Hilltop Elementary School

Thank you to Mr. Desmond (Marines), Mr. Lynch (Marines), Mr. Sceusa (Army), and Mr. Fallon (Army) for taking the time to visit Hilltop Elementary and share their experiences as proud members of the United States Armed Forces. Your stories, lessons, and examples of courage, teamwork, and dedication truly inspired our students and helped them better understand the meaning of service and sacrifice. We are so grateful for your time, your wisdom, and—most importantly—your service to our country

Save The Date- Winter Concert!

Thursday December 18th, 2025

Kindergarten- 9:00am

Grades 1 & 2- 9:45am

Grades 3 & 4- 10:45am

Attendance

A reminder regarding student attendance: Per Mendham Borough Board of Education regulation 5200, "A day in session shall consist of not less than four hours, exclusive of recess and lunch periods." A student who arrives late or leaves early and does not meet the four hour minimum will be marked absent. Students must be present for a full day (at least 4 hours of instruction)

Late to school or absent

Please email or call Nurse Kaitlyn to inform the school if your child will be absent or late to school. Any child that arrives after 8:35 must be signed in by their parent/guardian

Pick Up Patrol

Please note that any changes regarding your child’s dismissal plan MUST be entered in Pick-Up Patrol. After 1:00 p.m. any changes must be called into the main office. Staff will send your child to the designated area as specified in the daily dismissal report

The Scholastic Book Fair is Back!

All classes in grades Pre-K to 4 will visit the book fair with their teachers at the Hilltop Gym from Tuesday, November 18 through Friday, November 21. Class Schedule Below:

Sign up to volunteer!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CAFA923A1FE3-60068728-2025#/

Payments

Cash, Scholastic EWallet (see link below) and checks (made payable to the Mendham Boro HSA) are all accepted. The check may be made out for a specific dollar amount or left blank to be filled in by a book fair volunteer.

EWallet Set up

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/ewallet.html

**Please take a minute to check out the Scholastic EWallet payment option. This is a great way for parents to set a preset limit of money directly with Scholastic for students to use at the fair. This can be set up at any time and is a great way to make sure they have money to spend when they visit with their class. Please see the information below on how it works and how to set it up.**

Scholastic Book Fair Flyer and Wish List Form will be sent home prior to the Book Fair

We look forward to seeing you & hope all your children enjoy their new books!

If you have any questions, please contact the HSA (mendhamboroughhsa@gmail.com)

Less than a week to go for our Thanksgiving Food Drive and the race for the Turkey Cup is very close!! We were absolutely amazed by the amount of food in every box this week - thank you all! We are very short on canned yams & canned fruit pie filling (cherry or apple) which we need to assemble bags with balanced meals, so ANY class is welcome to bring those items in, in addition to their assigned item, and will receive the appropriate feather credit. Final day for donations is Wednesday 11/19.

https://www.wmjwc.org/food-drive

Current leaderboard:
1st place - Cerbasio (24 feathers)
2nd place - Marszalek/Gaffney (21 feathers)
3rd place - Johnson/Peltzer (19 feathers)
4th place - Epitropakis (17 feathers)
5th place - Scotto (16 feathers)
6th place - Bertsch (14 feathers)

Head Lice

We would like to be proactive with stopping the spread of head lice this school year. Please be diligent in checking your child's scalp at home, reporting to the school any instances of active lice, and treating your child's scalp if they have lice. Communication between home and school is essential.

Some helpful tips are

Girls should wear their hair in a ponytail or braids. Hairspray also can create barrier that make it more difficult for lice to settle in your child's scalp
Encourage children to be mindful of head-to-head contact with others, especially during play or other activities
Your child's stuffed animals and bedding should be washed and dried in high temperature settings