Social Studies/History Archives

Category: Social Studies/History

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 […]

World History, American History & Psychology

March 27, 2020

Today Marcus Miller taught World History, American History, and Psychology as part of our Distance Learning Program. He said they first checked-in on one another and talked about how everyone […]

Economics Participate In The Stock Market Game

December 6, 2019

Our Economics class is participating in the Stock Market Game sponsored by the SIFMA Foundation. “The SIFMA Foundation is dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of the financial markets….” The […]

American History class visits cemeteries

October 15, 2019

The American History class taught by Marcus Miller is learning that you can learn “history” from something other than books, documents and papers. The class started at the Joetown Methodist […]