Dear Hill Community,
We are going into the fourth week of school, and we are proud of how our Dillos have met expectations and done their Dillo Best! Thank you for your partnership and follow-up at home with our Hill Agreements. We want to invite you to our first Principal Coffee of the year on Thursday, September 18th at 7:45 am in our Hill Library. Our main topic will be the School Consolidations process with a video and survey from AISD. We will also do an introduction of the school year, discuss future bond construction, and state accountability. We will give another reminder next weekend.
Help Us Celebrate International Reading Week at Hill: We invite all of our Hill families to share their cultural heritage with the community. We have exciting events planned for the week of September 15-19th. The Hill Heritage Parade is Friday, September 19 after morning assembly. Students can wear cultural attire and/or wave flags. Participation is optional but encouraged! Parents are also invited to read a short book to their child’s class about their culture, a tradition, or in another language. This is a special tradition at Hill School that has moved to the fall this year to ensure more participation! Sign up here to participate. Contact culturalcommittee@
Support Hill and our PTA as a Volunteer: We’re so grateful for our community of volunteers! See HERE to view the steps for new and returning volunteers and stay tuned for links to the new volunteer trainings. We’re looking for 2 volunteers daily to help our younger students in the cafeteria during lunch throughout the year. The shift is 1 hour from 11:30am - 12:30pm. Find a slot HERE. Thank you for this crucial help!
We have had some questions on lunch and how families apply for free or reduced-price meals. There are three options for families to check this:
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Online applications are preferred. Families may create an account and apply at www.SchoolCafe.com/AustinISD.
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New for this school year, we may now accept PDF applications in English or Spanish completed by families with a digital signature and returned to foodservicebusinesssupport@
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Families may also complete a paper application and return to your front office.
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Please share completed applications with your cafe manager upon receipt.
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Austin ISD invites you to learn more about the school consolidation process at our latest round
of school consolidation process meetings. These sessions will all be held virtually on Zoom, and you’ll have multiple opportunities to participate. Each meeting will explore the unique challenges and opportunities across different parts of the district. We’ll also share our goals and limitations related to programming, accountability, capacity, and more.
Meeting Details
● 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9
● 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 10
● 6-8 p.m.,Monday, Sept. 15
● Zoom link: bit.ly/AISDschoolsSEP9
We encourage you to join the conversation and learn more about this important process. Thank you for your continued support of our students and schools.
As we do each year, we wanted to give some reminders on arrival and dismissal as we work to be more efficient and safe. For arrival, please note that the parking spots in the back bus loop of the school are for staff only. Families who park and walk up their students can park on Robbie where there is generally plenty of space. For dismissal, please stay in your vehicles in the car line and trust someone will come and assist you in a timely manner. We end up being less efficient and also less safe as cars go around you if you exit the vehicle. We appreciate your attention to following these school policies.
Fall Pictures will be taking place throughout the day on Wednesday, September 17th. You can click here for more information on ordering.
LASA is hosting 3 dance clinics throughout the year for students aged Kindergarten-11th Grade. Two out of the three clinics also have invitations to perform with their teams, Velocity (Varsity) and Dynasty (JV). You can click here for more information.
We wish you a nice night!
Principal Drummond