Monday September 20 is our first Professional Development day of the school year. Our staff are very excited to attend a session called "Powerful Writing Structures" with author Adrienne Gear. As a result, there will be no school for students tomorrow.

All parents should have received an email and/or phone call last Friday afternoon from SD83 Communications regarding the "Hold and Secure" protocols that were implemented in Salmon Arm area schools.

For Hillcrest this was just a precautionary measure as a result of reports that protesters had entered other schools in the district. Fortunately, there were no protesters in our building or on our school grounds.

Please note, some media outlets are incorrectly reporting that schools went into Lock Down, which was not the case. During a Hold and Secure, all exterior doors are locked, but classes proceed as usual inside.

As a result of the events on Friday, all schools have been instructed to keep our exterior doors locked until further notice. Please call the office at (250) 832-7195 to make an appointment, arrange for early pick-up, etc.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

Thank you to everyone who has already completed their online permission forms and payed their school fees. If you have not completed these tasks yet please do so ASAP. Some of the forms that must be completed are required so that teachers can begin using certain technology in their classroom (ie. My Blueprint, Google Classroom, Office 365 etc.) and take students on walking field trips. Below is a link to our first newsletter which contains the information you need to complete these tasks. If you cannot pay your school fees at the moment please contact the office at (250) 832-7195.

Back in June we had hopes of hosting our annual Meet the Teacher night on Thursday September 23. Unfortunately, due to COVID and the current restrictions in our area we will not be able to host this event at this time. As always, please feel free to reach out to your child's teacher by phone or email if you have any questions or concerns.

Our first PAC Meeting of the year will be on Monday September 27 @ 8:00pm. All parents are welcome and encouraged to attend. This will be an online meeting held through Teams so there is no need to find a babysitter! All you need is a device that has access to a modern web browser (ie. Google Chrome works best). Watch for an email invite later this week with the Teams link required to join the meeting.