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June Bulletin
What’s Happening at Hillside
Spotlight On…
End of the Year Potluck/Celebration!
It’s so hard to believe that our school year is nearing its end. Where did all that time go? We would like to send off this school year with a celebration, and we hope that you can join us!
When? June 17 @ 4:30 p.m.-time to leave for the Upper
School Play
Where? Luther Burbank Park (north side of main building)
What to Bring? Your family, potluck picnic food, and Frisbees or other outdoor activities
Questions? Ask Sigrid
Having a Blast!
Laura, Sigrid, and Catherine (a very tolerant parent!) accompanied the 5th/6th Earth Science class on an overnight trip to the Volcano Outdoor School at the Mt. St. Helens Institute. We did a GPS scavenger hunt, scientific observation, field work, hiking, and even learned Volcano Yoga! While we did not see Sasquatch, we did see elk and bear tracks as well as a plethora of lovely vegetation.
Mox Boarding House
After school on Wednesday, 6/7, kick back and play some games. Hillside students, families, and future students are welcome! If you would like your student to get a ride there on the Hillside van, contact Sigrid.
Art Show: Pastel Perfect (Featuring work by Monique Catino)
Friday, June 23, 2017
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: The Lakeshore (11448 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98178)
Come enjoy an art exhibition that features an array of styles and subject matter in the perfectly wonderful medium of pastels. Enjoy refreshments, hors d’oeuvres, music performed by Sundae + Mr. Goessl, and a live art demonstration by Fred Lisauis. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Kindly RSVP at (206) 772-1200.
Events Calendar
Friday, June 2
Animation—3:00 p.m.
Monday, June 5
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 6
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 7
Mox Boarding House Outing—3:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 8
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Friday, June 9
Animation—3:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 10
Animation Night—7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 11
Dress Rehearsal—12:00 p.m.
Monday, June 12
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 15
HALF DAY Last Day of School
Friday, June 16
Drama Performance—7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 17
Field Day/End of the Year Celebration—4:30 p.m.
Drama Performance—7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 18
Drama Set Strike—11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 21
Work Party—5:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 24
Work Party—11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 28
Work Party—5:00 p.m.
Amazing News!
We now have TWO generous Hillside Community families who will be matching donations up to $10,000. Which means every dollar you donate is effectively three dollars until we hit $10,000–which would give Hillside our goal of $30,000 to develop our three-room additional building!
We have currently raised about $9,000, which is fantastic! If you have not yet donated and would like to, you have twelve hours left through GiveBIG. If you miss that deadline or prefer to avoid the website, you can certainly drop checks by the school.
I cannot express how amazing it feels to me as a teacher to work at Hillside. It is a gift to have such time to really get to know, support, and challenge all the wonderful students here. Knowing that the community is willing to commit to us financially to help us shape the school’s future with new facilities is humbling.
Thank you!
Sigrid
Tomorrow’s the Day!
One Day More!
Thank you everyone who has already donated!
So far we have approximately $5,300 pledged, which is a great start.
However, to gain our full $10,000 in matching funds we need more help!
Please feel free to ask anyone who might be interested in supporting Hillside to schedule a donation.
If you do not feel like donating
online, we can take checks at the school as well, giving you the bonus of seeing Joel’s smiling face.
Let’s GiveBIG for Hillside and move towards making our dream of a new building a reality!
-Sigrid
May Bulletin
What’s Happening at Hillside
Spotlight On…
May the Fourth be with you!
In spite of rain, thunder, and lightening, spring has sprung at Hillside—and we are gearing up for our May “Sweet and Greet” on Thursday, May 4, from 6:30-8:30.
Come taste pies and desserts (and decide which is your favorite) as we gather for an evening to socialize with staff, students, and friends, new and old, and to answer questions about Hillside from inquiring families.
Please pass the word!
Thank you all for all your support of Hillside! See you Thursday!
Come to the Hillside History Feast!
On Saturday, May 6, at 5:00, Hillside high school students will perform their American History Feast characters in the Hillside Gym. This event, unique to Hillside, is a meeting of minds researched, created, and acted by those students.
We ask $15 per audience member to help cover the cost of our supplies. Additional donations are welcome.
Please reply ASAP, and send your check to Joel with your expected number of attendees since we have limited space. Priority is given to the families of performers.
The food supplied by parent supporters will include such American items as Ham, Turkey, Rolls, Vegetarian Chili (vegan, gluten free, egg and dairy free), Corn Bread, Corn on the Cob, Cole Slaw, Macaroni Salad, Potato Salad, Vegetable Platter, and Fruit Salad.
This year’s characters range from politicians to musicians, industrialists to scientists, and generals to writers. They may shock and surprise—and likely entertain—you with their views. Please join us for an unusual evening!
Note to Student Actors: Arrive at 10 am for set-up and rehearsal all day. Bring lunch, printed writings, and costumes!
GiveBIG
One week and one day before the official GiveBIG day! So far, we have about $1,700 pledged towards our goal of $10,000 to receive our full matching funds from our generous donors. Please schedule your donation today. Also, if you would prefer to donate by check rather than electronically, you can send any checks in to Joel or Sigrid.
Science Happenings
The environmental science students have been working on experiments in our very own forest, so if you see strange circles of bamboo stakes with pink ribbon it’s for science, not ritual sacrifice. Each student has designed their own experiment, but the students also assist each other as needed. Rowan is censusing tree and shrub species in four different 10m x 10m plots and herb species in five 1m x 1m subplots within each larger plot. Bella is censusing bugs within 1 m of trees of two different species, separating her findings by height off the ground. Eli is removing all lichen and moss from an area of bark on trees of four different species, and then inoculating the center of the cleared area with moss of the same species on each tree. He is interested to find which tree species allows the new moss to grow most quickly. Ella is searching the campus for bird nests to determine if certain tree species or forest areas support more nests. Lily is winding her way around the Hillside campus on a designated track mapping squirrel activity. Sam is testing the effect of soil temperature on green onion germination and growth in a controlled indoor experiment.
