What's Happening?

• Upcoming Events (see event on calendar for more details)

  • November 3: Teacher Professional Day - No School

  • November 4: 2 Day (L-Z  Core Classes / A-K  Elective)

  • November 5: PTSA Virtual Meeting (6:30pm)  (Zoom Link  Password: HMSPTSA)

  • November 6: Fun Friday - Masks with Messages (wear a mask with a positive or inspiring message on it) / Virtual Students - Mustache Day

  • November 6: End of Q1

  • November 17: Report Cards Viewable on Parent Connect

  • November 25: Thanksgiving Recess Begins (11:35 Dismissal)

  • November 26-27: Thanksgiving Recess - No School

• Important Links

  • Hillside Highlights

  • Daily Announcements

  • Daily (Bell) Schedule

  • 1/2 Day Calendar

  • COVID-19 Student Symptom Screening Tool

  • Sports Daily Screener - Submit by 2pm day of practice/game

  • Fun Fridays

  • Technology Trouble Shooting

  • Food Service Website

  • ClassLink

  • Hillside Return to School Plan

  • Join the PTSA

  • Yearbook Orders

  • Yearbook Photo Submission Form

• UPDATED - Required Daily COVID-19 Screening for Hybrid Students

  • Parents are required to check students for COVID-19 symptoms EACH DAY BEFORE sending a child to school. By sending your child to school, you are declaring that you have completed the NPS COVID-19 Student Symptom Screening Tool (updated 10.16.2020) and that your child is not exhibiting any of the symptoms or conditions listed.  If you answer “YES” to one or more questions, you must keep your child home from school. It is essential that this process be done daily with integrity and fidelity as modeled in this Daily Screening Public Service Announcement. Temperature checks at school may be instituted periodically as appropriate. 

• PTSA Reflections

  • PTSA Reflections is a student recognition program to encourage artistic creativity in the classroom and at home.  Students of all grades and abilities may enter one or all of the available arts categories:

    • Dance Choreography

    • Film Production

    • Literature

    • Music Composition

    • Photography

    • Visual Arts

  • This year’s Reflections theme is “I Matter Because.”

  • We are excited and cannot wait to see what our students come up with in their creative and artistic representations of this year’s theme!

  • Deadline for entries is Friday, November 13th online.

  • Entrants from each grade will be entered to win an iTunes gift card! You can find the rules here or on the Hillside Facebook Page.

  • Feel free to contact with any questions.

• Ordering a Lunch

  • If students do not bring their own lunch, families must preorder school lunches by 9am to receive lunch that day. The system will not allow you to order after 9am. For your convenience, meals can be preordered up to 30 days in advance. To avoid any issues, we recommend ordering the night before.

  • Food Service Website

• Attendance Procedures will remain the same as previous years. If your student will have a planned absence or to any of their online/hybrid classes, please call the attendance line  and state your student’s name, date, and reason for the absence. The attendance line phone number is 248-344-3605.

• Photos Wanted for Yearbook 2020-21

  • Do you have a great shot of before/during/after Transition Day? Upload it here for possible use in the next yearbook!

  • This invitation goes for ALL school-related activities your child is involved in, summer through the month of March (Think: neighborhood learning support pods, sports, clubs/groups, etc.)

  • Photos showing the unique challenges of this year are welcome/encouraged.