Heather Hill Elementary

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School Improvement Day

Don't forget! Wednesday, September 20th is an early dismissal at 11:15am for a School Improvement Day. Please make sure to arrange for early dismissal on this day. 

Principal's Place

Dr. Keith Davis

 Welcome to the 2017-2018 School Year!  Click here to visit my page.

Keeping Parents in the Know

  • New Superintendent selected.

    The Flossmoor School District 161 Board announced at its March 13th meeting the appointment of Dr. Dana Smith to be the new Superintendent for Flossmoor District 161.
    Dr. Smith is currently the Assistant Superintendent for Early Childhood and Elementary Education in Woodstock School District 200 and comes to us with more than 15 years of experience in public education.
    During the Superintendent search process, the board appointed Dr. Michael Popp to serve as Interim Superintendent. The Board is grateful to Dr. Popp for his leadership and thoughtful presence throughout the transition period.

     Click here for more information.  

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  • Heather Hill Karaoke Night

    Karaoke Night is coming!  Mark your calendar for March 24th 6:30pm-8:30pm.

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  • PARCC Testing March 13th-April 25th

    PARCC testing begins this week for all 3rd-5th grade students.  Please make sure that your students receive breakfast on the days they will be testing.  As a reminder, we still offer the Heather Hill Breakfast program  from 8:05-8:20.  Also, students cannot have electronics in the classroom during testing (i.e. cell phones, iWatches, digital calculators, etc.).  If it is necessary for your student to have an electronic device or phone for communication purposes, they must give this device to the teacher during testing or leave the device in their backpack.  If it is not necessary, we ask that these devices are left at home.  Please encourage your student(s) to do their best.  The students and teachers of Heather Hill have been working extremely hard this year and we want to show what we know on this assessment.

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  • PTO March Newsletter

    Please see the March edition of the PTO New Letter.

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Illinois Learning Standards

Click on the Illinois Learning Standards to download information on the content that your student(s) will be learning this year!   

Bridges in Mathematics

School District 161 is implementing a new K-5 math program: Bridges in Mathematics! Click on Bridges 2nd Edition Family Support to be directed to a site that details an overview of the math program, frequently asked questions and "Ways a Parent Can Help with Math." In addition, you can click on each grade level to find more information on overviews, a welcome letter, unit parent letters, games and additional resources. We hope you find these online resources helpful!  

PTO Partnership

Thank you to our PTO for hosting an amazing Back to School Picnic! There was a great turn-out from our community.

The food and ice cream trucks, bouncy houses and game center made it a very memorable night for all and a great way to start the school year!

Caring for Our Communities

Heather Hill's 4th grade classes are showing that they care about their communities! During the course of an inquiry lesson study with Mrs. Britten, both 4th grade classes discussed issues of social justice, stereotypes and equity. Students were eager to research social issues such as bullying, clean water and homelessness. Each small group of researchers were to develop an understanding of their topic, create an action plan on working towards solving their issue and present their ideas to the class. Each class then voted on a community service project that would make a powerful impact. Mrs. Fiore's class chose to study the consequences of the availability of clean water on a community. They then collected water bottle donations to be sent to residents in Flint, MI. They worked with New Faith Church in Matteson, IL, to transport the water to those in need. Mrs. McWhorter's class chose to study the causes and effects of homelessness. They partnered with Girls on the Run to educate the Heather Hill School community about their research through announcements and posters. They collected donations to provide needed supplies to a local shelter. Both groups of students learned a great deal in their research. More importantly, they learned that each and every person has the ability to make a difference in others' lives. Working together, we can accomplish even more! 

Kid Quotes

"Helping people not only makes you happy, but it makes others happy, too! They get what they need and we are happy because we know that we are helping others in an important way."    --4th grade student

  • Mrs. Fiore's 4th grade class with Mrs. Britten 

Kid Quotes

"I learned that helping people is a good thing. I didn't know that there were that many people in the world that were homeless--most of them children. I also learned that even though we didn't get enough to help all homeless people, it still makes a big difference because they got help." --4th grade student