Hillside High School

Welcome back, Hillside Public Schools! The 2025-2026 school year is about to begin, and Superintendent Glover has an exciting message for you to kick-off the year! Let's get it, let's go! Please see the following welcome message video on Youtube, available in both English and Spanish.

https://youtu.be/aVKsQjeb-ls?si=pG0P1-tmH0OfGQa3
https://youtu.be/lOPEAz_zDbU?si=omPTB_AFhna0Yim7

Hillside Public Schools teachers engaged in powerful learning with Prisms, exploring the new platform dashboard and uncovering the origins of Prisms as a tool for immersive STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning! Teachers also had the opportunity to dive into a lesson of their choice for this school year, sparking rich discussions on how Prisms can deepen understanding and bring complex concepts to life. A huge shoutout to our guest speaker, Jessenia, for supporting such engaging and forward-thinking professional development, as well as to Supervisors Ms. Corona and Dr. Kumar!

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Today (9/3/2025), our teachers and staff returned to the district for professional development as we prepare for an exciting new school year! Together, we are learning, growing, and building the foundation for student success. Here’s to a 2025-2026 school year filled with excellence, collaboration, and inspiration!

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Welcome back, Hillside Public Schools District! Earlier today (9/2/2025), the Hillside High School Auditorium was packed with new and returning faculty and staff for Hillside Public Schools' Convocation! Superintendent Glover did an amazing job bringing energy to our teachers and staff here at Hillside Public Schools. Excitement is everywhere across the district as we begin the 2025-2026 school year. Shoutout to Superintendent Glover, Hillside Board of Education President Ms. Best, all of our Board of Education members, administrators, supervisors, directors, Hillside community members, staff, and students! Let's get it, let's go!

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This morning, Hillside High School welcomed the Class of 2029 at Freshman Orientation! Our newest Comets are ready to shine as they begin their high school journey! Shoutout to Principal Woolard, Vice-Principal Emenaka, the Guidance Department, Superintendent Glover, all of the Hillside High School staff and students!

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The following photos are from the 2nd Harvest in the Hillside High School garden! Shoutout to the Hillside High School Garden Club (@hillsidehsgardenclub) students and advisors, so far 19 eggplants have grown, 8 butternut squash, at least 5 green peppers, decorative orange gourds, and a handful of green-bean pods have grown! Even more fruits and vegetables are expected to grow as we approach the start of the 2025-2026 school year.

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Shout out to Hillside Public Schools' Information Technology (I.T.) Department Intern, Clara, who has been helping our I.T. Department prepare student iPads for the new school year!

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Hillside Public Schools District and Hillside Township Summer Camp students faced off in spirited volleyball matches full of laughs, teamwork, and great vibes at W.O.K. Middle School! Win or lose, it was all about having our community come together and collaborate while having a blast! Great job, students.

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Today (August 7th, 2025) was the last day of Hillside Public Schools' Summer Academies! We are closing out a summer of growth, learning, innovation, and memories! 🌟Students received certificates to recognize their completion of Summer Academies. A huge thanks to all our students, educators, and families who made this year’s Summer Academies successful and unforgettable!

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Today, 8/5/2025, Lisa Lee, the Director of Sustainability Programs at EZ Ride (@ezride_ig) visited the Lectec Summer Academy program at Hillside High School! Ms. Lee gave an awesome presentation while students constructed their scooters and learned important information regarding E-scooter safety! After the presentation, students were treated to an E-scooter demonstration outside by Ms. Lee. Thank you, EZ Ride, and our Hillside Public Schools Summer Academy staff for providing such innovative education to our students!

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Middle school students in the "Engineering Your Way" Summer Academy took on the challenge of building rockets yesterday (8/4/2025)! Up next is testing their designs, troubleshooting problems, and making improvements through redesign. Future engineers at work! Shout out to Hillside Public Schools' Supervisor of Science, Ms. Corona!

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Good day, due to the New Jersey Weather State of Emergency, the Hillside Public Schools District Board of Education Meeting scheduled for today, Thursday, July 31st. 2025 is canceled. Thank you.

Good day, due to the New Jersey Weather State of Emergency, the Hillside Public Schools District will be closing at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, 7/31/2025. The closure includes all Hillside Public Schools' District offices and buildings. All school-related activities will be suspended at 2:00 p.m. Thank you and stay safe.

Good day, please see the flyer for Hillside Public Schools' Summer Academy Spirit Week, taking place from August 4th - August 7th, 2025! Each day has a different themed attire, let's make the final week of Summer Academies a blast!

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Mrs. DeSanto's and Mr. Busichio's Summer Academy classes are currently working on extracting DNA from strawberries! Students are getting a real hands-on experience in biology this summer! Shout out to Hillside Public Schools' Science Supervisor, Ms. Corona.

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Today, 7/16/2025, Hillside Public Schools' summer school students are engaging in Prisms Virtual Reality (VR) to study biology concepts! Shout out to Hillside High teachers Mrs. DeSanto , and Mr. Busichio!

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From June 27th – Jul 1st, 2025, the JETS (TEAMS) Club at Hillside High School proudly participated in the National TSA Conference Competition in Nashville, Tennessee! This event provided an excellent opportunity for students to enhance their critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and teamwork through a variety of difficult challenges, including the Presentation Challenge, Design/Build Challenge, Multiple-Choice Exam, and Mathematical Modeling. These activities encouraged students to apply their knowledge of math and science in creative and practical ways to tackle real-world engineering problems. We are thrilled to announce that our Hillside High School team performed exceptionally well and qualified as one of the Top 10 National Finalists in the Presentation Challenge! This achievement reflects their hard work, collaboration, and innovation throughout the competition! Superb work, JETS Club, and shout out to Ms. Ebong!

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Here are photos from Hillside Public Schools District's Summer Athletic Camps taking place at both Hurden Looker Elementary School and Hillside High School, for registered 3rd through 8th grade students! Volleyball, basketball, and soccer, our students are having a blast! Thank you to our Athletics Department, our coaches, staff, and students for making the Athletic Camps successful!

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Wrapping up a fantastic first week of Hillside Public Schools District's ESL Summer Enrichment program! It's been inspiring to see our Hillside High School students apply their developing English skills across subjects. From tackling math equations and slopes to exploring complex topics like climate change, the physics of rollercoasters 🎢, and building structures through reading and hands-on activities, students have shown incredible dedication. We are off to a great start! A huge thank you to our incredible program director Mrs. Okparaeke, and the fantastic teachers in charge, Ms. Andino, Ms.Antwi, and Mr. Weiss for making this week such a success!

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Today, July 8th, 2025, the founders of Lectec (@golectec), Luke and Jared, visited Hillside High School to engage with students in our BeAble Summer Academy who constructed Lectec skateboards! Students got to ride the skateboards outside today, and they had an absolute blast! Shout out to Superintendent Glover who attended today's class as well as News 12 New Jersey (@news12nj) which came to cover Lectec's technology at Hillside Public Schools! Thank you to our Science and Math Supervisors, Ms. Corona, and Ms. Della Valle!

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