HILLCREST STAFF MEETING °# WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! May 18, 2016 1. Grades 3-6: post quarter grades this Friday-including specialty classes 2. Students checking out early 3. Track & Field Day - Mrs. Bornong 4, Summer considerations: -student water bottles ~snacks -homework Mr. Begger, Superintendent Other Calendar May 19 Hillcrest Pride Day 20 Kindergarten Visitation: 9:00-11:00 24 Kindergarten Graduation: 2:00 25. Track & Field Day 26 Last Day WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.THIS WEEK AT HILLCREST "~ WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! BEIIEWE There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story. = Frank Herbert May 16-20, 2016 Monday, May 16 “+ Ms. Martin subbing for Miss Snelling + Mr. Amundson subbing for Mr. Hiner + Mrs. Mysse subbing for Mrs. Mager + Mr. McDonald gone: staff covering + 6th grade at Junior High for orientation Tuesday, May 17 + Ms, Martin subbing for Mrs. Wasson + Mrs. Mysse subbing for Mrs. Miller + Sub for Mrs. Bacon + Ms, Mysse gone: no sub + Mrs, Woldstad gone: no sub + 2nd grade to Zoo Montana: leave right after busses arrive; return before school ends Wednesday, May 18 + Ms, Martin subbing for Mrs. Wasson + Mrs. Mysse subbing for Mrs, Tudor + Mrs. Woldstad gone: no sub + Final Staff meeting for 2015-2016: 8:00-8:20 in Library Thursday, May 19 + Mr. Amundson subbing for Mr. Hiner ‘+ Ms. Martin subbing for Mrs. Miller + Final Hillcrest pride day for 2015-2016 + Poppy Posters due to Mr. Miller by end of the day + Grades posted before leaving today Friday, May 20 + Pay Day + Miss Snelling subbing for Mrs. Tudor + Mrs, Mysse subbing for Mrs. Stensaas + Ms. Martin subbing for Mrs. Clements + Kindergarten visitation: 9:00-111:00 + Lesson plans for next week do not need to be turned in. + Our gym will be set up and decorated for Kindergarten graduation beginning after school today. CONTINUED ON BACK(sation Sain AR Mol Lunch Menu Tuesday: Nacho Supreme Wednesday: Spaghetti ‘Thursday: Beef Strips Friday: Burgers & Fries Monday: Beef & Bean Burritos li IILLCREST. CONNECTION ( CONNECTING SCHOOL-HOME-COMMUNITY WHAT STANTS WERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! Track & Field Day Preparations are underway for this year’s Track & ield Day at Chief Joseph Park on Wednesday, May 25, Mrs. Bornong and her assistants will have loads of exciting activities set up for all the classes to enjoy. The whole schoo! will be bussed to the park at 8:45 that morning. During the morning, classes will move around from activity to activity, participating in those they have signed up for. At the end of the morning, we will enjoy a picnic lunch before returning to Hillcrest. Students are welcome to go home from the park after the morning's activities. If you are planning to leave at that time, please bring a note to your teacher by Tuesday, May 24, letting us know your plans. Those not leaving will return to Hillcrest for the afternoon. Busses will run their routes at the regular dismissal time. In the event of bad weather, our Track & Field Day will be canceled and we will have a regular day of school. Students are still welcome to check out at lunch time with a note from home if Track & Field Day is cancelled. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed for great weather so we can enjoy our day at the park! Bills Picnic Please make sure you have paid any bills you owe at the Ifyou want school. Ms. Webber sends home lunch statements each ‘to enjoy our week with those students who owe lunch money, but you picnic lunch can always call the office (632-4361) and check your account with your with her. Lunch accounts with money remaining in them child after will have that amount rolled over into next year’s lunch ‘Track & Field Day, please call account. the office (632-4361) and get your name on the list. We Summer HL.A.P.Y. want to make sure we have enough for everyone. Please send the money to Hillcrest before May 25 so Registration forms for this summer’s H.A.P.Y. program have been sent home with all students. Please make sure you get yours filled out and returned to the school right away so that we wil not have to deal that you can be a part of the excitement and learning ae tay ne thevarie summer! This year’s program will run from June 6-30. If Ruut meaty are $3.75 and a you have any questions about the program please contact Childe lunch ic $3.00. Mrs. Misner at the school. ~~ yy _Let’s make sure we bring all our library books bmeii back to school this week. We want to make sure they are all here ready for everyone to read next school year!THis WEEK AT HILLCREST ~~ WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! _ Ee tl You're mad. Bonkers. Off your head..but I'll tell you a little secret..all of the best people are. — Alice in Wonderland May 9-13, 2016 Monday, May 9 + Mrs. Mysse for Mrs. Mager + Mrs, Petrasek for Mrs. Stensaas + Ms, Mysse gone: no sub + Ms, Martin subbing for Mrs. Clements Tuesday, May 10 + Mrs, Mysse for Mrs. Mager + Community Clean Up Day (weather permitting) busses leave Hillcrest at |: K, 4: Playground area 2, 5: Smoking Boomer Trail 1, 3, 6: Track area, baseball field, rodeo arena area -return to Hillcrest at 2:30 + Staff may wear jeans on Tuesday for the clean up day + Regular Specialty Schedule until 1:45 ednesday, May 1 + Mrs. Mysse for Mrs. Mager + Staff meeting: 8:00-8:20 in Library Thursday, May 12 + Pay forms due to Ms. Webber today + Mrs. Mysse for Mrs. Mager + Ice Cream Social for winning class + Grades posted before leaving today