Hillendale families,
I hope you're having a great weekend! Thank you so much for your generous support of our annual MLK Day of Service event this past Monday. Your time, energy, and donations are what made this event possible! Read more details about the event's success linked here and see a full recap from our PTO below.
Between MLK Day and our annual Penny Drive happening now, students get to participate in providing service to others. Plus, if our school hits our fundraising goal of $2,000, students from each class will get to silly string their principal. EEK! See more details below including who benefits from this drive.
Our huskies are looking forward to our Family BINGO Night on Friday, February 7th. See more details in our PTO section below and get excited.
Have a great week!
Joshua Leight
Hillendale Elementary Principal
Since the New Year began, Hillendale huskies have had the opportunity to be recognized for "showing they care, doing their best, and being kind to everyone" through our new "Heart of a Husky Club!" All staff members have the ability to give children a ticket that identifies which of those three behaviors the student was showing.
Students display their tickets on our board in our lobby where there are 200 slots to be filled. Once the board fills, 10 students are chosen at random to win a small prize. The HES 5th Grade Student Council has taken a leadership role in this project and will continue to do so throughout the spring as they are in charge of managing our board, recognizing students on HETV, delivering prizes, and more.
Ask your children if they have earned at ticket and for what! Thank you for your support from home.
Sign up here to help students count donations
The Penny Drive will run January 21st - Feb 3rd! The Penny Drive collects your loose change - any coins or spare dollars are welcome! Money raised goes directly to purchase food for our Bag Lunch program which provides bagged lunches (packed by our students) to local food kitchens.
This is also a fun activity for grades 3-5, as the math classes will count the cash collected each day! We will need parent volunteers to help the students count the change. Sign up here If your child switches teachers for math class, keep this in mind when you select your spot.
Start collecting your loose change - dig down into your sofa, empty those cup holders, and send it in! Collections and counting will start on the morning of Tuesday, January 21st (pm Kindergarten can send their day 1 collections in on Friday January 17th and their last day of collections on January 31st)
At the end of the 2 weeks, the homeroom classes with the highest 3 donations will be recognized - a special day to choose from in coordination with their teacher (e.g., pajama day, popsicle day)! Principal Leight will celebrate Huskies meeting their $2000 donation goal by letting a couple students from each class spray him with Silly String!
🐾 *NEW DATES ADDED* Library Class Volunteer
After the initial trial period, NEW DATES have been added for grades 3-5 only. We kindly ask that you initially chose only one library date per child. Once everyone has had a chance to sign up - after January 2nd - we encourage you to check back and signup for more if slots are available.
Volunteers will help to check books in/out and shelve returned books during your 3rd-5th grade child's library class.
Send any concerns or issues to Janette Grieb at janettepgrieb@gmail.com
Spirit Wear
In stock spirit wear (limited quantity/size) is available for order on square (orders will be delivered to your child's classroom). Shop Here
FOCUS is a committee in the Unionville Chadds Ford School District, organized by parents in collaboration with UCF District administration. FOCUS provides information and education to parents and the community through seminars, workshops, webinars, and posted resources. For more information, please see district website. If you would like to join this committee as the HIllendale representative, please email heptopresident@gmail.com
