🎉 Exciting News, Hilltop Middle School Parents! 🎉
Get ready for Hilltop Pride Day! 🌟 Join us on May 2nd from 12:30 pm - 7:00 pm for a day filled with fun, learning, and community spirit.
🕧 Afternoon Session (12:30 pm - 4:00 pm): Enjoy a relaxed visit with lighter crowds. Perfect for exploring displays and activities at your own pace!
🍽 Dinner Break for Staff (4:00 pm - 4:30 pm): Our amazing staff will take a short break to recharge.
🌙 Evening Session (4:30 pm - 7:00 pm): Dive into interactive experiences and connect with teachers, staff, and fellow parents in a relaxed atmosphere.
🎈 Exciting Activities:
📚 Scholastic Book Fair
🏀 Physical Games: Hula hoop, basketball shoot-offs, cornhole
🇺🇸 US History Jeopardy
👕 T-shirt Screen Printing
🎭 Dramatic Readings
🔬 Educational Exhibits: 3D shapes, model molecules, robotics demos, and more!
🎵 Musical Performances
🎟 Raffle and Concessions: Win prizes and enjoy delicious snacks!
Don't miss this memorable celebration of our students' achievements, creativity, and talents. Let's showcase the vibrant spirit of our Hilltop Fishermen community together!
See you on May 2nd at Hilltop Pride Day! 🎉📚🎶
#HilltopPrideDay #CommunityEvent #StudentAchievements #FamilyFun
🏆🧠✨ Exciting News! ✨🧠🏆
Hilltop School is thrilled to announce the stellar performance of our students at the Mental Math Competition hosted by Clatsop Community College! 🌟 This event was a testament to the incredible mathematical mastery and dedication of our young scholars.
👏 Amongst the nine brilliant participants from Hilltop, we are ecstatic to share that Ari Severson, a sixth-grader, emerged victorious, clinching the prestigious first place in the 6th-grade division! 🥇🎉 #MentalMathChamps #HilltopPride #hilltoprocks 🏫👏
🌟 Calling all talented students! 🌟
Do you have a special talent you're itching to showcase? Are you ready to dazzle the crowd and steal the spotlight? Well, here's your chance!
Join us for auditions for the upcoming talent show on Friday, April 12, immediately after school. Whether you're a singer, dancer, musician, comedian, magician, or have any other amazing talent, we want to see what you've got!
Auditions will take place in the band room, and students can be picked up after auditions or can catch the late bus home. Sign up in the office. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to shine and share your talent with the world.
Get ready to bring your A-game and show us what you're made of! See you at auditions! 🎤💃🎸
Please join Ms. Lloyd and Mr. Bear for an evening Zoom discussion on topics effecting Hilltop Middle School on Wednesday, February 21, at 6pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87847301283?pwd=aUNwRVBrUXpOWHhhdUl0VVRmK1lQUT09
Reminder!
Friday, January 26th is a half day of school. Students will be dismissed at 12:20.
It's time to order your 2023-24 Hilltop Middle School yearbook. Click on the link to take you to the online order form:
https://www.bellimaging.com/yearbook-ecommerce/p/hilltop-middle-school-yearbook
Our Associated Student Body (ASB) is collecting donations for the Pacific County Humane Society. Please consider helping out our doggy and kitty friends by contributing an item or two from the wish lists. Thank you in advance for helping the shelter animals have a Merry Christmas!
Last Friday we had our October Hilltop ROCKS day! This is a day where students get to choose an activity that they choose for meeting positive behavior expectations and getting all their work turned in. This month students were able to choose from mountain biking, fake wound make-up tutorials, 5K run, board games, movies, decoupage art, Perler bead art, slime making, basketball and pumpkin painting.
Wednesday is Anything But a Backpack Day!
Tuesday is Twin Day!
Spirit week is here!
Monday is PJ day!
Hello Parents and Guardians of Hilltop Middle School students,
At Hilltop, it is our goal to avoid any students to “fall through the cracks” and give as much support as possible for students to learn what is needed to be successful high school students. When a student has missed a deadline for an assignment they are put on ICU. You as a guardian, will receive an email or text alerting you that your student is behind on their school work. We ask that you have a discussion with your child and support your child to get caught up. In addition it is a requirement that all students must be off ICU to participate in afterschool activities and sports, this includes the upcoming 7th and 8th grade dance and Hilltop ROCKS event on October 27th.
We currently have 111 students with missing assignments. This is a very high number of students on ICU for our school. We are asking for your help! Please check your emails and texts and ask your student to finish their work at home. We also provide many opportunities at school for students to get caught up!
Before School - 8:00-8:30 am Tuesday and Thursday mornings
LUNCH - working lunch in the Solutions room
After School - Dylan Jude Community Center (tutors present to help)
Please see attached flier for times.
Thank you for being a partner in your child’s education.
Sincerely,
Cheri Lloyd, Principal
Hilltop Middle School will be participating in the Great Shake Out on Thursday, October 19 at 10:19 in the morning. All students and staff will practice earthquake procedures during this time.
Hilltop honored students for Kindness in September.
Hilltop Middle School participates in the Food4Kids program. If you have a middle school student who would benefit from receiving a food bag every weekend, please fill out the application attached.
We had a great first three days at Hilltop Middle School! Yesterday we had our first assembly and stressed our Strive for 5, Turn it Off by 10 campaign. Did you know that Hilltop had a 54% chronic absenteeism rate last year. That means over half of our students were absent more than 2 days each month. Help our students get to school and come ready to learn!
The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum announces the opening of Coming Home: A Tour of Ilwaco, on view April 15 - May 6, 2023. The exhibit celebrates the launch of a digitally-based walking tour created by CPHM and students from Hilltop School and Ilwaco High School. An opening reception will be held on April 15 at CPHM from 1-3 pm, with a program beginning at 1:30 pm.
For more information, check out our website at columbiapacificheritagemuseum.org
The Museum is open Wednesday - Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm. Admission is FREE, thanks to our Members like Ocean Beach Hospital and the Port of Ilwaco.
CPHM Ford Photo Collection: Ilwaco, First and Spruce Streets, looking south. c1899
Today our hearts go out to families in Texas who suffered such a tragedy yesterday. As adults this can be a difficult topic to discuss with children. If this comes up in your home, or you would like more resources to help you know how to speak with your children about tragic events in the news, we invite you to explore these resources.
https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/helping-children-with-tragic-events-in-the-news
https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/explaining-the-news-to-our-kids
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-school-shootings
https://www.apa.org/topics/gun-violence-crime/shooting-aftermath
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Thank you school board; Ocean Beach School District appreciates all you do for our students, staff and district! You go above and beyond doing what is best for kids!
Tiffany Turner, John Holtermann, Anna Taft, Don Zuern and Nansen Malin; you are wonderful!