Hillview teachers support this effort and encourage all of our families to use this week to plan events that focus on the importance of our family relationships. All Hillview teachers will try to offer this week as a homework-free week; however, in some cases, some homework may be necessary for the purposes of continued progress. This is especially true for Hillview since we are taking another homework-free week during Mini-Course week in March. We encourage you to make use of limited homework during the week of January 27-31. To the extent that a student may have homework, we invite parents to use the homework as an opportunity to engage in conversation about what your child is learning and doing at school! And then...grab a pint of ice cream or a family walk!  

• 16 classrooms, most of which will have soundproof sliding doors to enable collaboration between different classes and teachers
• 15,000 square feet of collaboration space, including large, state-of-the-art science and art classrooms
• a 14,500 sq. ft. imagination playground area

The winner of this year's Hillview Spelling Bee is 7th grader Liam Fulton-Moskowitz with 6th grader Lauren Hall as runner up. Liam competed against the 29 winners of the classroom spelling bees on Wednesday, January 22 and correctly spelled a total of 32 words including "aerodynamic", "excoriate", "plagiarism", and "evidentiary".   

• Sara Chiang
• Hannah Baum and Laila Thompson-Wainer
• Marit Hoyem and Claire Lange-McPherson
• Sabrina Watkins
• Abby Tudor and Anna Quinlan
• Isabelle Sapountzis
• Navya Anne and Sydney Durden
• Gianluca Zanutta
• Noah Smith

• Intramural sports will continue Monday - Wednesday this week: full court or 1/2 court indoor basketball tournament play. Students may sign up as teams of 3-5 players.

• Missed PE classes: The Phys Ed Department requests a note from a doctor if a student is unable to participate in PE class for any extended period of time (more than 3 or 4 consecutive days).

• Lost and Found is getting too full. An unusual amount of clothing and water bottles has been left in the gym and locker rooms. Please remind children to pick up after themselves especially clothing such as sweatshirts and jackets. Uncollected items will be donated to a local charity.  

Questions regarding Phys Ed should be directed to Mr. Bell, Mr. Eaton, Ms. Gee or Ms. Salem. Phone: 326-4341 ext 2601 Bell, 2602 Eaton, 2603 Gee, 2604 Salem.

After School Basketball: Games for all grade levels continue this week. 8th grade games are back to Mondays. 8th grade games are played at either Hillview, La Entrada, Woodside Elementary or Corte Madera. Students in 6th and 7th grade continue league games this week. 6th grade girls play on Tuesday, 6th grade boys on Wednesday, 7th girls on Thursday and 7th boys on Friday.  

The boys and girls basketball tournament teams completed their seasons this weekend at the annual St. Simon's Invitational. Results will be posted next week but Hillview was well represented by all players, coaches and parents.

Tennis and Track: Registration for After School Tennis and Track will be available soon. Tennis season will begin week of March 3. Tennis registration will go live on Sportability.com/hillview beginning February. Track will begin later in February.

After School Sports questions should be directed to Mr. Bell or call (650) 326-4341 ext 2601.