Hillcrest Elementary School
Week of March 3, 2024
What's Up Next?
Good Day HES Family & Friends!
We're excited about the week ahead. We will host our annual Spring Book Fair this week, March 4-8. We will also celebrate Read Across America Week in recognition of Dr. Seuss's Birthday. You will find our dress up days for this week included below. We will end this week with our Book Character Parade. We encourage students to come dressed up as their favorite book character and bring a copy of their book for the parade. Let's kick off this week promoting literacy in a big way! Take time to read with your child nightly for about 10 minutes. This will help aid in their reading fluency and comprehension skills.
Lastly, if your child has been absent for any reason and you have not submitted written parent or doctor's excuses, please be sure to submit to your child's teacher. We thank you for your continued support of our students and school.
A Reveiw of Last Weeks' Activities: Photo Gallery
4th Grade's Black History Projects
Thank you to Ms. Campbell and some of her 4th grade students for sharing their research projects and creative posters centered around a notable African American that made a contribution to the world.
4th Grade's Black History Projects
Our 4th grade leaders showing off the great job they did on their Black History Project.
Family Session: Fun with Sight Words
Thank you to those families that participated in our latest Family Session last week! Families had an opportunity to play Sight Word BINGO and win prizes. Families also had an opportunity to collect some Sight Word cards to take home to practice their fluency with words.
Family Session: Fun with Sight Words
Family Session: Fun with Sight Words
Family Session: Fun with Sight Words
HES Students Participate in Local Black History Quiz Bowl
A few of our student leaders took time out of their busy schedules to represent Hillcrest in the local Black Festival Committee's Black History Quiz Bowl that was held this past weekend. Congratulations to our first place winners for their respective grade levels! We are proud of all of our students that particpated. They all did an awesome job!
Black History Quiz Bowl- 1st Place Kindergarten
Congratulations Zoey!!!
Black History Quiz Bowl- 1st Place 1st Grade
Congratulations Landon!!!
Black History Quiz Bowl- 1st Place 2nd Grade
Congratulations Shu'tasia!!!
1st Graders Competing at Black History Quiz Bowl
2nd Grader Competing at Black History Quiz Bowl
4th Grader Competing at Black History Quiz Bowl
Help Turn our Shamrock Green!
Let's READ!!! We need all students to help turn our shamrock green by reading a book and passing their AR test. For every AR book test that is passed with 80% or above, the student can place a green thumbprint on the shamrock. Encourage your child to help our school meet our goal by filling up our shamrock with green thumbprints by the end of March.
Dress Code Reminders
- Sweatshirts and hoodies may be worn to school, but hoods cannot be worn inside of school/classroom.
- Shirts must be solid in color.
- Leggings cannot be worn as "stand alone." They can be worn under a solid colored skirt/shorts.
- Jeans/Pants may not have any rips, holes, tears, or frays.
- Shoes must have a strap on the back of them. No Crocs allowed at school.
Please help us by making sure your child is appropriately dressed before coming to school each day.
Morning Drop Off & Afternoon Pick Up Reminders
- There will be one (1) lane used for morning drop off.
- There will be two (2) lanes used for afternoon dismissal.
- Cars MUST have their car tag number in the window to pick up your child. Cars without a tag will have to drive to the front of the building and wait for your child to be released at 3:30 p.m. with remaining car riders.
- Vehicles must make a right-hand turn off of Edgewood Drive into the Car Rider Line Up near the playground entrance.
- Parents/Guardians may take any of the following routes to reach our car rider line: Cardinal Drive, Northwood Drive, Brookdale Drive, Greenway Drive, and Pinewood Drive from either Claxton Dairy Road or Highway 441 South to get to Edgewood Drive.
- Parents/Guardians MUST remain in cars to pick up car riders. No child will be released to adults who walk up to the building in the Car Rider Loading Zone.
- Please wait for staff member to signal for you to pull off.
- Parents/Guardians may not park along Edgewood Drive and walk up to the front of the building to pick up students while we are loading or unloading buses (7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.)
- Students not picked up by 3:25 p.m. from the car rider pick up area will be taken to the front office for pick up after this time.
Clear or Mesh Book Bags Required
All students must have a clear or mesh book bag to enter the school building. We do have a few clear book bags left for sale in the front office, if you need to purchase one, for $10 each.
ATTENDANCE
Coming Up Next...
March 4-8: Spring Book Fair & Read Across America Week (Dress Up Days)
March 5: BEACON ELA (3rd and 4th Grade Students)
March 6: BEACON Math (3rd and 4th Grade Students)
March 8 - 13: Parent Teacher Conferences
March 14: Club Day
March 15: Student Holiday/Staff Work Day (No School)
March 18: Local School Governance Team Meeting, 5:00 p.m.
March 21: APTT #3 & Title 1 Input Meeting; 3rd Nine Week Report Card Distribution, 5:30 p.m.
March 22: PBIS 3rd Nine Week Celebration
March 23: Baby Irish, IGA Campus, 9:00 a.m.
March 27: Leader in Me Day, 9:00 a.m.
March 29: Spring Picture Day: Individual & Group/Class Pictures
About Us
Email: sherrell.edmond@dcsirish.com
Website: hes.dcs.irish
Location: 1100 Edgewood Drive, Dublin, GA, USA
Phone: (478) 353-8200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HillcrestElementaryTheLeapSchool