Attention students in grades 5 through 8, please join us for “Brothers Bonding with Books & Basketball.” Brothers Bonding with Books & Basketball is a fun new initiative established by the Office of the Superintendent, aimed at connecting students with adult mentors from the community! Come read books, play basketball, and build valuable connections while fostering a love for reading! Morning refreshments will be served. There are three dates in the series: March 29th, April 5th, and April 12th, 2025! Each session will take place in the Hillside High School Gymnasium! For more information please see the flyer and register by scanning the QR code on the flyer! Thank you!
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Congratulations to Hurden Looker Elementary School on winning first place in the eSTEM challenge at NJIT! Hurden Looker students won first place in the Oral Presentation and Engineering Design categories! Great work to both Hurden Looker Elementary School and Deanna G. Taylor Academy! Deanna G. Taylor Academy won 2nd place in Engineering Design! It's been an amazing day for our Hillside Public Schools' scholars. Great work to our teachers from both schools, Ms. Crisanaz, Ms. Williams, Ms. Fernandes, and Ms. McQueen!
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Today, (3/20/2025), Hurden Looker Elementary School students participated in the New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) eSTEM Challenge! Our Hurden Looker scholars were led to this competition by Ms. Crisanaz, and Ms. Williams! Thank you, Principal Alvarez for contributing these photos and great work, students! @njit
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On Wednesday, March 19th, 2025, Ms. Crisanaz's science classes at Hurden-Looker Elementary School completed virtual labs with Students2Science (@students_2_science)! The students completed a lab called "Candy Color Wheel" where they used M&M's to identify the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors that make up a package of candy, using chromatography paper to separate colors! Thank you Ms. Crisanaz for sharing these photos!
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"Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) worldwide. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Pi Day is an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about math, and eat pie!"
Happy Pi Day from Hillside Public Schools!
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Last week in Ms. Petroccia's 5th-grade class at Hurden Looker Elementary School, students worked with their class pet, Digit (@digitnoodle) during science investigations! Students brought Digit along as they did the black box investigation; where students had to figure out what the inside of a black box looks like without opening it, and the Spaghetti Engineering Virtual lab (Vlab) where students tested how much spaghetti could hold a certain amount of weight, to resemble how bridges are made!
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Shout out to Principal Alvarez for sharing these photos from today's @scholastic REAL mentorship at Hurden Looker Elementary School ! Hillside Fire Fighters @hillside_firefighters, Dr. Terica Butler and Ardelio Valdez from Scholastic, Kristy Tuminelli the Director of Data, Supervisor Lois Bohm, Christal Blue, the Director of Hillside Library @hillsidepl, Councilwoman Dr. Angela Garretson, National Elementary Honor Society Members, Student Government and more read to students!
@penguinrandomhouse @scholastic
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Good day! Please join Hillside Public Schools on Wednesday, March 12th, 2025, for our Districtwide STEM Showcase! All the STEM events occurring in the Hillside Public Schools District will be showcased at Hurden Looker Elementary School from 6 -7:30 p.m. There will also be fun, innovative activities for families and students to engage in! Please see the flyer for more information!
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In celebration of Read Across America Week, Hurden Looker Elementary School families are invited this week to come and read to Hurden Looker students! Thank you for your visit to HLES Mr. Jonathan Casillas, renowned NFL player, who won 2 Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and the New Orleans Saints! He served as the New York Giants defensive captain for 3 years before retiring in 2018. Currently, he works as a commentator for the NY Giants! He spoke to Hurden Looker Elementary School students about kindness, hard work, and dreaming big! Mr. Casillas finished his visit by reading Dr. Seuss’s classic “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Shoutout to Principal Alvarez for contributing these photos!
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Yesterday, February 26th, 2025, Hurden Looker Elementary School's fifth grade students from Ms. Loma's class presented their Black History Month Projects to Hurden Looker's second-grade classes! Knowledge is Power, great work students!
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Today at Hurden Looker Elementary School, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy collaborated on an engaging co-treatment activity in Mr. Westervelt's LLD classroom! The session began with a shared reading of the classic Dr. Seuss story "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish". After reading the story, students answered comprehension questions to reinforce their understanding of the material!