Friday, May 13 + Mrs, Mysse for Mrs. Mager ‘+ Mr. Amundson for Mr. Hiner + Miss Snelling subbing for Mr. Miller + Lesson Plans turned in before leaving for the weekend End of Year Next week will be the last week to check books out of our school library. The following week, May 16-20, all books will need to be checked in so the inventory process can begi This is always a challenging time for students to keep their focus on education; the weather has turned beautiful and everyone's thoughts have started to drift to summer. Please don’t start dismantling your classroom until after Friday, May 20. Then on Monday and Tuesday, May 23-24, start sending home all of your student's personal things so that on cour final day, al students have to take home is their Report Card, DIBELS report, and summer reading library. Students who are not here on the final day, will have all of those things delivered to them: we will not send any of it Some early. Poppy Posters Remember that the Poppy Posters need to be to me no later than May 19. Thank you. WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.Lunch Menu Tuesday: Tater Tot Casserole ‘Wednesday: Chicken Nuggets ‘Thursday: Burgers & Fries Friday: BBQ Pork Monday: Chicken on aBun Picnic At the conclusion of our Track & Field Day at Chief Joseph Park on Wednesday, May 25, we will have our annual hot dog cookout. Parents and families are welcome to have lunch with their students for this special lunch. If you would like to join your child for the picnic, we need you to call the office (632- 4361) and let us know how many will be coming for lunch. We would like to have a guest count by Monday, May 16. So that we do not have to deal with any money at the park, we ask that all those guests joining us pay for their lunch in advance. Prices are $3.75 for adults and $3.00 for children. Money for your lunches can be dropped off at the Hillcrest office or sent to school with your child (please put a note with the money telling us who it is for.) Let the Search Begin HILLCREST CONNECTION CONNECTING SCHOOL-HOME-COMMUNITY WHAT STARTS WERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! Pitch In ‘On Tuesday, weather per- mitting, Hillcrest Elementary will bus to Chief Joseph Park to help in the community clean up, We plan to partner up with our reading buddies and spend time going through the park, picking up any litter we find to help beautify Harlo and get the park ready for summer visitors to our community. Please dress appropriately. Wear clothes that are okay to get dirty, shoes-no sandals or flip-flops, and bring some work gloves to protect your hands. It is that time of the year when everyone needs to search through their house and make sure they have all their school items returned to the school! Look for Library books, both from our school library and your classroom library, and bring them back to school. Look for any other school supplies (rulers, folders, music books, in- struments, etc.) that need to come back to your classroom. Look everywhere throughout your house and don’t forget under your bed! Hunter Education Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks will offer Hunter Education classes in Wheatland County beginning May 9. Classes will be held 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Kiwanis Youth Center on May 9, 10, 12, and 13. A field day will be at the Upper Musselshell Sportsman's Range Saturday, May 14 at 9:00 a.m. To register for the class, students/parents must register on-line at http://fwp.mt.gov. Use the link to hunter education classes, or contact Steve Marten before May 6th, Students will be provided course work to be completed before th first class. Classes are offered free of charge to students I years of age and older, including adults. Students must attend all classes. For registration, class materials or additional information, please contact Steve Martin in the evening at 632-4117. Thank You We would like to extend a very special thank you to Mrs. Beth Keating and Mr. Frank Hutton for all their help with our year long Box Top and Soup Label drive. These two not only organize and count all the box tops and labels that come to school, but they also sponsor our Pizza Party and Ice Cream Social. Thank you both very much; we greatly appreciate all that you do for us with these fund raising projects!pio gy HILLCREST. CONNECTION eo ed eo ae em WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! BELIEVE Midterm Reports Champions 4 All students brought home their 4th Quarter Midterm Re- The 6th grade port with them this afternoon. Spend time reviewing these won the class- important grade reports and discuss all the successes so far room championship in Bop-It this quarter. If there are any areas you want to improve, _and earned the right to play Lunch Menu you still have plenty of time before the 4th Quarter Report _ the staff for the All School Cards are issued. Championship. In a hard T fp MENU PI P ee ht Ifyou have any questions about the re- fought game, the teachers Qi visit with your teachers. Parents! were able to defeat the 6th Burgers & Fries IE can call their child’s teacher at the grade for the first ever Bop- Wednesday: Beef EO Sseschool (632-4361) to ask questions or set up It Championship! Roast appointments to visit about concerns. Thursday: Chicken . HLA.BY, Strips A New Bike This is the final week of our Friday: Pizza This Thursday, we will be giving away HAP, After-School Pro- Monday: HotHam& two brand new bikes to our lucky read- gram for this school year. There will