Panther News

📣 Georgia Milestones begin Monday! 📝
All students should be at school by 8:15 AM sharp!

Make sure your Panther gets a good night's sleep and arrives on time and ready to shine! 💪🐾

Let’s show what we know! 💙
#MilestoneReady #PantherPride #OnTimeAndPrepared

🌞🥪 Lunch on the Lawn is coming up! 🐾
Get ready for sunshine, good vibes, and great food with your classmates!

📅 Dates by Grade:
🟢 Wednesday, April 30th – 6th Grade
🔵 Thursday, May 1st – 7th Grade
🟣 Friday, May 2nd – 8th Grade

Bring your smiles and your appetites — it's time to lunch, laugh, and lounge! 💙
#LunchOnTheLawn #PantherPride #SpringVibes

Cedar Shoals will host a one-day summer transition camp for incoming ninth-graders July 28 and 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. These sessions will be an opportunity for students to be introduced to the Cedar Shoals campus, meet classmates, and learn the responsibilities of high school.

Families of current eighth-grade students at Coile and Hilsman middle schools as well as those of any eighth-graders who will be moving and zoned for Cedar Shoals next school year are encouraged to sign their student up for one of the sessions at bit.ly/FreshmanCamp25. The deadline to register is May 20.

For more information, contact Courtni Reese, Cedar Shoals Family Communication Specialist, at reesec@clarke.k12.ga.us.

✂️✨ Huge thank you to Ms. Pittard for stopping by and blessing our students with free haircuts today! 💈
Your generosity and care make a big difference—our Panthers are looking sharp and feeling confident! 🐾💙

#PantherPride #CommunityLove #FreshCuts #ThankYouMsPittard

🎉 Happy Assistant Principals Week! 🎉
Shoutout to the amazing Mr. Hussain & Dr. Watkins — you both are the heartbeat of Hilsman and a key part of what keeps us going every day! 💙🐾

Thank you for your leadership, support, and all that you do!

#APWeek #ThankYou #PantherPride #HilsmanStrong

📚✨ Happy Media Specialist Day to the wonderful Ms. Leslie Gonzalez!

Thank you for creating a space where students can explore, learn, and fall in love with reading. Without you, there’d be no home for curious minds to grow and discover! 💙📖

We appreciate all that you do!

#MediaSpecialistDay #ThankYouMsGonzalez #PantherReads #HilsmanPride

Parents: Important Information

Hilsman Health Center

Phone number: 706-546-7463

Open Monday-Thursday: 8am-4pm

Open Friday: 8-11:30am

Please call for an appointment for your child. At the Health Center, they will ask questions regarding

insurance, address, etc. that are unable to be answered by another person.

The nurse will make an appointment if there is an emergency involving your child after speaking with you and getting your permission.

Hilsman is recognizing our guardians for helping our students get to school! For each attendance incentive your child earns, you are entered into a drawing for a gift card! Congrats to our Quarter 2 winners!

Guardian of Tavis Barrow (7th Grade)

Guardians of Marco Brown (7th Grade)

Follow this link to see the counselors' corners with live links. Ms. Moore, Ms. Harrison, and Ms. Poole do an amazing job supporting our students!

Hello Panthers, please CLICK HERE to review the criteria that students must maintain in order to participate in many Hilsman activities. Please note: there was a minor update recently to this.

Was your student absent from school? Please use this form to notify us of an excused absence. Please note that excuses must be submitted within 5 days of an absence.

Big shoutout to our amazing community partner, Johnny's Pizza! 🍕 Thank you for the partnership and for always bringing fun-filled events and exciting things. We’re so grateful to have you by our side! Stay tuned for more awesome collaborations ahead! 🙌 #CommunityLove #Partnership #ThankYou

• Breakfast: Breakfast starts at 8:05 am daily. Students can not bring outside food or drinks.
• Uniforms: Uniforms must be worn each school day including Fridays. The only exceptions will be designated dress-down days that will be announced by a school administrator. Note that students can wear a Hilsman spirit shirt with uniform bottoms on Fridays. CLICK HERE to review to Hilsman dress code.

• School doors open at 8:05 AM.

• Front Office Hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

• Early Dismissal: Students may be checked out for early dismissal until 3pm. After 3pm, the front office staff is busy making sure all of our Panthers get home safely and efficiently.

• Bus Changes: To ride the bus home with a friend, parents/guardians submit the change to the front office in writing in the morning. Once our office staff verifies the information with a parent or guardian, the student will receive a pass to ride a correct bus.

Administrators:

• Principal Dr. Vaughan vaughank@clarke.k12.ga.us
• Assistant Principal Mr. Hussain hussainn@clarke.k12.ga.us
• Assistant Principal Dr. Watkins watkinsra@clarke.k12.ga.us

• Scheduling, Withdrawals, Records : Our registrar, Ms. Tillotson, at tillotsonc@clarke.k12.ga.us

• Nursing, medical, and medications: Nurse Kendra Vaughn at vaughnk@clarke.k12.ga.us

• 6th Grade Team: Ms. Andrea Kahl at kahla@clarke.k12.ga.us or Mrs. Allison Davis at davisa@clarke.k12.ga.us or Counselor Joy Moore at moorea@clarke.k12.ga.us
  
  

• 7th Grade Team: Mr. Joshua Truitt at truittj@clarke.k12.ga.us or Counselor Tikki Poole at poolel@clarke.k12.ga.us

• 8th Grade Team: Mr. Conor Naughton at naughtonc@clarke.k12.ga.us or Counselor Callie Harrison at harrisonc@clarke.k12.ga.us

• Uniform Support: Ms. Aaliyha Billings at billingsa@clarke.k12.ga.us

• Athletics: Athletic Director Daniel Culliver at culliverda@clarke.k12.ga.us or Assistant Athletic Director Kimberly Willingham at williamsk5@clarke.k12.ga.us

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