Hillside Public Schools

K-12 Educators from across Hillside Public Schools' district participated in a Hydroponics PD presented by Rutgers! Teachers engaged in a design/ inquiry task of building hydroponics systems out of water bottles and starting to grow trays. They reviewed resources and discussed cross-curricular lessons and ideas to bring hydroponic tasks to their content area. The event was made possible by the @NJDOE Climate Awareness Education Grant! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #climatechange #educationgrant#goodnewsinnjschools #powerofeducators

Nineteen K-12 Educators from across the district participated in a Climate Change Professional Development (PD) presented by Rutgers! Teachers learned the science behind climate change, reviewed standards and resources, and engaged in a Project Based Learning activity to design wind turbines! Teachers will take ideas from the workshop to create engaging climate change lessons for their classes. The event was made possible by the @NewJerseyDOE Climate Awareness Education Grant! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #njdoe #newjerseydoe #climateawareness #climatechange

Happy Monday from Hillside Public Schools! Please see the following schedule of events and activities for June 12th - The last day of school! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #weeklyschedule

Students from Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School provided their feedback to software developers, designers, and researchers from CueThink about their work this school year. CueThink is a problem-solving application that students used this year in their transition classes! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #wokmiddleschool #cuethink

Hillside Innovation Academy had an amazing Art Showcase last night (6/8/2023)! Great job to all of the student artists, a special thank you to art teacher Ms. Therres, Principal Dr. Silva, Superintendent Glover, and the NJAHS for making this all possible ! #art #hillsidenj

Congratulations to all of the Hillside High School Seniors honored at the Baccalaureate Awards on 6/7/2023! The class of 2023 acquired over 8 million dollars in scholarships! Congratulations to you all as you venture into post-secondary education. #hillsidepublicschools #hhs

Hillside Innovation Academy (HIA) held its 1st Annual Literature Festival on June 1st under the advisement of HIA's English Language Arts teacher, Mr. James Joyner! Scholars read original texts, poetry, podcasts, and news reports they created, during the event. Parents toured the HIA building listening to the different presentations, and the literature fest concluded with a game of Kahoot with parents, scholars, and staff participants! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsideschools #literaturefest #innovation #hillsideinnovationacademy

During the month of May, A. P. Morris Pre-K classes observed caterpillars grow into butterflies! They then released the butterflies into nature last week! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #schoolscience #butterflies

Attention All: The Spring Concert at Ola Edwards Community School tonight has been canceled, as well as ESL classes this evening 6/7/2023. Please stay tuned for further updates.

On June 5th, 2023, W.O.K. Middle School had its Kids Dig In Celebration, made possible via a grant they received alongside other Hillside Public Schools from the Union County Commissioner's Office! W.O.K. student gardeners, accompanied by Principal Dr. Wilson, as well as teachers Ms. Goglia, and Mr. Lockyer had a sensational time! As always, thank you Groundwork Elizabeth, and Union County, and great work W.O.K! #hillsidepublicschools #wokmiddleschool #goodnewsinnjschools #powerofeducators #groundworkelizabeth #kidsdigin

On Friday, June 2nd, students from Mr. Skelton’s class, Ms. Sala Della Cuna’s class, and the garden club, with the help of the Union County Parks Department, cleaned up Charlotte DeFilippo Park! Students were joined by Hillside Education Association President Angela Lawler, Hillside Public Schools Superintendent, Erskine Glover, and Hillside Board of Education President Kimberly Cook. #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #goodnewsinnjschools #powerofeducators #environmentalwork #environmentaljustice #parkcleanup

Due to the poor air quality in our area today (6/7/2023), all outdoor recess and PE classes will be held indoors.

On Friday, June 2nd, Ms. Alvarez’s class celebrated the accomplishments they made in Move This World! Move This World sent the students certificates through the SEL program. Joining Ms. Alvarez in celebrating their achievement is Dieayah Bryant, social worker, Ms. Maria, paraprofessional, Hilda Rozas, speech teacher, and Principal Graham. Ms. Alvarez’s class is top three in usage at A.P. Morris Early Childhood Center! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #movethisworld #apmorris #goodnewsinnjschools #powerofeducators

Congratulations to the Hillside Lady Comets on their victory last night against Immaculate Conception! The Comets will be playing in the flag football championship this Saturday @nyjets facility in Florham Park! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #ladycomets #nyjets

Hillside Public Schools' Security Personnel recently participated in CPR training at Hillside High School! Our Security staff are always trained and prepared for any emergencies and safety concerns. #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #cprtraining #hillsidehighschool

On May 23rd, 2023, Hillside Innovation Academy (HIA) held its Iron Chef student cooking competition! The 7th and 8th-grade competitors had a great time. Though the competition was close, the judges selected the 7th-grade burger as the winning creation, and their burger will be featured on the June lunch menu at HIA! Thank you, Sarah from Maschio’s and Principal Dr. Silva for making the event fun for all our competing student chefs! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #ironchef #hillsidechefs #goodnewsinnjschools #powerofeducators

Reminder: Today 6/5/2023 is the Sectional Flag Football Championship game for our lady Comets! The game begins at 5:30 p.m. right at Woodfield Stadium on Conant Ave! Be sure to show up and support, see you there! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #ladycomets

Good morning, and Happy Monday from Hillside Public Schools! Here is the schedule of events and activities taking place this week (June 5th - 9th, 2023). Please contact your school directly with any questions or concerns! Thank you. #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools

Congratulations Mr. Todaro & Ms. Williams' second-grade class at Ola Edwards Community School for winning the "Excite Reading All-Star Games"! The students were encouraged to read through our new online platform Learning Ally for 20 minutes a day. The class read for a total of 2,206 minutes to win the game! Learning Ally provided a pizza party for the winning class. #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools # learningally #pizzaparty

A.P. Morris Elementary held their Kids Dig in Event on June 1st to celebrate the Dig In! Grant they received alongside other Hillside Public Schools from the Union County Commissioner's Office! A.P. Morris students, administrators, Principal Graham, Principal Palmer-Gilliard, Board President Kim Cook, Board Councilwoman Joyce Simmons, Ms. Greenblatt, and Superintendent Glover, had an incredibly fun time planting alongside Groundwork Elizabeth! Keep up the great work A.P. Morris and thank you Union County!