Hillsboro Public Schools

We know this won't be ideal for many people. However, we want our Jr. High and High School musicians to be able to perform the songs they have prepared. Tomorrow morning at 10:00 the Jr High and High School Christmas Concert will be held at the HEC. Jr. High and HS students that had tests scheduled for today will take their tests between 8:30 and 9:45 tomorrow.

For the next few weeks, students in first grade will get to shop at their local classroom store for various items! They are learning how to do 2-digit addition and also how to regroup into the 10’s column. This is a fun way to make real life-skills more concrete for students!

Hillsboro Public Schools will be distance learning today. December 19th. Elementary students probably have a packet and high school students should check their Google Classroom for instructions. Have a safe day everyone!

School and buses will be 2 hours late tomorrow, December 19th in Hillsboro. I will send another message and a fun video in the morning about 8:00 to let you know about the day. Thank you.

Students taking dancing lessons during Phy. Ed. Thanks Megan for teaching.

Thank you Hadley, McKenzie and Kate for delivering the food items from the High School and Elementary School to the food pantry. Thank you Mr. Laxdal for helping at the food pantry. Both schools will continue to take donations through Dec. 17th.

The food drive is off to a good start. Both schools are participating. High School students will be taking food to the food bank tomorrow. If you feel like bringing something extra to the concert tonight, please place it under the tree. Thank you!

Hello Parents, this evening we have our elementary Christmas Program at 7:00. Please check the Lost and Found when you are at the elementary school. Thank you!

Hello Parents and Guardians, this is a reminder that we have our December Early Out today. The elementary will dismiss at 1:35 and the high school will dismiss at 1:45. The purpose is staff development.

Congratulations to our two senior boys wrestlers Ben Thompson and Fernando Rios! Best of Luck to all our wrestlers this season!

Hello Students and Parents, Here are two links that will give you access to calendar options for next year. Please look over the three options and then select the link to provide feedback. I'm looking forward to seeing what your feedback is. Here is the link to view the calendars: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M8piuI0QWqMdm7JpEa0mrDhoHTMeEk5r/view?usp=sharing Here is the link to provide feedback on the calendars: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScSAhHUL0soJ4MhnXi1K4iBEExTyeE-AU73aLskN5bPnxEz4Q/viewform?usp=sharing It might seem like I know what I am doing sometimes, but sending these links out makes me nervous. If the links don't work, I'll try figure out how to communicate in a different way. Thank you for your time and responses. Jon Dryburgh

Mrs. Staebler and Mrs. Nagel’s class buddied up to make handprint Christmas trees and read together from to work on fluency. These 5th graders were a huge help on Friday! 🙌🏻

Mrs. Staebler and Mrs. Nagel’s class buddied up to make handprint Christmas trees and read together from to work on fluency. These 5th graders were a huge help on Friday! 🙌🏻

The 3rd grade classes did a STEM activity where they created carnival games out of cardboard and invited parents, teachers, and students to come try out the games.

Congratulations to Jack Mattson and Ben Thompson for being named to the Class A Football East Region Team for the 2024 season and to Wyatt Johnson and Tyson Leshuk for receiving Honorable Mention honors.

All after school activities/practices have been cancelled for this evening. There are places in the country that are very difficult to drive through. We are still sending buses, but if you happen to be in town please feel free to pick up your children. Thank you.

Hello Parents. At 7:00 PM in the high school library we will have an organizational meeting for a Parent-Teacher Organization. Now through December 17th we will also be holding a food drive for our local Food Pantry. Items will be collected at both schools. Thank you!

Hello, My name is Spencer Ruebke and I am the Elementary Principal at Hillsboro Elementary. In the month of November, we finished our first trimester of school. We had a Veterans Day program at the Elementary that was well attended by students and the community. I saw a variety of project-based learning activities going on in classrooms. A few examples include: building models of Native American dwellings, literacy related art projects, creating carnival games out of cardboard, engaging math games, and Thanksgiving-themed literacy activities. We have three weeks of school in December before our break. I want to applaud the families of Hillsboro Elementary for being great communicators with teachers and school staff. Children learn better when we have great partnerships built up between home and school! As always, please encourage your children to read every night! I will attach two links below. One of them is a link to family information on our AR program. The other is a link to the Booster Club clothing store. Orders should be made before December 12th to ensure delivery by Christmas. Happy Holidays! A resource for families with information about accelerated reader: https://www.renaissance.com/family-resources-accelerated-reader/ A link to the HCV Booster Club clothing store for your Christmas shopping needs: https://shop.game-one.com/north-dakota/hillsboro/hcv-burros Important December dates: December 12th- 1:35 dismissal December 12th- music program December 20th- last day of school before break Parent Reminder- We will be outside for recess as much as possible. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. If you’re missing clothing items, encourage your child to look through the lost and found items located in the hallway near the elementary office. Important contact information: Elementary School phone number- (701) 636-4711 Brenda Muller email- Brenda.Muller@k12.nd.us Spencer Ruebke email- Spencer.Ruebke@k12.nd.us Thank you, Spencer Ruebke

The elementary school had a fun "glow party" today. Each class got to come to the gym to dance and let out some energy for 20 minutes. Happy Thanksgiving Burros!

Mrs. Nagel's class played ‘Minute to Win It’ games before the holiday break. They worked on teamwork and not giving up! The four games they played were; Cookie Face, Kleenex Tear, Nose Dive, and M&M Race! They even got to have a class snowball fight with Kleenex! Afterwards, they wrote about their favorite game and why it was fun. Then, they illustrated a picture to match!