Below is a link to our Week at a Glance for the week of Feb 24 – Feb 28, 2020. It’s another busy week at Hillcrest so please be sure to check out all of the exciting events taking place.
LINK: https://conta.cc/3c2jpus
Month: February 2020
Family Math Night
Several classes are participating in a Family Math Night on Tuesday March 10 from 5:30-6:30pm. There will be a variety of math games and activities for families to play. Each family will also get games and a math tool kit to keep! Keep an eye out for more info from your classroom teacher. Siblings are welcome but the activities will be planned for the students in each class.
Pink Shirt Day
Don’t forget to wear PINK on Wednesday February 26 in recognition of Pink Shirt Day. Take your kindness to new heights! This Pink Shirt Day, and every day, let’s Lift Each Other Up.
The theme for this year’s Pink Shirt Day is “Lift each other up”; a simple but powerful message encouraging us to look beyond our differences and celebrate the things that make us unique. When we lift each other up, we see past the things that separate us and see instead the things that unite us as people.
Gymnastics
Our gymnastics program will run from Monday to Thursday during the weeks of February 24-27 and March 2-5. Each class will receive 4 sessions this year according to the schedule below. Thank you to PAC for sponsoring this program for us.
Please remind your child that they will need 100 % cotton socks or bare feet, T-shirt, and shorts or jogging pants on days they have gymnastics.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | |
| 8:15 – 8:58 (43min) | Boyce (4) | Menzies (5) | Knipe (K) | Smith (3/4) |
| 8:58 – 9:41 (43min) | Larmand (3) | Morrison (K/1) | Tyssen (5) | Boyd (1) |
| RECESS | ||||
| 9:56 – 10:40 (44min) | Wessely (1/2) | Porter (K) | Housden (3) | Meerza (2) |
| 10:40 – 11:24 (44min) | Knipe (K) | Meerza (2) | Gecse (4) | Porter (K) |
| LUNCH | ||||
| 12:09 to 12:49 (40min) | Housden (3) | Boyd (1) | Wessely (1/2) | Larmand (3) |
| 12:49 to 1:27 (38min) | Tyssen (5) | Smith (3/4) | Boyce (4) | Corbett (2) |
| 1:27 to 2:07 (40min) | Gecse (4) | Corbett (2) | Morrison (K/1) | Menzies (5) |
Week at a Glance – Feb 17, 2020
Below is a link to our Week at a Glance for the week of Feb 17 to Feb 21, 2020. Please note that Friday Feb 21 is a non-instructional day so there will be no school that day. Also, Report Cards will be coming home on Tuesday Feb 18!
Link: https://conta.cc/323JlkD
Interior Health Update – Coronavirus
Please see the attached letter from Interior Health with updated information on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a new virus causing respiratory illness.
LINK: Parent & Guardian Letter 2019-nCoV – February 12, 2020
Long Range Facilities Plan Consultation
Hillcrest Family Movie Night
Week at a Glance – Feb 10, 2020
Below is a link to our Week at a Glance for the week of Feb 10, 2020. Please note that we are hoping to have report cards ready to go home on Thursday Feb 13, however, due to some issues with our new computer system we may need to delay sending them home for a day or two. We will keep you posted by email as things progress.
LINK: https://conta.cc/31Hef2l
Wheelchairs at Hillcrest
Hillcrest students have been having a blast learning how to use the SD83 set of sport wheelchairs over the past few weeks.
Today, some of our classes were lucky enough to meet Lily Brook, a wheelchair athlete (and student at Jackson). Before playing a game of wheelchair basketball, Lily talked to our students about her experiences participating in wheelchair basketball, wheelchair boxing and sit skiing. We wish Lily the best of luck as she heads to Fort St. John next week to compete as a member of the Zone 2 (Kamloops) wheelchair basketball team in the BC Winter Games!
Having the wheelchairs at Hillcrest has been a fantastic experience for our students. A huge thank you goes out to Laura Paiement (SD83 Healthy Schools Coordinator) for bringing the wheelchairs to our district!
Week at a Glance – Feb 4, 2020
Below is a link to our Week at a Glance for the week of Feb 4 to Feb 7, 2020. Again, thank you to all of our parents volunteers who have been helping with Field Trips and other school activities over the past month. Your support is greatly appreciated at this busy time of year.
LINK: https://conta.cc/36ZgSh0
Draw Night at Silverbacks Game
Salmon Arm area schools have been participating in a Math Problem of the Week challenge over the past month. Basically, the more problems our students complete the better chance we have of winning!
In support of this friendly competition the Salmon Arm Silverbacks are offering Free Admission to any student accompanied by a paying adult for their home game against West Kelowna on Wednesday Feb 12. Tickets can be purchased/picked up at the Silverbacks Box Office or from Maximum Edge. A draw will be made during the game to determine the winning school.
As a follow up to this event, the winning school will also be recognized during the Hometown Hockey Assembly at Shuswap Middle School on Friday March 6. Congratulations to all of our Hillcrest students for their efforts and participation in the Math Problems of the Week over the past month.
LINK: https://conta.cc/374s9MX
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