Hillendale families,
I hope you are having a great weekend and that the many of you that managed to make it to the Harlem Wizards Game last night enjoyed watching Mr. Ricci, Miss Ricci & Mrs. Blaisse show off their skills! Thank you for representing HES in the game, you three!
I've had the pleasure of welcoming hundreds of parents as "Mystery Readers" here at Hillendale over the years. For the first time ever, I got to be the Mystery Reader at my son's school in his kindergarten class last week. Knowing how special it was to him, I simply wanted to thank all of you that have taken time away from your busy lives to come read to our children in their classrooms. Your children (and all of us) appreciate you!
A special plug for our Spring PTO Adult Fundraiser "Parents Night Out" coming up soon on April 4th. Please see more details below including graphics created by the students in Mrs. Blaisse's Graphic Design Club! The annual event is truly one of my favorite nights of the year! Hope to see you there.
School will be closed for teacher in-service on Monday, March 31st.
Have a great week!
Josh Leight
Hillendale Elementary Principal
There will be an online Silent Auction with exciting new treasures to bid on
from 3/28 at 10am - 4/4 at 9pm.
*Auction Item Sneak Peek: African Safari Package*
Special thanks to Mrs. Blaisse's Graphic Design Club for collaborating and making the flyer and all the graphics for this event. Original design by 4th grade student Leilani Kim-Roland.
Spring Fundraiser Committee:
Amanda Biggs, Elizabeth Lunger, Renee Rawlins, Claire Van Eps
After-school play-club will start on Friday 3/28 running every Friday that school is in full-day session, from dismissal to 4:45 pm. This is a child-led play club supervised by parent volunteers; the aim is to allow children the opportunity for outdoor free-play.
Children who wish to participate on a week-by-week basis can sign up here.
Adult volunteers can also sign up to help supervise (must have clearances).
We currently only have 2 parent volunteers to be present for Play Club so we are only accepting a max of 12 children in Play Club. If Play Club is full, parents are still welcome to join with their child(ren).
We are looking for additional parent volunteers to be present during Play Club. If we have additional support, we can open Play Club to more students. Please email Kelly at kellygentile2@gmail.com if you are interested in helping or have any questions.
Play club is an outdoor all-weather club, please send your children in appropriate attire, however, games (and shelter!) will be available in the pavilion when the weather is inclement. This is an electronic device-free club please leave them at home/ make sure your child knows to have them turned off (as per district policy).
Coming home to you soon will be your child's custom catalog for the Square 1 Art fundraiser. Get a head start, and start ordering keepsakes and gifts featuring your child's art online NOW, if you like! NEW - *Ship to Home FREE. (*Customer pays a small processing fee at checkout and order ships to home.)
Simply search for your child's art using Art Search, and enter state, school name, and your student's name. Your student's art and code will appear, and you may order!
Order by: 4/7/2025
Upload additional art if you like, using Art Upload!
If you have questions, or need anything at all, contact customer care online .
Thank you for supporting our school!
🐾 Library Class Volunteer
Volunteers needed for grades 3-5 only. Even if you've already volunteered, you may sign up for more slots if they are still 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
🐾Focus Committee Rep
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
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
