6th grade scientists modeled the effects that excess carbon dioxide has on aquatic ecosystems. They did an "eggcellent" job!








Mrs. Angela's first graders have accomplished publishing their final drafts of an expository text about a place in our community.
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Mrs. Angela's first graders have accomplished publishing their final drafts of an expository text about a place in our community.
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The Sunshine Committee is busy bringing "sunshine" to our elementary teachers and staff. Thank you!!




We also want to recognize the hard work of our students during testing this week. They showed up every day, gave their best effort, and were celebrated with ice cream treats! Each day, students who tested and worked hard had their names entered into a drawing for a gift card.
Gift Card Winners:
• 7th Grade: Montana Burks
• 8th Grade: Ally Perky
• 9th Grade: Keyaira Duncan
• 10th Grade: Easton Durham
Congratulations to all of our students—we are proud of your effort, adaptability, and accomplishments!




This afternoon, our high school held its Student of the Month assembly. For September, students were nominated by teachers for demonstrating adaptability. Congratulations to all of our nominees and winners!
7th Grade Nominees:
• Reece Miesner
• Caiden Milde
• Breanna Morris (winner)
• Chance Rickard
• Quinn Wigton
8th Grade Nominees:
• Ashton Anderson
• Ryleigh Brannon
• Kurtis Healey (winner)
• Audrey Johnson
9th Grade Nominees:
• Keyaira Duncan
• Jackson Jones
• Kaitlyn Ellis
• Abigail Keefer (winner)
• TJ Price
• Aaron Richey
10th Grade Nominees:
• Jace Brower (winner)
• Maela Morris
• Grace Richey
• Jaxson Turner
11th Grade Nominees:
• Maci Doyle
• Jaysey Grooms
• Kaylin Johnson (winner)
• Casey Morse
• Lexee Polston
12th Grade Nominees:
• Miranda Bennett
• Jesse Miesner
• Cameron Morris
• Hannah Phillips (winner)
• Patrick Richey
Jr. High Principal Pick- Laila Allen
Sr. High Principal Pick- Maci Doyle








Dr. B's 10th grade English students spent the day before Fall break doing Round Robin creative writing.







Today, Officer Turner and Officer Raina had the opportunity to connect with our high school students and walk them through the Standard Response Protocol (SRP).
The SRP helps prepare everyone for what to do in the event of an emergency—from a lockdown, evacuation, or even inclement weather. Our goal is to make sure students and staff feel confident, calm, and ready, not fearful.
We’re proud of the way our students engaged, asked questions, and took an active role in their own safety. Together, we’re building a culture of preparedness at Hillcrest.
#SchoolSafety #PreparedNotScared #SRP #CommunityStrong







A community member, Mrs. Kathy Evans, reached out about helping our back pack program. As part of her efforts she created a flyer to help showcase this cause. If you would like to donate towards this, please reach out to Mrs. Turner at the high school.

4th Grade Roller Coaster Project Presentations: Students recently studied kinetic and potential energy through a roller coaster investigation activity.
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4th Grade Roller Coaster Project Presentations: Students recently studied kinetic and potential energy through a roller coaster investigation activity.
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4th Grade Roller Coaster Project Presentations: Students recently studied kinetic and potential energy through a roller coaster investigation activity.
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ATTENTION: No after school jr boys practice today. Sorry for inconvenience!
The Hillcrest FunFest is tomorrow evening, Friday, September 26, from 5:00-7:30 PM on the elementary campus at Lynn. Please bring your cakes and pies for the cake walk to the elementary office before 3:00pm tomorrow.
This group of students worked hard to prepare their own big collections for parent night. They searched for and caught bugs, pinned and labeled them, graphed insect characteristics and counted votes for the favorite bug. Thank you all for checking out their collections! The votes were counted and tallied, and the winner of the favorite bug chosen by all who voted is number 18, Chancellor Rickard’s butterfly!
Special shoutout to our paraprofessionals who helped the students with this special project! (Mrs. Brandi, Mrs. Heidi and Mrs. Jennifer)










Officer Raina presented the new school safety program to our elementary students this morning.










Mr. Roger Randolph lead prayer at the pole this morning at elementary.

Although we received a much needed rain, the Hillcrest community showed up in support of our Parent Night! We appreciate all parents!! Thank you for all you do for our students.
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Although we received a much needed rain, the Hillcrest community showed up in support of our Parent Night! We appreciate all parents!! Thank you for all you do for our students.
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Although we received a much needed rain, the Hillcrest community showed up in support of our Parent Night! We appreciate all parents!! Thank you for all you do for our students.
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