Week of October 30, 2017

Happy Thursday,

I bet you are all are super excited about departing school today! I know that I am elated to have an extra day to sleep a little while longer. You are encouraged to take some time to rest and recharge. The last three weeks have been challenging but the silver lining is that we made it! Thank you for staying alive in the fire.

Upon your return to work next week, please be prepared to move forward. Monday is a PL day. I have instructed Jamie to allow time for macro-planning. Please understand that although students are not present, your attendance is expected Monday. The work that you will do and the conversations that you will hold should help better guide your planning time. I caution you to use your time wisely and effectively plan. Walk-throughs and observations will be well on their way. We will focus on Standards 4, 7, and 8 for the first half. Followed by Standards 3, 5, and 6. You are encouraged to review the Observable Practices if you have questions about what is expected or to see an administrator for clarity.

As we continue our conversations around equity in our district and school, please be mindful to not allow the work that must be done to impact your relationships with our stakeholders as well as with each other. Collectively, we are ALL responsible for teaching EVERY student in our building. At times the task is daunting but keep in mind that ALL kids can learn. How we get them to this point depends on our mindset and passion. The work that you do and have done is important. Again, thank you for your commitment to teaching specifically at Hilsman.

Ms. Tolbert


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From your AP:
ATTENTION 8th Grade Teachers:

Please see the details and timeline for the Milestones Fieldtest that we will conduct at Hilsman. Please plan for regular schedules to be adjusted as indicated below. 

Test Name:  Milestones Field Test  (REBW)

Monday 10/30 (School Based PL Day):

    PL regarding test administration with 8th grade teachers only

Tuesday 10/31 :

  Day one of testing (+/- 60 min) in extended homeroom 

Wednesday 11/1:

   Day two of testing (+/- 90 min) in testing schedule

Thank you in advance for your patience and flexibility!

From Mr. Pratt: 
Coile visited Hilsman Wednesday and their top 10 chess players competed against ours in a tournament. After 6 rounds, Hilsman finished with 32.5 wins and Coile finished with 27.5 wins. Mark Gemao earned a silver medal for overall wins from an individual.

For students that did not make the top 10 from both schools, we had an individual tournament. Tom Martin earned the gold medal. 

A big thanks to Ms.Gonzalez and our administrators for helping to make the tournament happen. Mr. Barton, Mr. Scott, and I are very proud of our kids. Please congratulate them when you see them.

From Ms. Ward: 
Pathways to Success will start November 6.  Applications will be available October 23rd and must be returned by October 26th

From Mr. Watkins: 
Hilsman's Annual Moonlight Madness will be held on November 10, from 6:00-8:00 pm. Please volunteer and come and support our students, not only will I appreciate it but they will as well. 

Sign up here: Moonlight Madness Sign-up

From Ms. Maxey: 

Please make sure you are completing the reflections in your MYP units during collaborative planning.

From Team Gora: 
Team Gora would like to thank all the Hilsman families , staff , and community members for supporting our Pumpkin Patch. We still have some pumpkins left.  Please come and visit our Panthers Patch! Room 520.

Hilsman Fruit Sale -- October 16 thru November 15

Fruit will be delivered the week of December 11

Please see Team Gora (Dorsey, Gaertig, Picha, Zabetakis) or Ms. Seymour (FACS) for more information! All money raised will support student community based instruction and classroom activities.

From Mr. Hussain: 
Mr. Hussain will be buying pizza for everyone who wants to plan after school on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. He will be available to co-plan during this time (and co-teach during a class if you want). Stop by his classroom (room 205) after school to check it out next Tuesday! His strengths include technology integration, smiling, and growing a beard. 

Sunday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MS. MOORE! 

Monday
October 30th PLC Day AGENDA

Tuesday
****8th Grade Milestones Field Test****
Connections: Suicide training with Ms. Moore during planning (8:30 am)
* RTI 1st plannings with Scott Emard for assistance with Branching Minds
** 2nd plannings: Mandated suicide training with Ms. Moore 

Wednesday
****8th Grade Milestones Field Test****
District Social Studies Currriculum Planning in PL Room *** Collab planning will take place in the media center today only. 

