The semester exam schedule has been finalized.  All three high school’s will use the same schedule for the week of December 12-16, before our Holiday Break. Reminders will be sent out weekly leading up to exam week. See the information and schedule below.

The week of December 12th, we will be administering semester exams beginning on Tuesday December 13th, through Friday December 16th.  Please be sure to check the schedule, so you are aware of the changes that will be made to our normal daily procedure.  Monday December 12^th will be a normal schedule day.

December 2022 Semester Assessment Schedule

Notes:

-Students are not required to be here if they do not have an exam on a particular day.
-Students are not required to be here until their scheduled exam.
-Students are not required to stay after the last exam of the day.  Students will be allowed to leave after the last exam of the day at 11:00 a.m.  If students exit the building after 11:00 a.m., they will not be allowed to re-enter unless approved by the administration.
-Lunch will be provided to all students from 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. on exam days.
-Busses will run on our normal schedule.  If students ride the bus in the afternoon, they have a couple of options:

1. From 12:00 – 2:32 p.m., they can attend a scheduled review session with their teacher(s)
2. Sit quietly in the commons, where they will be monitored by our study hall staff and hall monitors. Students will not be allowed to enter the academic hallways after 12:00 p.m. unless they are in a class review session or making up an exam.

-If a review session ends before 2:32 p.m., students can leave for the day if they have transportation, get picked up, or walk.
-If a review session ends before 2:32 p.m., and students ride the bus home in the afternoon, they will be required to sit in the commons until the end of the day.

-Make-Up Exams:  approved absences for missing an exam will be for Vacation and Excused Absences ONLY.

Vacation forms must be turned into the attendance office by Thursday, December 1, 2022

The Hilliard City School District is in the process of revising its K-12 English Language Arts Course of Study. The District’s English Language Arts Curriculum Revision Committee has just completed the development of the K-12 English Language Arts Course of Study. This Course of Study was presented to the Board of Education on Monday, November 1. The Board will be reviewing the Course of Study over the next several weeks before voting on its adoption. We invite all families and the community to preview the K-12 English Language Arts Draft Course of Study and, if so desire, use the Feedback Form as an opportunity to provide feedback. Please note that the Course of Study development is a part of Phase 1, which does not include Resource Adoption. Resource Alignment and Adoption will take place during the next phase of the revision cycle.

If the community seeks to understand the curriculum revision process, please refer to the following board policies as a resource.

• IFD-R – Curriculum Adoption Process Guidelines
• IFE – Curriculum Guides and Course Outlines

K-12 Course of Study

Last night at the Board of Education meeting, these Hilliard City School students were recognized for receiving the National Merit Award. Congratulations on your outstanding achievement!

Bradley High School

National Merit Semi-finalists

Trisha Suresh
Anh Thi Hoang Thai

National African American Recognition Award

Abdullahi Abdi

National Rural and Small Town Award

Anthony Berman
Justin Planck
Neil Reddy
Samantha Hosni
Trisha Suresh

Darby High School

National Merit Semi-finalist

Amanda Cowen

Commended Scholars

Vamsee Cheruvu
Spoorthi Kandalai
Sohni Kothari
Landry Lee
Jacob Norris
Siddharth Perabathini
Jason Williams
Austin Yoder

ACT Perfect Score

Austin Yoder

National African American Recognition Award

Maazza Elzubier

Davidson High School

National Merit Semi-finalists

Joshua Bly
Saad Ijaz

Commended Scholars

Carter Davis
Brandon Geduldig
Elyse Kesterson
Jackson Wickham

ACT Perfect Score

Saad Ijaz

National African American Recognition Award

Brooke Evans-McMichael

National Indigenous Award

Brooke Evans-McMichael

National Hispanic Award

Genevieve Flores

Hilliard Schools is proud of the excellence demonstrated by our alumni.  We want to share their stories and are creating a new Alumni Spotlight to highlight and recognize alumni achievements, along with the impacts they are making in their fields and communities.  These stories will be shared as a means to inspire our current students to pursue their dreams, connect alumni back to our community and serve as a point of districtwide and community celebration.

If you want to be considered for an alumni spotlight, or want to recommend someone else, please email us with more details.

We will run an adjusted bell schedule. We are administering the ASVAB, an optional test for any Junior or Senior that is interested in a career within the Military.  Students can find more information on their class Canvas pages.

In addition, ALL 10^th grade students will visit Tolles Career & Technical Center in the morning.  Busses will depart at 9:30 a.m. and will return at approximately 11:00 a.m.  ALL 10^th graders will eat lunch when they return during 6^th period.

We will also have our annual Powder Puff games in the afternoon beginning in the stadium at 1:15 p.m.

Participant registration is $15, which includes a t-shirt.

•  There will be NO admission into the Powder Puff event. Event is FREE!
• Students will be led down to the stadium with their 8th period teacher.
• Once students are in the stadium, they will not be allowed to exit until 2:32 pm.
• If students choose to leave school after 1:04 pm, your parents MUST use “School Messenger” to call you out!
• Students will be either:
  1) In the stadium watching Powder Puff
  OR
  2) need to be called out by a parent/guardian using School Messenger

*We will NOT have students remain in the building! Our teachers and staff will be outside in the stadium watching and cheering on the Powder Puff participants. We will not have supervision inside, therefore students MUST attend the event OR be called out.

REMINDER…Busses will run on their normal schedule at 2:32 pm.

Do you dream about traveling the world? Come join our ZOOM informational meeting on November 2 at 6:30PM to learn more about my upcoming 2024 trip to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Your family can RSVP to the meeting here.
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