Hillside Academy for Excellence

First stop on The Unity Tour: Back to School Bash at Hillside Academy!

🎶 The Unity Tour theme represents our commitment to bringing students, staff, and families together as one school community. Just like every member of a band contributes something important, each person at Hillside helps make our school special. The "tour" symbolizes the journey we'll take together throughout the year as we learn, grow, and celebrate successes along the way! 🎸

Get ready to GLOW! ✨ Join us May 15 from 6–8 PM for our End of Year Glow Party—food trucks, ice cream, games, music, and tons of fun with friends!

💡 Want to help make it amazing? Sign up to volunteer here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044FA8AC2FAAF8C52-63616007-hillside

Bring your family, wear your brightest neon, and come celebrate with us! 🎉

🎒 Get Ahead for Next School Year! 📚

Why wait until the last minute? School supply kits for the upcoming school year are NOW available for purchase!

✔️ Skip the crowds
✔️ Save time and money
✔️ Have your student’s supplies ready and waiting in the classroom on day one

🛒 Order today: www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks
🔑 Enter School ID: HIL039

Start the year off right—easy, organized, and prepared!

Before the week is over, we just wanted to recap an amazing Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week! ☀️🌴

To our incredible teachers and staff — THANK YOU for all that you do each and every day for our students and school community. Your dedication, care, and hard work do not go unnoticed, and we appreciate you more than words can say! 💛

A huge thank you to our wonderful school community for donating so many delicious snacks, sweets, drinks, and beachy treats to help keep our teachers “afloat” all week long! 🍬🥤

We also want to give a special shoutout to our amazing PTA crew for volunteering their time and making this fun beach-themed week so special! 🌊🐚

From Monday’s Olive Garden lunch to a week full of energy drinks, goodies, snacks, and sweet treats, we hope our teachers and staff felt celebrated and appreciated all week long! 🌞🍫

Thank you for helping us make waves of appreciation! 🌊

Help Us Celebrate Our Teachers! 🍎🌴

Teacher Appreciation Week starts Monday, and we’re bringing Beach Vibes to the teachers’ lounge! Help us stock it with their favorite drinks, snacks, and sweet treats—like coffee, energy drinks, candy, and beachy goodies—so they can “stay afloat” all week long ☀️🍬

Sign up to donate using the link below and drop off items at the front office by May 4. Your support helps our teachers feel appreciated, celebrated, and full of energy! 💛

Donation Link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044FA8AC2FAAF8C52-63664024-teacherstaff

Favorites List:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tt9-RZmg36KEIwKFaY4dDIIuD-n8jaoVa1I8deepmpM/edit?usp=sharing

🍎 Help Us Celebrate Our Teachers! 🍎

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up, and you can help make it special by stocking the teachers’ lounge with their favorite drinks, snacks, and treats—sign up using the donation link below and drop off donations at the front office by May 1. Your support helps our teachers feel appreciated and celebrated! 💛

Donation Sign-Up Link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044FA8AC2FAAF8C52-63664024-teacherstaff #/

Teacher Favorites List:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tt9-RZmg36KEIwKFaY4dDIIuD-n8jaoVa1I8deepmpM/edit?usp=sharing

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🎉 Field Day Volunteers Needed! 🎉

We’re looking for one volunteer per classroom for Field Day on April 24. Volunteers will be selected at random.

📅 The day will be split into two sessions:
• K–2 in the morning
• 3rd–5th in the afternoon

⏰ Don’t wait—sign up by THIS FRIDAY!
MUST HAVE THE GISD RAPTOR FORM FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZMxQv59PS1CuzAEdxpHxUCW-X6huKFG7xZyCxpzwtYo/viewform?edit_requested=true

👕 Students may wear their Field Day shirt or school spirit wear.
💧 Be sure to send a water bottle.
☀️ Weather permitting, some activities will be outdoors, so wear sunscreen.

Selected volunteers will receive an email. Thank you for helping make Field Day a success!

🦅 We are one proud Hillside family!!

Please help us celebrate our 2025–2026 campus honorees!

✨ Ashley Jones – Paraprofessional of the Year
Ashley is often one of the first smiling faces our students and families see each day, bringing warmth, dedication, and steady support to everything she does.

✨ Marcy Vu – Teacher of the Year
Marcy creates a classroom where students feel known, challenged, and deeply cared for, going above and beyond to support both their learning and their hearts.

These two incredible women represent the very best of Hillside, and we are so proud to celebrate them!

👏 Join us in congratulating Ashley and Marcy!

🎓✨ Calling All 5th Grade Families! ✨🎓

It’s time to celebrate our amazing 5th graders and capture the memories that made this year so special!

We invite all parents/guardians to submit photos and a short message for your student to be included in the yearbook.

📸 Please upload your photos and message to:
👉 https://forms.gle/mLrCtxbCL3roD54z9

A few important reminders:
• There is a maximum word/character count for messages, so please keep submissions within the limit.
• Please upload original photos (not screenshots) for the best print quality.
• If you experience any issues, contact us at [email protected] with the subject line: 5th Grade Memories – Yearbook.

Don’t wait until it’s too late — submit your photos and memories today! 📝✨

Let’s make this yearbook unforgettable for our 5th graders!