Hillsdale Herons PTO

Happy Friday and happy spring break! We let our staff know how LUCKY we are to have them on this gorgeous St. Patrick’s day! We are also so lucky to have so many amazing families in our school community. Next BIG thing coming up is the school carnival! Be on the look out for raffle donation and volunteer sign-ups!!!

LAST CALL: Art to Remember orders are due THIS FRIDAY (3/17) to qualify for free shipping to the school! Art to Remember is an awesome fundraiser where you can purchase keepsake products customized with your child's art! There are over 50 products to choose from and a percentage of every order goes right back to our school.

Can’t find your order form? No problem. Here’s a direct link to your order: https://arttoremember.com/school/5t843g

REMINDER: Art to Remember orders are due THIS FRIDAY (3/17) to qualify for free shipping to the school! Art to Remember is an awesome fundraiser for the Hillsdale PTO that lets you purchase a variety of items customized with you child’s art!

Can’t find your order form? No problem. Here’s a direct link to order: https://arttoremember.com/school/5t843g

Thank you to all who came out to support the book fair and the first STEM night for the school last week! And a huge shout out to our amazing librarian Mrs. Thornton for organizing everything!

PTO board meeting in the library from 7-8pm tomorrow night!

It’s STEM night at the school!! 5:30-7pm! Come see student science board displays, visit the BSU Planetarium or Robotics station, play Math games with your family, visit the Book Fair, enjoy a free cookie and win prizes!! Over 30 books and multiple cool student prizes will be given away just for attending activities. Oh and maybe check the lost and found while your there! It’s getting pretty full on the racks!!! See you tonight!!

Happy Sunday families and soon-to-be families! We’ve had quite a few people reaching out about kindergarten registration. So I thought I’d put info out so if you have any further questions you can reach out directly to the school after that! I’m also linking the registration page on the main West Ada website where you can do the registration directly there to get the process started 😊 Hope this info helps!!!

https://www.westada.org/page/kindergarten-registration

Happy Friday!!! Big week next week at the school! The book fair starts Monday and family STEM night is Thursday. The book fair supports the library’s ability to buy new books for students to check out and other supplies needed. And our amazing librarian Mrs. Thornton was just voted classified employee of the year 🎉 Cash, credit cards and checks accepted. Happy shopping and supporting our awesome school library 📚

It’s happening now!!! We got ours! GO get some yummy food and support the school! Don’t forget to show your flyer!!!

Tomorrow is the day for yummy rolls, butter and other good Texas Roadhouse food while supporting Hillsdale! So come out between 3pm-10pm either dine in or take out, and don’t forget to show this flyer so the school gets credit! Worried about the wait? Don’t forget you can go online at 5pm and get yourself on the waitlist! Thank you for your continued support!!! 💛

We hope all your students had a wonderful day yesterday! Tomorrow is the last day of kindness week and pajama or comfy clothes day! And don’t forget no school school Friday or Monday! We’ll be posting tomorrow night some info about our upcoming Science/Math night on March 2nd and Art to remember ordering!

And Texas Roadhouse night is Tuesday night 2/21 dine in or take out! We’ll post the flier again Monday!

Happy Monday! Lots of fun coming up this week and next! First, a big congratulations to our Hillsdale teacher of the year, 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Jessica Sharkey! Next, we are having a Texas Roadhouse fundraiser next Tuesday 2/21 from 3pm-10pm. You can dine in or take out! Please remember to show them the attached flier to make sure the school gets credit. Don’t forget it’s kindness week this week! Tomorrow is wear white, pink or red. Wednesday is west a kind or favorite shirt. Thursday is PJ’s or sweats. And no school Friday!!! Enjoy your week families ❤️❤️❤️

Don’t forget….

Happy February Herons families! This month is packed with lots of fun times! Your students are hard at work starting their art projects for our annual Art to Remember event. Ordering information with be coming out soon! See below for February events!

2/7- PTO mtg. in the library 7pm!
2/8- No school for students
2/10- Wear your favorite football shirt or Herons wear 🏈
2/13-2/17- Kindness week
2/14- Valentine’s parties ❤️❤️
2/17- No school for students
2/20- No school President’s Day
2/21- Texas Roadhouse fundraiser night! Dine in or take out
2/27-3/3 Book fair in the library 📚

Happy February Herons families!! Reminder…tomorrow 2/2 is class picture day! And be on the look out for more updates on upcoming events! We have a lot going on in the next few months 😊

‼️ HELP ‼️
We need a few volunteers to help with Picture Day next Thursday, February 2 from 9-1. Send us a message if you’re available to help! Lunch will be provided!

