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SCIENCE FAIR!!!
Once again HPS will conduct a Science
Fair. We will have tables manned by
Student Council with learning activities,
baked goods for sale, a baking contest, and
prizes! Come visit the school from 4-6:00
PM on March 30th and see some of the
Hillsdale Prep talent on display. Admission
is free and baked goods will be on sale!
Hillsdale Preparatory
School
Volume I, Issue 6
March 1, 2017
Special points of interest:
 HPS Baking Contest
 Students of the Month
 Birthdays
 Student Council
 Save the Date
 Student/Staff Interviews
MORNING DROP-OFF
A big thank you to all the parents who have
helped with the morning arrival by not parking
in front of the school. The number of calls
regarding congestion has decreased and
traffic is moving better thanks to more
people being courteous and respecting the
morning procedure.
Inside this issue:
Book Drive
2
Girls’ Basketball
2
Save the Date
7
Baking Contest
4
Knowledge will give you
power, but character respect.
—Bruce Lee
Girls’ Roundball Season Ends by Phil Trumble
The Girls’ Basketball season ended last week with contests with Will Carleton and Jackson Prep. The girls were able to not only compete this year with other teams but notched a
few victories. More importantly, improvement was evident with each passing week as their
basketball skills and confidence improved. For such a young program with players so new to
the game the season really could be called a success. We have much to look forward to next
year if the girls take the summer months to sharpen the fundamental skills introduced this
year!
Let’s Get to Know: Leyla Bible!
By Toby Kiehnau
Our Featured Student Of This Month Is Leyla Bible. She is twelve years of
age and is in seventh grade. Leyla has three other siblings, Brooklynne – who is in
college, Haisley – who is in fifth grade, and Tydan – who is in second grade. Leyla
was born in Toledo, Ohio on May 29, 2004, she is currently living in the country
and is loving it. She lived in Toledo for most of her life until she moved to Reading, Michigan about three years ago. Leyla lives in the country. She has a dog,
Bentley, a horse, Jag, and ten chickens.
Leyla’s favorite month is her birth month, May. Leyla doesn’t have a favorite
food, but her favorite ice cream flavor is Classic Chocolate. Her favorite soda is
Rootbeer. Her favorite color is blue. Leyla doesn’t have a favorite animal she
says, “I love all animals.” Leyla also doesn’t have a favorite song because she says
she listens to country, pop, and rap music. She also likes to go four wheeling and
horseback riding, Leyla likes movies over books, but her favorite book is Series
Of Unfortunate Events. After three years at HPS her favorite subject is math,
her best friends in the school are Rosy and Toby Kiehnau, Sofie Kratt, Sydney
Knoll, Bo Tran, and Kreyzon Philipp.
STUDENT COUNCIL BOOK DRIVE
Do you have any books lying around that are no longer being read? Or books that your children long out-grown? Well we
have the perfect place for them!! Student Council is starting a book drive for the HPS library!! Our library could definitely use some more friends! Here they would be given a nice home on the shelf and read by our students. You can
send the book(s) with your child to school or drop them off yourself at the front desk. Gently used books are encouraged.
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POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT
The Hillsdale ISD is offering a Positive Behavior Support webinar on Tuesday, April 11th from 5:30-7:30 PM.
This webinar will introduce Positive Behavior Supports (PBS). Many children have behaviors that are part of
their disability. These behaviors may make it difficult to learn, cause harm, or isolate a child from his or her
peers. It is important for parents to understand that behavior is communication.
Register by 4-6-17 with Andrea Mann @ 530-492-0202 or [email protected]
You may also register online at www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/rsvp
This is a free webinar funded by an IDEA grant
NEWS FROM THE TOP OF THE HEAP (7th & 8th grade) by Mrs. Kuenzer
Our stock market project continues and some are doing much better with their investments than others. I believe I asked last month who would be able to beat Mr. Bauman. This month my question is who will be able to
beat me? I have been doing rather well in our competition. However, there is still plenty of time for my winning
ways to crumble and for others to take over the lead.
