Hillside News Brief

There is no school for students on Monday, January 20, to recognize Martin Luther King Day. Teachers will have a professional development day. We will see everyone back at Hillside on Tuesday, January 21.

Please join us for an evening of skating with our Hillside tigers at Skate City in Bellevue. It should be a great night, so come on out! Skate City is located at 1220 Fort Crook Road. 402-291-0894.

Here is the website: http://skatecitybellevue.com/

We are kicking off our Kids Heart Challenge program (formerly Jump Rope for Heart) in January. We are excited to participate as we work together to raise money for the American Heart Association and learn how nutrition and being active can help us live longer, healthier lives.

Through the Kids Heart Challenge, we are going to talk about three things:

1. Habits to keep our hearts healthy

2. How we can help others

3. Encourage everyone to take the challenge to adopt one of three healthy habits

This year we are excited to welcome the Heart Heroes to our school. Over the next few weeks, the characters will share important messages about keeping their heart healthy, building self-confidence and helping others. The first step is getting your student registered and taking a challenge. When they register, they will receive their free wristband and join the Heart Heroes! If we can get 50% of our students registered to take the challenge our school will receive $500.00 in PE equipment!!!

1. Go to www.heart.org/khc register your student for our Kids Heart Challenge

2. Choose your challenge

a. MOVE MORE

b. BE KIND

c. BE READY

3. Earn your free glow-in-the-dark Heart Hero wristband

4. Download the Kids Heart Challenge app to bring the wristband and any Heart Heroes to life.

Your student can earn the Heart Hero characters and additional gifts by asking friends and family to make donations in the support of the American Heart Association.

Thank you very much for supporting our school and the American Heart Association. Together we can do this.

Mr. Korbelik, P.E. Teacher