be HAY. on ‘Cheese Sandwiches". Everyone has until Wednesday af- ere ternoon to get their “Books for Bikes” Monday, Tuesday, and reading slips turned in to the containers located at the main Thursday, but NO H.A.P.Y office. program this WEDNES- a Then on Thursday, we will gather in the gym and draw DAY! ° cone slip from the K-3 container and one from the 4-6 con- Starting next Monday, May i. tainer. These two lucky individuals will each win a brand 2 Students will need to a new bike to ride around town on! know where to go after x“ Keep reading right up to the last possible minute, the School each day at dismissal ° more you read, the better your chances are of being one of time. We will still monitor ° our winners! Kindergarten and Ist grade students waiting for the bus a or for older siblings to be dismissed. Tee Cream Social a The Ice Cream Social for our winning class will be held on May 12, Please have all your Box “ Tops for Education and Campbell's Soup Labels to your classroom by May 6. = Mrs. Keating and Mr. Hutton will be picking them up and counting them for us a at that time. The class that has the most will enjoy a tasty ice cream treat! > Kindergarten Visitation If you have a child that will be starting Kindergarten next fall, or know of someone in our community that has a Kindergarten age child, please contact the Hillcrest office (632-4361) so we can be sure to invite them to our Kindergarten Visitation. This special event is set for Friday, May 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Invitations and details will be mailed to the homes of all the incoming Kindergarteners’ families in early oe” A To be eligible to enter Kindergarten, a child must reach the age of 5 on or before September 10, 2016.April 2016 | Volume 73 | Number 7 Looking at Student Work Pages 10-15 The Secret of Effective Feedback Dylan Wiliam Feedback is only successful if students use it to improve their performance. It's a universal process in education—so universal that we regularly fail to appreciate its complexity. Here's how it goes: (1) A teacher looks at a piece of student work; (2) The teacher writes ‘something on the work (sometimes a grade, sometimes a score, sometimes a comment); and (3) Later, the student looks at what the teacher has written. Cf course, the idea is that what the teacher has written on the students work improves the student's Jearning, But as many studies have shown, students often learn less when teachers provide feedback ‘than they do when the teacher writes nothing (Kluger & DeNisi, 1996). The apparently simple process of Jooking at student work and then giving useful feedback turns out to be much more difficult than most people imagine. We could make the whole process considerably more effective by understanding one central idea: The only important thing about feedback is what students do with it. Keeping Purpose id In psychology and education, itis common to define feedback as any actions taken by an external agent to provide individuals with information regarding some aspect of their performance. At its ‘simplest, therefore, feedback might identify the quality of the work, as happens when a typing teacher tells a ‘student that his typing speed is 45 words per minute. More helpfully, the feedback might indicate the gap, between the current performance and the desired performance—for example, by also teling the student that his target speed is 50 words per minute. More helpfully stl, the teacher might tell the student that his typing speed will increase if he uses only his thumb to depress the space bar. In other words, the best feedback provides information not just about current performance, but also about how to improve future performance. In the typing example above, and in most sports coaching, this point is obvious. When a coach gives a softball pitcher feedback on her pitching action, i's clear that the purpose of the feedback is to help the player improve her pitches. This is also true in many school subjects. For example, a visual arts teacher might give a student advice on how to develop a piece of sculpture or a painting, and a language arts teacher might give feedback on the draft of a story so the next draftis better. In general, however (and this is what makes feedback so challenging), the main purpose of feedback is to improve the student's abilty to perform tasks he or she has not yet attempted. Ifthe language arts teacher advises the student that his story would be improved by swapping around the third and fourth paragraphs, the student can do this, but he will ear litle, The intellectual heavy lifting has been done by the teacher, not the student. Similarly, ifa math teacher corrects a student’ arithmetic errors, there's, nothing left for the student to do but note how many of her calculations were incorrect. It's easy to seeinformation may be less than perfect—and give feedback that will move the students learning forward, Here are a few suggestions about how teachers might do this. Assign Tasks That Illuminate Students’ Thinking ‘Sometimes, we just want to know whether students can do something. In such situations, its perfectly appropriate to give them a task that simply tells us whether they can do it or not. However, most of the time, we want to know more than that. We want to know how we can help them get better, and this requires that we carefully design tasks to illuminate each student's thinking. In language arts and social studies, most tasks are so open that we almost always learn something about a student's thinking