The 5th and 6th grade earth science students are headed to the Mount Saint Helens Volcano Outdoor School on May 30th and 31st to supplement their plate tectonics unit. Check back in June for details on all the fun and learning that went on!
Laura in the news
Not only is Laura providing students with engaging, hands-on curriculum, but she is active in her local community. Click here for her interview with KUOW.
Events Calendar
Tuesday, May 2
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 3
History Feast Script Writing—3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 4
Spring Sweet and Greet—6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 5
Electives Begin
Saturday, May 6
History Feast performers setup, rehearsal, performance–10:00 a.m.
History Feast—5:00 p.m.
Monday, May 8
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 10
Give Big!
Thursday, May 11
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 12
Animation—3:00 p.m.
Monday, May 15
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 16
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 18
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 19
Animation—3:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 20
Drama Set Building—11:00 a.m.
Monday, May 22
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 23
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 25
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Friday, May 26
Animation—3:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 27
Drama Set Painting—11:00 a.m.
Monday, May 29
Memorial Day – No School
Tuesday, May 30
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 1
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Friday, June 2
Animation—3:00 p.m.
Are You Up for a Challenge?
Now More Than Ever, you should consider donating to Hillside.
Why?
Because your dollars will effectively be doubled!
A generous family within the Hillside community is challenging you—they have offered to match our GiveBIG fundraising up to $10,000.
This has already inspired one staff member to pledge $1,000. Not everyone can afford large donations, but please consider even a small gift to maximize what we raise. Accomplishing this challenge will put us well on the path towards our dream of a new building with office space, a classroom, and storage.
The first day of early giving for GiveBIG is today! You can set up your giving today, tomorrow, or any day between now and May 9th. No charges will be made until May 10th, the official GiveBIG day.
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you!
Best,
Sigrid
Now More Than Ever
In 2017 many Americans are thinking about our culture and future in new ways. Here at Hillside we are too, and we all feel grateful to be part of a small, caring community that helps support each other as we try, fail, learn, grow, and succeed.
One of Hillside’s biggest strengths, our small class sizes, puts us at a disadvantage when considering improvements and additions to our school. Many other private schools with the same classroom space and number of staff would have 30 to 50% more students per class, and a commensurately larger amount of funding. We have no plans to change our commitment to small, individualized learning, but this point of comparison is an essential one to consider.
Of course the financial commitment of tuition is significant, and for many families that is the limit of what they can contribute, but even small donations can combine to make big changes. Additionally, please pass on our GiveBIG information to your family and friends who might be interested in supporting Hillside. Early giving starts 4/27, and I will hit you with that link once it starts.
Thank you for reading this, and please contact me with any questions!
Best,
Sigrid
Sigrid@hillsidesc.org
April Bulletin
What’s Happening at Hillside…
Spotlight on:
Olympiaganza!
Thrills! Gyrations! Aggravations! I’m talking about sons killing fathers who killed their fathers and it’s AWESOME! This Thursday and Friday the 5th and 6th grade is performing a hilarious take on Greek Mythology.
Join us in the gym at 7:30, and prepare to be AMAZED.
$10 suggested donation per ticket.
Science Connections
Laura writes:
Ben Peterson, a noxious weed specialist for King County, came to the environmental science class on Tuesday to teach us about invasive species. We enjoyed a walk around our forest where he introduced us to garlic mustard, a very high priority invasive species in Washington State. Garlic mustard isn’t found too many places, but we do have some in our forest. We can help prevent its spread by removing it and putting it in the trash (not compost) when we find it, and making sure we don’t spread seeds on our shoes.
The 5th and 6th graders are finishing up a unit on Erosion and Deposition, including a case study of the challenges facing the Mississippi River Delta. On Thursday they got to have a phone conversation with Richie Blink, the Plaquemines Parish Outreach Coordinator for Mississippi River Delta Restoration with the National Wildlife Federation. The students asked great questions, and Richie put a human face (or voice) to the challenges of erosion and deposition that we have been discussing in class. He explained the multi-tiered response necessary in terms of wetland restoration, levies, and efforts to live with the natural systems rather than against them, through building on stilts, transitioning to houseboat living, and even moving entire communities inland as sea level rises. You can check out his bio at http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/Faces-of-NWF/Richie-Blink.aspx and see a video on some of his early efforts at http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2011/09/20119309026615213.html.
Games Club
Avalon, Dominion, Catan, oh my! Join Board Games Club for our third term starting Monday right after Spring Break! Contact Sigrid or Joel for more details.
Events Calendar
Tuesday, April 4
History Feast Script Writing—3:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 6
Intermediate Drama Performance—7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 7
Animation—3:00 p.m.
Intermediate Drama Performance—7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 8
Drama Set Strike—11:00 a.m.
Monday, April 10-Friday, April 15
No School—Spring Break
Monday, April 17
History Feast Script Writing—3:00 p.m.
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 18
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Monday, April 24
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25
History Feast Script Writing—3:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 27
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Friday, April 28
Animation—3:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 29
History Feast Script Writing—2:00 p.m.
Monday, May 1
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 2
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 3
History Feast Script Writing—3:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 4
Spring Sweet and Greet—6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 5
Electives Begin
Saturday, May 6
Performers setup, rehearsal, performance—10:00 a.m.
History Feast—5:00 p.m.
Monday, May 8
Games Club—3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9
Fencing—3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 10
Give Big!
