The first "Brothers Bonding with Books And Basketball" session was a huge success! On March 29th, 2025, the initial session of "Brothers Bonding with Books and Basketball" occurred at Hillside High School. Brothers Bonding with Books & Basketball is a fun new initiative established by the Office of the Superintendent, aimed at connecting students with adult mentors from the community! Students in attendance had a blast playing various basketball games and participating in activities that also connected with reading and literacy! Thank you, Superintendent Glover, Supervisor Ms. Simon, Principal Woolard, Director Mr. McNeil, Ms. Harris, Hillside Public Schools' staff, students, and the Hillside Board of Education! There are two more sessions of "Brothers Bonding with Books and Basketball", on April 5th, 2025, and April 12th, 2025 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Hillside High School ! All are welcome, we hope to see you there!
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At the March 27th, 2025, Board of Education meeting, students from Hurden Looker Elementary School and Deanna G. Taylor Academy received recognition awards for their recent victories in NJIT's eSTEM challenge! Ms. Crisanaz, Ms. Williams, Ms. Fernandes, and Ms. McQueen were all honored for leading our students in eSTEM and their dedication! Thank you, Superintendent Glover, Hillside Board of Education President Ms. Best, Principal Alvarez, Principal Graham, and the Hillside Board of Education!
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Congratulations to Hillside High School Senior, Isaiah Green, who was named the Union County Mountain Division Basketball Player of the Year! Great work, Isaiah, shout out to Athletic Director Mr. McNeil for contributing these photos!
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On Friday, March 21st, 2025, W.O.K Middle School students attended the 17th Kean University (@keanuniversity) Human Rights Conference! After the conference, they went into the Liberty Hall Academic Center (LHAC) galleries and viewed an exhibit of art from South Africa! Students also went into the Kean archives where they engaged in historical artifacts relating to several events in American History and Hillside in particular! Thank you, Dr. Mathura, for providing these awesome photos from the trip!
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Teachers attended professional development (PD) from Liberty Science Center (@libertysciencecenter) on 3-28-2025! The topic of the PD session was "Climate Change Classroom Connections." Teachers engaged in hands-on investigations to build content knowledge around climate change standards, and ways to incorporate hands-on activities in their classrooms. Thank you Liberty Science Center for the free PD for our teachers!
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Students from Hurden Looker Elementary School and Ola Edwards Community School shared their feedback with creators and researchers from Imagine Learning @imaginelearning about their mathematical thinking! Students engaged with CueThink, a problem-solving application available in their math classes, which is now part of Imagine Learning's suite of educational tools!
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Congratulations to the Supervisor of Mathematics, Rita Della Valle, who collaborated with Dr. Sam Rhodes, Kelly Reigle, and Jennifer Gonzalez to write an article on helping students become more proficient problem solvers by strengthening their metacognition! The article is featured in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre K-12, MTLT. MTLT is the published journal for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, NCTM! You can read the article here: https://lnkd.in/e4MSJx9a
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On Friday (03-21-2025), the Hillside High School Student Council @hillsidestuco held its Spring Pep Rally! It was the final pep rally of the 2024-2025 school year, and it was amazing! The pep rally was filled with good vibes, games, music, a performance by the drum line, and the presentation of the colors by the Hillside High School JROTC! @hillsideajrotc
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On Friday (03-21-2025), the Hillside Rotary Club awarded four scholarships to seniors of Hillside High School! These students were selected because of their dedication to their crafts, passion for learning, and service to others and the community! Congratulations students and shout out to the Hillside Media Team for capturing these photos.
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5th-grade students in Ms. Ranallo's class at Ola Edwards Community School engaged in a climate change lesson led by Rutgers @rutgersu Americorps Service Member Ms. Guevara! Students learned about the impacts of our eating patterns on the environment. After reviewing graphs and data, students played a board game to see how different eating patterns use different amounts of water and land, and produce different amounts of greenhouse gases! Great work, students, staff and teachers,
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On Thursday, March 20th, 2025, A.P. Morris Early Childhood Center hosted a Scratch Jr. Coding family night! Parents and students had an amazing time coding with Scratch Jr. Shoutout to A.P. Morris Principal, Ms. Palmer-Gilliard, and Vice Principals Ms. Wagman and Ms. Nwako! Thank you to the A.P. Morris staff, and teachers that made the event possible!
