At tonight's Board of Education meeting the Board honored Therese Flannery who is leaving the Board after six years of service. Thank you Therese!
Do you know someone who deserves to be in the Hilton High School Hall of Fame? Nominate them today! We are now accepting nominations for 2025 inductees.
https://www.hilton.k12.ny.us/page/alumni-hall-of-fame
Because of next week’s forecast which calls for heat indexes reaching in excess of 100 degrees we will be moving to a half day schedule for grades K-8 on Monday, June 23 and Tuesday, June 24 for students only. We have made this decision due to a lack of sufficient air conditioning in some of our buildings and with the best interest of our students in mind.
The dismissal times for each school are as follows:
Merton Williams Middle School-10:15
Northwood and Village Elementary Schools-11:00
QUEST Elementary School-11:35
Exams taking place at the high school on these days will not be impacted.
Field day at QUEST today meant plenty of laughs, lawn games and of course, the water slide!
Pictures can be found here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/QUEST/Field-Day
Village Elementary School held its second grade field day earlier this week. You can see pictures here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Village/Second-Grade-Field-Day
On Monday the QUEST sixth graders celebrated moving up day. You can see the pictures from the ceremony here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/QUEST/Moving-up-Day
It was a big day for our UPK students at QUEST-Graduation! Congratulations to our youngest Cadets on completing the first step of their education journey!
You can see more pictures here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/QUEST/UPK-Graduation
In case you were unable to watch last night's community forum on distraction-free learning, here is the link to the video:
https://youtu.be/NcF001Ub2Dg
We'd like to welcome our latest co-workers to the HCSD family! We're thrilled to have you join us!
Lots of smiles and a few tears today as the class of 2025 headed down memory lane with its Grad Walk. You can see more pictures from the day here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/High-School/Grad-Walk
Great weather, great music and great works of art. They all came together last night at Merton Williams for the annual One Night Only Music and Art Show.
Here are more pictures from the event: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Merton-Williams/One-Night-Only
Good luck to Arlie Sears and Alexis Gerig as they compete in this weekend's New York State Track and Field Championships in Middletown.
Village Elementary School got a jump on the weekend and held Flag Day ceremonies this morning. The ceremony was filled with patriotic songs and interesting facts about the flag. You can see pictures from the event here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Village/Flag-Day
Congratulations to the following students who have earned a New York State Seal of Biliteracy: Gianna Bianchi, Mary Burke, Josue Cruz, Isabella DiGiacco, Hailey Edmond, Sydney Fisher, Tessa Geiger, Sarah Haynes, Daphne Hix, Joanna Killinni, Nathan Kiser, Promise Kobela, Sarah Koehler, Amara Murphy, Andrew Paolini, Ashley Price, Paige Siciliano, Julianna Sutton, Holden Williams.
Last night the Board of Education recognized the members of the class of 2025 who achieved Valedictory Honors (97% GPA or higher), IB Diploma Candidates, and those who accomplished both.
Pictures can be found here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/High-School/IB-and-Valedictory-Honors
Congratulations to the following students: Valedictory Honors: Sofia Beghini, Gianna Bianchi, Ava Brugno, Mary Burke, Tyler Coughlin, Madison DeGraeve, Natalie DeLuca, Yianna Diakomihalis, Isabella DiGiacco, Sydney Fisher, Tessa Geiger, Grace Green, Mallory Heise, Addison Helmer, Daphne Hix, Olivia Johnson, Joanna Killinni, Sarah Koehler, Sydney Lenhard, Angelina Lill, Ava Mason, Estee McKee, Amara Murphy, Olivia O'Connor, Alexander Padoleski, Andrew Paolini, Tyler Reisinger, Paige Siciliano, Jack Smith, Julianna Sutton, Shayna Weeks, Patrick Wiza, and Grant Wood.
IB Diploma Candidate: Helena Allocco
IB and Valedictorians: Mary Burke, Sydney Fisher, Daphne Hix, Natalie Kiser, Alexander Padoleski, Andrew Paolini, and Julianna Sutton.
An amazing night last night to recognize some amazing students at the annual Bravo Night at the High School. To see more pictures please use go here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/High-School/Bravo-Night
For a complete list of last night's winners go here:
https://www.hilton.k12.ny.us/article/2263111
Remember to join us next Monday for our Community Forum regarding distraction free learning in our schools for the 2025-2026 school year. Here is the link to the Zoom for that night: https://zoom.us/j/93431136188?pwd=PaSIONkBsBAsmr2TqyVL3SIIgdPab4.1
You can submit questions prior to the forum as well as that night at: communications@hilton.k12.ny.us
Congratulations to our two golfers who competed in the New York State Championships this weekend at Wild Wood Country Club in Rush. Reagan Paolini finished 35th and Jacey Neylon tied for 43rd out of 106 golfers competing. Jacey is in 8th grade and Reagan is in 7th, so the future is bright!
What a great opportunity for Merton Williams students to learn about and help protect natural environments in our area. The 7th grade Health Science Teachers (Ms. Drex, Mr. Ellicott and, Ms. Peterson) chose students that have shown excellent character during class and their actions have aligned with our district goals. Some of these goals include, Being Curious, Being Non-judgmental AND Being a Welcoming person. As a reward, students participated in a field trip with other students. The field trip provided students the opportunity to complete a community service project that aimed to educate our youth about the importance of clean waterways and preserving our most precious natural resource. In an effort to do this we visit the Ontario Charlotte Beach / Park. Students helped clean up the beach, the area walkways and learn about Lake Ontario and the Genesee River.
From the opening session with Dr. Gaupp and Mr. Brooke-Gay to the all the amazing presentations throughout the school, Science Day at Quest was a huge hit! A huge thank you to all the volunteers, presenters and staff who helped with the organization! See some of the pictures here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/QUEST/Science-Day
