Parents, students and staff can use the link below to share any photos they have for our 20-21 yearbook.  Please submit school-related photos you have taken to this link for review.  We are looking for pictures of the school day and our after school groups and clubs, as well as pictures of our Weaver athletes!

Weaver individual student pictures will be taken at school in early March (more info to come later) and the photos of groups, clubs & activities will be taken at school in February.  We would love to add your Weaver candid pictures to our yearbook as well!   Please click the link below to submit your pictures!

https://images.jostens.com/416174032

Please join us in celebrating diversity and inclusion in the Hilliard City Schools. For the week of January 18-22, we will celebrate the diversity of Hilliard City Schools students, staff, and community with a focus on what it means to seek equity, celebrate diversity, and be inclusive. Each day has a different focus.

• Monday – MLK Jr Day “Celebrate Diversity, Inclusion, Equity”
• Tuesday – “My Story Matters” Celebrate what makes you unique. Celebrate ethnicities, abilities, backgrounds, cultures, orientations, etc.
• Wednesday – “Your Story Matters” We want you to share how you support others in fostering inclusive environments; how you make everyone feel welcome.
• Thursday – “I Am Always Learning” This is the day to recognize and shout out to people you have learned something from or share a resource you recommend.
• Friday – “I’m Ready for What’s Next” Share how you will pledge to continue moving forward.

We encourage you to join and post your own inclusion messages. #InclusionHCSD

We will also be hosting an evening webinar on January 21st at 5:00 pm with Dr. Gholdy Muhammad. She is a professor at Georgia State and author of the book Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy. This event is open to the entire community.  Here is a link to join the webinar.

The Ohio Department of Health has released new guidelines regarding quarantine rules for both students and staff regarding exposures in a school setting. It’s important to note these new guidelines only apply to in-person learning and on buses, not after school activities.

If there is a positive case in the classroom, we begin contact tracing as we currently do. If a student or staff member is exposed to COVID-19 in the classroom, and wearing face masks that cover the face and nose at all times, those exposed will not be quarantined.  Only the positive student or staff member would need to stay home.  Everyone exposed will still be considered “in close contact” and will be required to follow quarantine procedures outside of school. However, they are basically being deemed “essential workers” and allowed to attend school or work. They would not be able to participate in extracurricular activities during the quarantine period.

We will still require students and staff to follow all mask and six feet of social distance protocols at this time.

The above guidelines only apply to classroom and bus settings. Students and Staff should not attend in-person school/work if they are exposed to COVID-19 outside the school setting, including during sports and other extracurricular activities, regardless of masking.

Please discuss any questions you have with your school nurse.

We want to congratulate our Online Academy students who participated in the AstroArt Contest through The Ohio State University. This was a unique opportunity to extend gifted students’ thinking and creativity.

The AstroArt Contest was an international competition receiving entries from five countries and three continents. People of all ages participated. Three Hilliard students received placements in their age bracket.

Third-grader Doniyor won first place in his age bracket.  His artwork, “The Great Conjunction,” is featured on this page.  The piece was described as when the ‘Great conjunction’ of Jupiter and Saturn formed a ‘Christmas Star’ on the winter solstice. Jupiter and Saturn had their closest encounter in almost 400 years on the solstice, December 21. On the last solstice of 2020, December 21, Jupiter and Saturn appeared the closest together in the night sky in 4 centuries.

Fifth graders Xohana and Kawin received Honorable Mentions.

These Online Academy students are engaged learners that participate in class as well as gifted extension work.

Watersheds, nutrient cycles, and causes/impacts of water pollution are all part of the 7th-grade curriculum for the State of Ohio and the Hilliard City Schools.  Through a mini-grant received from the EPA, water quality testing materials, and the necessary supplies for 3 Project WET activities were purchased. Participation in these activities led to increased student understanding of these environmental concepts, as well as, increased student engagement. Working independently, students were safely able to test the pond water from Hilliard’s Latham Park using probes and disposable test strips. Several tests were performed:  dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, pH, nitrate levels, and phosphate levels.  Thankfully, all values tested were within normal range and the pond seems to be free from nutrient runoff!  Additionally, the “Seeing Watershed” activity from Project WET was also able to be performed in a Covid-safe manner.

Having this opportunity to perform real and relevant water quality tests as well as a hands-on learning activity was a highlight for many of our science 7 students this past November!

We want to thank the entire community for their support of the Hilliard Division of Police and the City Recreation and Parks Department on their Cram the Cruiser event this year.  Thanks to the generous support of area businesses, organizations, and residents

the police donated hundreds — maybe even more than one thousand — winter weather items to students in the Hilliard City School District.

While most of these are already going home with students, if your child needs a new coat, please reach out to your building principal or counselor.

We are proud to have such strong partnerships in this community, with everyone working to keep our students warm and safe this winter.

We can’t thank our food service team enough for how hard they have been working through this pandemic to continue to feed our students.  Meals are being provided free to all our families due to a federal waiver.  You can find all the details on our food service page.

We invite you to take a few minutes to watch this year’s State of the Schools Address. The plan to hold this event in person this year had to be changed. We look forward to gathering together for this event again in 2021.

Watch the 2020 State of the Schools video here!

Hey Gamers!  We Have a Club Just For You!

Cybercats eSports and Gaming Club is coming to all three Hilliard middle schools. This school club will allow students to play and discuss PC and console games that are rated E for everybody. We hope to host a Zoom Q & A with a local gamer before winter break and the district club webpage will be available in January 2021. As we build this club, more opportunities will be available. In the future we hope to incorporate local multiplayer and retro gaming experiences for those who are interested. If you are interested in joining this club, please fill out this Cybercats eSports and Gaming Club form.

iOS updates are now available for your student’s iPad.  We would encourage you to install any that are available by going to Settings > General > Software Update

After installing the update, open the Student app for Canvas.

Now that your iPad is up to date and you’ve opened the Student app, go to Settings on your device and turn on this setting.

1. Scroll down in the left column until you see the Student (Canvas) app.
2. Tap on Student.
3. Toggle the switch to ON (green) for “Allow Cross-Website Tracking”
4. This will permit the Canvas app to display images correctly. If you do not turn on this toggle switch you can expect images in the Canvas app to not appear correctly or at all.