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Marian Marley Stays On As Chemistry Instructor

May 22, 2025

Principal Dwight Gingerich is pleased to share that Marian Marley will join the Hillcrest team officially in the fall as the permanent high school Chemistry instructor. Marian has been filling in teaching […]

Physics Students Excel at ‘Physics Olympics’

April 9, 2025

The State of Iowa Physics Competition is a series of five physics events for high school (Grades 9-12) students. The competition stresses creativity and ingenuity as well as an understanding […]

Greta Anderson Hired as English and Chemistry Teacher

July 3, 2024

Principal Dwight Gingerich is pleased to announce that Greta Anderson will join the Hillcrest Academy team in the fall of 2024 to teach English and Chemistry. Greta spent her early […]

Jessica Hart Joins Middle School Faculty

May 9, 2024

Principal Dwight Gingerich is pleased to announce that Jessica Hart will join the Hillcrest Academy team in the fall of 2024 to fill our Middle School English & Language Arts […]

Plant Science Students Tap Local Maple Trees

March 9, 2022

Tapping the maple trees on campus is a project students in our Plant Science class do annually about this time of year. This year they have several taps; one in […]

The Great GMO Debate

March 8, 2022

Students in 1st hour and 7th hour Biology researched GMOs (more accurately known as transgenic organisms) commonly found in Iowa as well as pros and cons of their use. Students […]

Extracting DNA

February 16, 2022

Recently our freshman Biology class participated in an ‘Extract Your Own DNA’ lab, where students extracted DNA from their cheek cells using salt water, soap, and isopropyl alcohol. For more, […]

Mike Goudy Named to Science Position

July 12, 2021

Principal Dwight Gingerich announces that Mike Goudy will join the Hillcrest Academy team in the fall of 2021 to fill the Science position. Mike comes highly recommended to Hillcrest, following […]

Ravens respond to questions of masked basketball practice

November 30, 2020

We know how much basketball means to this community – since our inaugural 1972-73 season, our interscholastic basketball team has competed across the state and along the way it has […]

Chemistry & Pancakes

April 6, 2020

The last time you made pancakes, did you think about the chemistry involved in the baking process? Probably not. In Chemistry today Mark Miller, PhD did a kitchen experiment making […]