Family Newsletter November

Happy November, Hillside families! October was an exciting month, highlighted by our Fire Safety Assembly, PTO’s Fall Fest and engaging classroom learning. Fall parent-teacher conferences are currently underway. If you haven't set up a meeting time yet, please reach out directly to your student's teacher to schedule a time to connect!

Monday, November 2nd

🏫 PTO Meeting

• ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM

• 📍 Location: Library

  
  

Thursday, November 5th – Friday, November 6th

📖 Hillside Book Fair

• ⏰ Time: 4:00-5:00 PM
  

• 📍 Location: Library

Tuesday, November 10th

📝 Grade 2 InView window opens (for more information see below)

Wednesday, November 11th

🇺🇸 Veteran's Day Assembly

Thursday, November 12th

🛼PTO Skate Night

• ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM

• 📍 Location: Fountain Blu

Wednesday, November 18th

🦃Turkey Day

Thursday, November 19th

💙 Children's Grief Awareness Day (see flyer below)

Friday, November 20th

❤️ Education for Children & Youth Experiencing Homelessness Day - Wear Red (see flyer below)

Wednesday, November 25th – Monday, November 30th

• 🍁 Thanksgiving Break (No School! 🦃)

This month, our second grade students will take the InView test, which helps us understand how they think and solve problems. It looks at skills like reasoning, patterns, and number sense, and is used to help identify students for gifted and enrichment programs. The results give us helpful insights to support each child’s learning. Each year, students in Grade 2 take the InView test across the West Shore School District!

Updated Visitor Procedures

Please take time to review the updated Visitor Procedures sent via Blackboard Connect.

Arrival and Dismissal Procedures

Please take time to review our Arrival and Dismissal Procedures.

Absences

• Notify the school by emailing hsabsent@wssd.k12.pa.us
• After three (3) days, for students of compulsory education, if not excused these days will be converted to unlawful.
• Parental excuses: A maximum of six (6) days of cumulative lawful absences for illness verified by parental notification shall be permitted during a school year.
• Doctor’s notes will be required if absent for more than six days or for three or more consecutive days.
• Days in which the students are sent home ill by the school nurse shall be excused and not count as one of the absences counted by parental excuse.

Children's Grief Awareness Day Children’s Grief Awareness Day is an opportunity to recognize the impact that the loss of a loved one can have on a child and to raise awareness of the importance of providing love, understanding, and support to grieving children. A caring community can make a meaningful difference in helping children navigate the difficult journey of grief. By showing our support, we remind grieving children that they are not alone. In recognition of Children’s Grief Awareness Day, we invite everyone to wear blue on November 19th.

We are looking forward to focusing on Gratitude this month! For additional information regarding CharacterStrong, including our middle school monthly traits, please visit our CharacterStrong & Social Emotional Learning website

If you are interested in purchasing any Spirit Wear, the store is active now. Proceeds benefit the PTO. Click on this link to check out what is available https://shop.goaionline.com/hillsideelementary/shop/home