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Hillview Middle School
Announcements
Dear Families of the Antelope Valley,
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with a joint communication from all the school district superintendents across the Antelope Valley.
Textbook Return - 5/26, 5/27, & 5/28 - 8:00am - 1:00pm
This week, we are hoping to collect most of our textbooks. If you need a book to complete online learning, please hold on to it. Since most books are online though, students shouldn't need to keep the paper copies and we would like to get those back, especially our social studies books. If you have any textbooks, library books, classroom books, or school books of any kind, we will have our book drop out near the front doors of the school from 8am - 1pm Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. Please stop by and drop the books in the book drop. We are NOT collecting Chromebooks at this time, so please hold on to those. Please remember to follow social distancing guidelines; if someone is dropping off a book, please wait until they move away before dropping yours in the book drop.
8th Grade Promotion Shout-Out
Parents, do you want to send a shout-out to your promoting 8th grader on our PTSA Facebook page? If so, log in to Google and fill out the form using the link below. You can also email up to 4 pictures to our PTSA that they can post with your message. Only parents can fill out the form and names must match what we have in PowerSchool. Please be sure to read each section on the form carefully; otherwise, we may not be able to include your message or pictures.
Incoming 7th Grade Course Request Form
All current 6th graders who will be in 7th grade for 20-21 need to complete this Google Form. PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE THE FORM ONCE!
Incoming 7th Grade Course Request Form
Incoming 8th Grade Course Request Form
All current 7th graders who will be in 8th grade for 20-21 need to complete this Google Form. PLEASE ONLY COMPLETE THE FORM ONCE!
Incoming 8th Grade Course Request Form
AVID 2020 - 2021
Are you interested in AVID for the 2020 - 2021 school year? Check out the presentation here:
AVID Presentation
If you would like to apply for the program, please complete the application. Make sure you are logged in to Google to complete the application. If you are applying from outside the district, and do not have Google Account, please email Mr. Lots.
AVID Application
Mr. Lots - r.lots@westside.k12.ca.us
Visit our counselor's new Web Page! Mrs. Schmid has posted some great stuff!
https://sites.google.com/westside.k12.ca.us/hvms-counselors-corner/home
You have to be logged in to your Westside Google Account for this page to open.
If you have questions, concerns, worries, or just need some resources, this is a great place to begin!
Spring Pictures
Many of you have asked about the school pictures we did right before the closure. Families will need to call Lifetouch directly at 1-800-736-4753.
They will give you a unique code that you can use to log in online at Mylifetouch.com so you can view the pictures and make orders.
Distant Learning Continues
The school buildings are closed for the rest of this year, so all classes will be done online. Please understand, school is not ending, it will just be different.
We hope everyone is doing well. We miss you all and wish we could be going back to Hillview. This new model of instruction will likely have a few speed bumps, both at home and at school, so we hope everyone will be patient as we move forward. Thank you, and don't forget to keep checking our web page and the district web page for updates!
Staff have formal office hours. Those details are on their Google Classroom page, but here is that basic schedule:
Teacher Office Hours Schedule:
Language Arts Department - 8:00 - 9:00
Science Department - 9:00 - 10:00
Social Studies Department - 10:00 - 11:00
PE Department - 11:00 - 12:00
Elective Department - 12:00 - 1:00
Math Department - 1:00 - 2:00
Students should log in to each class's Google Classroom on Monday, and then visit their odd / even classes on Tuesday - Friday, much like we would normally do at school. Due dates will be much more flexible than regular school, so many assignments may be posted on one day, but not due until the end of the week. If you have questions about classes, can't seem to find information about a class, the Google Classroom code, schedule, work, etc., please email that teacher directly.
