March 2023 “Hillview Happenings”

Dear Hillview Families,

Please have your child bring his/her favorite book to school on Thursday, March 16^th for our school-wide Drop Everything and Read (“D.E.A.R.”) time beginning at 10:00 am.  All students and staff members will be able to enjoy 20 minutes of uninterrupted reading time with some fictional or informational text.

A friendly reminder:  If your child would like to pass out birthday invitations at school, please adhere to the following guidelines.  If your child is a boy, he can invite all of the boys from the class or all of the students from his class.  If your child is a girl, she can invite all of the girls from the class or all of the students from her class.  Students cannot distribute invitations to other students in other classes at school.  Thank you for your cooperation.

On Tuesday, March 21^st, Hillview will participate in the “Rock your Socks” day to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.  Everyone at Hillview should wear their most colorful and/or decorative socks that day. 

We hope that all of our families can join us for the Hillview Talent Show on Friday, March 10^th at 6:30 pm in our Hillview auditorium.  We thank Mrs. Shamrock, Mrs. Carroll, Mrs. Paolella and Mrs. Ping for organizing and planning this event. We are extremely excited to see our students perform and share all of their incredible talent!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day on March 17^th!  We also look forward to celebrating the first day of spring and to the warmer weather that it brings to all of us in Western New York!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Moeller

Principal

PTO NEWS

March 2023 Edition

We hope everyone had a nice mid winter recess. Many fun events are still to come this school year.

**February Recap**

• Winter Family Fun Night was a fantastic, fun filled event! So many activities and a super entertaining theme. (Katie Pirro)
• The whole school had a wonderful time celebrating kindness spirit week. Everyday was a fun subject to participate in.
• The Spring Sweets Fundraiser ordering window is closed. See below for the order pickup date. (Shana Kirst, Cathy Paluszyk, Amber Mazurek)
• Spirit Day: Buffalo Sabres Attire (Shana Kirst) – Congratulations to Mrs. Gasiewicz's class!
• Ice Skating Mania was held at HarborCenter. A fun new family event that was added this year! Shoutout to Kelly Schuster for getting us the icetime, skate rentals and parking! (Shana Kirst, Kelly Schuster)

Upcoming March Events!

(Names listed are chair(s) for the event)

• March 1st: Spring Photo Day/3rd Grade Panoramic Photo Day
• March 1st & 9th: Talent Show Rehearsals 3:30–5:30 (Mandatory for all students who registered) (Mrs. Shamrock)
• March 10th: Hillview’s “Talent is Out of This World” Talent Show (Mrs. Shamrock)
• March 13th–27th: Great Lakes Coffee Fundraiser (Kari Webster, Lindsay Stotz)
• March 24th: Spring Carnival (during school hours) (Shana Kirst, Katie Pirro)
• March 24th: Spirit Day: Class Colors (Shana Kirst)
• March 29th: Spring Sweets fundraiser pickup 6-7pm at 3673 Walden Ave (Shana Kirst, Cathy Paluszyk, Amber Mazurek)

Let's all March our way into Spring!