Hillsboro School District Weekly Hot News, January 1, 2024 - Happy New Year!

Hillsboro School District Weekly Hot News Podcast

Welcome back and Happy New Year! We hope all of you had a safe, restful, fun, and restorative holiday break. Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Here are a few for your consideration to help finish out first semester strong:

• Attend on-time, every day. Unless your child is too sick for school, it is very important that they show up each day so they are able to fully access their instruction. Regular, on-time attendance is a key measure of academic success.

• Stay healthy. Colds, flu, COVID, and RSV are still circulating. Practicing good health hygiene habits will help keep you feeling your best: wash hands frequently and use hand sanitizer, avoid contact with people who are sick, cover coughs and sneezes, drink plenty of water, and get lots of rest. If you do become ill, please stay home until you meet the criteria outlined in our Too Sick for School? document and are feeling better. Please also consider vaccination.

• Get help if you need it. If your child is struggling with understanding the content or an assignment in a particular class, they should ask their teacher for help. Several schools also have homework help available from peers or other staff members, either during or outside of school hours. In addition, our Hillsboro Public Libraries offer two different resources: K-8th grade students can drop in at Shute Park Library on Mondays from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tutoring is available in English and Spanish. Older students, and those who want to receive help online, can login to the Washington County Cooperative Library Services website and receive live help on most days from 1 to 10 p.m. through Brainfuse.

Our Featured Students are our Student Representatives to the School Board: Hadley Brathapan from Hilhi, RJ Panlilio from Glencoe, and Aliannah Shalikar from Oak Street Campus. This is the sixth year student representatives have served on the School Board, offering their valuable and insightful voices and perspectives to our elected Board members. Check out the video on our website to learn more about them, and watch for the 2024-25 application this spring - available to rising juniors and seniors attending Century, Liberty, and Hillsboro Online Academy.

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