Hillview PTO

To stream-line the start of school, Arena Check-In is held the day before school starts. Parents turn in all necessary paperwork and have the opportunity to volunteer for numerous PTO sponsored events. Students sign up for hot lunch, after school sports, get school pictures taken, buy P.E. Uniforms and receive class schedules.

Coordinate After School classes. 

After school Latin and French for students who would like to prepare to take those classes in high school.  The classes will be taught by Madeleine Besse and Florence Tubiana, both long time language instructors at MA.  Students completing two years of the two day per week program will be able to place into 2nd year language at MA.

Chess club organised by Bay Area Chess.  Chess club members will have to option of competing in local events.

Writing Workouts for students who would like to improve their writing skills will be taught by Jennifer Tsay, a Hillview parent, former attorney, and experienced writing tutor.

NEW PROGRAM:   Club Real Girl is the celebrated Girls Leadership Institute’s after-school program for girls in grades five and six. At Club Real Girl girls come together to create a socially safe community where they can play internationally recognized theatre games (Bop anyone?), practice emotional intelligence, learn concrete relationship skills, express themselves and have fun!

In partnership with P.E. Department Head, Harry Bell, there is an After School Sports program for students. Sports include: Boys Flag Football and Girls Volleyball in Fall; Boys and Girls Basketball in Winter; and Tennis, Fencing and Track & Field in Spring. Parents assist as coaches.    Hillview Middle School Fall After School Sports Program Registration is done online.  Please go to Hillview sPortability.  There you will find the respective links for Fencing, Flag football and Volleyball.  

Recruits and coordinates volunteers to staff the Arena Check In.  Monday, August 24, 2009        Shift 1 - 8:30am-11:30am  Shift 2 - 11:15am-2:15pm  ASSIGNED CHECK-IN TIME     9:00-9:45am: A-C    9:45-10:30am: D-G    10:30-11:15am: H-K    11:15 am-12:00pm: L-P    12:00-12:45pm: Q-S                  12:45-1:30 pm: T-Z  

Help hang the Art Show and continuing student art exhibits in the library, and assist Art Teacher Ms. Strauss as needed throughout the year

Teachers and staff are welcomed back, the day before school starts, with a luncheon just for them!

Assist with set up and staffing of spring Book Fair to offer summer reading books to students and families.

6th Graders experience three days of camp activities at the beginning of school. Hillview Counselors run the camp and parent volunteers provide and serve lunch.

Partners our school community with families, local and world communities that may need additional resources at certains times of year.

To celebrate the new school year and the many cultures represented in the Hillview community, a Community Festival is held. It features entertainment and activities from all around the world. Each family contributes a dish that is significant to their culture or heritage. The Festival takes place on a Friday evening within the first few weeks of school.

The community services committee coordinates 6th grade student volunteers going to distribute food at the InnVision Food Closet in Palo Alto. Students work alongside the food closet volunteers greeting clients, assisting with grocery choices and distributing bags of groceries.  Students volunteer at the food closet every Tuesday and Wednesday from 12:15 - 2:15pm throughout the school year.  Each individual student only volunteers 1-2 times total.  Parent drivers are needed to transport kids to and from the food closet.  Parents do not need to stay.

The Student Council sponsors several 7th and 8th grade school dances throughout the school year. Parent volunteers and teachers chaperone the dances. The last dance of the year, in May, is for 6th and 7th graders. Volunteer opportunities are prioritized to 7th and 8th grade parents, whereas the last dance for 6th and 7th grade parents. 4 positions to rotate every 15 minutes - 1 to 2, 2 to 3, 3 to 4Position 1 - Front door - Objective - No food or drinks allowed, no other adults than chaperones and staff allowed inside.Position 2 - Door adjacent to restrooms, restrooms, bleachers.Position 3 - By Santa Cruz exit.Position 4 - Walk in/out, through the crowds, keep an eye for inappropriate dancing or awkward placement of hands while slow dancing.Floaters - Walking around the gym. Standard rules: Students are not allowed to "freak", sit on bleachers, stage or gym mats.Chaperones' objective is to observe students, be another set of eyes for the Student Activity Directors, therefore, please leave your camera at home.  

A Hillview School Student/Family Directory is published and distributed in the Fall of each school year.

 Hillview events and happenings are highlighted in a display case in the front of the campus.

The PTO coordinates with staff to ensure the school is ready in the event of a disaster. Student emergency tags and emergency supplies are organized and maintained at school. An emergency drill is conducted at least once per year.

