News From Across GMRSD

  Hillcrest Elementary School Friday News February 19, 2021 Dear Hillcrest Families, It’s been a very quiet school vacation week here at Hillcrest, but Mr. Pete and I have been busy putting the finishing touches in place to welcome our Cohort A students back on Monday, February 22nd and our Cohort B students back on Thursday, February 24th. We have waiting spots painted on the sidewalks, all of our hand sanitizer stations are full and ready to go, and our classrooms are organized with individual desks and storage bins. Most importantly, we are ready to offer our...
  Our February Story Walk, featuring What Does It Mean to Be Kind? by Rana DiOrio, is now set up!  Please come to Hillcrest to enjoy  some safe, socially-distanced family fun!  You will find the start of the story along the sidewalk by our first grade classrooms.  It continues all the way to the traffic circle. The story walk will be available throughout school vacation week.    
 School will be closed from February 15-19 for vacation.  We will reopen on Monday, February 22 for Cohort A and AB. Students will need their fully charged chromebooks, layers of warm clothes for in the classroom and snow pants, coats, boots, hat and mittens to wear outside for outdoor recess.  We will send students outside for their 30 minute recess if the wind and air temperature combined is 20 degrees or greater. We will be following the guidelines and recommendations put forth by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health if you are traveling during...
  Hillcrest Elementary School Friday News February 12, 2021 Dear Hillcrest Families,   Happy School Vacation Week!  I hope that you all will have a chance to indulge in some screen-free family time during vacation week.  It looks like we may be able to enjoy some classic New England fun with quite a bit of snow arriving early next week!  With our return to in-person learning scheduled for Monday, February 22nd, you may have some last minute questions about the logistics of the transition.  I will be here at Hillcrest during vacation week,...

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