by looking at his or her work, For example, even that traditional essay so hated by students returning from vacation, "What | did on my holidays,” will provide insights into a student's writing capabilities. In social studies, in responding to a question such as "Why did the Union army want to capture Atlanta?” students are likely to reveal the extent of their understanding of Atlanta as a transportation and logistics hub. However, in math and science, looking at students’ work often tells us ‘only that they didn't do it very well and they need to do it again, but better. Designing tasks that, in Ritchhart and Perkins's (2008) phrase, "make thinking visible" takes time, but front-loading the work in this way makes it much more likely that we'll provide useful feedback. For example, the question below probes students’ understanding of the arithmetic mean of a set of numbers. However, rather than asking students to calculate the mean of a set of numbers, as most standardized tests do, the question explores whether the students really understand the concept of the mean: ‘What can you say about the means of the following two sets of numbers: © SetA: (2, 5, 12, 7, 0} © SetB: (2, 5, 12,7) (2) The two sets have the same mean, + (b) The two sets have different means. ‘© (c)Itdepends whether you choose to count the zero. Many students choose option (c), which is, of course, incorrect, It takes authentic Understanding of the definition of the mean to realize that there is no discretion about whether to count the zero. The only correct response is option (b). Similarly, in science, the following question helps teachers figure out whether students understand the important distinction between climate change in general and the specific issues related to the depletion of the ozone layer through the use of chlorofluorocarbons. What can we do to preserve the ozone layer? (2) Reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced by cars and factories. (b) Reduce the greenhouse effect.In my work with music teachers, I've seen the importance of selffeedback. Instrumental music teachers commonly get only 20 to 30 minutes each week with a student. But these teachers realize that ‘most of the progress a student makes in playing a musical instrument happens when the student practices at home. A student could Improve his or her performance very litte in 30 minutes a week. ‘Therefore, many instrumental music teachers spend most of their instructional session ensuring that students have the skills to practice productively—which requires that students can evaluate how well they've performed and make adjustments accordingly. Contrast this approach with most content-area teaching in schools, where teachers seem to believe that students make most oftheir progress when the teacher is present, with homework as a kind of optional add-on. It's important, therefore, to develop students’ capacity for self-assessment. At the same time, we need to remember that it can be emotionally challenging to assess one's own work, Therefore, | recommend starting with samples of anonymous student work, and asking students to describe what feedback they would give the creator of the work. After that, students can move on to the work of actual peers, and finally, to self-assessment. ‘To start with, a simple approach, sometimes called “plus, minus, interesting,” is all that is needed. At the end of a task, ask students to identify something they found easy about the task, something they found challenging or difficult, and something they found interesting. Such reflection develops language skills and helps the students become clear about what areas they need to work on, With any task that has a qualitative element rather than just being correct or incorrect, students can be asked to identify what they would do differently if they did the task again. in science, for instance, students might be prompted to think about what they would change to improve a science experiment they conducted. In mathematics, students might be asked how they might report the result of a mathematical investigation differently. Sometimes its appropriate to ask students to make the changes they have identified, such as redrafting a literary essay in language arts, Sometimes, however, its useful to tell students in advance that they won't have to make the improvements they've identified, so they don't have an incentive to say that the work is fine as itis, ‘The purpose of this exercise is to develop the student's own critical eye, Once a student has that, feedback from others becomes less and less necessary. A Trusting Relationship for Feedback In the eng, it all comes down to the relationship between the teacher and the student To give effective feedback, the teacher needs to know the student—to understand what feedback the student needs right now. And to receive feedback in a meaningful way, the student needs to trust the teacher—to believe that the teacher knows what he or she is talking about and has the student's best interests at heart. Without this trust, the student is unlikely o invest the time and effort needed to absorb and use the feedback.Tus WEEK AT HILLCREST “s- HAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! BELIEWE Forever is composed of nows. = Emily Dickinson April 25-29, 2015 Monday, April 25 + Midterm Reports sent home with all students today “Please note: Open enrollment for our health insurance is open until April 29 f you want to make any changes. Tuesday, April 26 + Hillcrest Pride Day + Ms, Martin subbing for Miss