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Attention students in grades 5 through 8, please join us for “Brothers Bonding with Books & Basketball.” Brothers Bonding with Books & Basketball is a fun new initiative established by the Office of the Superintendent, aimed at connecting students with adult mentors from the community! Come read books, play basketball, and build valuable connections while fostering a love for reading! Morning refreshments will be served. There are three dates in the series: March 29th, April 5th, and April 12th, 2025! Each session will take place in the Hillside High School Gymnasium! For more information please see the flyer and register by scanning the QR code on the flyer! Thank you!
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This morning (3/21/2025), Ola Edwards Community School hosted its annual Celebration of the Women of Hillside event! The Ola Edwards Community School (OECS) gymnasium was packed with students and staff as women from our community were honored and recognized for their contributions and dedication! Congratulations to Commissioner Kimberly Palmieri-Mouded, Hillside Board of Education Vice-President Ms . JoAnn Horton-Givens, Director of the Hillside Public Library @hillsidepl Ms. Christal Blue, Administrative Director of the Superintendent's Office, Ms. Beverly Harris, OECS School Security Guard, Ms. Kareema Gray, OECS Custodian Ms. Angie Perez, and OECS Secretary Ms. Cherrena "Candy" Dale-Rawls! Hillside Public Schools District is grateful for all the amazing women who make our community successful!
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Last night (3/20/2025), Deanna G. Taylor Academy hosted a Caribbean-themed Literacy night for its students and families! It was a fun-filled night with Caribbean vibes including Caribbean-themed decorations, food provided by @maschiofood, outfits, and more! Students and parents participated in diverse activity stations and challenges all designed to "ignite a passion" for literacy in our Hillside community! Thank you, Principal Graham, Vice-Principal Budhu, Superintendent Glover, and the Hillside Board of Education!
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Congratulations to all the talented inductees to the National Junior Art Honor Society (NJAHS) at Hillside Innovation Academy! The induction ceremony took place last night (3/20/2025), and was led by none other than amazing art teacher, Ms. Rachel Therres!
Shout out to the inductees and current members, Principal Dr. Silva, Ms. Therres, and all of the H.I.A. staff and students!
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Congratulations to Hurden Looker Elementary School on winning first place in the eSTEM challenge at NJIT! Hurden Looker students won first place in the Oral Presentation and Engineering Design categories! Great work to both Hurden Looker Elementary School and Deanna G. Taylor Academy! Deanna G. Taylor Academy won 2nd place in Engineering Design! It's been an amazing day for our Hillside Public Schools' scholars. Great work to our teachers from both schools, Ms. Crisanaz, Ms. Williams, Ms. Fernandes, and Ms. McQueen!
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Today, (3/20/2025), Hurden Looker Elementary School students participated in the New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) eSTEM Challenge! Our Hurden Looker scholars were led to this competition by Ms. Crisanaz, and Ms. Williams! Thank you, Principal Alvarez for contributing these photos and great work, students! @njit
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Last night, the ESL and World Language Departments in collaboration with William Colon, the president of the Latino Institute, Inc hosted two parent advisory meetings. Presenters Trinidad De la Rosa discussed building healthy study habits at home while attorney Fernando Jimenez, Esq offered his expertise on immigration rights to Hillside Public School parents. Thank you to Mrs. Giro, Ms. Rivera and all of the WOK and ESL teachers who planned and supported the event!
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On Wednesday, March 19th, 2025, Ms. Crisanaz's science classes at Hurden-Looker Elementary School completed virtual labs with Students2Science (@students_2_science)! The students completed a lab called "Candy Color Wheel" where they used M&M's to identify the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors that make up a package of candy, using chromatography paper to separate colors! Thank you Ms. Crisanaz for sharing these photos!
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Good day, tonight's (3/19/2025) Special Budget Meeting of the Hillside Board of Education is canceled. Thank you.
