Social Studies/History Archives

Category: Social Studies/History

Marriott Takes The Reins From Longtime Social Studies Teacher, Marcus Miller

May 12, 2025

Principal Dwight Gingerich is pleased to announce that Christopher Marriott will join the Hillcrest Academy team in the fall to fill the high school Social Studies position. Following graduation in 2014 from […]

Mason Wilson ’27 Builds Winning Investment Portfolio, Places 1st in Iowa and 8th Nationally in Essay Competition

April 30, 2025

New York, NY, 4/29/2025 As Warren Buffett once said, “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” That idea is at the […]

Hillcrest Students Recognized in Des Moines by Iowa Secretary of State

April 25, 2025

The Carrie Chapman Catt Award program, created and administered by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, encourages eligible high school senior students to register to vote. Secretary Pate recently announced […]

The Voices of Conscience Exhibit

October 3, 2024

The Hillcrest Academy art gallery is currently home to Voices of Conscience: Peace Witness in the Great War, through the end of the first semester. According to the Kauffman Museum’s […]

It’s Backstage AND In The Classroom For Silbaugh

April 15, 2024

Principal Dwight Gingerich is pleased to announce that Natalie Silbaugh will join the Hillcrest Academy team in the fall of 2024 to fill our Social Studies position, teaching in both […]

Jesse Blossom Wins The Stock Market Game

February 13, 2023

Congratulations to sophomore, Jesse Blossom for finishing first in the Iowa region of the The Stock Market Game sponsored by the SIFMA Foundation. In the ‘game’ each team or person in the […]

US History Students Learn In The Cemetery

November 11, 2022

Our US History students make the short trek to the cemetery in neighboring Joetown every year. This helps them understand that history is more than what you see in books, […]

Hillcrest Academy Wins The Carrie Chapman Catt Award

May 12, 2022

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate presented Hillcrest Academy with the Carrie Chapman Catt Award for having 100% of the eligible members of the senior class register to vote. In an […]

Noah Miller Wins The Stock Market Game

February 25, 2022

Marcus Miller’s first semester Economics class was named the winner of the The Stock Market Game sponsored by the SIFMA Foundation. Each team or person in the class started the […]

Safety First

April 1, 2020

For two students in Marcus Miller’s World History class, apparently yesterday was ‘Bike Helmet Day.’ Safety first while studying online. Maybe that is the biggest advantage for students with online […]