MARCH 7-11, 2022
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Pro-D Day
There will be no school for students on Friday March 11 as it is a Professional Developement Day for staff. Staff at Hillcrest will be busy learning about "Physical Literacy" in the morning and "Powerful Writing Structures" in the afternoon.
Rapid Antigen COVID-19 Test Kits
Hillcrest Elementary has received COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test kits from the Ministry of Education. We received enough to provide one kit per student for parents wanting them. The test kits are available for parent pickup at the office. Please note, we are unable to send test kits home with children.


Family Literacy Night
The much anticipated SD83 Virtual Family Literacy Games Night is on Wednesday March 9th! Don't forget to log on at 6:00pm for the Grade K-2 session and 6:45pm for the Grade 3-5 session. Parents who registered by the Feb 15 deadline should have received an email with a link to join the online workshop. The literacy kit materials should be coming home with your child on Monday if you haven't already received them.
Managing Anxiety in Children -
Parent Workshop
SD83 would like to invite all parents to take part in a free online workshop ("Managing Anxiety in Children") on Thursday March 10 (6:30-8:30pm) with Dr. Sean Larson. This workshop is designed to give you essential tools to better understand anxiety in children, recognize when it is becoming problematic, help children build the capacity to overcome it, and create environments to foster better outcomes for those struggling. For more information, including the link to join the virtual seminar, please click the link below.

Panago Hot Lunch Orders Due
Our next Hot Lunch (Panago Pizza) is on Friday March 18. The deadline to place your order is coming up fast on Thursday March 10. If you haven't already done so, please click on the link below for instructions on how to place your order online.
CALENDAR of EVENTS