Snelling + Mr. Amundson subbing for Mr. Hiner + Mrs. Woldstad gone, no Life Skills Wednesday, April 27 + Staff meeting: 8:00-8:20 in Library + Mrs. Mysse subbing for Mrs. Wasson Thursday, April 28 + Books for Bikes: gather in the gym at 2:30 p.m, for a treat and the drawing + Grades posted before leaving today eriday, April 29 + JH Track Meet in Harlo (weather permitting) + Mrs, Mysse subbing for Mrs. Miller + Ms, Martin subbing for Mrs. Hiner + Mr. Aumundon subbing for Mrs. Bornong + Mrs, Blaquiere subbing for Mr. Hiner + Mrs. Wright subbing for Mrs. Gorecki + Lesson Plans turned in before leaving for the weekend Art If you have any art project you want displayed at the Harlowton Public Library, please get it to Mr. Miller this week. Copier They are working on fixing the copier by the Music room. For now, please do not do double sided printing through the document feeder. Everything else should work fine, but doing double sided printing through the document feeder causes the issues. WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.THis WEEK AT HILLCREST | 3. WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! BELIEWE A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. = Steve Martin April 18-22, 2015 Monday, April 18 ‘+ Mrs, Mysse subbing for Mrs. Wasson in the afternoon, + Ms. Martin subbing for Mrs. Mager + Summer book orders due to Mr. Miller + Ronald McDonald Dental Van: %:00-? We will come and get the students as we need them. Tuesday, April 19 + Sub for Mr. Hiner in the morning + Mrs. Weight subbing for Mr. Radue + Greg Disney at Harlo for Health Insurance Open Enrollment. Wednesday, April 20 + Staff meeting: 8:00-8:20 in Library + Immunization Clinic: We will come and get the students as we need them. + Mix-lt-Up at Lunch Duty Mrs. Gorecki, Mr. Miller Mrs, Wasson, Mr. Peterson Mrs. Bornong Thursday, April 21 + Pay Day + Kindergarten Specialty grades to Mrs. Wasson by noon + Bop It School Championship: 2:15-2:45 Hillcrest Gym. + All grades posted to the Midquarter Report before leaving today + Lesson Plans turned in before leaving for the weekend Friday, April 22 + No School WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.HILLCREST CONNECTION CONNECTING SCHOOL-HOME-COMMUNITY WHAT STARTS WERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! Midterm This Thursday, April 2I, is our Midterm for the 4th quarter. 5 Midterm Reports will be printed over the weekend and sent rey home with all students on Monday, April 25. Work hard this week so that your Midterm Report is one to be proud LunchMenu sf. Teeey et Earth Day Wednesdays Tey) +i; Friday we celebrate Earth Day. Since we have that day Championship and Cheese Wi8PS off from school, take time to enjoy being outdoors enjoying Our Bop It school champion ‘Thursday: Double nature. Go for a walk, ride your bike, visit Chief Joseph ne ame = be played this Stuffed Bread Sticks © Park, or simply explore your neighborhood. While you are" We") he the classroom Friday: NoSchool out and about pick up any litter you find and put it in a trash champions this year? Who will be the school champi- ons? We will know the an- swers to these questions by dismissal time on Thursday! Monday: Corndogs 2. Not only are you helping clean our environment, but you are also helping to spruce up our community. Or spend some time doing spring cleaning in your yard and getting it ready for summer. Most importantly, enjoy all that nature has to offer! ’ Bikes ‘Are you doing a lot of extra reading this month? Keep in mind, on April 28, The Mason or- ganization will be at our school to help us celebrate reading and give away two bikes. One student in grades K-3 and one student in grades 4-6 will have their names drawn that day and will win a brand new bike! The more your read, the better your chances are of winning a bike. No School this Friday Thursday will be a regular school day with wo w 7 a ° o w u ° ° a normal dismissal times and H.A.PY. After-School program. Have a fun 3-day weekend and we will see everyone on Monday, April 25!HILLcrest May ye 1 2 4 5 6 7 Hot Ham & Chicken Casserole | Burgers & Fries Tacos Quesadilas 6 ‘Cheese Sandwicl "es | [5x DIBELS Assesswents KG >>> b=) Hilerest Ge Special Olympics Toren. | Box Tops & Soup Way Day School Fag Resing fre Run Labels de t school Lemonade Day SH Trackin Harlowton Day Cartoonists Day Bike to School Day 9 10 rater rot 1 nR B 4 Pork Rib Patties ‘| Casserole Chicken Nuggets. | Burgers & Fries BBQ Pork yy Community ra E ‘lean Up Mother's Day Day Frog Jumping Day 5 16 7 18 20 1 Chicken on a Bun | Nacho Supreme _| Spaghett Burgers & Fries éth to Junior High i catt:00 raw Hat Day Orientation 2nd to 200 Montana | National Museum Day National Pizza Party Day 2 pk] ” 5 26 eC 27 28 Boot & Bean Burritos | Chicken Hot Dogs & Chips | Pizza Drummies EE ) Flag Retirement Neighbor Day National Taffy Day ‘i 7 29HILLCREST CONNECTION CONNECTING SCHOOL-HOME-COMMUNITY WHAT STARTS WERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! Torch Run This Thursday morning, the students and staff from Hill crest will walk to Main Street to cheer on the Special Olympics Torch Run. We plan to leave at 8:45 and re- turn right after the parade Final DIBELS Mrs. Begger and Mrs. Bacon will be administering the final DIBELS assessment to all stu- dents this week. Work hard on these read- ing assessments to show your growth during the year. Results will be sent home to all families with the end of the year report cards on the last day of school. Art Display =: For the month of May, the Books for Bike: Harlowton