‼️ HELP ‼️
We need a few volunteers to help with Picture Day next Thursday, February 2 from 9-1. Send us a message if you’re available to help!

Last weekend some our amazing teachers and principal Bair got to attend a conference with funds raised by our awesome families! Can’t wait for them to share what they learned and gained with our students ❤️

Don’t forget…no school tomorrow!!!

Microsoft Teams

Happy January everyone! Our first full week back and students getting back into the flow. We have lots of good things coming up and happening as the year continues on! So join us tomorrow night, Jan. 10th at 7pm in the library, for our first PTO meeting of 2023 to be in the know of events and volunteer opportunities!! If you can’t make it in person below is a Teams link! Hope to see you there!!!

Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app:

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Meeting ID: 293 614 375 435
Passcode: 7PAi4A

Or call in (audio only)

+1 208-901-7702,,877958205# United States, Boise

Microsoft Teams

One more school day of 2022! The PTO elves were out delivering gifts to each staff member at the school this morning. We had a wonderful time spreading cheer and seeing the joy and surprise on their faces! We hope your students have a great day tomorrow and we look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!!!

URGENT:
Hillsdale’s amazing music teacher Mr. Gabbard needs 2-3 helpers for concert setup at 1:45 today (12/15) for about an hour. Comment below if you can help out!

Update: for those that missed your order pick up, an amazing Hillsdale mom in the neighborhood is storing your stuff and Shelby will be reaching out to you to coordinate pick up!

If you ordered, don’t forget today is pick up for your Texas Roadhouse orders! Now until 6pm in the cafeteria!

Snow day! Stay warm and stay safe ❄️

Good Morning West Ada!

Due to today's inclement weather, school has been canceled and no classes will take place. We ask that families and students stay safe, rest, relax and enjoy one another's company, read a good book and get outside to play and sled if it is safe to do so. Hot chocolate is also a good option! Enjoy a safe snow day!

Superintendent Dr. Derek Bub

Happy Thursday! That day off yesterday made this week fly by! Hope all your kiddos had a great day. As you’re heading out shopping for groceries or presents or buying everything on Amazon 😉, here’s a reminder of indirect ways to support the school this holiday season!!

TXRH $10-$100 - $6 BRD

Happy Thursday! Don’t forget tomorrow is the last day to order your Texas Roadhouse goodies for all your holiday needs! Remember to put Hillsdale in the comments when checking out for the school to get credit! Distribution will be on Tuesday 12/13 from 3-6pm in front of the school by the office. You can always have a friend or neighbor pick up for you if you’re not sure you’ll make it in time!

So use the QR code on the flyer or click the link below. We could use some more volunteers to help with distribution if you’re available!

https://txrhgiftcards.com/collections/collection-1?ref=062HillsdaleElementary2

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4FAFAF29A7F85-texas

TXRH $10-$100 - $6 BRD txrhgiftcards

Hillsdale families…we are giving back to our amazing staff members this year by helping them do some holiday wrapping! And we’d LOVE your help!!! We will be meeting Wednesday 12/7 from 11-4 at the school. You can come for as little as an hour or as long as you want! We’ve purchased all the supplies needed, now we just need some extra hands for wrapping. Please use the link below to sign-up to volunteer!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4FAFAF29A7F85-lets

Hey everyone! We’ve been getting some questions so here’s some clarification:

Make sure to put Hillsdale in the comments section at checkout so the school gets credit.

No need to worry about where it says free pick up at the store. We will be picking up all orders for distribution at the school. So checkout like normal!

Here’s the link to the website in case you can’t get the QR code to work!

https://txrhgiftcards.com/collections/collection-1?ref=062HillsdaleElementary2

Alright Hillsdale families, now that Thanksgiving is over and we’re “rolling” into Christmas, don’t forget to put in your Texas Roadhouse order for your holiday dinner! Orders close this Friday 12/2 so don’t wait! And remember PTO is bringing everything to the school so all you have to do is pick up! Let us know if you have any questions!

From our PTO board families to yours, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! We are so grateful and thankful for all our Hillsdale families and the support you help bring to staff and students. Enjoy this beautiful sunny day 🧡

Thank you to those of you who donated food, drinks and goodies for our monthly staff appreciation! We collected enough goodies to get us through at least the next two months! We only had 4 granola bars left from what we put out today!

Now onto the real goods! Tomorrow is the day that sales go live for ordering Texas Roadhouse rolls, honey-cinnamon butter and/or gift cards! Sales run from 11/18-12/2. The PTO will pick up the rolls for distribution at the school on Tuesday 12/13 from 3pm-6pm only! On the picture flyer is a QR code or click on the link below. MAKE SURE to include Hillsdale elementary in the comments box when ordering so the school gets credit! We’ll need volunteer help on distribution day so be on the look out for a sign up link to come!

