If you have signed up for summer school, buses will run at near normal AM pickup times beginning tomorrow. If you are bringing your elementary child to summer school, drop them off at the NewTech building (on Hwy 230 in Strawberry) between 7:30-7:45. High School kids are to be dropped off at the high school building. We plan to dismiss at 12:15 each day, buses will leave campus at 12:20.
To all that served we remember your sacrifice! THANK YOU from the Hillcrest School District!
Today's summer baseball and softball games will continue as scheduled.
We want to wish Mrs. Belinda Glenn and Mrs. Rachel Capps a happy retirement. Thank you for your many years of service and dedication to the Hillcrest School District.
The 7 & 8 boys baseball practice scheduled for tonight has been cancelled due to weather.
T-Ball games scheduled for tonight, Thursday May 27th have been cancelled due to weather.
The 'end of year' Elementary Awards will be at 12:00 today, in the gym at Lynn. The awards presentation is open to the public, visitors may enter the 'regular' admissions gate on the west side of the gym.
The Hillcrest School District will be requesting a waiver from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for attendance, class size, length of the instructional day, clock hours, and recess in order to offer a digital learning option for the 2021-2022 school year. The K-6 digital learning option will be provided through the TRVP Virtual Program through our local educational cooperative. The 7-12 digital learning option will be provided through Virtual Arkansas.
The digital learning options will be monitored by a designee on each campus. Coursework will be a combination of synchronous and asynchronous instruction. Courses will be taught by Arkansas, Highly Qualified, Certified Teachers.
Please review the Digital Learning Plan for the 21-22 school year and provide your feedback on the Stakeholder Feedback Form.
All student MacBooks must be returned to their respective campuses by Tuesday, June 1st between the hours of 8am to 3pm. We also need all hot spots that were loaned to students to be returned by Tuesday.
Both Hillcrest Elementary Graduations will be on the school's Facebook page, live, beginning at 7:00.
Everyone, other than the graduates themselves, must have a voucher to enter graduation.
Kindergarten Graduation is tonight, Monday, May 24, at 7:00. The doors open at 6:15. Graduates will sit with their parents until right before graduation begins. Seats (rows) are assigned, and labeled. Afterward; students will be dismissed, one at a time, at the end of graduation.
The Honors award ceremony today is for high school students.
Academic awards ceremony will be today, Monday May 24th at 1:00pm in the gym at Lynn. The ceremony will be live streamed on facebook live. Parents are invited and will sit in the home bleachers.
Kindergarten Graduation is Monday, May 24, at 7:00. Sixth Grade Graduation is Tuesday, May 25, at 7:00. Students received eleven (11) vouchers for their families and friends to attend the graduations. Doors open at 6:15, all seating is already assigned. Elementary Awards Assembly is Thursday, May 27, at 12:00; and is open to the public.
Hillcrest High will honor our athletes tomorrow, May 21st at 1:00pm in the Lynn gym. Parents of athletes are invited to attend the ceremony. Parents are asked to come through the west gate and sit in the home stands. Thank you
T-ball games for Tuesday, May 18th are cancelled. 7-8 boys practice is also cancelled this afternoon.
Congratulations to Brenda Snyder selected as the Kitchen Manager of the year for the Gramling region! Mrs. Brenda and OPAA does an outstanding job feeding the kids of Hillcrest.
The Lawrence County Track Meet (4th-6th Grade) is canceled today, Monday, May 17th.