Being a parent to a teenager is truly difficult work. The time and effort you spend tracking, congratulating, and nagging your children to always keep trying and improving is time well spent, but it is also hard and sometimes thankless work. However, for both adults and students, with the beginning of each New Year comes the opportunity for improvement. This commitment is commonly called a New Year’s resolution. One of the many challenges a parent faces is teaching children how to set and obtain goals like New Year’s resolutions. It is well researched that those children who plan out and obtain their goals have healthier self-esteem and tend to be more resilient when faced with life’s challenges.

Establish goals that are realistic and stand a good chance of success. Success in school tends to breed more success therefore it is very important that students experience early victories. Break goals into smaller tasks or steps so that students can feel like they are accomplishing their objectives. Recognize even the small successes. This step is particularly important for students who are trying to improve persistent underperformance in specific areas. Help students prepare for setbacks. Perseverance is the key to achieving a goal. Many young people, after experiencing a setback, have a habit of giving up. One of the best skills a student can learn from setting goals is how to remain focused in the face of challenges. In the end, the most important aspect of setting and achieving goals is diligence. Life is all about achieving goals and setting new ones. Those who learn this skill tend to be the most successful.

Come Check Out "The Hillside Experience"

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

High School Auditorium 6:30

Click HERE for more information 

Mr. Jones along with Ms. Griffith took a group of students to tour Universal Technical institute in Bloomfield, NJ where they met with Hillside High School Alumni, Naseef Primo, class of 2018

Mr. Aranguren and Mr. Jones took 18 students to visit the Rutgers School of Engineering Piscataway Campus.

At the far right is Nenad Gucunski, PhD, Professor and Department Chairman

Click here to view the 

of Hillside High School

Our school newspaper is now on line, click here to read

Link for Voter Registration Forms

Link for Voting Information

Link for Citizen and Learner's Rights and Responsibilities

Link for How to Vote

SAT Boot Camp at Rutgers. Based on demand, we have enhanced our camp to provide both an in-person and online experience to deliver even more value to your students.   We are offering $5000 in scholarships for low-income students to attend. We would love your students to get all of these scholarships.

To Register click here: https://www.mindworksprep.com/boot-camps.html

To apply for Scholarships click here  http://www.mindworksprep.com/sat-scholarships.html

We have expanded and are making the news all over the country!  Here are just a few clips…

WSVN-TV FOX CH 7     https://drive.google.com/open?id=1khc7oQJTttYZETEhBz258oFStJhNcROS

WTVJ-TV NBC CH 6     https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z5jP39iG-So7IVp5sXmveknEZgN_G4AB/view?usp=sharing

WKRN-TV ABC CH 2    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R0wJdKUKlN1WAW2HY0S-Z5RmkKFAr9uE/view?usp=sharing

WJAC-TV NBC CH 8     https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XmPcVepqQdzfrjhUzOWzNmbxVs0MIDyL/view?usp=sharing

Andrea Catsicas

Founder and President

Mindworksprep.com

andreac@mindworksprep.com

Attention Parents and Guardians if you wish to speak to your child's

Guidance Counselor

please email or call 908.352.7664 and make an appointment:

Catherine Francis     all students with the last name starting with A-C call ext. 8449

Jennifer Griffith         all students with the last name starting with D-J call ext. 8407

Cory Jones               all students with the last name starting with K-P call ext. 8408

Randal McCoy          all students with the last name starting with Q-Z call ext 8480

Please follow the Hillside Student Council on Instragram @HillsideStuCo

Congratulations to the January

students of the month:

Rebecca Obeng

Joan Castro

College Prep Classes

Wednesdays or Saturdays

September 12, 2018 through May 15, 2019

Wednesdays 4:00 to 7:00 pm

Saturdays 11: 30 am to 1:30 pm

Springfield Branch Library

50 Hayes Street

Newark, NJ 07103

• SAT/ACT Prepping

• College Essay Writing

• Financial Aid/Scholarship Assistance

• College Fairs

• Mentoring • Community Service

For more information, please call the branch at 973-733-7736

or Mr. Brown, Coordinator at 862-368-4261

Springfield Branch Library invites all high school seniors to attend free weekly SAT/ACT Prep Classes

This program is free and open to the public.

Funding for this program was provided by the Victoria Foundation.

www.npl.org

The 2018-2019 school year Free and Reduced Meal Applications are now available online.  The applications can be found at www.lunchapplication.com. to make payments to your child's account please visit the http://k12paymentcenter.com

If you do not have computer and/or internet access, please stop by the main office of the school that your youngest child attends.  A computer is available for your use.

There are many benefits to completing an online Free and Reduced Meal Application.  Most importantly, you will receive a quicker decision regarding your child's free or reduced meal status.

Click here

New Information

Click on the link to view the current month menus 

  Breakfast and Lunch 

Please click on the link to read the important information regarding meals

Click here for School Lunch Menu Nutritional information

             Click here for Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 Nutritional Standards          

2017-18 Free and Reduced Meal Application Information Letter
Online Free and Reduced Meal Application

Additional Nutrition, Heath & Fitness information   

Check out our Photo Gallery section.  

Parents please be sure that we have updated e-mail addresses and current phone numbers on file to ensure you are informed of important information regarding your son/daughter.

Thank you!

Please complete forms on line

www.mmc-ins.com

Thank you