Hillside Family Newsletter
4th Quarter Edition
Principal's Corner
It seems like not that long ago that I was standing outside watching the sun rise on the hill for the first day of school. As they do, another school year has flown by. And again, Hillside's students have grown and shone over that time. Please enjoy some student achievement highlights below, and enjoy a restful summer. You and your kids have earned it!
Gratefully,
William R. Jones
Principal
8th Grade Band - State Champions
Congratulations to the band members and to Mr. Rumbell, recently nominated by his peers for the final ballot for MSBOA Teacher of the Year. Final voting will take place next year. Best of luck and a well-deserved honor.
The video below is not from that performance but from the end of year performance at Hillside. It is easy to recognize a champion-level performance.
National Geography Bee
Congratulations Ved!
Congratulations Math Olympians
Sameer Torke, Aarav Shah, Andrew Xiong, and Steven Fu were recently recognized for achieving a national ranking in Math Olympiad. All four students are ranked in the top 2% of students nationally, and Sameer received a perfect score. Congratulations to all of our competitors; we're proud of you!
Congratulations Science Olympians
Hillside's Science Olympiad Team finished 6th out of 59 teams in the State of Michigan at the State Tournament in April. Very proud of all of our Olympians; please see the list of students below and their state rank:
Source Code- State Rank # 1
Sameer Torke
Sambhav Gupta
Experimental Design - State Rank # 2
Andrew He,
Sambhav Gupta
Mehmet Tascioglu
Towers- State Rank # 3
David Shen
Julia Tuinman
Dynamic Planet -State Rank # 3
Ved Muthusamy
Andrew Xiong
Ecology- Sate Rank # 3
Aarav Shah
Laasya Vadrevu
Anatomy & Physiology -Sate Rank # 4
Nilan Nandish
Andrew He
Disease Detectives - State Rank # 5
Nilan Nandish
Sharon Santosh
Solar System- State Rank # 6
Jeff Ren
Andrew Xiong
Roller Coaster- State Rank # 6
Sameer Torke
David Shen
National Champions
Congratulations to the Hillside Middle School Academic Games Team who competed at the 53rd National Academic Games Tournament from April 27-May 2 in Knoxville, TN .
After four days of intense competition against more than 1000 students from the nation in games of math, set theory, logic, language arts, propaganda, World Card / Theme (Greek Mythology) and American history (Presidents). Hillside brought home SEVEN National Championships. They are:
Elementary Division (6th Grade)
Team Wff’N Proof
Team Linguistik
Team Equations
Middle Division (7th and 8th Grade)
Team Wff’N Proof
Team Linguistik
Team Sweepstakes
Individual Equations
The Hillside students who participated National Tournament were:
6th grade: Anda Brie, Nila Muthusamy, Jadyn Johnson, Emir Tascioglu, Zahara Kagal, Steven Fu, Isaac Song, Caroline Chacko, Vishalakshi Meyyapam, Syona Gupta, Grant Hu, Charles Sands, Rohan Mehon
7th grade: Vansh Kapoor, Sabrina Loftus and Natasha Kobelsky.
8th grade: Bianca Brie, Winston Wong, Dillan Lau, Shreyas Akkaraju, Sana Singh, Zhane Yamin and Ishan Ghosh.
Thank you to all of the parent volunteers and the coaches who make such success possible: Senay Tascioglu , Krishan Budaraju, Simona Marincean, and Kanni Subramanian
8th grade team Dank Themes - Bianca Brie, Winston Wong, Dillan Lau
Equations: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
On-Sets: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
Linguishtik: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
WFF ‘N Proof: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
Presidents: Honorable Mention
Theme: Honorable Mention
8th grade team Letter Transfer L -> W – Joshua Chacko, Shreyas Akkaraju, Sana Singh, Zhane Ymin
Equations: Second Place in Division (Silver Medal)
On-Sets: 4th Place in Division
Linguishtik: 4th Place in Division
Basic WFF ‘N Proof: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State 3rd place
7th grade team - Sabrina Loftus, Natasha Kobelsky, and Vansh Kapoor
Equations: Third Place in Division (Bronze Medal)
On-Sets: Third Place in Division (Bronze Medal)
Linguishtik: 4th Place in Division
Basic WFF ‘N Proof: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
Presidents: Honorable Mention
Propaganda: Honorable Mention
Hillside Masterminds - Emir Tascioglu, Zahra Kagal, Caroline Chacko, Grant Flynn, Isaac Song
Equations: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
On-Sets: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
Linguishtik: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
WFF ‘N Proof: Division Winner (Gold Medal)
Hillside Fiery Pandas - Grant Hu, Steven Fu, Syona Gupta, Charlie Sands, Vishalakshi Meyyappan
Equations: Division Winner (Gold Medal)
On-Sets: Second Place in Division (Silver Medal)
Linguishtik: Division Winner (Gold Medal)
WFF ‘N Proof: Division Winner (Gold Medal) and State Champion
Hillside We Da People - Mahek Verma, Rohan Menon, Ayush Rayathatha, Katherine Zhang, Jason Ye
Linguishtik: Second Place in Division (Silver Medal)
Presidents: Honorable Mention
Anda Brie, Nila Muthusamy, Jadyn Johnson, Rishi Narendra Kumar
Equations: Second Place in Division (Silver Medal)
On-Sets: Second Place in Division (Silver Medal)
Linguishtik: Second Place in Division (Silver Medal)
WFF ‘N Proof: Second Place in Division (Silver Medal) and State 3rd Place
Presidents: Honorable Mention