A big shout out to our elementary students who were selected to represent Hilton in this year's MCSMA Elementary All County Chorus:
Northwood:
Addison Brawn
Gino DelRegno
Heidi Read
Isabella Simonds
Ava Tran
Quest:
Lydia Picente
Vivienne Szucs
Lucille Tracey
Village:
Alaina Blonsky
Nora Comardo
Kambree Kiefer
Lucas Korn
Luciana Russo
Mary Zagorski
Northwood:
Addison Brawn
Gino DelRegno
Heidi Read
Isabella Simonds
Ava Tran
Quest:
Lydia Picente
Vivienne Szucs
Lucille Tracey
Village:
Alaina Blonsky
Nora Comardo
Kambree Kiefer
Lucas Korn
Luciana Russo
Mary Zagorski
Congratulations to all our young musicians who were selected to play in the All-County Elementary Band on March 20th and 21st at Penfield High School.
Village
Shidawn Diluzio-Kirkland (Tuba)
Eleanor Fields (Baritone)
Kory Lincoln (Trumpet)
Gavin Rekkerth (Baritone)
Elliotte Spence (Clarinet)
Northwood
Olivia Gilmartin (Clarinet)
Estelle Greiner (Saxophone)
Tristum Humphries (Percussion)
Benjamin Reed (French Horn)
William Reed (Tenor Saxophone)
QUEST
Lucas Bronson (Baritone)
Emma Gaupp (Clarinet)
Molly Heilmann (Flute)
Carter Hodges (Bassoon)
Cody Howell (Trombone)
Isaac Miles (Saxophone)
Alexis Moore (Clarinet)
Leo Pincelli (Baritone Saxophone)
Visal Thean (Trumpet)
Quinn Green (Alternate Clarinet)
Ryan Marvin (Alternate French Horn)
Village
Shidawn Diluzio-Kirkland (Tuba)
Eleanor Fields (Baritone)
Kory Lincoln (Trumpet)
Gavin Rekkerth (Baritone)
Elliotte Spence (Clarinet)
Northwood
Olivia Gilmartin (Clarinet)
Estelle Greiner (Saxophone)
Tristum Humphries (Percussion)
Benjamin Reed (French Horn)
William Reed (Tenor Saxophone)
QUEST
Lucas Bronson (Baritone)
Emma Gaupp (Clarinet)
Molly Heilmann (Flute)
Carter Hodges (Bassoon)
Cody Howell (Trombone)
Isaac Miles (Saxophone)
Alexis Moore (Clarinet)
Leo Pincelli (Baritone Saxophone)
Visal Thean (Trumpet)
Quinn Green (Alternate Clarinet)
Ryan Marvin (Alternate French Horn)
Get ready for a year full of amazing performances! Beginning this week with QUEST's production of Lion King, Kids. Save the dates for all these amazing shows!
Mouse Trap, Connect Four, Bop It, Care Bears, Hess Trucks, Operation, pool, and the sled. All classic playthings, but if you had to choose which one belongs in the Toy Hall of Fame-which one would it be. Students at Northwood made their case for each one this morning, to judges, guests and peers. They set up displays and demonstrations to show why their pick deserved to be enshrined. In the end, the judge's selection ended in a tie between the Hess Truck and Operation. For the students-another tie! This time Bop It and Connect Four shared the honors. To see pictures from the event use this link: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Northwood/Toy-Museum
Last week we told you about some of our elementary students heading to Biz Town run by Junior Achievement. Here's a video with a more in-depth look at the experience.
https://youtu.be/sCvyRV3ZYng
https://youtu.be/sCvyRV3ZYng
Fifth graders in Jennifer Sica's class at Northwood recently completed a service project. They collected money to purchase supplies for "Birthday Kits" or "Birthday Boxes". Inside each kit are the ingredients for a cake as well as balloons, birthday banner, birthday card, candles, and other party decorations. The kids collected the money for the supplies and then organized and wrapped the kits. They were able to make 16 birthday kits from their donations which will be donated to the Hilton Food Shelf.
Northwood students headed into the Thanksgiving break in a hurry! This morning, they hit the ground running for a Turkey Trot! You can see more pictures here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2025-2026/Northwood/Turkey-Trot
Talk about an art project that is not only beautiful, but also serves a beautiful purpose. Northwood teachers Candice Hudson and Laurie Steele-Sperber wanted to contribute a piece to the Ronald McDonald House and the result was "Radiating HOPE", made up of hundreds of Northwood Student fingerprints. The artwork will be a permanent addition to the house. They also conducted a fundraiser which raised $300 and presented both to the Ronald McDonald House earlier this week.