We are wrapping up our novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. Students will take a test over the novel
and then watch the movie.
Our next novel will be A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle. A Wrinkle in Time is a novel of science fiction
that draws extensively from the literary traditions of fantasy, fairy tale, myth, and fable. It concerns itself
with issues of good and evil, the power of love, and the importance of concern for others.
The setting of the story, or the time and place in which the events of the story occur, plays an important role in
A Wrinkle in Time. The novel begins in an unspecified locale on earth where the Murry family lives, shifts to the
planet Uriel, moves on to Orion’s belt, to Camazotz and Ixchel, and finally returns to earth for the last scene.
The uniqueness of each foreign place provides an atmosphere of fantasy.
This novel is the perfect tie in to our next major writing piece. Students will be writing their own fantasy fiction
story.
Let’s Meet Mrs. Wallace
by Abby Bates and Sydney Knoll
On February 23, we interviewed one of our new teachers, Mrs. Wallace, and learned quite a few interesting things. For
instance, did you know that as a child our first grade teacher had a pet duck? We hope that you enjoy learning about
her as much as we did.
Mrs. Wallace was born on August 2 in a year that should not be written here. As a child her favorite board game was
The Game of Life. She used to play it with her family a lot. If given the opportunity to travel anywhere in the world,
Mrs. Wallace would choose Ireland because it is the country her grandmother was from. In school, she played basketball and competitive cheerleading. She liked sports but never had any musical talent.
In college, she majored in elementary education and minored in English. Mrs. Wallace found this school through her
cousin Ms. Bildner. She loves teaching but if she had to choose a favorite and least favorite subject to teach, grammar
is her favorite and writing is her least favorite. She loves to read and if she could meet any famous person in history,
she would meet J.K. Rowling. She likes most fiction books and her favorite authors are F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nicholas
Sparks.
Her pet peeve is when people drive the wrong way in places like parking lots. Her favorite holiday is Christmas because
of her family. She loves mint chocolate chip ice cream, chicken scampi, and the color purple. She has two cats and
fears spiders greatly. Her favorite quote is “All that glitters is not gold” by Shakespeare.
We hope you enjoyed learning about Mrs. Wallace as much as we did.
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Izzie’s Monthly Book Reviews!
This Month’s Book Review: The Dogs
Author: Allan Stratton
Age Range: 12 and up
Rating:
Cameron is a young boy with a frightening past. His mother has always had
911 on the dial, because of Cameron’s supposed stalker. This stalker has
caused Cameron and his mother to move time, and time again. He sadly has to
move again. Mother has bought a rundown house for cheap, and they are off
to their new/old house.
The first few nights in this house has been a terrifying and puzzling experience. He claims to be seeing a strange foggy figure off into the field. In fact
there it is again. What is it? What Cameron didn’t know was, trying to figure
out what this figure is, is what almost led him to his very death.
Baking Contest!
That’s right boys and girls, we’re having a Baking Contest! The contest will be
in conjunction with the Science Fair on March 30th. There will be three categories: Pies; Cakes (and cupcakes); and cookies/squares (brownies, desert bars,
etc). All entries must be submitted by noon on the day of the Science Fair and
judging will take place during lunch time. The winners in each category will be
announced at the Science Fair. All students who enter the contest will receive a
raffle ticket for a chance to win a Kindle Fire tablet! Entries must be submitted
so that they can be sold at the Science Fair Bake Sale with the proceeds going
to the 8th grade trip. Official rules and judging criteria will be available at the
school as soon as Mr. Bauman decides what he likes best in each catagory. Rumor has it that his favorite cake is German Chocolate and he LOVES oatmeal
cookies with coconut.)
So dust off the old cookbook, get out the apron, floor and eggs and start
baking up something delicious to enter in the first ever HPS Baking Contest!
Student Spotlight by Leyla Bible
Our Featured Students This Month Is Timothy Favreau. He is ten years of age and is in fifth grade.