4pm Faculty Meeting 

Thursday
1:45 - UGA Literacy Mentors with 6th graders

Friday 

Silver House Party During 7th Period

Week of October 23rd

Happy Sunday,

Please look for a calendar invite to schedule Pre-Evaluation Conferences on Monday and Tuesday. If you have finished your conference, please know that we will visit you this week! Thank you to everyone for your help last Thursday and Friday. In addition, thank you to all that were present at school. Remember attendance is not just important for our students but for staff as well. When you miss school, students miss out, we miss you, and learning is out. Jeans all week!  See you in the morning.

Faculty shout-outs: 
Mr. Hussain & Mr. Oulevey for representing the HIL and capturing the attention of leaders in the social studies field at the GCSS conference. 
Mr. Naughton & Mr. Pratt for sharing their love of culturally relevant teaching - specifically in mathematics - at GCTM. 
Mr. Forker for dropping his knowledge at the TESOL conference. 

Keeping current on the research in education and being active members in educational organizations keeps us all one step above and in the know - both of which are good for our kiddos.  If you're unsure of the organizations related to your content or education in general, please touch base with Hogan.  Get involved!
From Ms. Moore: 

Advisement:

Advisement on Monday. After meeting with SILT, we have decided to run on a regular schedule and have advisement in our ELT classes. We hope this will make the day run more smoothly and help build relationships with students you see outside of homeroom.

Red Ribbon Week:

WE ARE CELEBRATING RED RIBBON WEEK AT HILSMAN! This is the time each year when schools across the nation plan activities that promote alcohol and drug awareness and prevention. For more information, visit redribbon.org. The theme this year is "Your Future is Key, So Stay Drug Free!"

Here is what we have planned for the week:

Monday-Sock it to drugs and wear crazy socks! All students will receive an advisement lesson related to Red Ribbon Week.

Tuesday-District RED OUT Day. Wear a red shirt in support of Red Ribbon Week. Students must still wear uniform bottoms. Students will also enjoy a RED OUT menu for lunch.

Wednesday-Hilsman is also celebrating National Bullying Prevention Month. Wear an orange shirt in support of Unity Day to show that we are united against bullying. Students must still wear uniform bottoms. For more information, visit pacer.org/bullying.

 

Thursday-Put a lid on drugs and wear a hat! 

In addition, The Healthy Brain Campaign will have a table set up at lunch to provide more information about drugs and making healthy choices. Students can sign the Red Ribbon Week Pledge at lunch and commit to being drug free.

From Ms. Ward: 
Pathways to Success will start November 6.  Applications will be available October 23rd and must be returned by October 26th

From Mr. Watkins: 
Hilsman's Annual Moonlight Madness will be held on November 10, from 5:30- 7:30. Please volunteer and come and support our students, not only will I appreciate it but they will as well. 

Sign up here: Moonlight Madness Sign-up

From Ms. Maxey: 

Please make sure you are completing the reflections in your MYP units during collaborative planning.

From Team Gora: 
Team Gora would like to thank all the Hilsman families , staff , and community members for supporting our Pumpkin Patch. We still have some pumpkins left.  Please come and visit our Panthers Patch! Room 520.

Hilsman Fruit Sale -- October 16 thru November 15

Fruit will be delivered the week of December 11

Please see Team Gora (Dorsey, Gaertig, Picha, Zabetakis) or Ms. Seymour (FACS) for more information! All money raised will support student community based instruction and classroom activities.

From Mr. Hussain: 
Mr. Hussain will be buying pizza for everyone who wants to plan after school on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. He will be available to co-plan during this time (and co-teach during a class if you want). Stop by his classroom (room 205) after school to check it out next Tuesday! His strengths include technology integration, smiling, and growing a beard. 

From the IC: 
Each week, Ms. Ward and I will be sharing tips and strategies for the focal areas of our school growth plan.  Please let us know if you come across some good material to share out with our colleagues as well! 

Literacy:  Anthem or Nah (article) - We will explore this further on Oct. 30th PLC day.
Numeracy: Numeracy Tidbits & Strategies
SEL:  13 Powerful SEL Strategies

From your AP:
ATTENTION 8th Grade Teachers:

Please see the details and timeline for the Milestones Fieldtest that we will conduct at Hilsman. Additional details will follow next week.  Please plan for regular schedules to be adjusted as indicated below. 

Test Name:  Milestones Field Test  (REBW)

Thursday 10/26 :

   Distribution of parent letters from 7th period

Monday 10/30 (School Based PL Day):

    PL regarding test administration with 8th grade teachers only

Tuesday 10/31 :

  Day one of testing (+/- 60 min) in extended homeroom 

Wednesday 11/1:

   Day two of testing (+/- 90 min) in testing schedule

Thank you in advance for your patience and flexibility.

