Hillcrest North December Newsletter
December 2022
The month of December was an exciting time at Hillcrest Academy North. Students and staff have enjoyed both the academics in the classroom as well as getting ready to celebrate the holiday season. We, as a school community, decorated the school with Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa ornaments and inspirational messages, and have planned our first incentive trip for the end of next week to celebrate the holidays together!
Dasani Marie Brown is our student of the month at Hillcrest Academy North. Dasani has used her strong work-ethic, positive attitude and skill at engaging in meaningful classroom discussions to earn an "A" average across all of her classes. She serves as a role model for other students in the school and is an asset to our learning community.
Mr. Mojovich
In the month of December, Mr. Mojovich's Health Classes have discussed an array of topics that are essential in everyday life. Some of the topics that were taught and discussed have been "Anxiety/Mental Disorders and Depression," "Nutrients for Every Day Wellness," and "Decision Making and Goal Setting." The students were very interested and receptive about those topics! Students created Google Slide Presentations about Phobias and even presented them!
Mr. Kaplan
December was very exciting for Hillcrest Academy North, specifically the Social Studies department. United States History 2 was finishing up the WWI unit when it was announced that there would be a school-wide holiday door decoration contest. When hearing this, I assumed the students of my history class would create a basic holiday visual. However, I was proven wrong almost immediately. My students decided to create a holiday door based on WWI. With very little guidance, students created a scene based on the war. They created a snowman that was meant to represent the Archduke of the Austria-Hungarian Empire (Franz Ferdinand - they called him Franz Ferdisnow man). They then proceeded to have the Independence movement that rebelled against Austria-Hungary represented by holiday elves. The background was filled with explosions, snowflakes, and snow-man's land ( a play on words for ¨no man's land.)¨ The students showed true mastery in their ability to take a concept and synthesize it into one that was completely unique. It truly was an exciting month here at Hillcrest Academy North.