Congratulations and good luck to these amazing young ladies who are off to Dearborn, Michigan today to compete in the National Invention Convention. Livia Standing with her Seal Swiper and Estelle Greiner with her Snow Snatcher. They are also pictured with their teacher, Melanie Klock
Congratulations to these Northwood students who took part in NYSSMA Solo-Festival this past weekend. Great job all of you! Paxton Barton, Livia Standing, Nicholas Oneill, Josie Holahan, Colin Buck, Paige Philipp, Estelle Greiner, William Reed, George Holahan, Grayson Norselli, Kai DiPasquale, Charlotte Read, Benjamin Reed, Ahana Butani, Ava Tran, Bryce Baker, Max McHugh, Leo Bopp, Kirsten Alvarado, Aryia Nesbitt and Teagan Setzer.
It was quite a busy morning at Northwood today. Erin McBride's kindergarten class held a Memorial Day sing-along and Jennifer Sica's class held its annual "We Choose to Reuse Fashion Show. You can see more pictures from both events here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Northwood
Northwood had some very special guests this morning. Samantha Liu and Harrison Kim, both students at the Eastman School of Music showed students their instrumental skills, Samantha on the double bass and Harrison on the clarinet. You can see more pictures from the visit here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Northwood/Eastman-Visitors
It's off to the National Invention Convention for a pair of Northwood students! Livia Standing and Estelle Greiner were selected by judges this weekend at the Western New York Convention in Buffalo to move on to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
Livia created the Seal Swiper, a device that safely and cleanly removes the plastic from the top of condiment bottles and other household items. Estelle's invention, the Snow Snatcher keeps snow from falling onto your seat when you open your car door.
Congratulation and good luck to these incredible inventors!
Yesterday at Northwood some amazing kids showed off their amazing inventions in the annual Invention Convention. Need a device to clean the backup camera on your car? How about an all-natural lotion to improve concentration? These students had that and more! Here are some photos: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Northwood/Invention-Convention
What a great opportunity for some of our younger students to learn from some of the best. This morning the Northwood Band got to play along with the High School Wind Ensemble. Pictures from the day can be seen here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Northwood/Band-at-High-School
Congratulations to our elementary students who earned All-County Band honors this year:
QUEST: Ben LeBeau-Trumpet, Parker Place-Percussion, Liviarose Childs-Clarinet, Ani Nabewanie-Oboe, Cody Howell-Trombone, Carter Hodges- Bassoon, and Evan Szczepanik-Trombone
Northwood: Estelle Greiner-Alto Saxophone, Dominick Merlo-French Horn, William Reed-Violin, and Ben Reed-French Horn
Village: Ava Bridenbaugh – Bassoon, Trent Smith – French Horn, Raymond Grolling – Trumpet, Joshua Morriss – Bari Saxophone, and Teddy Holz – Tuba
Happy St. Patrick's Day from Mrs. McBride's kindergarten class at Northwood. Great music, great dancing and even a demonstration of an Irish Reel from Mrs. McBride herself!
You can see more pictures here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Northwood/St-Patricks-Day
You've probably heard the expression a rose between two thorns-is this the opposite of that? Spikes paid a visit to Hilton today to meet his friend Crimson (and Mr. Warren) to work on promotion for HCSD Night with the Red Wings on May 16th. Stay tuned for more details!
The Hilton Central School District is pleased to announce that it is hosting a showing of the film Screenagers-Elementary School Age Edition. The showing will be held on March 19 at 6 p.m. in the QUEST Auditorium.
History came alive today at Northwood thanks to the students who make up Team Serenka/Weinstein. They put together a wax museum filled with notable figures from our past like Anne Frank, Rosa Parks and George Washington and from our present like Josh Allen and Christiano Ronaldo. All the subjects were chosen based on how they reflect one of the IB Learner traits; principled, reflective, balanced, caring, communicator, inquirer, knowledgeable, open-minded, and risk-taker. You can see more pictures from the museum here: https://hiltonschools.smugmug.com/2024-2025/Northwood/Wax-Museum
