Hillcrest Elementary School

Happy Sunday!

Let us first say Congratulations to our Lead Learner, Dr. Fred Williams, for being selected as the Superintendent of the Year for the state of Georgia. We are so proud of him and to have him as our leader.

As we gear up for another exciting and busy week at Hillcrest, we hope that you will join in on the fun. We will begin our 10 Day Count Down to the Christmas Holidays by dressing it up over the next two weeks. The flyer is included below. We will also host our 2nd – 4th grade Christmas Family Luncheon on Thursday. Don’t forget to join us Thursday for an evening of fun events with our Winter Wonderland Literacy and Fine Arts Night beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Students will begin our middle of the year assessments this week, starting with Acadience (literacy) for grades K-4, BEACON for 3rd and 4th grades, and end of the nine weeks post assessments. Please make sure students are getting plenty of rest and are prepared to do their best.

Lastly, Thank you to the Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, INC. and our Board Member, Ms. Joanna Glover, for helping improve our environment with the planting of trees on our playground recently. Members of our Student Garden Club, under the leadership of Mrs. Leigh Anne Lawrence, joined this team in planting a few trees around our playground area, as well as spreading straw and watering them. Our Student Garden Club members were excited about this opportunitiy to serve.

Have a great week ahead & Don't Stop Believing!

Begin With the End in Mind means that an individual must start with a clear understanding of their destination. Take time now to figure out where it is you are trying to go or do to help you better understand where you currently are. This will help in determining the steps needed to take you in the right direction of reaching your goal.

Family Activity: Have each family member create a Personal Mission Statement. It should focus on what you want to be and do. This will become your plan for success and put your goals in focus to becoming a reality. Start now so that you can become the leader of your own life.

“Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.” – Dr. Stephen R. Covey

Please be reminded of our dress code expectations. We do encourage you to review our dress code policy, but also providing a few reminders below.

• Sweatshirts and hoodies may be worn to school, but hoods cannot be worn inside of school/classroom.
• Shirts must be solid in color.
• Leggings cannot be worn as "stand alone." They can be worn under a solid colored skirt/shorts.
• Jeans/Pants may not have any rips, holes, tears, or frays.
• Shoes must have a strap on the back of them. No Crocs allowed at school.

Please help us by making sure your child is appropriately dressed before coming to school each day.

• There will be one (1) lane used for morning drop off.
• There will be two (2) lanes used for afternoon dismissal.
• Cars MUST have their car tag number in the window to pick up your child. Cars without a tag will have to drive to the front of the building and wait for your child to be released at 3:30 p.m. with remaining car riders.
• Vehicles must make a right-hand turn off of Edgewood Drive into the Car Rider Line Up near the playground entrance.
• Parents/Guardians may take any of the following routes to reach our car rider line: Cardinal Drive, Northwood Drive, Brookdale Drive, Greenway Drive, and Pinewood Drive from either Claxton Dairy Road or Highway 441 South to get to Edgewood Drive.
• Parents/Guardians MUST remain in cars to pick up car riders. No child will be released to adults who walk up to the building in the Car Rider Loading Zone.
• Please wait for staff member to signal for you to pull off.
• Parents/Guardians may not park along Edgewood Drive and walk up to the front of the building to pick up students while we are loading or unloading buses (7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.)
• Students not picked up by 3:25 p.m. from the car rider pick up area will be taken to the front office for pick up after this time.

All students must have a clear or mesh book bag to enter the school building. We do have a few clear book bags left for sale in the front office, if you need to purchase one, for $10 each.

Please be reminded to submit student excuses when they are absent on the day they return back to school. If you need for your child's doctor's office to fax a copy of an excuse to the school, please have them send it to (478) 353-8201. After a parent has submitted seven (7) written parent notes, the school is unable to accept any more parent notes. Please help do your part by making sure your child is present at school and on time as much as possible. Students should arrive no later than 8:15 a.m. each day, but strogly encouraged to be present by 8:00 a.m. to have time to eat breakfast and begin instruction with their class.

December 4-14: Acadience Assessment Screening {PK - 4th}

December 5: Beacon ELA {3rd & 4th Grades}

December 6: Beacon Math {3rd & 4th Grades}

December 7: Winter Wonderland Literacy & Fine Arts Night, 5:30 p.m.

December 7: Christmas Luncheon {2nd - 4th Grade students & family}

December 14: DCS's Hometown Holly, 6:00 p.m., Dublin High Auditorium

December 15: Early Release Day/ 1/2 Day of School

December 18- January 2: Christmas Holiday Break

January 3: Students Return

January 9: 2nd Nine Weeks Report Card, APTT #2, 5:30 p.m.

Hillcrest is a PK-4 Elementary Themed Charter School that opened in August 2011. Our theme is L. E. A. P, which is Leadership, Environmental Awareness, and Public Service.

Email: sherrell.edmond@dcsirish.com
Website: hes.dcs.irish
Location: 1100 Edgewood Drive, Dublin, GA, USA
Phone: (478) 353-8200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HillcrestElementaryTheLeapSchool