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Sally Foster wrapping paper is sold in this important fundraiser to support the many academic enrichment programs offered at Hillview. This event takes place in the Fall.

6th Grade students complete their Greek studies with a day-long festival. The 6th Grade Teacher Team heads the day with parent volunteers to assist with activities and a special lunch.

This committee will help make Hillview a more friendly school to the environment by composting lunch waste, encouraging recycling, and minimizing overall garbage.  We need volunteers for the first three weeks of September at lunch time to train students on lunch waste sorting. 

Graphics design for the Hillviewer  

A newsletter is produced three to four times during the school year to provide families with more detailed information about school events and programs.

8th Grade students complete their Decades studies with a day-long festival. The 8th Grade Teacher Team head the day with parent volunteers to assist with activities and a special lunch.

There are two Hot Food programs at Hillview.  The first is  the Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday program is known as “Pre-paid Hot Food”.   Lunches are ordered for these days via the Children's Choice company.  Parents log on to www.choicelunch.com to order and pay for lunches. The PTO sponsors the second program, "Cash Hot Food" on Thursdays, which enables students to purchase entrees, drinks, chips and ice-cream without the need to pre-order. For the Pre-Paid Hot Food program, volunteers are needed on M/T/W/F to distribute the meals that have been pre-ordered.  The time commitment is from approximately 11:40 to 12:40.  Volunteers set up the distribution lines (6/7/8th grade and cold entrees) from about 11:40 to 12:10, hand out the lunches to students from about 12:10 to 12:30, and clean up the tables and other items used from about 12:30 to 12:40.On rotating Thursdays, students are able to purchase either Hamburger/Pizza/Tacos/Chicken and a variety of chip, drink and ice cream selections with cash.  They "shop" from a variety of food choices allowing them the opportunity to manage money, make choices and budget as needed.   The time commitment for Thursdays is from approximately 10:40 to 12:50.  Volunteers prepare the fresh fruit, and set up tables for chips, drinks and ice cream items from approximately 10:40 to 11:40.  Volunteers handout food to students, manage stock supply for the other items and take cash from students from about 11:40 to 12:40.  Clean-up is finished before 1:00.We'd love to have you as a part of this vital program at Hillview, which ensures our kids have a healthy school lunch.  Volunteering for Hot Food provides a great chance to catch up with parents, as well as see your kids and their friends in their school environment!  Choose a day of the week, month to volunteer, or get a group of friends together and choose a "day" where you're all together serving lunch!  Thanks in advance for your help!  /maya & kathy 

Refreshments are provided throughout the year at PTO sponsored Parent-to-Parent Meetings and PTO General Meetings.

Through the efforts of volunteers, Hillview's librarian maintains the circulation and repair of books and reference materials.  Library volunteers come in twice per month, typically paired with other volunteers, and perform various tasks assigned by the librarian.  No special skills are needed, just an eye for detail and a willingness to help out.In addition, volunteers may choose to attend the monthly Mending Party.  Join a friendly group for socializing and book repair.  No special skills are needed - basic, simple repair techniques will be taught to those who attend.Thanks for your help!

Students have the opportunity to purchase specialty Hillview t-shirts, sweatshirts and sweat pants. Sales take place at Arena Check-In and various other school functions.

An annual Membership Drive is held to raise funds to pay for its budget of academic enrichment programs. The fund drive takes place primarily during the month of September but donations to the PTO can be submitted at any time during the school year. This is the primary fund raising vehicle of the PTO.

8th Grade students and their families are introduced to M-A. This night gives an opportunity to learn about the culture of the school and academic opportunities. Featured speakers include recent Hillview grads, and M-A faculty and administrators.

The Menlo Park Atherton Education Foundation selects one parent representative in each core classroom to serve as ambassador. This person communicates information about Foundation events and helps build awareness of the Foundation

An extensive music program is offered to students. Parent volunteers assist the Music faculty with communications, help coordinate special events and handle the Music Program tee-shirts.

Be a part of this new committee to welcome families moving in to the Hillview school district from other areas or transferring from other schools. Contact new families over the summer to welcome and answer questions, help host a new family welcome coffee in the fall.

Students are required to dress in uniform for P.E. Class. Parent volunteers need to work Arena Check in to sell & distribute them.

Coordinate Spring luncheon

A team of parent volunteers creates and hangs posters and banners at the front of school to advertise school events and information.