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We currently have three UGA courses taught on our campus this semester. I have included the times and titles of these courses on this week's schedule for your reference (marked by an asterisk*). 

It's RED RIBBON WEEK! (See above from Ms. Moore.)

Monday **ADVISEMENT DURING ELT with your ELT students - NORMAL BELL SCHEDULE**
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MS. BEVIS! 
WOW Session first plannings w/ Tolbert for RTI
WOW Session second plannings w/ Destefani for Moby Max 

Tuesday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OFFICER JOHNSON!
Silver Head of House Meeting with Mr. Forker in the Art Room
RTI Meetings 
* 8:00 - 10:45 am ENGL 4330/6330S: Shakespeare in the Classroom

Wednesday
Collab planning
*12:20-3:20 pm ESCI 4440/6000: Teaching Physical Science in Middle School
4:00-4:30pm - Committee Meetings


Thursday
Collab planning
*1:00 - 3:30pm EDMG 4000/6000: Community Contexts in Middle Grades Education
1:45 pm - UGA Literacy Mentors 

6:30-8:00pm FRIGHTFEST! Please come help out. Ms. Griffith does a fantastic job with this each year and it raises quite a bit of money that we can then use to help support teachers and our students.  If you have any questions, touch base with Ms. Griffith. 


Friday

ENJOY YOUR MUCH DESERVED FALL HOLIDAY!!!

Week of October 16th

Photo: Courtesy of Gerry Brooks

Teachers,

Thank you for hanging in there this week. I know that it was long but you got the job done! The parents praised many of you for the work that you are doing in the classroom. Additionally, they were extremely impressed with the student led conferences. I observed several conferences and the students did a phenomenal job of communicating their data to their parents. If you still have conferences to host, please attempt to complete them by Friday. I realize that there were parents that did not show up, please see Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Callahan, or Mrs. Kelly to seek help. Our goal is to have 100% conference participation. We can do it!

Be sure to schedule your pre-evaluation conference before Wednesday. I have opened up more dates on my calendar. It is imperative that we are done with conferences Wednesday so that we can attack the walk throughs. Remember, you can meet as a content area. A soft reminder to be sure to take attendance everyday during every period. Have a great weekend.

Thanks,
Utevia


From the District:

TEACHER REPORTED ABSENCES AND FILL RATES 

As we strive to reduce the number of teacher absences, please read the information below:

Tesha Echols is our HR Specialist who works with employee leave. She monitors AESOP each day for employee absences and fill rates. Currently, we have over 200 active substitutes, and we add new substitutes to AESOP each month. This number fluctuates because we remove substitutes each month as well. Substitutes who do not sub at least 4 days per month in our schools are removed from the list once they have received a warning. Recently, we have noticed an increase in faculty and staff absences and a decrease in fill rates. For the month of September, CCSD had 1339.5 days of absence for teachers and 381 days of absence for our paraprofessionals. These numbers include all reasons for absence. We know that this is challenging for our schools both from the aspect of students not receiving expert instruction from one of our teachers and because of the disruption it causes when other teachers must give up critical planning time to cover.

Special Education Professional Learning Opportunities

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEA TRAINING: The first session was held last week with 6 schools participating. Additional training dates: October 16, December 11, January 22, and February 26. Elementary training times: 3:00-4:00 Secondary training times: 4:00-5:00. All trainings are held at the Whitehead Road Annex, Room 29. LEA Training Sign-Up

GEORGIA ASSOCIATION FOR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT CONFERENCE (GAPBS): ○ November 28-29 ○ Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA ○ Link to Register ○ This is a great opportunity for your school-based PBIS Coach or your entire PBIS team!

6th ANNUAL SAFE & WELCOMING SCHOOLS CONFERENCE, UGA: ○ Respectful and Equitable: Building Strong School Communities ○ October 16, 2017, 9:00 am-3:30 pm, Graduate Hotel, Athens, GA ○ Link to Register

MINDSET DE-ESCALATION AND RESTRAINT TRAINING (INITIAL TRAINING) ○ October 23 & 24th ○ Whitehead Road Annex ○ Use CCSD Evaluation System link on CCSD Start Page


From Mr. Watkins: 
Hilsman's Annual Moonlight Madness will be held on November 10, from 5:30- 7:30. Please volunteer and come and support our students, not only will I appreciate it but they will as well. 