Following the reading, students participated in a hands-on activity where they created "red fish, blue fish slime." This activity involved following step-by-step directions, which provided opportunities for students to develop a range of occupational therapy skills, including hand strength (through squeezing ingredients from the tubes), fine motor skills (by picking up and incorporating beads into the slime), and the sensory experience of manipulating cold, sticky slime.
The students also focused on various speech and language skills throughout the activity. These included listening comprehension, following multistep directions, answering "wh" questions, and practicing matching skills (same or different). Additionally, students worked on expanding their expressive and receptive vocabulary, sequencing, turn-taking, rhyming words, and constructing complex, compound sentences.
The activity was a great success, and all students enjoyed the experience while making significant progress in both occupational therapy and speech and language goals! Great work students, shout-out to speech teacher Ms. Silva, and occupational therapist Ms. Borgen!
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Today was Cheeseburger Macaroni and Cheese Day at our Elementary Schools (Deanna G. Taylor Academy, Hurden Looker Elementary School, and Ola Edwards Community School)! The meal consisted of Cheeseburger Mac and Cheese, Sauteed Broccoli, and a Mini Cornbread Loaf. As always, thank you @maschiofood for providing Hillside Public Schools students with delectable meals!
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We are so excited to announce the Scholastic Book Fair will return to Hurden Looker February 24-February 28, 2025!
Sign up for ewallet, order online or make a list of must buy books all at this link https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/hurdenlookerelemschool
Fourth-grade students at Hurden Looker Elementary School learned and practiced conducting lighting, HVAC, and appliance audits after school! They recorded their data to determine if the classroom was over-lit or underlit, if it was too warm or too hot, and to see how much energy some appliances such as sharpeners use. These lessons are part of the EmPowered School Program and were led by our Rutger Americorp Service Member. Ms. Guevara!
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Happy Valentine's Day, from Hillside Public Schools! Be sure to spread some love and kindness to all today!
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Today was the 100th day of school! Schools across the Hillside Public Schools district celebrated the 100th day of school in many ways, including incorporating 100s into their school work, and dressing up as 100-year-olds! The following photos are from A.P. Morris Early Childhood Center and Hurden Looker Elementary School!
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Congratulations to Hurden Looker Elementary School for winning the Big Group Points in the Arcademics Cup! The Arcademics Cup is a free national online multiplication challenge for K-8th grade students, and it took place on February 7th, 2025! Students logged on and raced each other by answering multiplication facts. Thank you to all those who participated, and a huge shout out to Mr. Masterson and his leadership! Great work, Hurden Looker students!
@arcademics
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Hillside Public Schools' students, families, and staff, please see the following video as Superintendent Glover issues a Reading and Literacy challenge for February 2025! As you spend time reading, be sure to capture photos/videos and tag @hillsidepublicschools on social media! Let's get it, let's go!
https://youtu.be/ckJ1DL6BauE?si=m58-oXe-ufV07uvv
Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day from Hillside Public Schools! On Saturday, January 18th, 2025, Hillside Public Schools District hosted its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program at Hillside High School. The program was amazing not only because of the exceptional performances by each of our schools' students, as well as the decorative artwork done by Hillside Innovation Academy students, but also because of the high positive energy of the audience! The auditorium was full of parents, Hillside community members, Hillside Board of Education members, Hillside Town Council members, families, staff, and more! Great work to all of our students, including Hillside High School Senior Sarah Auguste who was the Mistress of Ceremonies for the event! Shout out to Superintendent Glover, Hillside Board of Education President Ms. Best, U.S. Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, Hillside High School Vice-Principals Mrs. Bartholomew and Mr. Emenaka, who all spoke at the ceremony. Last but certainly not least, thank you to all of our Hillside Public Schools music and dance teachers, without whom we could not have this incredible event honoring Dr. King's Legacy! The full ceremony can be watched on YouTube using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/live/yAoelGNn19c?si=p8fK3U5yf6wVrWnK
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Totally Rad! 🎉 Yesterday (1/16/2025) Hurden Looker Elementary School celebrated the 80th Day of School in True 80s Style! Shoutout to Principal Alvarez for these awesome photos 🕶️✨
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