Publi Library is On Thursday, the entire school gathered in the gym for our displaying a variety of art “Books for Bikes” drawing. During the month of April, the — work done by students at students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade read 484 books Hillcrest during this school while students in 4th through 6th grades read 101 books. year. This is not a display What a fantastic amount of reading in one month! meant to highlight any stu- Mr. Scott Dubbs of the Mason Lodge No, 86 joined us for dents, rather to show the this special event. Last year's winner, Isabella Fisk, drew our types of art that all the clas- Lunch Menu Tuesday: Chicken Casserole Wednesday: Burgers & Fries Thursday: Tacos Friday: Quesadillas Monday: Pork Rib Patties ‘two winning tickets. Cruz Lies won a new bike from the _ ses have completed through- Mason organization. Cru2’s ticket was for the book, Hooray out the year. for Flyguy!. David DeBuf won a new bike from the Harlow- The display is located in ton Schools. David's ticket was for the book, The Girl Who the meeting room. Please Survived: A True Story about the Holocaust. stop by and view our work Congratulations to Cruz and David on their new bikes and and thank the Librarians for to all of the students on great reading. A special thanks to creating this display. Mr. Dubbs and the Mason organization and Harlowton Schools for sponsoring this fun reading event! J i em Get Them Here je “a Be sure to get your Box Tops and Soup Labels to the school by this Friday. They will be counted and the winning class will enjoy an ice cream social next week!THIS WEEK AT HILLCREST |. WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine = Abraham Lincoln May 2-6, 2016 Monday, May 2 + Mr, Amundson subbing for Mr. Peterson + Ms. Martin subbing for Mrs. Stensaas in the afternoon “+ Ms. Martin subbing for Miss Snelling in the morning “+ Mrs, Mysse subbing for Mrs. Mager “+ Mrs. Wright subbing for Mrs. Gorecki + Sub for 2nd grade Life Skills + School flag raising: 8:25 (weather permitting) + Mrs. Bacon & Mrs. Begger administering DIBELS Tuesday, May 3 + Mrs, Blomquist subbing for Mrs. Bornong, + Mrs. Mysse subbing for Mrs. Mager + Hillcrest Celebration 900-10:00 Mrs. Hiner & Mr. Hodges Kindergarten Readers’ Theatre + Mrs, Bacon & Mrs. Begger administering DIBELS Wednesday, May 4 + Mrs. Blomquist subbing for Miss Snelling + Mr. Amundson subbing for Mrs. Bornong. + Ms. Martin subbing for Mrs. Mager + Staff meeting: 8:00-8:20 in Library + Mrs, Bacon & Mrs. Begger administering DIBELS Thursday, May 5 + Ms, Martin subbing for Mrs. Hiner + Sub for Mr. Miller + Mrs. Lawson subbing for Mrs. Bornong + Mrs. Mysse subbing for Mrs. Mager + Special Olympics Torch Run: We will walk to Main Street at 8:45. + Mrs, Bacon & Mrs. Begger administering DIBELS + Have your DAZE assessment scored and returned to Mrs, Miller by the end of the day + Grades posted before leaving today Friday, May 6 + Miss Snelling subbing for Mrs. Stensaas + Ms. Martin subbing for Mrs. Bouchard + Mrs. Mysse subbing for Mrs. Mager + Sub for Mr. Radue + Box Tops & Soup Labels due to the main office by 9:00 a.m. + Mrs, Bacon & Mrs. Begger administering DIBELS + Lesson Plans turned in before leaving for the weekend WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.Tuis WEEK AT HILLCREST “3: WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But lke the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. — Carl Schurz April 4-8, 2016 Monday, April 4 ‘+ Ms. Martin subbing for Mrs. Stensaas + Mr. Amundson subbing for Mrs. Bornong in the afternoon + Mr, Scotson subbing for Mr. Freeser + JedSr. High Spring Concert 7:00 HHS Gym Tuesday, April 5 + Mrs. Blaquiere subbing for Mrs. Gorecki in the afternoon + Mr, Scotson subbing for Mr. Freeser + Mr, Hodges observing Mr. Peterson - no sub for Title | + Hillcrest Celebration 9:00-10:00 Mrs. Gorecki & Mrs. Bornong Ist Grade Readers’ Theatre Wednesday, April 6 + Mr. Scotson subbing for Mr. Freeser Thursday, April 7 + Hillcrest Pride Day + Grades posted before leaving today Friday, April 8 + JHBBB -v- Reed Point 3:00/4:00 - team will ride route bus to high school + Lesson Plans turned in before leaving for the weekend WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.Tuis WEEK AT HILLCREST -_ WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! _ BELIEWE Never let yesterday use up too much of today. — Will Rogers March 28-April 1, 2016 Monday, March 28 * No School Tuesday, March 29 + JHBBB at Lavina 4:00/5:00: team will leave at 3:15 Wednesday, March 30 + Staff meeting: 8:00 a.m. in Library Thursday, March 31 + Grades posted before leaving today Friday, April | + JHBBB at Fromberg: leave time TBA + Lesson Plans turned in before leaving for the weekend WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.Lunch Menu Tuesday: Biscuits & Gray Wednesday: Mac & Cheese ‘Thursday: Burgers & Fries Friday: Chicken Drummies Monday: Chicken on a Bun TRUSTWORTHINESS HONEST LOYAL INTEGRITY RELIABLE CONNECTION HOOL-HOME-COMMUNITY CAN CHANGE VOUR WORLD! Emmett Jacobson, and Cindy Power Quarter Awards Last Monday, certificates and treats were presented to stu- dents who earned Perfect Attendance, earned all A & B re- port cards, or earned a Straight A report card Pictured above are the seven students who earned a “Straight A" report card. Those earning an all “A & B” report card were: Jill Baumgardner, Kenyan Beley-Davis, Kyler Best, lan Dalgarno, Audun Moe, Tucker Bornong, Gabriella Garay, Angus Glennie, Romulus Hiner, Bergen Mysse, Skylia Dalgarno, Tracy