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The latest edition of the Hastings Happenings is now available. 

Prepare for the new school year with Hillside Elementary's essentials list and the district calendar.

On Monday, June 3, Hillside's Counseling Department hosted a Coffee with Counselors event for the families of fourth grades entering middle school in September. 

Elementary schoolers recently learned about different beehives at Bob’s Bees presentation, an annual tradition at Hillside facilitated by the Bob McCann, Physical Education teacher. 

Hillside's kindergartners recently received a visit from Hastings resident Alyssa Satin Capucilli, author of the legendary Biscuit series and many other acclaimed children's books.

In case you missed it, Superintendent McKersie shared Dr. Melissa Szymanski’s uplifting and personal (as a former performing artist) reflection on Hastings High School's Spring Concert in his 5/3 Community Update. 

Students in Christina Hatjygeorge’s and Tammie Cecere’s kindergarten class were EMPOWERED, as they formed groups to share their first-ever personal narratives at a celebratory classroom visit with their families yesterday.

To celebrate Earth Day (April 22), students at Hillside Elementary School participated in various activities aimed at caring for the environment.

In classrooms across grades at Hillside Elementary School, students recently engaged in group discussions about blood flow in the human body, including where the highest concentration of oxygen is located and how many chambers there are within the heart.

Students in Maria Gunther's first grade class continued Hillside Elementary School's Senior Sewing tradition, setting up shop in the Multipurpose Room and inviting senior citizens community-wide to take part.

The energy, dedication and talent pulsing through and around the Hastings Theatre Program's fourth and fifth grade musicals has inspired school community audiences. 

National Nutrition Month, an annual campaign established in 1973 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, promotes healthful eating and physical activity. Reinforcing this mission, Nicole Leote, a registered Dietician with Chartwells Dining Services, hosted an event called Discovery Kitchen to engage Hillside Elementary School students with a fresh recipe, culinary demonstration and tasting, and fun and informative nutrition education.

A few years ago, Fiona Lazar, Teaching Assistant in Emily Isidori and Kelly Cavallo's first grade class, created a Black History Month Biography lesson to teach students about the contributions of African Americans to U.S. history and culture. Lazar reviewed a couple of biographies per day with the students, before letting them choose a person of interest to write two to three sentences about. 

Buy tickets in advance for the fourth grade production of Frozen KIDS next Thursday and Friday, March 7-8.

Beginning last year, Hastings High School juniors (then sophomores) and Science Research students Victoria Lugomer-Pomper and Adam Greenwald proposed a collaborative new idea to Hillside STEAM Teacher Robin Farrell: an after-school club to share their knowledge and love of science with the district’s younger students.

The week before mid-winter recess has been a special one at Hillside Elementary School. With the help of School Counselor Juliann Snyder, School Psychologist Elyssa Bloom, and Behavioral Analyst Jasha Woodall, the Safety Patrol galvanized their classmates to take action during National Random Acts of Kindness Week. 

Thank you to our families who attended the Parent Gender Workshop at Hillside Elementary School. 

Check out a clip from today's third and fourth grade Winter Chorus Concert at Hillside Elementary.