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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 […]

The Human Skeletal System, Spring Flowers, and Online Welding

March 30, 2020

Science and Ag Instructor, Mike Severino-Patterson, has been keeping his students busy. In Anatomy & Physiology, while they talk through the different bones analyzing them in terms of structure […]

Anatomy & Physiology class learns through dissection

March 12, 2020

Over the past couple weeks Mike Severino-Patterson’s Anatomy and Physiology class has been learning about how our bodies work by dissecting cats. We decided to dissect cats as they have […]

Biology classes hold GMO debate

March 4, 2020

On March 3, Hillcrest biology classes held a debate about GMOs and if they are good or bad. For one week leading up to the debate, students were divided into teams […]

Plant Science class busy with Harvest

October 17, 2019

The plant science class has been busy harvesting tomatoes and pumpkins from the greenhouse and campus gardens, and sweet potatoes from the Wellman Community Gardens. Plant Science students who helped […]