Parents, we have developed a basic schedule for you for when students should access Google Classroom for each class and when they should be working on those classes. Unless a teacher is going to have live video instruction, the schedule is a suggested one to follow. If your child needs to do their work before or after that time, that is fine. We are working to give a lot of flexibility on when they complete their work. That schedule is posted in our phone message from 4/4/20, and also here:
Bell Schedule - Student Work Times
Mondays: Period 1 - 8:00 - 8:40
Period 2 - 8:45 - 9:25
Break - 9:25 - 9:35
Period 3 - 9:35 - 10:15
Period 4 - 10:20 - 11:00
Lunch - 11:00 - 12:00
Period 7 - 12:05 - 12:45
Period 8 - 12:50 - 1:30
Catch up or Reading Time - 1:30 - 2:00
Bell Schedule - Student Work Times
Tuesday - Friday (Normal Odd / Even Schedule - Tuesday / Thursday odd days, Wednesday / Friday even days. See planner for schedule.)
Period 1 or 2 - 8:00 - 9:25
Break - 9:25 - 9:35
Period 3 or 4 - 9:35 - 11:00
Lunch - 11:00 - 12:00
Period 7 or 8 - 12:05 - 1:30
Catch up or Reading Time - 1:30 - 2:00
Join Our PTSA Facebook Page
We invite Hillview parents and staff to join our PTSA Facebook page. You can search for Hillview PTSA on Facebook. We have lots of great items posted there, including current pictures and videos from staff, etc.
Here is the link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1626018347647036/
Updated 3/15 @ 4:48pm - Phone Message sent with information about how to get breakfast and/or lunch at Hillview and other District schools. Details are explained in this link:
Breakfast and/or Lunch Information
Please check under the "News & Calendar" tab, under "Phone Call Transcripts" for transcripts of all phone messages sent out.
California Gold Ribbon School
Hillview Middle School was selected as a 2017 California Gold Ribbon School. We are the only Gold Ribbon middle school in the Antelope Valley and the only school selected in the AV for the 2017 award. Great job to the entire Hillview Community!
Hillview Middle School is located in the southwest portion of the Antelope Valley. It serves 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students and has approximately 990 students enrolled. 6th grade students from Cottonwood, Esperanza, and Rancho Vista feed into Hillview Middle School. The Hillview sixth grade population is made up of students that applied to attend a 6th grade honors program. These students were selected to attend Hillview through an application process which required good attendance and a minimum 3.0 GPA in fourth and fifth grade (or 3/4 grades on standards based report cards.) These students come from various schools within the district and outside of the district. The school buildings consist of one main building composed of 20 classrooms, two Science Labs, Library, Home Economics room, Art Room, Woodshop, two Computer Labs and a Cafeteria. There are also a meeting/conference room, a speech room, a counselor’s office, an office for our bi-lingual aide, and the administrative offices. In addition, there are 16 relocatable classrooms, a music room, and a gymnasium with boys’ and girls’ locker rooms, and two additional computer labs. The school includes grass and concrete play areas with equipment and a patio with picnic tables.
Phone Message Transcripts are all posted here!! Updated 5/20/20
Be sure to check under "New & Calendar", "Phone Call Transcripts" for posts of all of our phone messages.
Going to College or Career School?
Are you going to college or to a career school? Do you need help with financial aide? Check out this link:
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types
Here is a flyer with more information.
Do you need to contact us?
If you ever need to contact Hillview, you can refer to the "Teachers and Staff" tab for email addresses. With the school closure, email is the best way to reach us.
Hillview 18-19 Student Body Fundraiser
Thanks to everyone who donated to our 18-19 Fundraiser!
Hillview would like to thank EVERYONE that donated to our 18-19 Fall ASB Fundraiser. Above is a list of our Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze business partners.
The Great Kindness Challenge is one school week devoted to performing as many acts of kindness as possible, choosing from a 50 item checklist.
In 2019, Hillview was selected by the Special Olympics as a Uniform Champion School. Great job Hawks!!!
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School District Integrated Pest Management Plan
It is the goal of Westside Union School District to implement IPM by focusing on long-term prevention or suppression of pests through accurate pest identification, by frequent monitoring for pest presence, by applying appropriate action levels, and by making the habitat less conducive to pests using sanitation and mechanical and physical controls. Pesticides that are effective will be used in a manner that minimizes risks to people, property, and the environment, and only after other options have been shown ineffective.
Our pest management objectives are:
- To implement a safe and effective program to protect the health and well-being of students and staff, plus maintain a productive learning environment.
- Prevent pests from spreading in the schools and minimize pesticide exposure to students, staff, and the public.