Hillside Family Newsletter

3/3-3/7 Classified Appreciation Week

3/4 D9 Scholarship Dessert Night

3/5 Literacy Night
3/10 Daylight Savings Time Starts
3/14 No School - Professional Development Day
3/24-3/28 Spring Break

5/7 Ready! for Kindergarten (2025-26 Kindergarten Families)

At Hillside Elementary, our priority is creating a safe, respectful, and focused learning environment where all students can thrive. To maintain this standard, it is essential that our scholars consistently follow school expectations.

Disruptive behaviors, including but not limited to defiance, disrespect, and physical aggression, will not be tolerated. School rules will be enforced, and our discipline matrix will be followed. Students on behavior contracts are expected to demonstrate immediate improvement. Those who repeatedly defy the school rules and break their contract will be recommended for alternative placement and/or expulsion. If a student is on an intra-district transfer from another school their transfer will be revoked and the student will be sent back to their home school per board policy.

We value our partnership with families and appreciate your support in reinforcing these expectations. Together, we can ensure that our school remains a positive and productive space for all students.

Thank you for your cooperation and commitment to our shared goals.

This month we are having conversations and experiences with our scholars to help us develop the social-emotional skill of Cooperation! We are using this definition at school:

Cooperation: working together to reach shared goals.

As a family, talk about how this definition applies to how you work together at home. What are some goals you share? Cooperation is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Kind. Throughout the school, students will be developing skills like perspective-taking, conflict resolution, and leadership.

Here are some questions you may want to ask and talk with your child at home to connect what we are doing at school. These are great conversations to have around the dinner table.

• Can you share or show what Cooperation means?
• Why do you think it is important to use Whole Body Listening when practicing Cooperation?
  
• Why do you think it is important to show Kindness and practice Cooperation?
  
• Can you name some things you do at school that require Cooperating? At home?
  
• How does perspective-taking help us when Cooperating with others?
  
• How do you think practicing conflict resolution helps us be more Cooperative?
  
• In a leadership role, why do you think showing Kindness and Cooperation are so important?

The Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT), the nation’s largest touring children’s theatre, has been touring extensively for nearly 50 years now from Montana to Japan, and will visit nearly 1,100 communities this year with up to 44 teams of Tour Actor/Directors. One of those communities is Hillside! MCT will visit HES for a residency tour April 21st-26th. The production during the tour is Hercules. MCT hosts open auditions for students, rehearsals after school, and two performances on the 26th. The cast will include 60-65 HES students. Check out this link to learn more about MCT.

Hercules is a musical. We are in need of a pianist! If you know of a pianist, please let Mrs. Isackson know ASAP. More information about this amazing opportunity for our community to come!

We are offering a FREE Love and Logic course at Eagle Point Middle School, for three straight days, starting May 13th. Click on the picture above to register.

If your student will be absent for the day, please call our office at 541-830-1225 or email islasg@eaglepnt.k12.or.us. Thank you for helping to keep our school healthy by keeping students home when they are sick.

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*Doors open at 8:05am for breakfast in the cafeteria. There is no supervision before 8:05am. First bell rings at 8:30 am. Late bell rings at 8:35 am.

We would love for you to volunteer in the classroom or around the school. To do so, you need prior approval from the school district. Please apply here.

Email: pattersondurhamj@eaglepnt.k12.or.us
Website: eaglepnt.k12.or.us/hes
Location: 185 East Main Street, Eagle Point, OR, USA
Phone: 541-830-1225
Facebook: facebook.com/hehusky