July

25-Office and Administration are back in the building 8:00-4:30pm

August

14-Meet and Greet 4:30-6:00pm-(students meet their teacher and put away their school supplies)

Meet the neighborhood, too! Food trucks from 4:00-7:30pm.

16-First Day of School (Full Day-9:05-3:55pm)

19-West Ada Community Clean-Up 9am-1pm (plan on being wrapped up by 11am due to the heat!)

*Families can bring gloves, tree trimmers and gardening snips to help beautify our school prior to the start of the school year.

West Ada School District Calendar 2023-2024

pictured L to R (Sally, Diana, and Patty)

Diana Castillo, Office Manager Castillo.Diana@westada.org

Sally Fitzgerald, Office Assistant/Registrar Fitzgerald.Sally@westada.org

Patty Smithley, Office Assistant/Registrar Smithley.Patty@westada.org

Rachel Bordewyk, Counselor Bordewyk.Rachel@westada.org

Ashley Tracy, Safe School Assistant tracy.ashley@westada.org

PTO BOARD CONTACTS:

HillsdaleHeronsPTO@gmail.com

Fundraising and Event Coordinators: Rikki Watkins and Brittney Logsdon

Email: bair.khristie@westada.org
Website: https://www.westada.org/Domain/6243
Location: 5225 South Stockenham Way, Meridian, ID, USA
Phone: 208-350-4432
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hillsdaleherons1

Instagram:@hillsdalees

Beginning July 25th, our Office Hours are 8:00-4:30pm weekdays. Please don't hesitate to call us at 208-350-4432 if you have any questions. You can also access our school website:

Hillsdale Elementary School / Homepage (westada.org)

https://www.facebook.com/hillsdaleherons1

Instagram:@hillsdalees

For our Hillsdale Staff Directory, please visit our Hillsdale webpage:

www.westada.org and choose school-elementary-Hillsdale from the district school dropdown menu

Once on the Hillsdale page, select the Menu icon from the upper right and choose Hillsdale Staff from the drop-down menu under Contact Us Hillsdale Staff | Hillsdale Elementary School (westada.org)

On or above grade level percentage of overall student scores are in yellow and blue. The overall percentage of students scoring below grade level (red) has been shrinking each year!

ISAT overall proficiency moved up from 70.4% last year to 72.4% this year.

ISAT overall proficiency in math moved up from 65.9% last year to 74.4% this year.

Thank you to all of our parents, staff, teachers, and especially students for all of their hard work this year!

Just click the following link: https://www.westada.org/o/wasd/page/community-bulletin-board/

Current posts include information on community cheer tryouts, football camps, piano lessons, and more...

Here is a list of materials & activities provided through our PTO this year!

Student Field trips

Boise Zoo

Discovery Center

Idaho History/Basque Museum

Idaho City

LHMS

Boise Watershed

Idaho Penitentiary

Rendezvous

5th grade Wahooz

Student Assemblies

Reptile Guy

Treasure Valley Children's Theatre

Summerwind Skippers

Staff Support

Welcome Back Breakfast

Back-to-School-Night Dinner for Teachers/Staff

Get Your Teach On Conference (Professional Development) for 6 staff members

Staff T-shirts

Staff Appreciation Activities

Nurse supplies for student needs

Parent-Teacher Conference Dinner

CPR training

Staff end-of-year party

Student Activities/Supplies

Idaho Battle of the Books

Scholastic News for multi-grades

Spelling Bee materials/fee

5th grade Albertson's Flash Mob performance

5th grade promotion

School Carnival

Math intervention for 4th/5th grade

Science Night

School Equipment Purchases

new basketball hoops (mini court)

bulletin boards

classroom speakers

scooter racks

snow blower

school signage

New outdoor cameras

Optional Device Protection

If you're looking to safeguard your family from the expense of repairing any accidental damage to your school-provided devices, consider an optional device protection plan. It's a smart and practical way to safeguard your school-issued technology.

If you have not enrolled, signing up for optional device protection is still possible!

Starting on May 12, 2023, families can enroll early for the 2023-2024 school year. Families signing up from May 12 to August 1, 2023 can purchase optional device protection at a discounted price of $20 per device. Device protection begins as soon as payment is received and remains active until the end of September 2024.

Early Enrollment Period - $20
May 12th, 2023 to July 31st, 2023

Normal Enrollment Period - $25
August 1st, 2023 to October 2nd, 2023

Visit the district website to learn more or to sign up!

Device Protection Program | West Ada School District

Dear parents/guardians,

I wanted to let you know that I will be leaving my position as school counselor at the end of the school year. I have loved working at Hillsdale and will miss seeing the students, staff and family members! I will be leaving to start my own private practice focusing on play therapy. Please welcome the new counselor, Rachel Bordewyk to the position for Fall of 2023. I am thrilled she has accepted the position, and I know she will continue to provide a safe place for Hillsdale students. Thank you for many wonderful years and memories!

Kerry Elder

Good morning! This past week in the library was all about discussing summer reading! Students should have brought home various flyers this week. I’m really trying to promote summer reading!

• Meridian Library District Summer Reading Program (purple flyer) – The Summer Reading Kickoff Party is June 1, 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Settlers Park. Families can enjoy free activities and performances. Food trucks and community vendors will be there as well. Kids of all ages will have the opportunity to sign up for the Summer Reading Program. The program runs from June 1 - August 14. Receive a FREE book just for signing up!

• Along with the Summer Reading program info, I have put together a list of the top 20 book recommendations given by the students in each grade that they recommend for the next grade that is coming up. For example, the fifth graders have given their book recommendations to the fourth graders so the fourth graders can know what books the fifth graders enjoyed reading this year, and so on for each grade level. Students can take these lists to the public library this summer if they are looking for a good book to read and aren’t sure what to get.

• Third and fourth grade students only: We’re discussing the IBOB program this week and I’ve handed out a flyer with IBOB info and the books selected for next year. Students do NOT need to decide now if they want to participate, however, many kids already know they want to join our IBOB program in the Fall. This flyer gives the students a chance to get a head start on reading the books over the summer.

• We’re also discussing the IReady Summer Splash program this week as it also incorporates reading. I’m showing a PowerPoint presentation about it. I’ve told the students they will receive a packet from their teachers in the next couple weeks with all the details.

--Mrs. Resha Thornton, Librarian