for college and career, we need your feedback. We want to know what you think. To administer these surveys, we have partnered with Panorama Education to conduct our 2022 Family Survey. Panorama safeguards your privacy, keeping your responses confidential. The survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to complete and will be a valuable source of information for us as we work to make our schools and district as good as they can be. You may complete the survey online between March 21, 2022 and April 8, 2022 using a computer, tablet, or smartphone by visiting the website surveys.panoramaed.com/austinisd/family. We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses. If you have any questions about the survey administration, please don’t hesitate to contact our front office.

Mark your calendars for a Principal Check-In on Thursday, April 7th at 7:45 am in our Hill library. We will host a group from AISD to discuss Long-Range Planning for the district. Long-Range Planning is a comprehensive process that will help prepare the district for the future, with an emphasis on how facilities support academic programs and other needs of students, staff and the community. The process will ultimately help determine which improvements and new facilities are included in our next bond. We hope to see you there!

Have an excellent week!

Principal Drummond