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October 31, 2021
Posted by Carlos Gramata on 10/31/2021
Hello, Hillside Families!
Happy Halloween! I hope you enjoyed the day if you celebrate!
As a reminder, we have Parent-Teacher Conferences this week. Students will have partial days of school and will dismiss at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, 11-1, Tuesday, 11-2, and Wednesday, 11-3. Please note that we do not have scheduled lunch periods on these days and students will not have lunch in school. Parents should send students to school with a healthy snack, as always. Conferences will take place virtually and teachers should have already shared their Zoom links with you. Please contact teachers directly if you have not received their links. Thank you and I wish everyone positive and productive conferences!
We have our Summer Bridge Pizza Party on Tuesday for invited first and second graders who worked hard over the summer to complete the Summer Bridge packet they were provided in June. Thanks to the families who worked with their children and we look forward to celebrating that work on Tuesday!
The Hillside PTA has partnered with the school this year to celebrate the wonderful diversity of our student body and families with special assemblies and/or activities. The goal is to celebrate and appreciate everyone, and we began a couple of weeks back with the PTA-sponsored Hispanic Heritage Month Assembly, as you might recall. We have continued our efforts this month by partnering with an amazing group of families who celebrate Diwali. Students will learn about the five-day festival this week by watching a video created by our own families, painting diyas in art class, reading/listening to literature in library-media classes and in their general classes, and by coloring and creating their own Rangoli art, among other activities. I thank the families who worked so hard to educate the school and me, and prepared all of these amazing activities. Everyone should look for a Diwali-decorated pillar entrance on Tuesday! Happy Diwali to all of our families who celebrate and may it bring you happiness, prosperity and joy!
Under the direction of the District Equity Leadership Team last year, Hillside and the other schools in Livingston created their own teams to discuss, explore and facilitate equitable practices in schools. Hillside's Equity Leadership Team met three times last year with representatives from the Great Schools Partnership to have baseline discussions involving equity, to review data and examine how we can use our own existing character education program to support the work. The team currently consists of 13 staff members and three parents, but is open to additional interested parents who may want to join. We will typically meet after school and our first meeting of the year will take place after school on November 9. Anyone interested should contact me directly.
Regarding lunch ordering, lunch orders for the week of November 8 are due by Wednesday, November 3 at 3:00 p.m. The November lunch menu can be found on the school's site or here. Thank you!
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Reminders from prior messages:
1) Families are also reminded that you can now enter your children's absences into the Genesis Parent Portal (phone calls to the school are no longer required). Information on how to do so can be found here.
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Schools are closed on Thursday and Friday of this week. I wish everyone a great week ahead and a wonderful long weekend with your children!
Best regards,
Mr. Gramata
P.S. All of my messages are posted on the school's site under "Principal's Messages" for easy future reference.
P.P.S. Please be sure to review the calendar below with each new message as events/activities are sometimes added, deleted and/or changed.
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Upcoming Dates to Remember!
Week of November 1, 2021
Monday, 11-1: 12:00 p.m. Dismissal for Students; Parent-Teacher Conferences
National Native American Heritage Month Begins
Mrs. Yersak Returns to Hillside from Maternity Leave
Tuesday, 11-2: 12:00 p.m. Dismissal for Students; Parent-Teacher Conferences
Election Day
Pizza Party for Summer Bridge Students (for invited first and second
graders)
Wednesday, 11-3: 12:00 p.m. Dismissal for Students; Parent-Teacher Conferences
Thursday, 11-4: Diwali
NJEA Convention, Schools Closed
Friday, 11-5: NJEA Convention, Schools Closed
Sunday, 11-7: Daylight Savings Time Ends (clocks "fall" back one hour!)
Week of November 8, 2021
Monday, 11-8: Picture Make-up/Re-Take Day
Apex Fun Run Pep Rally (PM)
Tuesday, 11-9: Apex Lesson #1
Hillside Equity Leadership Team Meeting, 2:45 p.m.
BOE Workshop Meeting, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 11-10: Apex Lesson #2
District Strings Day (orchestra)
School Store
District ESL Parent Night, 7:00 p.m., Livingston Public Library
Thursday, 11-11: Veterans Day
Apex Lesson #3
PTA's Hillside Eats Out Fundraiser; Tony Boys
Week of November 15, 2021
Monday, 11-15: Apex Lesson #4
Tuesday, 11-16: Apex Lesson #5
Wednesday, 11-17: Apex Lesson #6
Thursday, 11-18: Apex Fun Run
Friday, 11-19: Apex Fun Run Rain Date
Student Council Assembly, 1:30 p.m.
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