Gorecki, Halle Bacon, Hunter Harlow, and Colter Woldstad. Earning “Perfect Attendance” for the 3rd quarter were: Madilyn Clifton, Mikayla Clements, Addison Gaugler, Jayda Mager, Parker Beasley, Isabella Fisk, Xander Thomas, Coda VanAsperen, Ryan Forrest, Audun Moe, Laramie Pavlovick, Jay Bacon, Ashtyn Beasley, Ethan Church, Olivia Church, Romulus Hiner, Jamie Jenkins, Katarina Thomas, Piper Ward, Charlie Zink, and Halle Bacon. Congratulations to all these students on their 3rd quarter accomplishments! Read to Ride Straight A Report Cards: Laura Power, Katie Glennie, David Martin, Brilee Peters, Piper Ward, Dental Visit Permission forms for the Ronald McDonald Dental Van visit were sent home with each student last week. If you would like your child to take advantage of this free service, please return the permission form to the school by this Thursday, March 31. If you need a new form, please contact the Hill- crest office at 632-4361. Lunch Remember, there will be no salad bar offered at lunch this week. Replacing the salad bar will be a soup each day, Hillcrest Elementary School is once again partnering with the Judith Lodge No. 86 from Hobson to sponsor a Bikes for Books program this April. 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Professional Development Committee report - Mrs. Tudor -must be a minimum of 2 hours in order to count as P.LR. time -we need 12 hours of P.LR. time added to our 2016-2017 calendar ideas include, but are not limited to: PLCs and Parent Nights Mr. Begger, Superintendent Other Calendar April 1. Bikes for Books begins 5. Hillcrest Celebration: Mrs. Gorecki & Mrs. Bomong, 1* grade Readers’ Theatre 7 Hillcrest Pride Day 11 5/6 Track begins 18 Ronald McDonald Dental Van visits 21 Midterm 22 No School ‘WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.Lunch Menu Tuesday: Tater Tot Casserole Wednesday: Pork Roast ‘Thursday: Sloppy Joes Friday: Chinese Rice Monday: Chicken Tacos: LUIAKN STONY MLL NNT HN LIN CONNECTING SCHOOL-HOME-COMMUNITY WHAT STARTS MEME CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! State Testing Throughout the month of April, students in grades 3-6 will be com- pleting the state mandated SBAC tests in reading and math. All stu- dents in Montana schools take these computerized assessments each spring. Classroom teachers will be scheduling times for the tests in their ‘own classrooms and will keep parents informed of when the tests will be given. It is important for students to make every effort to be present on these testing days so that they will not have to make up any of the sessions. To do your very best on each test: get a good night's sleep, start your day with a healthy breakfast, come to school with a positive, “I can succeed” attitude, work hard, and do your very best on each section of the tests. Results are used to evaluate your educational growth from year-to-year. Books for Bikes Our “Books for Bikes” two drawings, one for grades Schools. Remember, the month has offically begun! K-3 and one for grades 4-6. more you read, the better Teachers are sending home Two lucky readers will go. your chances their classroom guidelines home that evening with new are of win- for this program with each of bikes! The bikes are being ning a bike! their students. donated by Mason Lodge No. ‘On April 28, we will have 86 and Harlowton Public Junior High Track Junior High track for stu- will not travel to any other any other sport, please make dents in grades 5 and 6 will meets. sure you get your sports begin on Monday, April I. Grades will be checked physical before the start of Those students interested in on Friday, April 8 for all stu- practices. participating will need to go dents in those two grades. If you have any questions to the high school right after As long as the student- about the season, please school on that day to begin athlete is passing all classes contact the coach, Miss Snel- their practices. they will be allowed to prac- ling at the school (632-4361). This will be a short season, tice and participate in the ending on Friday, April 29. meets. If they are failing any Fifth and sixth grade track- subject, they will be allowed sters will be allowed to par- to practice, but not partici- ticipate in the two home pate in the meets. Once track they are passing all classes, meets set they will be allowed to par~ for Satur- ticipate in the meets. day, April All student-athletes must 16 and Fri- have had a sports physical day, April during this school year. If 29, They you have not participated in Show your school pride and wear your school shirt on Thursday, April 7!Tis WEEK AT HILLCREST 4. B eee WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! You ain’t gonna learn what you don’t wanna know. = Jemry Garcia April 11-16, 2015 Monday, April 11 + Junior High track begins for Sth & 6th graders Tuesday, April 12 + Miss Mysse gone: no sub Wednesday, April 13 + No staff meeting + Mrs. Begger gone: no sub + Mrs. Bacon gone: no Title | sub; Mr. Amundson subbing in afternoon + Mr. Miller gone: Mr. Amundson subbing + Mrs, Woldstad gone: No Life Skills Thursday, April 14 + Mrs. Begger gone: no sub + Mrs. Bacon gone: no Title I sub; Mr. Amundson subbing in afternoon + Mr. Miller gone: Mr. Amundson subbing + Pay forms due to Ms. Webber + Grades posted before leaving today Friday, April 15 + Mr. Radue gone: Miss Snelling subbing + Lesson Plans turned in before leaving for the weekend Book Order Please have your summer book order to Mr. Miller by the end of the day on Monday, April 18. We requested $20.00 per