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Virtual Academic & Fine Arts Awards Night

May 14, 2020

The Hillcrest Academy Academic & Fine Arts Awards Night looked a little different this year. Wait, it looked a lot different this year! Absent was the dress-up fanfare of years past, no student ushers to greet you at the doors of Celebration Hall, no live music pieces performed by our many talented students, no eruption […]

Student Seeking To Spread Joy

April 21, 2020

Senior, Isabel Canchola is seeking to spread joy to her community and invites others to do the same. She asks everyone to join in a Yearbook and Compassion Clubs initiative called Project Spread Joy. The intention is to add to some of the community efforts like the Heart Hunting and Chalk Your Walk initiatives that […]

Laurie Miller Joins The Hillcrest Academy Team

April 9, 2020

Laurie (Bender ’99) Miller will join the Hillcrest Academy team in 2020-21 as Administrative Assistant. Laurie has most recently served as the Front Desk and Membership Representative at the YMCA of Washington County at Wellman YMCA Parkside. Laurie also brings experience as an educator, having taught Kindergarten and Title 1 Reading. Laurie is married to […]

Summer Camp Registration is Open!

April 8, 2020

It is time to start registering for Hillcrest Academy Summer Camps! We have a great lineup this year including art, culinary, drama, volleyball, basketball, soccer and writing camps. Visit our Summer Camps page for more information about each camp and to get registered. New this year! Registration and payment for all camps will be done online! […]

School Cancellation

March 16, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, for the safety of our students, their families, and our surrounding community, all person-to-person classes and events have been suspended through April 12. Check out info about our Distance Learning Program (DLP) and how we are building community online HERE. And be sure to check out the site for updates […]

Choir tour concerts are cancelled.

March 13, 2020

Choir tour concerts on Sunday, March 15 and March 22 are cancelled due to growing concerns of the coronavirus.

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 many of the same organs as do humans. Students began with the worm and the frog, writing lab reports where the anatomy and physiology of […]

FFA Week 2020

March 11, 2020

Written by Hillcrest FFA Reporter, Leah Bontrager One day during the week we handed out ice-cream sandwiches that each had a fun ag fact for all of the students and faculty. On Thursday we held Ag Olympics. There was a relay course that teams would compete in for the best time. First one student carried […]

Peter’s transformation – Chapel March 2-6

March 11, 2020

Our emphasis for chapels this week came from the life of Peter, the disciple of Jesus. We meet Peter in the gospels as a fisherman who encounters Jesus and is transformed by that encounter. On Monday, March 2, we explored the story of Jesus calling Peter to follow him as seen in Luke 5:1-11. Peter, […]

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 and gathered research to support their side of the debate. During the debate, students were asked to cite their sources for each arguement, and each […]