The Hillside Happenings! 2025-2026

Expect the Summer Edition # 2 by July 29th

We look forward to seeing you in August!

We would like to take a moment to wish you all a fantastic summer filled with relaxation, adventure, and quality time with your loved ones. We look forward to welcoming new students and families to Hillside in 2025-26.

We would like to draw your attention to our summer newsletter. We have included valuable information that may be useful for review during the summer break. We highly recommend taking the time to go through each item.

• Agenda Book & 25-26 Important Dates

• Summer Hours

• Hawk Prep Days (material pick up)

• 7th Grade Vaccination Requirements-Including exemption information

• 2025-26 Bell Schedule

• First Day of School Schedule August 14th (No Block Day)

• Second Day of School August 15th (Late Start Friday)

• Drop off & pick up procedures in parking lot

• Drop off & pick up in neighborhood

We are eagerly looking forward to seeing all of our students back in the fall, refreshed and ready to embark on a new chapter of learning and growth. Until then, enjoy the warm weather, create wonderful memories, and take advantage of this well-deserved break.

Warm regards,

Jason Quartararo-Principal

Please find copy of 25-26 Agenda Book

• Our office is open for the summer until June 13th. 8am-12pm & 1-4pm.

• Office closed from June 16th-July 28th

• Office reopens on July 29th: Hours 7:30am-12pm & 1-4pm

*Schedule below is for Hawk Prep Days (Schedules, Lockers, Textbooks & Supplies)

Students entering 7th grade need the following vaccinations:

• 1 dose of Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap)
• AND have 2 doses of Varicella (chickenpox).

Any student with previous exemptions- If your student had a previous personal/medical exemption please visit shots for school and speak to your child's physician to begin the vaccination schedule or discuss a medical exemption with them.

Students not meeting these requirements will not be allowed to begin school until the requirements are met.

If the school does not have up to date immunizations they will not be able to begin classes on the 14th. For any questions email Mrs. Espinoza april.espinoza@simivalleyusd.org.

Note: Students will go to all of their classes on the first day of school, Thursday August 14th.

They will essentially follow the Monday/Tuesday schedule on the first day of school!

* 0 & 7th Periods will not start until August 18th.

* Only students will be permitted on campus during the 1st day of school. We encourage new families come to our Hawk Prep Days so they can become familiar with our campus.

• Students who attend 0 period classes can arrive at 6:45am in the morning on Monday-Thursday. ( 0 & 7 Periods do not begin until August 18th)

• At 7:30am we open the cafeteria for early arrival students and for those who want to get breakfast on Monday-Friday.

• At 7:45am (Monday-Thursday) we open the main gate to the campus.

• On Friday we open the gate at 8:40am

* Low traffic times dropping off students: 7:30am-7:50am

• For those requiring additional supervision, our library is open until 3:30pm. (Alternate location for first full week of school, as books and materials are being distributed.)

• Supervision is available outside until 4:00pm.

We appreciate your patience the first 2 weeks as families get accustomed to coming and going on campus. Please review the graphic below that we hope will assist for drop off & pick up times.

(Front of Campus)

The front parking lot has 4 lanes. Lanes 1 & 3 are devoted towards drop off/pick up and lanes 2 & 4 are devoted for thru traffic. See the map below.

Low traffic times are from 7:30am-7:50am.

For families electing to drop off students on corner of Fitzgerald Rd & Whitcomb Ave.

Please help ensure the safety of students coming to school by:

• watching vehicle speed
• not stopping in the middle of the street on Whitcomb Ave or Fitzgerald Rd.
• respecting right of way of students crossing in the cross walk
• reminding your student not to jaywalk across Whitcomb Ave.

Look out for Summer Edition 2, which will be sent to families and posted on our website by July 29th.

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Location: 2222 Fitzgerald Road, Simi Valley, CA, USA
Phone: (805) 520-6810