Sign up here: Moonlight Madness Sign-up

From Ms. Maxey: 

Please make sure you are completing the reflections in your MYP units during collaborative planning.

We are looking for teachers to volunteer during their planning on Thursday, October 19th. The 7th grade students will be making presentations to the EPA. We need adults to volunteer to represent the EPA.

Our Hilsman Bands Together campaign has had a small response. I am going to end the campaign Friday, October 20th. Please consider contributing! Remember, teachers in the winning house get a dress down day and duty free lunch!

It is very important that you communicate with your gifted collaborators on low grades. During parent conferences we found low grades for gifted and advanced students that we were not aware of. We need to collaborate together to help our gifted students be successful.

From Mr. Dorsey & Team Gora: 

Hilsman Fruit Sale -- October 16 thru November 15

Fruit will be delivered the week of December 11

Please see Team Gora (Dorsey, Gaertig, Picha, Zabetakis) or Ms. Seymour (FACS) for more information! All money raised will support student community based instruction and classroom activities.

From the IC: 
Each week, Ms. Ward and I will be sharing tips and strategies for the focal areas of our school growth plan.  Please let us know if you come across some good material to share out with our colleagues as well! 

Literacy: Close and Critical Reading (across contents)
Numeracy: 
SEL: Ways to Integrate SEL Throughout the Day

Monday: 
*Advisement 
IB WOW session w/Maxey in PL room (first plannings - connections included)
4pm SILT 

Tuesday: 
RTI Meetings
Middle School Instructional Council AM 

Wednesday: 
Collab planning
4pm - Faculty Meeting - Media Center 
Silver Head of House Meeting with Mr. Forker

Thursday: 
Collab planning 
UGA Literacy Mentors working with 6th grade mentees, 1:50-2:25


Friday: 
Agriscience Fair Open House :  4:00-5:30
Everyone is invited to come and view the Agriscience Fair Boards before Nationals. 


UPCOMING: 
Red Ribbon Week - The Week of the 23rd 
October 26th - Fright Fest
October 27th - Fall Holiday
October 30th - PLC day at Hilsman - 8:30 am Faculty Picture 

Week of October 9th

Being Culturally Responsive

Culturally Responsive Teaching (A comprehensive resource)

Happy Sunday!

We are headed for a busy week! Shout out to the staff that walked up Stone Mountain Saturday. I enjoyed the morning with you and look forward to our next outing. Tomorrow you all will participate in PL at Clarke Central. Be sure to dress in business casual attire. This means no jeans. Also, be sure to be on time. From the sounds of it all, you are set up for a long but great day. 

This week is filled with long nights. You are encouraged to schedule as many of your conferences before noon Friday. Remember you are expected to work until 4:00 Tuesday-Friday. Thursday night we will host late night conferences. If you do not have any conferences scheduled before 4 Thursday, you may leave and return to Hilsman before 5:00. Please be sure to make contact with the students whose conferences you will host before the end of the day Tuesday. 

If you have not provided me with a copy of your grade level agenda for Parent Night, please forward it to me by noon tomorrow. There is a hard deadline for grades tomorrow! You are expected to adhere to the deadline. Mrs. Brinkley will begin printing report cards tomorrow afternoon. I know there is a lot to get done in a short era of time but let's get it done! You can do it!

Pre-evaluation conferences will be scheduled this week. It is important that your goals and information is correct in the platform. We WILL finish conferences this week and walk throughs will begin Monday of next week. 

Lastly, I realize the work that we do is not easy! We have some work to do but we will get it  done together. I appreciate the work that each of you do and never take it for granted. Without you, my job is impossible. Thank you for the work that you do! Keep pushing until something happens. It will happen because of our commitment to our students and the work that we do every day.

From Ms. Moore: 

On Tuesday we will have a final advisement prior to starting student-led conferences. I put some slides together, but it is basically a review of the lesson from this Monday. Please refer to it, if you feel like it will help keep you and the students on track. The SILT team decided to have students report to their conference teachers during advisement on the 10th. Therefore, 6th grade students will meet with their 3rd period teachers, 7th grade students will report to their 1st period teachers, and 8th grade students will report to their 7th period teachers. Case managers, please report where it is appropriate for you. 

