January Family Night was another success!  The theme of January was poetry!  Hillis had a guest performer, Words Taylor, perform his original Spoken Word Poetry.  After his performance, Words Taylor, worked with students at stations (designed by our third …

Students have been working hard on our latest Reading initiative.  Lexia is an individualized reading program on the computer.  Every student is prescribed a certain amount of time to spend on the program which is tailored to their …

Second graders at Hillis have been studying assembly lines and how they work during Social Studies.  As a culminating activity, they worked their own assemble line!  Miss Janetta from Food Corp helped the second graders experience a real …

The student council at Hillis has been raising money for a school laminator by selling Smencils!  The student council sold the Smencils for $1.25 before school the week before break as well as at the last family night!  …

Family Night, December 17, 2016 Family night was themed around Jan Brett. She is the author who wrote The Mitten. Since she wrote The Mitten we made a mitten with little animals in it. There was also a …