Teacher and Staff Gift Fund
Friday, June 7, donations due
Hillview has a tradition of gifting the staff as a community. Parents are encouraged to contribute to a centralized Teacher/Staff Gift Fund (organized by PTO volunteers) and all proceeds are used to buy gift cards for the entire Hillview team. The benefits of this approach are that teachers and staff choose something that they like with gift cards and we recognize all 80+ Hillview employees. The Gift Fund is used to recognize all academy teachers, elective teachers, specialists, custodians, and staff. Gift cards are delivered the last week of school on behalf of the entire Hillview community. There are several ways to participate:
Questions contact Liliana Perazich here.
Get On Board for Next Year!
We know…summer beckons, but the PTO has already begun gearing up for 2019 – 2020. Get involved for the first time or continue volunteering, we are excited to have you! Read through the Google form here and look at the PTO Volunteer page here for descriptions of the many different volunteer opportunities available. Checking a box indicates interest, not a commitment; the coordinators will contact you closer to an event to see if you are available.
We do have some time-sensitive needs for we are looking for help with the back-to-school activities in August, such as 6th-grade orientation, and to get rolling with Hot Lunch. Thank you in advance! Questions, email Emily Moberg Robinson here.
Aloha Check-In Help Needed
Tuesday, August 20
7th- and 8th-grade students will receive their class schedules for the 2019-2020 school year at Aloha check-in. We are looking for parent volunteers to help with set-up/clean-up and to assist with handing out schedules to students. It’s a fun way to start the year and meet a couple of Hillview parents! See SignUpGenius here for more information.
Be an Academy Lead Parent
Help Hillview by volunteering to be one of the Academy Lead Parents. It is the best way to interact with your children and see their teachers in action. The work is simple and takes overall less than two hours per trimester. We take multiple parents for each academy. If you are interested and have specific questions, contact Hillview Academy Parent Coordinator Hongran Stone here. Sign up with the Academy Lead Sign-Up Form here.
5th Annual Hillview Relay for Life
More than 200 On the night of May 31, more than 250 Hillview students participated in the Hillview Relay for Life, walking the Hillview track in glowing costumes, dancing to the DJ, honoring and remembering cancer warriors in their lives. The students raised an amazing $90,000 (and counting!) to benefit the American Cancer Society, matching last year’s fundraising numbers. An achievement made all the more impressive with a third fewer participants this year.
This event was the culmination of six weeks of weekly meetings, fundraiser activities, cancer education and learning to work as a team toward a greater cause. Congratulations to all the students for their amazing efforts and for making an impact on the lives of others.
A big thank you to event co-chairs Jennie Lang and Stacy Goldman, teacher liaison Charea Batiste, and to the 60+ parent volunteers who helped organize, prepare, bake, and chaperone the students on the big night.
If you did not get a chance to support the Hillview community Relay for Life, donations are still being accepted here; (Make sure to choose “I just want to support Relay for Life in General”).
Contact the Hillview Service team here if interested in learning about Relay for Life volunteer opportunities for the event next year.
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Celebrate your student or a special teacher through a tribute gift to the Endowment for Excellence in Teaching
Your Foundation $$ in Action! Jeanie Ritchie Grants
Jeanie Ritchie Grants are funded by the MPAEF and enable teachers to pursue innovative teaching programs in their classroom, grade or school. Grants are awarded based on the three key criteria of the program: innovation, creativity and enrichment.
Spotlight on Row, Ride, Run Grant
Awarded to Russ Peterson here, Physical Literacy and Education teacher at Hillview.
What were your overall impressions of this grant in action? Did it achieve the goals
outlined on the grant application?
“Bottom line is that cardiovascular fitness is important to everyone’s overall health. This grant was to offer students alternatives to working on that personal goal. Often times we run the track or do warm-up exercises where it is clear who runs fast/slow, or who does XYZ better than their neighbor. These machines took away any negative performance stigma and students just got to blast through their exercise.”
In your opinion, what is the best part about this grant?
“I saw students racing each other and laughing and smiling while accomplishing their workout. Win-win!”
Congratulations to all of this year’s grant recipients and thank you for being amazing role models of innovation and hard work! For more information on the Jeanie Ritchie Teaching Innovation Grant program, here.
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Thank You
We want to take the opportunity to show our appreciation for our business and realtor partners in the community. Thank you for your support!
Platinum
Michael Repka and Ken Deleon, Deleon Realty here
Gold
Bohannon Development Company here
Silver
Omar Kinaan, Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty here
Bronze
British Banker’s Club here
Titanium
Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria here
