*Daily Announcements*

Hillcrest Wildcats

* An Important Time to Remember

7:30am is the earliest arrival time for our students. Adequate   supervision   is   not   available before this  time. Please do not drop your students off before 7:30am unless prior arrangements have been made with a  HMS administrator or teacher.

Hillcrest Middle Achieves
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)!!
 
AYP, or Adequate Yearly Progress, is a goal established by the No Child Left Behind act that rates schools and school districts on their progress toward the mandate to have all students proficient in math and English by 2014. We were advised that based on PASS testing Hillcrest was one of only two middle schools in either Sumter school district to make AYP for the previous reporting period! Congratulations and thanks for all the hard work to our faculty, administrators, students and parents. Keep up the good work Wildcats!

*A Message from Our Principal

Welcome to the Hillcrest website. We hope that you will find our site useful. Please feel free to browse throughout the site. As always, if you have any suggestions, comments or concerns please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks again for visiting and we hope you'll return often.
Sincerely,
Robert Barth

Hey Wildcat Parents! Want to keep updated with class homework & announcements? Sign up for our Parent
E-mail Alerts! 
 

About one of our Wildcats.......

GO JORDAN!
Jordan Hood, a 6th grader here at Hillcrest, can't be with us at school right now because he is undergoing treatment for a relapse in his leukemia. Jordan has been fighting Acute Myeloid Leukemia since he was 5. He has already had 1 transplant and the doctors are trying to get him ready for another. His family has set up a special site for information & updates about Jordan. The site is
Visit & leave messages for Jordan so he knows our Wildcat spirit is pulling for him!

Daily Announcements

Review of Our Cell Phone Policy
Cell phones are not permitted on any campus in Sumter School District Two. Not only are cell phones a potential distraction to the classroom learning environment, but the technology available on many cell phones makes it possible for students to photograph and send copies of tests to other students, text message answers to test questions and otherwise compromise the integrity of student learning. Also, for safety reasons, while students are riding buses in Sumter District Two the cell phone policy is in effect just as if the student was in a classroom during the school day. There is no reason that a student should need to use a cell phone during the regular school day. Our school will immediately assist the student in any situation requiring communication with a parent or other responsible adult by using a school telephone. School personnel will confiscate any cell phone and immediately turn it in to an administrator to be kept in a locked, secure place. The first violation will result in a discipline referral and the phone will be returned to the parent or guardian pending a parent conference. It will be verbally told to the parent that any cell phone taken a second time will be confiscated and returned one year from the date of confiscation. If a student refuses to surrender his/her cell phone the consequence will be a three point discipline violation and a 5-7 day out-of-school suspension. 

We know many of you have expressed concern about the H1N1 flu, also known as the swine flu. Follow the link to the parent letter issued by DHEC. This letter may answer some of your questions and provides tips to prevent the flu.
H1N1 letter to parents.pdf
Our Hillcrest Middle School Teacher of the Year is Ms. Lecinda Jennings.
Ms. Jennings is currently the 7th grade Language Arts teacher and has also been recognized previously as our Reading Teacher of the Year.  She is involved with various student groups on campus and is the chairperson of the Homecoming Committee. Ms. Jennings is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. She holds memberships in several professional organizations, including Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Ms. Jennings is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
 

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NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY
Sumter School District Two does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs or activities.  For inquiries regarding the policy, contact the Deputy Superintendent for Personnel and Pupil Services or the Director of Special Services, Sumter School District Two, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150 or call 803-469-6900.

From the Principal

 
Dear Wildcat Parents and Students,
 
We are now in our second semester. Time is flying by at an amazing rate!  Our students were very successful on their end of unit two tests. In fact, they had a 4.85% increase from the unit one test results. As a reward for their hard work, students earned the opportunity to not wear their school uniforms on Wildcat Club days in the months of January, February, and March. They will follow the dress code, but can wear regular clothes on these days.  Way to go Wildcats!
 
I hope you take advantage of the Parent E-mail Alerts now available. Follow the link on the left of our page in order to sign up. You will get messages letting you know when your child's teachers have updated their class pages for the week. Also, check the calendar section of our site regularly so you will know when progress reports, interims, and report cards are issued. ALWAYS be sure to ask your child for these and contact teachers immediately if you don't receive them on the scheduled dates. 
  
As always, the doors to Hillcrest are always open for our students, their parents, and our community. We look forward to your continued support as our school year progresses.
 
Sincerely,
Robert Barth

Upcoming Events

Friday, March 12
Casual Club Day
Clubs meet TODAY! See the Club Day schedule.
Tue, Mar 16 - Wed, Mar 17
PASS writing test, grades 3-8
Thursday, March 18
Make up PASS testing
Friday, March 19
Make up PASS testing
Tuesday, March 23
End of 3rd Quarter

Weather

Today, 3/12/2010
High: 71 Low: 54
Slight chance rain showers
20% chance of precipitation.
Tomorrow, 3/13/2010
High: 68 Low: 54
Rain showers
77% chance of precipitation.