The first trimester of the school year is in the books! One down, two to go! Our students have made progress so far and we are so excited to see where they go from here!
Camp Hillcrest Happenings-November 8
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Book Fair Family Night tonight at Hillcrest until 7pm! Love seeing families buying books together!!
We have a new curriculum for the K-5 SEL Encore class taught by Mrs. Hancock called Character Strong. We are very excited for this curriculum and the lessons that our students will be learning! Make sure to ask them about it!
Reminder about our Early Release Day on Friday. Hillcrest students will be dismissed at 11:38 am.
Second grade students learning about other cultures during our Bookworm lessons. They are using evidence from the text to answer the questions.
The Book Fair is open! It is great to see kids so excited to buy books to read!
BOOK FAIR WEEK AT HILLCREST!!!!!
Classes were able to do a walkthrough of the fair today and have a scheduled time to shop this week.
Thursday night is our Family Night from 5-7 pm! We hope to see you there!
How are we in November already?!?! We had a great learning month in October and are excited about what the next month has in store for us!
Camp Hillcrest Happenings-November 1
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With a new month, means new patterns and calendar in Number Corner! The students have loved the program figuring out what the patterns will be and making connections!
Happy Halloween from the Hillcrest Teaching Staff!
Third grade students were able to experience the CMU STEM Lab this week! How cool! Building, designing, problem solving, and having fun!
November is Homeless Awareness Month and we’re excited to be partnering with United Way of Gratiot & Isabella Counties to raise money for The Hope House through a coin war challenge called “Coins for a Cause”! Start saving and collecting your coins to send with your student! The classroom that raises the most amount of money will win a PIZZA PARTY! 🍕
Based on the current forecast for 2 p.m., we are planning an OUTDOOR parade beginning at 2 p.m.! We know the forecast may still change before then, but this is when we are making our decision.
If parents want to sign out their students after the parade, we ask that they go to the pick-up area locations for each grade and if they ride they ride the bus, we will have parents wait outside as it is very hectic at the end of the day while they wait for their child.
We will also do a Facebook Live video as well!
Please see the parade route below.
Hillcrest Halloween Information for tomorrow.
We will have a costume parade at 2 p.m. and will announce at 10 a.m. whether it will be outdoor or indoor.
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We had a very busy learning week with lots of field trips and fun activities!
Have a great weekend!
Camp Hillcrest Happenings-October 25
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This week, 2nd-grade classes were able to attend a field trip at Agro Liquid to learn a variety of topics about agriculture! We are very lucky to have such great learning experiences for our students!
We are so excited to have our first water bottle filling station at Hillcrest! This is a grant funded project and we will have more throughout the building soon!
Our First graders were able to go on a field trip to Anderson and Girls Farms and Orchards this week! What a great learning experience for them!
Third graders have been learning about the US Congress and the government in Shared Reading. We love to see the engagement in their learning!
An activity that has dropped in popularity over the years is jump rope. It was so neat to watch these 2nd graders working together to figure it out! Learning to work together and encourage each other on the playground is one of the best learning opportunities we can provide!
