Hillcrest School District

Mrs. Amber’s 7th grade Science students have begun exploring elements and their properties! 🧪🔬 Students are making conjectures about the differences between types of elements and using their observations to sort groups based on common characteristics. Through this activity, they are developing their ability to identify patterns, make predictions, and use evidence to support their thinking. We love seeing our students think like scientists as they explore new concepts and make connections! Great job, 7th grade Science! 👏

Mr. Tate’s Animal Science students have been learning about the digestive systems of different animals. 🐄🐴🐑 To demonstrate their understanding, students took their learning outside and got creative by using chalk to illustrate animals and showcase what they’ve learned about their digestive systems—all while enjoying the cool shade! ☀️🖍️ We love seeing students turn what they’ve learned into fun, creative, hands-on activities! Great job, Animal Science! 👏

Mr. Maxwell’s Biology students have been busy exploring life on a microscopic level! 🔬🌱 Students used microscopes to examine pond water and discover the tiny organisms living within it. They then took their investigation outdoors, breaking open dead tree limbs to uncover the miniature ecosystems hidden inside. We love seeing our students getting hands-on with science and discovering that there’s a whole world of life hiding in places we might normally overlook! 🦠🔬🌳

The Eagles Nest will be closed on Friday, September 4, 2026, as well as Monday, September 7, 2026. We appreciate your understanding and hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Labor Day weekend!

Parent-Teacher Conferences Hillcrest School District will hold Parent-Teacher Conferences this Thursday, September 3, 2026, from 3:30–7:00 p.m. at the Lynn Gymnasium. We encourage all parents and guardians to attend and visit with their child’s teachers. We look forward to seeing you Thursday evening!

The junior class came up with a creative way to raise money—they sold tickets for a chance to bedazzle Coach Smith’s bald head! ✨😂 Conall Qualls was the lucky winner and recruited Grace to help with the sparkle-filled makeover. They had a great time, and Coach Smith definitely left with a little extra shine! ✨ A big thank-you to Coach Smith for being such a great sport and letting our students have a little fun! We think he wears the sparkle well! 😎✨

Look at the amazing things happening in Mrs. Johnson's 7th and 8th grade math classes! In 7th grade, students participated in a game of Integer War using playing cards to practice adding and subtracting integers. This activity strengthen their understanding of integer operations while building accuracy. In 8th grade, students worked collaboratively to match exponential expression flash cards. Students applied their knowledge of exponent properties while discussing problem-solving strategies with their peers.

Last week in Dr. B's english class, 9th grade worked on sentence puzzles for compound sentences with semicolons, comma FANBOYS, and semicolon- conjunctive adverbs-comma.

📖 Screamin' Good Eats – Hillcrest Cookbook! 🦅❤️🤍💙

The Jr. Class is putting together a cookbook filled with favorite recipes from our Hillcrest family! We want recipes from students, teachers, staff, parents, grandparents, and community members.

👩‍🍳 Have a favorite family recipe? We want it!
🍪 Desserts, main dishes, appetizers, casseroles, drinks, and more!
📅 Recipe submission deadline: September 30th

To submit your favorite recipe, simply follow the link and fill out the form.
https://forms.gle/yKbrGfnjrUeGMGoa6

Let's make this cookbook Screamin' Good! 🦅🍴

Attention parents/guardians: if you have not signed the digital student handbook please go to the school website and click on student handbook link. Thank you!

📝✨ A Recipe for Great Sentences! ✨📝 Mrs. Kara’s 7th grade English class practiced their sentence skills today with a fun Card Recipe Challenge! Students mixed and matched different sentence parts to create simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Who knew sentence structure could be so much fun? Great job, 7th grade! 👏📚

✨ Positive Vibe Tribe is Back! ✨ Today, our Positive Vibe Tribe met to kick off preparations for their yearly activities! Students had the opportunity to share their ideas and provide input as they begin planning for another great year. They also enjoyed spending time getting to know our new members and building connections within the group. We’re excited to see all the positive things this group will accomplish this year! 💙🙌

🦖 Exploring Earth’s History! 🌎 Mrs. Amber’s 8th graders have been diving into the geologic time scale, researching three major eras of Earth’s history! Each group explored the time periods within their assigned era and presented information about major events, life forms, and animals that lived during that time. We love seeing our students collaborate, research, and bring Earth’s history to life! Great job, 8th grade! 👏📚🔬

Today brought some sweet celebrations at the high school! 🎉🍦 Our students were recognized for a variety of accomplishments, from showing kindness to others to achieving academic success. We are so proud of each student who was celebrated! Check out the list of all the students who earned a special recognition, along with photos of some of our students enjoying their “cool” treats! 🍧 Keep up the great work, Eagles! We love celebrating your successes! ❤️🤍💙

📖 Screamin' Good Eats – Hillcrest Cookbook! 🦅❤️🤍💙

The Jr. Class is putting together a cookbook filled with favorite recipes from our Hillcrest family! We want recipes from students, teachers, staff, parents, grandparents, and community members.

👩‍🍳 Have a favorite family recipe? We want it!
🍪 Desserts, main dishes, appetizers, casseroles, drinks, and more!

📅 Recipe submission deadline: September 30th

To submit your favorite recipe, simply follow the link and fill out the form.
https://forms.gle/yKbrGfnjrUeGMGoa6

Let's make this cookbook Screamin' Good! 🦅🍴

Mr. Maxwell’s classes have been hard at work learning about the parts of a microscope and how to properly use this essential scientific tool. These photos feature his 11th grade Anatomy and Physiology students collaborating as they explored microscope techniques and strengthened their laboratory skills. Hands-on learning and teamwork are helping our students build a strong foundation for future success in science!

Dr. Spurlock’s 9th grade English students explored rhetorical devices in persuasive speeches by examining real-world examples centered on school activities such as basketball, baseball, softball, and shooting sports. Through engaging discussions and analysis, students discovered how an author’s word choice, appeals, and supporting evidence can shape opinions and influence an audience. It’s great to see our students strengthening their critical thinking and communication skills through meaningful, real-world learning!

Mrs. Brannon's classes have been engaged in learning. This morning’s business intelligence class learned to decode 8 bit binary to develop our computational thinking skills and better understand input and output processing.

Check out what is happening in Mrs. Bre's. This week in Rooted in Nature, our Plant of the Week is the sunflower! Over the last two days, students have been learning all kinds of interesting facts about sunflowers. One fact that shocked us all was learning that young sunflowers move throughout the day to face the sun! ☀️ Today, they’re putting what they’ve learned into action by creating detailed 3D sunflower sculptures! I love seeing them learn about nature while also getting creative and working with their hands.

ATTENTION: Intramural sign up forms were sent home last week with 1st-6th graders. They need turned in by tomorrow In order to play.