Hillside High School

Good day from Hillside Public Schools, please see the BlackFact of the day for February 27, 2024! : https://youtu.be/PzTGR-nWTk0

Good day from Hillside Public Schools, please see the BlackFact of the day for February 26, 2024! : https://youtu.be/1ZcFqMKA7fc

This morning, (2/26/2024) The Hillside High School Dance Ensemble, led by Ms. Love, performed at Maher Terminals for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Black History Month Celebration! The Dance team did an outstanding job opening and closing the event, and received praise from all the officers in attendance as well as Newark Mayor, Mr. Ras Baraka, who was the keynote speaker for the event! Great work Hillside High School Dance Ensemble, Ms. Love, Mayor Baraka, and the Newark CBP! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidehighschool #cbp #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities #danceensemble

Here are some pictures from the Hillside High School Science Trip to Students 2 Science's I.S.A.A.C. Program (Improving Student Affinity and Aptitude for Careers in STEM). This trip took place from February 20 - 22, 2024, and focused on Biotechnology - Using Biological processes, organisms, or systems to improve the quality of human life! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities #students2science #biotechnology Students conducted tests on the following Diabetes and hidden sugar Vaccines and immune response Biofuels Fish Forgery

Good morning from Hillside Public Schools, please see the BlackFact of the day for February 23, 2024! https://youtu.be/3jU1lviDnTM

Hillside Public Schools are incredibly proud of all of our Hillside High School students inducted into the National Honor Society last night (2/21/2024)! The High School Auditorium was packed with parents, families, and students in celebration of their scholars and peers. After the event, inductees were amazed to behold their names added forever to the Hillside High School Hall of Honor! We know you will all continue to do great things! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #nationalhonorsociety #inductionceremony #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Saturday, February 17th, 2024 was Senior Day for Hillside High School! Our Hillside Comets played valiantly against the Patrick School. Shoutout to our Hillside Media team and Director McNeil for providing photos from the game!

Hillside High School Drama 2 & 3 students, with their teacher, Ms. Rachel Pribish, visited Two River Theater in Red Bank to see the World Premier production of The Scarlet Letter by Kate Hamill! Following the production, students participated in a talkback with the cast where they were able to ask questions and learn more about the process of bringing a new work to life on stage! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #theather #stuco #hillsidestuco #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Please see the following flyer for Hillside High School's production of "Aida" taking place on March 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2024! @hhs.performingarts #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidehighschool #theatre #aida

We still can't get over how good those wings were on Friday at Hillside High School's "Wing Off" ! Here are some more photos from the event, great work to our chefs and our winners! Thank you to our students and staff in attendance who ate/voted as well!

We still can't get over how good those wings were on Friday at Hillside High School's "Wing Off" ! Here are some more photos from the event, great work to our chefs and our winners! Thank you to our students and staff in attendance who ate/voted as well!

This past weekend the Hillside High School track team had ten athletes advance to the group championship: Mcnaully Erminal, Kenneth Shaw, Chibugo Nwso, Solomon Dunham , Kris Killen, Nora Kissi, Jaydeen Batchelor, Divine Clark, Shadrack Sanelus, Yverson Alexander The Comets Had three sectional champions! Congratulations to: Jay-Deen Batchelor North 2 Group 2 Sectional Champion girls 55m Dash Time: 7.26 Chibugo Chigozie-Nwosu North 2 Group 2 sectional Champion boys 55m Dash Time 6.64 Yverson Alexander North 2 Group 2 sectional Champion boys 55m Hurdles Time: 7.89 Excellent work Hillside Comets, we are all so proud of you! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #trackandfield #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Maplewood Shop Carpentry Course coming to Hillside High School this summer.

Yesterday (2/8/2024) was signing day at Hillside High School! Congratulations to Coach Grant and all of our Hillside Comets Football players! "Six more seniors signed letters of intent, that’s 8 players to date, earning over $1 million in scholarships and there are more signings to come!" #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #newpride #newpossibilities #newpathways

Good afternoon! Please join Superintendent Glover on Thursday, February 15th, at Ola Edwards Community School from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. for a Community Planning Session for the New Strategic Plan! All Board of Education Members, Students, Staff, Parents, and Community Stakeholders are welcome to attend! See the flyer for more details, thank you! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities #strategicplanning

COMING SOON to Hillside Public Schools: @maschiofood is bringing a Local Fresh Series to the district in February! Here are the flyers for the first three dates. In this series, products from farms throughout the state of New Jersey will be served, including: 1. Local Beef Patties 2. Fresh spring salad with Honey Blueberry Vinaigrette 3. Fresh Hand Fruit Each school will get to experience this great day of local fresh-grown produce and beef from New Jersey! Stay tuned! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #maschiosfood #freshfarmfood #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

Hillside Public Schools was honored today to have professional Hall of Fame football player, Jason Taylor, stop by and pay a visit to one of our Hillside High School student-athletes! #hillsidenj #hillsidepublicschools #football #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities #jasontaylor #halloffame

Congratulations to the Hillside High School Academic Decathlon team for making it to the State Competition! The team won 8 medals and came in fourth in the Regional Competition! The State Competition is on March 2, 2024! Here is the list of awards for the team: Varsity Team: Basmath Narcisse – Silver Medal in Art and an Honorable Mention in Mathematics Josylin Alvarez – Gold Medal in Literature, Silver Medal in Mathematics, Bronze Medal in Speech, Honorable Mention in Music Scholastic Team: Pranay Talati – Bronze Medal in Art and Bronze Medal in Literature Giovanni Saldana – Honorable Mention in Literature Sainta Casseus – Honorable Mention in Social Science Honors Team: Emmanuella Oluyomi – Bronze Medal in Essay Nosamudiana Omoigui – Silver Medal in Speech Our MVP is Perla Garcia. Coaches Jackie Corritore and Michael Mandy are very proud of the team and all of the hard work they have put in. A special shout out to Ms. Agoglia for chaperoning the team during the Award Ceremony! #hillsideni #hillsidepublicschools #academicdecathlon #statecompetition #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities

On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, The Hillside High School J.E.T.S. (Junior Engineering & Technology Society) students participated in the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey's High School Challenge! Our engineering students were tasked with designing/building a Catwalk robot for the Lincoln and Holland Tunnel! Hillside Public Schools is incredibly proud of our students, and a special thanks goes out to Ms. Ebong for leading the J.E.T.S. throughout the competition. PIX 11 News, as well as channel 7, are covering the story of the contest TODAY (1/31/2024) at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 p.m. Great work J.E.T.S., Principal Woolard, and Hillside High School!

On January 29, 2024, Hillside High School Seniors along with Counselor, Ms. Ruban, took a trip to The College of New Jersey to visit! #hillsidepublicschools #hillsidenj #hillsidehighschool #tcnj #collegevisit #newpride #newpathways #newpossibilities