Registration Site Link: https://txrhgiftcards.com/collections/collection-1?ref=062HillsdaleElementary2

Happy Monday Hillsdale families! Just a reminder that we are still collecting goodie donations for our staff for Thankful Thursday this week! DM for drop off address if you’d like to donate! Thank you to those that have donated so far!

Also, with Christmas just around the corner we’ve decided to put together a Texas Roadhouse fundraiser, because rolls and butter, is there anything better than that to go with your Christmas dinner? ☺️ Save the date for this Friday 11/18 when sales go live! Sales will last until Friday 12/2. PTO will pick up all the orders and distribution will occur at the school on Tuesday 12/13 only from 3pm-6pm! We will need some parent volunteers to help with distribution. More details and sign ups for volunteers to come later this week!

Happy Thursday Hillsdale families! We are starting something new this year to show appreciation to our amazing Hillsdale staff! Once a month we’d like to treat the staff to goodies. We are calling our first one “Thankful Thursday” as we head into the Thanksgiving break. We have over 70 staff members on campus and are looking for some extra packaged goodie donations that we can share that day and throughout the year. We have two houses of PTO board members in the Century Farm neighborhood willing to accept donations through next Wednesday so we don’t have to overwhelm the office staff plus we love a good surprise! Staff love a mix of salty and sweet snacks like popcorn, granola bars, pretzels, cookies, chips and salsa, Chex mix, trail mix, flavored waters and a variety of sodas! If you’d like to donate please direct message for drop off addresses! We will be setting up goodies next Thursday in the staff lounge!

Happy November Hillsdale families! Wow the beginning of the school year went by fast! Don't forget we have our monthly PTO meeting tonight at 7pm. CHANGE OF LOCATION to room 220! Remember you can always join online! See or hear you there!

Teams meeting
https://teams.microsoft.com/_...
Meeting ID: 293 614 375 435
Passcode: 7PAi4A
Or call in (audio only)
+1 208-901-7702,,877958205# United States, Boise

Have a great fall weekend Hillsdale families! Picked up our fundraiser check at Farmstead for Kiss the Pig night! Thank you again for all the support you families have poured into the school already this year! So join us for our next PTO mtg Tuesday Nov. 1st at 7pm in the library to see and help make plans on what to do to support students and staff this year 🎃

Happy Monday Herons families! A couple of reminders to start the week. Picture re-takes will be happening Wednesday in the afternoon. The Y is offering a Halloween carnival from 5:30-7 pm on Friday! Students are encouraged to wear costumes. You don’t have to be a Y member to participate. Have a great week families!!!

Alright Herons families let’s try this again! I was a day early yesterday, sorry about any confusion with that! See back at school on Monday!

We have a winner! Congratulations to Mrs. Kessler’s class for bringing in the most money per lap for our Fun Run fundraiser!! If your student is in Mrs. Kessler’s class, they will be bringing home a $5 gift card from Sonic today!!! We will be sharing our overall total soon but we met our $40,000 goal!! Thank you all again for your support!

Fun Run 2022 was such a success! It was so great to see the students out there running hard even in that crazy afternoon heat! My favorite part was listening to them saying encouraging words and cheering each other on ☺️

Thank you parents for coming out and cheering them on. A huge thank you to our volunteers for helping make everything run so smoothly. And a huge shout out to our sponsors, The Tile Geek and Everson Plumbing, thank you for your support! Can’t wait for next year!!!

Holy Fun Run raising we did it!!! As a PTO we could not be any more excited or proud at all of the hard work you families and students have put in to meet this goal! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! We can't wait to see all of the students running tomorrow and having fun to celebrate this HUGE accomplishment! We will announce tomorrow the class who earned the Sonic gift cards by brining in the most pledges! Make sure your student(s) have their running shoes tomorrow!!!

Hillsdale families we are so close...93%!!! Remember this is our BIGGEST fundraiser of the year to support the school and staff with not only classroom/school needs but sending your kids out on field trips and bringing guest speakers or fun shows into the school. This also helps fund our end of the year Carnival!! A great idea is to see if your employer would be willing to match your donation! Head to mybooster.com to search for their name!

Challenge update: ALL of 4th grade earned the Silly Sock challenge last night by the grade level bringing in the most new pledges!

We have filled all our volunteer spots (THANK YOU) but we can always use extra hands to help if your available from 9-12 or 12:30-3:15! Parents are welcome to come support their students during their run times. We will have two tracks going and on the back of their Fun Run shirts are squares for marking off how many laps they ran. Make sure your student(s) have their water bottles on Friday!