Hillcrest School District

Reading Achievers! Great job !!

We would like to send out a special thank you to KJ's Quick Shop for donating lunch today for teacher appreciation week!

Weekly One School, One Book Winners K- Bella Beane 1st- Faryn Ballard 2nd- Violet Maxwell 3rd- Raina Ireland 4th- Teal Stevenson 5th- Callie Richey 6th- Harmony Willard

Mrs. Geurin had 3 students who earned Golden Tickets this week for displaying excellent SOAR behaviors! Congratulations!

ATTN Senior Parents: The senior trip to Silver Dollar City will take place Monday the 6th. The bus will leave Strawberry at 6:30 am and will return the evening of the same day. Friday the 10th graduation practice will begin at the Lynn campus at 9 am followed by a senior lunch for students only prepared at Strawberry by the teachers. Graduation will be on the 11th at 7 pm. Please make sure Macbooks are turned in and lunch bills are paid before the ceremony. Thank you from your senior sponsors, Mrs. Brannon and Coach Durham.

Thank you to all our Hillcrest principals and for all you do for our school community. We appreciate you Mike Nunnally, Shawn Rose, and Josh Smith!

Shout-out to Kindergartener Leona Watts. Leona found one of the campus's 5 Wonka Golden Tickets, but Leona gave her ticket to her classmate Olivia Blevins since she had already found one earlier today. The students turn in the golden tickets to the office for a prize.

April Staff Birthdays!

T-Ball Update: Due the already damp field conditions and threat of heavy rain near 5:30 p.m, T-Ball practice for tonight will be cancelled. We will go ahead with tomorrow's schedule for the first T-ball games as planned. We ask that you arrive early to pick up your child's T-Ball jersey. Any questions email Coach Durham @ andy.durham@eagles1.k12.ar.us.

9-10 Yr old baseball practice scheduled for today will be held in the Strawberry gym from 6:30 to 7:45. Please bring all gear and athletic shoes(no cleats) for the gym.

The Miss Hillcrest pageant will take place today at 11am in the Lynn Gym with doors opening at 10. There will be a full concession available for lunch!

Hillcrest Eagles are District Tournament and Conference Runner-ups Congratulations!!

Mrs. Miranda's fourth graders had a Pizza Party Celebration for working so hard on the ATLAS state test this week.

Golden ticket winner for Mrs. Angela's first grade class is Mattie Lowry. Golden tickets are awarded for outstanding positive behavior.

Shout-out to 11th grader Jesse Miesner who voluntarily asked to clean off the cafeteria sidewalk this morning! He’s a hard worker around the Hillcrest High School campus!

Weekly One School, One Book Winners K-Lillian Neubauer 1st- Aubree Utley 2nd- Joli Jackson 3rd- Kullen Teel 4th- Winter Hatler 5th- Reece Miesner 6th- Ally Perkey

2nd grade students, Zaylee Winters and Berkley Carley, received golden tickets from their teachers for being fantastic students today!

Due to the threat of rain, the 1A-3 District Baseball Tournament games and times @Marked Tree have been changed(voted on by all conference teams). Today's games will be played as scheduled. Tomorrow's schedule (4/24) will look like the following: 1:00 Armorel vs CRA/Maynard winner 3:30 Hillcrest vs MT/Mammoth winner 6:00 Finals Games will start ASAP after completion of each game. Scheduled times may vary. Good Luck Screamin' Eagles!

2024 Kindergarten Registration Hillcrest Kindergarten registration will be Monday, May 6 – Friday, May 10. Registration Packets will be sent home with eligible Pre-K students the previous week. Packets will need to be returned to the Hillcrest Elementary office during school hours, Monday, May 6 – Friday, May 10. Parents may also call the Hillcrest Elementary Office at (870) 376-5416 to have packets mailed or emailed. Children must be five years old on or before August 1, 2024 to attend Kindergarten during the 2024-2025 school year. The following items need to be submitted to the elementary office, scanned and emailed, in addition to the registration packet; to: shawn.rose@eagles1.k12.ar.us • Birth Certificate or other official document indicating the child’s age • Immunization Record • Well-Child Health Physical If the above records are in the student’s pre-k records, we will transfer them to elementary.

The last WONKA golden ticket has been found by Charlie and Grandpa Joe, and our One School, One Book project is now underway. Students, parents, faculty, and staff at Hillcrest Elementary will be reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory together over the next few weeks, creating a shared reading experience.