7th Grade students complete their Renaissance studies with a day-long festival. The 7th Grade Teacher Team heads the day with parent volunteers to assist with activities and a special lunch.

The School-Wide Room Parent Coordinator (SWRPC) position is held by two co-chairs.  Their role is to oversee the entire Room Parent program at Hillview. This involves guiding and directing the Grade-Level Room Parent Coordinators (GLRPC's), who actually select and manage the individual core class Room Parents.  The SWRPC ensures that all Room Parents are trained prior to Back-to-School night.  They also gather all pertinent information from the teachers, PTO and MPAEF to disseminate to the Room Parents. 

Healthy snacks are purchased and distributed to all students each morning during Star Testing Week to insure that all kids are fed and alert during the testing period.

Hillview has three teachers who serve as Student Activities Directors throughout the school year. These teachers work with the Student Council to plan activities. They also coordinate Student Council elections and awards assemblies.

A voluntary Teacher/Staff gift fund is organized to collect money from parents to purchase gift certificates that are given to all Hillview staff members.

Hillview's staff and teachers are a talented, dedicated crew. Events are organized throughout the year to express parent appreciation for all of their work. Events include coffee carts several mornings during the school year; luncheons; Flower Day Bouquets delivered to each teacher; and special treats that are placed in their mailboxes on occasion. 

The P.E. Department hosts this popular one-day event for all 7th and 8th grade students in the Spring at Menlo Atherton High School. PTO volunteers help transport students to and from the track and assist at the meet.

Committee that maintains the Hillview PTO website for both content and administration.  The committee members also interface with other district site managers

An on-line weekly newsletter is published throughout the school year. Parents must register through the PTO website to receive the newsletter. The Weekly is the primary communication medium between the PTO, school and parent community. It features a calendar that details upcoming events as well as posting information about school programs, hot food, after school sports, band, library news and a Community Corner.

Students publish a Yearbook that is distributed during the last week of school. Parent volunteers coordinate orders and distribution.

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC:

Disneyland 2010-2011:  Next year is our Disneyland tour.  !MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  The tour dates will be January 7-9, 2011.  I will need a dedicated, core group of parents to run this.  If you would like to help, please contact me.

Welcome to the Hillview Music program main information page.  Information will be updated throughout the school year.  Music Events posted here, will also be shown on the event calendar.   For other detailed information go to the Hillview Music sub-menu's.

• Announcements, Events, Performances
• Program objectives, philisophy
• Forms, Practice slips 

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Parents of eighth graders organize and host a graduation party on campus, assist students with fundraising for their 8th Grade Class Gift and other events surrounding graduation. This committee hosts fundraisers throughout the year to help pay for the very special graduation event.

District wide committee that looks after web technology and web content management for the school's PTO websites.

Grade-Level Room Parent Coordinators (GLRPC) help select, train and manage the individual core class Room Parents.  The GLRPC's meet with their respective grade's Teacher Grade-Level Leader to learn about the needs of the teachers in that grade.  Based on this information, the GLRPC's take the volunteer sign-ups and make the final decision on the Room Parents for each core class. 

The Room Parents for each individual core class support their teachers by helping to organize classroom events and activities, and coordinating volunteers when needed. 6th Grade parents who are interested in being a Room Parent can sign-up by joining this coordinating committee/group.

Click here if you want to sign-up as Room Parent.

Grade-Level Room Parent Coordinators (GLRPC) help select, train and manage the individual core class Room Parents.  The GLRPC's meet with their respective grade's Teacher Grade-Level Leader to learn about the needs of the teachers in that grade.  Based on this information, the GLRPC's take the volunteer sign-ups and make the final decision on the Room Parents for each core class. 

The Room Parents for each individual core class support their teachers by helping to organize classroom events and activities, and coordinating volunteers when needed. 7th Grade parents who are interested in being a Room Parent can sign-up by joining this coordinating committee/group.

Click here if you want to sign-up as Room Parent.

Grade-Level Room Parent Coordinators (GLRPC) help select, train and manage the individual core class Room Parents.  The GLRPC's meet with their respective grade's Teacher Grade-Level Leader to learn about the needs of the teachers in that grade.  Based on this information, the GLRPC's take the volunteer sign-ups and make the final decision on the Room Parents for each core class. 

The Room Parents for each individual core class support their teachers by helping to organize classroom events and activities, and coordinating volunteers when needed.