Hillcrest Family Newsletter
January 24, 2020
Principal's Note - Creativity
Science and Engineering Day is just three weeks away and the entire day is devoted to creating solutions to problems using creative thinking! We use this day as a jumping off point to explore the design loop, collaborate within our school and with Flight Academy and to develop a mindset of iteration - coming back to rebuild, refine and rethink. Look for our sign up genius documents coming soon to share how you can support and extend this creative thinking.
Run Play Run
Run Play Run starts again on Tuesday, January 28th! It’s time to play!! We invite you to join your classmates for some games, exercise, challenging activities along with some nutritional snacks. The Run Play Run Program will focus on fun activities and games to encourage a love for being active as well as encourage students to try new challenges. We will focus on good sportsmanship and building self-confidence. Most importantly, this will be fun for all students. Click Here for the registration form and Click here for more information.
Yearbook Group Photos
Mortenson Photography will be at Hillcrest the morning of Thursday, February 20th to take candid and group photos for the yearbook. Any student who has participated in a Hillcrest group, including scouts, will have their group photo taken for the yearbook. If you would like your child to wear anything specific for this photo (for example, scout uniform or spirit wear) please have them wear it to school this day.
If your child did not have a yearbook photo taken earlier in the school year, they will also have their photo taken this day so they can be in the yearbook.
Yearbook orders will be sent home sometime in March.
4th and 5th Grade Hillcrest Choir
2nd and 3rd Grade Concert
This is a friendly reminder about our annual second and third grade concert which will be held on Wednesday, February 12th at 6:30 p.m. in the Hillcrest Gym. All are invited, whether or not you have a student at Hillcrest! The title of our concert is “February’s Stars!” The dress rehearsal will be earlier in the day at 9:00 a.m. Parents or relatives who are not able to attend the evening concert are welcome to attend the dress rehearsal. It is important that all second and third grade students attend the evening concert. You will not want to miss it! Please have your students dress up for the evening concert. They should report to their homeroom at 6:20 p.m. on the evening of February 12th.
More info is available HERE.
4th Grade Recorder Club
HERE is the link to a letter with more information.
PTO MOD Pizza Night
PTO Restaurant Night: Come hungry!
Where: MOD Pizza, 3721 S Moorland Rd, New Berlin
Click here for the FLYER! Make sure to mention are you there for Hillcrest!
Visit MOD's website!
Questions? cadent@inprocorp.com
PTO Movie Night
PTO is hosting a Movie Night on Feburary 7th. Doors Open at 6:10 PM. Movie begins at 6:30 PM. The movie and popcorn are free to all that attend. Additional concessions will be available for a cost.
In order to keep this event is a fun, free night for Hillcrest families; active adult supervision is required for every child.
If you have any questions or are able to assist with concessions; please contact Alyssa at akl291983@gmail.com.
PTO Minute to Win It Family Night
When: Friday, January 24th 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Click HERE for details!
Adult Supervision is required for each child.
Questions? Jessica.Schilz@LoveOurDesigns.com
Box Tops for PTO
Thank you so much for all you do to support our school through the box tops program. There have been some important changes to the program. This flyer should help answer any questions you have, but you can also reach out to me at jen_0522@yahoo.com if you need clarification. Box tops is transitioning to a digital program and is now featuring "No More Clipping" labels on eligible products. MORE INFO HERE. Make sure you scan the receipt that those items were purchased on within 14 days of purchase through the app. We will not get credit any other way on those products. If you are unsure if you purchased box tops eligible items just scan your receipt to find out. The app will check for you and figure out how much credit you should get. During this transition, our school can still submit traditional "Box Tops Clips" with a valid expiration date for credit. These are still on many products in stores and I have seen expiration dates that go out to 2022. Keep watch for those so you can clip them and send them to school. I would also encourage you to scan the receipt for those items as well. We can get double credit (clipped and digital) on products that have the old box tops label. Thank you again for all you do to support the box tops program and Hillcrest!
January Dates
No School - Staff Development - Monday, January 20th
PTO Minute to Win It Family Night, Friday, January 24th 6:30 -8:30 PM
No School - Staff Development - Monday January 27th
Winter Parent-Teacher Conferences - Thursday, January 30th
MOD Pizza Night - Thursday, January 30th 10:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Hillcrest Elementary School
Growing Curiosity
Growing Learners
We take pride in our history, our inclusive community and our collective sense of wonder!
Email: hillcrest@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Website: https://sdw.waukesha.k12.wi.us/Domain/14
Location: 2200 Davidson Road, Waukesha, WI, USA
Phone: 262-970-1810
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HillcrestElementaryWaukesha/
Twitter: @HillcrestSDW
School Hours
Start Time for 4K-5th Grade- 8:40AM - line up bell rings at 8:35AM
End Time for 4K - 11:25AM
End Time for 5K-5th Grade - 3:40PM
End Time for Early Release Days for 5K-5th Grade -1:40PM
Playground supervision begins at 8:20. Please do not drop your child off until our recess supervisors are on the playground.
*Please note - our clocks often run up to 5 minutes early. We consistently reset them but the time continues creep forward!