Please find attached our WEEK at a GLANCE for the week of May 20, 2019 to May 24, 2019. We are looking forward to seeing a record amount of parents at our last PAC meeting of the year on Monday May 27 @ 6:00pm in the library:)

LINK: https://conta.cc/2HMuP79

• Wear their swim suits under their regular clothes to make changing quicker.
• Bring a towel and under clothes in a bag for after swimming.
• Dress for the weather, as some classes will be walking to the pool then bussing back to school.

This is the time of year when bears, cougars and other wild animals often move into some Salmon Arm neighbourhoods.  Over the past week there has been bear sightings on a few different occasions near Hillcrest. After school today (around 4:00pm) a bear even decided to take a stroll down Harrison Hill and through the school yard.  We all need to be prepared, should we come across a wild animal.  Bear and Cougar attacks are uncommon, but precautions should still be taken.

Please talk to your children about precautions to take in their neighborhood and when walking back and forth to school.  Some suggestions (https://wildsafebc.com/) are:

To Do:

• Walk in groups of 3 or more and make lots of noise.
• If you carry food, it should be sealed up in your lunch kit and backpack.
• Be alert, look around.
• Use sidewalks along the road instead of shortcuts through forest or shrubby areas.
• If you do see a bear/cougar, keep calm, make yourself looks as large as possible, back away slowly, speak in a loud low voice if the animal continues to approach.
• If it is a bear you should avoid eye contact. If it is a cougar you should maintain eye contact.
• Please report any wild animal sightings to the school.

Do NOT

• Do not run away. Sudden movements may provoke an attack.
• Do not carry or eat food on the way home.
• Do not approach a bear, cougar or other wild animal, and do not leave out food for it.

Thanks for your help and support.

Attached is our WEEK at a GLANCE for the week of May 13-17, 2019. If you haven’t already done so, please be sure to complete a Swimming Permission Form for each of your children by tomorrow! Below is a link to a post with more info about swimming and the forms that need to be completed.

LINK to WEEK at a GLANCE: https://conta.cc/2VE0Nwj

LINK to SWIMMING PERMISSION FORMS: https://hil.sd83.bc.ca/2019/05/06/swimming-program/

Below is a link to our WEEK at a GLANCE for the week of May 6 to May 10, 2019. Don’t forget to pick up your spring flower orders today! It was great to see so many students in their Hillcrest School Clothing that was sent home yesterday.

LINK: https://conta.cc/2H6Bhph

Hillcrest is very excited to be offering our Swimming Program again this year for all of our students.  Each student in Grades K-3 will get four swim times. Each swim time will consist of a 30 minute Lesson and a 30 minute Recreational Swim. Students in Grades 4&5 will get two 60 minute Recreational Swim times.  It is very important that you answer the questions carefully on the permission forms so that your child is placed in the correct swimming group for their lesson.

Also, please remind your child to…

1. Wear their swim suits under their regular clothes to make changing quicker. 
2. Bring a towel and under clothes in a bag for after swimming. 
3. Dress for the weather, as some classes will be walking to the pool then bussing back to school. 

Note, different classes will be swimming on different days. As a result, each class has their own specific permission form to be filled out. (See Below)

The deadline for completing the online permission forms is Wednesday May 15, 2019. Thank you for completing this form ASAP! 

Swimming Permission Forms

• Div 1 – Menzies – https://permission.click/y1ON4/ca
• Div 2 – Tyssen – https://permission.click/lGXWK/ca
• Div 3 – Wentworth – https://permission.click/3DzQX/ca
• Div 4 – Gecse – https://permission.click/wO1Z8/ca
• Div 5 – Smith – https://permission.click/QvPWY/ca
• Div 6 – Housden – https://permission.click/y1OEY/ca
• Div 7 – Larmand – https://permission.click/03K9b/ca
• Div 8 – Corbett – https://permission.click/aGLyx/ca
• Div 9 – Meerza – https://permission.click/lGX0l/ca
• Div 10 – Mueller – https://permission.click/MNX53/ca
• Div 11 – Boyd – https://permission.click/7lELy/ca
• Div 12 – Morrison – https://permission.click/7lE2l/ca
• Div 13 – Porter – https://permission.click/3DzOn/ca
• Div 14 – Knipe – https://permission.click/glZKD/ca

The Spring Carnival was a huge success last night! It was awesome to see so many of our families enjoying a fun and entertaining evening together. And with over 400 bracelets sold we certainly felt the support of our community. This type of event would not be possible without our fantastic team of volunteers, so THANK YOU to everyone who gave up their time to help make the evening a great success. We would especially like to thank Morgan Wilson and our amazing PAC for all of the work they did leading up to the evening to ensure everything ran smoothly.

Congratulations to all of our students who participated in the Bastion Boogie Cross Country run this week. There were over 100 students from Hillcrest trying their best in the run and supporting each other along the way. Thank you to Bastion for hosting the event and a huge thank you to our coaches (Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Mueller and Mrs. Larmand) for taking our students.

Thank you to our wonderful PAC for supplying each classroom with a bag full of PE equipment. Our students love it and the equipment is getting a ton of use already.

Attached is our WEEK at a GLANCE for the week of April 29 to May 3, 2019. Don’t forget about our PAC meeting on Tuesday this week. We are also looking forward to seeing everyone at the Spring Carnival on Friday May 3!

LINK: https://conta.cc/2ZMy7zp