student in the grant proposal, so please stay as close to this as possible. We will have the books to send home with students on the last day of school. | don’t know if tis at all possible after doing this the last two years, but let's, try our best to keep this as much of a secret and a surprise as possible. Thanks. SBAC Testing ‘As we work our way through the SBAC testing, we will be using a variety of rooms and staff members. Title | teachers will be proctoring one-on-one and small group tests at times; they will try to keep classroom teachers informed of when they will and won't be in your classes for Title I services. This process will make finding small group areas very difficult. We will post “Testing” signs on doors when we are using them so that you won't accidentally disrupt atest in session. Duty Schedule There is 2 new recess duty schedule out. Two changes had to be made for the before school duty schedule; hopefully ‘his wil be the final change for this year. WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.Recess Duty Schedule 2015-2016 Monday Tuesday | Wednesday Thursday Friday Before | Mrs. Bouchard | Miss Snelling | Ms. Mysse | Miss Snelling | Mrs. Bouchard School 8:00-8:25 | Ms.Mysse | Mrs. Clements | Mrs. Clements | Ms. Mysee | Mrs. Clements Ist Recess | Mrs. Wasson | Mrs. Gorecki | Mrs. Stensaas | Mrs. Bacon | Mrs. Tudor 10:00-10:15 aes 2nd Recess 1015-1030 ‘Mrs. Hiner | Mrs. Hiner Mr. Miller Ast Lunch a aaa M | 11:30-11:50 | M= Stensaas | are eesene 2nd Lunch ; test1210 Mrs. Tudor | Mrs.Gorecki | Mrs. Begger | Mrs. Bacon 3rd Lunch 12-10-12.30 | Mrs-Hiner | Mr. Miller Afternoon Mrs. Tudor Mr. Miller Recess 1:25-1:40 | Mrs.Gorecki | Mrs. Begger | Mrs. Begger arly, Dismissal HAPY HAPY HAPY HAPY 2:50-3:20 updated 4/7/2016Harlowton Public Schools Movie/Video Request Form Request ae: / Lk Date of viewing: Teacher: [\¢d ve Class/Subject: _/'57 1. Yas ¢ Lvle erm d Movie/Video Tit Rating: Objective/purpose for showing video: Describe any possible concerns with this movie/video. Request Approved: t—_ Request Denied: Date: 4l-Jo- & Reasons) for denying: Principal’s Signature: (22 SyyoeIRRITANT CONNECTING SCHOOL-HOME-COMMUNITY WHAT STANTS WERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD! ) Safety First U S E => ‘As our weather gets nicer, more students are choosing to walk or ride their bikes to school. As awesome as itis to see our students out enjoying the weather and getting a CROSSWALK || sstesrese wens woe nate ret eon staying safe on their way to school and home again. Please make sure you know the safest route to school. Stay on sidewalks whenever possible, cross streets only at corners and always lock both ways before crossing the street. For those who have to cross the highway, always cross at the school crossing where our crossing guard is stationed. This is the safest place to cross Lunch Menu Tuesday: Italian Dunkers Wednesday: Turkey Sandwiches & the highway. Not only do we stop traffic for you, but drivers are more likely to be watch- Chicken Noodle ing out for students at this location. Our crossing guard cannot keep you safe if you cross Soul at any other point. Lriwursdays Potatd So as we are all enjoying the spring weather and being outside, let's keep safety first Bat National Library Week Friday: n dey In honor of National Library Week, why not take some time Nuggets this week to visit our Harlowton Public Library. Me~Aay: Taco While you are there, stop by the desks and thank all the ._.cerole wonderful people who work and volunteer there for helping us out and making the library such an amazing environment ma for everyone in our community to enjoy. 5 Then, before you think about using any of the technology iad available at the library, spend some time browsing through ‘TQurnament all the books that are available for you to check outand Ger. the next two weeks a READ. Find a book that inter- are, ete ie ce you check ic outand read students inall asses will be ‘ : taking part in an All-School ° it over the next few days. And rane Bop-It Tournament. oO here is an idea, when you re- E class has be f o turn that book, check out an- very ape ing how to play this exciting game in their PE. classes and are ready to challenge each other to see who the school’s Bop-It champions willbe. Once a classroom winner has been crowned, that class will take on the Hillcrest Staff in the School Champi- box tops to your classroom. The class with | onship game on Thursday, mesg the most at the end April 21. The last time this Peay e Most at the en ‘tournament was held, the ao ® of th ill wi student team emerged victo- yepusansenl of — will win tious, Who will win his an ice cream party! year? other one! We are extremely fortunate to have a library in our town for us to use; let’s make sure everyone knows how much we appreciate it. Don't forget to bring your soup labels andTuis WEEK AT HILLCREST »3 WHAT STARTS HERE CAN CHANGE YOUR WORLD: ELIEWE It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build. = anonymous March 7-11, 2016 Monday, March 7 + Ms, Martin subbing for Mr. Peterson + JHBBB at home: team will ride route bus to the high school Tuesday, March 8 + HAP. to Alberta Bair Theatre: leave at 9:15; return at 3:30 Wednesday, March 9 + Staff meeting: 8:00 am. in Library rs. Blaquiere subbing for Mrs. Bornong + Sub for Mr. Miller in the morning Thursday, March 10 + Grades posted before leaving Friday, March 11 + JHBBB at Reed Point: team leaves at 1:00 + Lesson Plans turned in before leaving for the weekend WHAT WE ALLOW IS WHAT WILL CONTINUE.