Teachers, please refer to the email sent to you from Ms. Hogan when talking to students about their assessment data. There is no quick way to do this so please do not worry if you do not get this completely done. We will continue working on this throughout the school year. In addition, the district should be sending information regarding assessment data, which you can refer to during conferences while discussing this with parents/guardians.

Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thank you!

Advisement Presentation

From Ms. Gonzalez: 
Book Fair Time!

It's time for our Hilsman Fall Scholastic Book Fair October 10th through the 13th during school and parent conference hours. Make sure to drop by for wonderful books, posters, and fun items. There will be a drawing for over 20 poster prizes on Friday!

From Mr. Lawrence: 
I would like to thank all Faculty members who came out to support the Hilsman Chorus Performance on 10/5/2017. I will begin rehearsing with the Hilsman Community Chorus after parent-teacher conferences. If any faculty or staff are interested in joining please email me.

Mr. Hussain will be buying pizza for everyone who wants to plan after school on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. He will be available to co-plan during this time (and co-teach during a class if you want). Stop by his classroom (room 205) after school to check it out next Tuesday! His strengths still include technology integration, wearing ties, and growing a beard.


From Team Gora: 
Team Gora will hold its 4th Annual Panther's Pumpkin Patch. All money goes to support students' life skills in the community. Come buy a pumpkin! Pumpkins are $5.  See Ms. Gaertig. 



Monday:
PLC Day at Clarke Central 

PL Day 10/9 @ Clarke Central

6pm - Foundation For Excellence Banquet 
6:30pm - 6th grade parent meeting in cafeteria

Tuesday: 
***ADVISEMENT***

6:30pm - 7th grade parent meeting in media center
6:30pm - 8th grade parent meeting in cafeteria 

Wednesday: *EARLY RELEASE for PTC EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE

Thursday: *EARLY RELEASE for PTC (Late evening for east side)
EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
**9am - Joan Mulholland to speak to 8th Grade (New Gym)

Friday: *EARLY RELEASE for PTC EARLY RELEASE SCHEDULE
8:30am - Principal's Coffee

Week of October 2nd

Happy Sunday!

It is a beautiful day. I hope you get out to enjoy it at some point today. Last week was a busy and emotional one for many of our staff members.  Thank you for continued dedication to the work that we are doing at Hilsman. We are off to a new week with new adventures. By the end of the day Monday, please be sure that you have entered your goals into the platform. This is also another reminder to ensure that all of your pre-evaluation information is completed too. We will begin conferences Wednesday of this week. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your responsibilities as it relates to information needed in the platform, please see a member of the Admin Team.

Tuesday is FTE Count Day! It is imperative that you take attendance every period. This must be done in Campus or it will affect our funding for next year. This should also serve as a reminder that attendance is to be taken daily in your classes.

Conferences will be held next week. Remember our goal is to host student led conferences. Therefore, we need to train our students on how to read their data and explain it to their parents. This will be our first time engaging in this endeavor however it will get stronger as we continue the practice of including our students in their learning process.  The forms provided by Mrs. Moore during the first advisement are great resources for students to use to record their information to share with their parents. Conference letters will need to go out for EVERY team this Monday. Each team has elected to host their conferences differently. Please ensure that your parents and the office are aware of your process.  A copy of your conference schedules will need to be provided to the front office no later than this Thursday. All teachers are expected to stay until 4:00 on conference days. Our late night is Thursday, October 12th. You will be expected to be present until 7:45 pm. Please make the necessary arrangements to ensure that you are present. At this time, no decision has been made regarding your release time the following Friday. You are highly encouraged to host  all of your conferences before noon on Friday.

We are back to professional dress this week. It was great to see so many happy teachers in jeans! Remember no leggings, jeggings, or jean material this week except Friday! Lastly, I want to encourage you all to sign up to go to Stone Mountain early Saturday, October 7th. We want to go as a staff, climb the mountain as a team, and enjoy the sunrise together. Afterwards, we can enjoy breakfast together. Please consider attending. Your family members are welcomed to participate.

We will continue our practices of NO HALL PASSES except in the case of an emergency. Please be mindful that we have some students that we must allow bathroom passes at any time. We don't want accidents so use good judgement. Here is to a great week.

