39 down....1 week to go! It is so hard to believe it, but here we are! 3 and a 1/2 days left! This was a GREAT year in so many ways! So much growth, progress, and FUN!!

I am so excited to be a partner in your student's education. If you have any questions, please reach out to me at jhelinski@almascshools.net.

June 4-Tuesday-Field Day 2/3 Grade

June 5-Wednesday-Field Day 1st Grade

June 6-Thursday-End of Tri 3, last day of school, Early Release-Hillcrest dismiss at 11:38 am

The last day for students will be Thursday, June 6th. This will be a half day for students and they will be dismissed at 11:38 am.

End of the year Report Cards and NWEA scores will be coming home this last week of school.

We encourage all students to bring home belongings out of their locker throughout the week so they are not bringing home a lot of items on the last day of school.

Over the last few years, APS has worked very hard at developing and implementing systems to help all students be successful. This flyer helps to give more details regarding our progress.

Thanks again to every for their support of our PTO! We are wrapping up our rewards this week!

Each class won $100 gift certificate!

3rd Grade-Mr. Greiner

2nd Grade-Mrs. Trefil

1st Grade-Mr. Gage

Tablet winner: Luke Miller

Tickets 3rd grade: Jocelyn Bacoccini

Tickets 2nd grade: Rodrigo Rangel

Tickets 1st grade: Carter Puffpaff

About 120 students will have Ice Cream with me on May 30 and May 31st!

Pizza lunch will be on Tuesday June 4th!

The 2nd graders have voted and the theme for next year is.....

This year, our Field Day will run different than in years past.

Our 2nd/3rd grade will enjoy their day on Tuesday, June 4th and 1st grade on Wednesday, June 5th. Each class will be determining their own time to participate.

it is such a fun event for our students!

APS will be offering Summer School for students currently in grades K-5. The three-week session will be held at Pine Ave. Scan the QR code to sign up or use the link:

Here is the calendar for next year, the 2024-2025 school year.

If you need to make a transportation change for your student, it must be communicated to the office before 2 p.m. The end of the day is very hectic at an elementary school and messages are not always able to get to teachers after 2 pm.

Thank you for being so understanding in this situation!

Our buiding uses Second Step to help support our students and their Social-Emotional Learning. Each class does weekly lessons to teach a variety of different skills and techniques.

As part of our PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention System), students earn Panther Paws for following their ROARS and doing their jobs! This week we started passing them out and each class has a Panther Paw winner that is announced every Friday!

We have officially begun our ELA program called Bookworms! Our classes have done a great job and we are excited to see their progress throughout the year! Each student will receive three different blocks of reading and writing instruction a day.

One of the Bookworms blocks is called DI. Every student is placed in a group based on their skill and needs. They work on lessons geared toward progress in their reading skills and move up the staircase as they gain the necessary skills.

Please make sure you are using and checking the APS app, Rooms. This is the way your teacher will communicate with you throughout the year about all the great things going on in your classroom.

Also, make sure to turn on notification!

For all of our K-5 classes, we are using a six-day rotation for our specials, which we call A-F day. All of the students in grades 2-5 have STEAM, Art, Music, Health and Wellness, and two days of PE. Students in K-1st do not have Health and Wellness but have an additional day of one of the other specials.

We are very fortunate to have so many offerings for all of our students that are taught by certified teachers!

Here is a link to all the Hillcrest All-Star Happenings for the 2023-24 School Year.

Hillcrest Island Happenings for 2023-24

Email: jhelinski@almaschools.net
Website: www.almaschools.net
Location: 515 East Elizabeth Street, Alma, MI, USA
Phone: 989-463-3113
Facebook: facebook.com/almahillcrest
Twitter: @almahillcrest

On of the their next activities is Donuts with Grown Ups coming up soon at HIllcrest!