Hillside News Brief
October 14, 2021
Important Dates for You
Friday, October 15: No school (Teacher Comp Day)
Monday, October 16: No school -- Professional Development Day for Teachers
Tuesday, October 26: 6:00-7:00 p.m. - Community Club meeting in the lounge at Hillside
Friday, October 29: 2:00 p.m. is the start of the Halloween Parade at Hillside. We will start inside then will come outside to show our costumes to families. Families, please stand outside so you can witness the parade! Parties will be indoors in classrooms after the parade. We will be limiting parent attendance to parent helpers (there are 2 designated parent helpers per classroom). If you wish to help in a classroom this school year, please email Community Club at d66hillside@gmail.com Please let them know your student's name and classroom teacher. Community Club will be in touch with you regarding being a parent helper for this school year. Thank you!
Please see below for Halloween costume guidance.
Friday, October 29: 2:00-3:15 An alternative to Halloween festivities is the Fall Festival for students who do not celebrate this event. We will offer an alternate activity for those who wish to opt out of Halloween.
Friday, October 29: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Trunk or Treat Event at Hillside. See below for details.
Title I Compact 2021-22: Parents/Guardians, please view!
To sign our compact today, please view the link below.
Calling all Trunks! Trunks Needed for Trunk or Treat!
We need trunks for Trunk or Treat on Friday, October 29! Please contact Hillside's Community Club at d66hillside@gmail.com to sign up! Decorate your trunk, park in the front parking lot, and hand out LOTS of candy to our cute ghosts and goblins who will show up for some safe trick or treating. See you there!
Halloween Costume Guidelines
- Please be sure costume is simple and can be put on quickly and with little help from an adult
- Please do not send anything that could resemble a weapon to school
- Please do not send your child in makeup or expect that they will be able to apply makeup at school
- Please do not include the face/eye/head covering with the costume (children will already need to wear their regular mask/mouth covering during the school day)
- Please use judgement when choosing a costume; very scary costumes can frighten our youngest children. Please save the scary costume for your Halloween night fun!
- If your child needs a costume, please contact our school counselor, Mr. Maloley at maloley.zachary@westside66.net
Use TAGG (Together a Greater Good) to Help Hillside
1) Download the TAGG app
2) When in the app, choose Hillside as a place to support
When you are ready to process a purchase:
2) Touch the "TAGG a purchase" button
3) Touch "Hillside" when asked to choose whom to support
4) Find and touch the business that generated your receipt
5) Take a photo of your receipt
6) Upload your receipt
That's it! It's that easy.
Thank you for TAGG-ing your purchases regularly for Hillside!
HyVee Receipts
Hillside's Community Club used to collect HyVee receipts for a period of time during first semester, but no longer! TAGG benefits Hillside all year long and during the summer, too! Be sure to TAGG your purchases each time you visit HyVee. Thank you for supporting Hillside!
PBiS Skill of the Week for Next Week
Hillside announces daily the social Skill of the Week. This is the skill we are focusing on as a building for the entire week. Next week's Skill of the Week is: Accepting Feedback. When you accept feedback, you:
- Look at the person
- Say, "Okay"
- Don't argue