Utevia


SHOUT OUTS!
Congrats to Ms. Fassbender and Ms. Moore for being our teacher and staff member of the month! Y'all rock and we are beaming with Panther Pride! Thank you both for your hard work and commitment to Hilsman.


(SUNDAY, Oct. 1st) Happy birthday, Ms. Giannasi! 

Monday:
ADVISEMENT - Morning Activity Schedule
4pm SILT
6:30pm Band Concert
Fundraiser packets are due to the front office

Tuesday: FTE COUNT DAY!!! TAKE ATTENDANCE!


Wednesday:Uniform Day-Wear your Black and Gold
No Faculty Meeting


Thursday: Tolbert out AM-Principal's Meeting
Counselors out AM
WOW Session first planning
6:30 pm Chorus Concert

Friday: *First Quarter Grading Period Ends
Hogan at BOE in AM
7pm Band Rockathon


On your radar: 

10/9 - District PL Day at Central (more to come)

We are all excited for the professional learning that will take place on October 9
and October 30.  Dr. Means is pleased that we will participate in professional learning
together as a secondary team (on October 9 at Central High School) and
elementary team (October 30 at the Classic Center).

With that in mind, Here is an overview of the professional learning
that will take place for the secondary staff (October 9) and elementary staff
(October 30).

Staff members will receive a keynote presentation titled: Capture their
Hearts. The keynote is designed to engage educators in how to move young
people in a positive direction, by embracing their own initiative, persistence, and
self-discipline through the support and connections with the adults in their lives.
Built on life experiences and best educational practices, the presenter will use
storytelling to encourage adults to engage with young people and to inspire young
people to take charge of their own future.

There will be two breakout sessions following
the keynote address. The breakouts include:
Fostering a Growth Mindset for K-12
Student Success: This module explores the
difference between the fixed and the growth
mindset and the impact that mindsets can
have on performance and learning.
Participants will consider the concept of
growth mindset, how it may be affecting their
students learning, and how to take students,
and themselves, from a fixed to a growth
mindset. Participants will leave the session
with a lesson plan for teaching growth mindset
in their classroom.

10/11-10/13 - Parent Conferences -- Thursday is the late evening for the east side.
10/27 - fall holiday
10/30 - School PL Day (at HIL)

SILT Update

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE

All school improvement plans have been updated to include a SMART GOAL Tree
for the focus areas of literacy, numeracy, and social emotional learning. In
addition, a copy of the SMART Goal presentation made by Dr. Means on the
September 19 training can be found here. Anne Conzemius is available via
email to answer questions if you wish to contact her. Anne’s email is
aconzemius@smartlearningsystems.com.

In order to complete the School Improvement Plan, your SILT teams should:

1. Complete the development of your SMART Goals (using the SMART GOAL
Tree).
2. Finalize the action steps, artifacts, and professional learning needed to
address your SMART Goals and record them on the literacy/numeracy
focus area or the social emotional focus area.
3. If you wish to keep any of the action steps from the focus areas of
innovative instruction, creativity, or collaborative planning as part of your
school improvement plan, move them from their existing focus area page
and paste them on the Additional Activities page. Please remember that
since we are attempting to reduce the goals on which you will work, it is
optional to keep any of these action steps.

Message from PTO

Dear Hilsman Faculty,

The Hilsman PTO has selected PURE stainless steel cups, with an additional option of a sturdy, UGA-themed plastic cup/tumbler, for our fundraiser this year.  Our Goal is $8,000, which we will hit if 400 kids sell 1 item.  The fundraiser will run from Friday Oct 6 to Friday Oct 20, with delivery to students, at Hilsman, by Friday December 1, in time for the holidays!

Wed Oct 4: PTO will place packets - one envelope per kid - in home room teacher boxes

Fri Oct 6:  Teachers send packets home with students, and PTO will post on FB announcing that packets are coming home along with details of the fundraiser.

Mon - Fri Oct 16 to Oct 20:  Collection week - PTO will be at the front office in the morning. Please send a student up to the front office during homeroom with envelopes from your class. Also, there will be a lock box in the front office for envelopes - if students bring in envelopes, send them to the front desk, and Ms. Barnett can put them in the PTO lock box.

Top Sellers in each grade get a Rush Bag - Pass for winner and 7 friends to Rush and some Rush Swag.

Meet the Goal of $8,000 - Ms. Tolbert gets a Pie in the Face!  

Questions?  Email matteebarkdoll@gmail.com