Tim has two siblings, Jack who is in Second Grade, and Hannah who is currently in Preschool. Jack was
born in Maryland on August 2, 2006. He then moved to Missouri and then to Virginia. Timothy lives in
the country, not the city. He has three fish, Chedder, Norm (which is short for Normal), and Moby.
Timothy also has a dog named Daisy and two cats, Mocha and Cheeto.
Timothy’s favorite month is his birth month, August. His favorite food is muffins, and his favorite
ice cream flavor is Mint Chocolate Chip. Timothy’s favorite flavor of soda is Coke. Timothy’s favorite
color is blue. His favorite animal is the Gorilla. Tim says his favorite song is Living On A Prayer by Bon
Jovi. His favorite music artist is Justin Timberlake. Tim prefers action movies, but does like books
more than movies. His favorite book is Rings Of Fire. One of Timothy’s hobbies are building with Legos.
His favorite subjects in school are science and reading.
Timothy Favreau has been at this school for two years now. His best friends are Magnus Heckel, Jacob Urban-Wallace, and Toby Kiehnau.
Guess What’s In the Bag!?!
February was a busy month in first grade. We celebrated our 100th day of
school in February by playing a math dice tally game and sharing mystery bags
with our class. Each student put 100 items into their mystery bag and wrote
three clues about the items in his or her bag. Students then presented their
bag to the class by reading each clue aloud. After the clues were read, students
were able to guess what items were in the bag. This activity brought a lot of
excitement to our class and students enjoyed presenting their mystery bags
and guessing what was inside each bag.
Not only was the 100th day of school in February, but we were also able to
celebrate Valentine’s Day as well. Students were able to show their creativity
and make Valentine’s Day mailboxes out cereal boxes
that were donated to our class. We would like to say
thank you to all those who brought in cereal boxes and
extra cereal boxes as well, and a special thanks to Seneca Yahne’s family for donating a bag full of cereal
boxes. Every student was able to create their own mailbox as a result of donations.
As the busy month of February comes to an end, we
look forward to the upcoming Reading Month of March.
STUDENTS OF THE MONTH-February
We continue our recognition of students and character with February and
“courage” as our pillar of character. Each class is represented by a student
who best demonstrates courage in their daily life. Each month we have a different “Pillar of Character” for which we recognize students. It is not enough
to teach and promote character in the school, but we must also recognize and
celebrate its exhibition!
Kindergarten — Kindergarten — Lance Rutan is our Student of the Month for
February. Lance is a great example of someone who is respectful to all. He
speaks and acts in a respectful manner to adults and peers alike. I am glad
that Lance is such a wonderful example to his classmates. Great job, Lance!
1st Grade—Mrs. Wallace’s student of the month for February is Tayla
McDonough. Tayla shows respect every day to her classmates, teachers, and
other adults in the building. Tayla has a sweet spirit, follows directions, and
gets along with others. Her respectful attitude helps her to be a friend to all.
1st Grade —
2nd Grade— Wyatt Holmes is the 2nd grade student of the month. Wyatt
shows respect to his classmates and teacher. He uses kind words and tone
whenever he addresses someone. Wyatt sets an example for what acting respectful looks like. Keep up the good work!
2/3 Grade—Mrs. Hiltbrunner’s Student of the Month for February is Caelan
Scripter.
3rd—The third grade student of the month is Hailey Herndon. She shows a
great amount of respect to her classmates as well as to me. She respects students that understand assignments before she understands them. She is willing to learn from others when needed and share her knowledge when she understands something before others. She is quiet and appropriate in the classroom at all times. Hailey is a great example of respect!
Respect your efforts, respect yourself.
Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When
you have both firmly under your belt, that's
real power.
—Clint Eastwood
Happy
Birthday!
The following students have
birthdays in January
Connor Elliston
3/1
Ayla Pelc
3/21
Jude Slack
3/25
Effie Heckel
3/27
William Schlueter
3/16
Justice Ambrose
3/12
Rylan Bennington
3/17
Brynna Hamilton
3/27
Nevaeh Berlin
3/7
Samara Bowers
3/15
Cadence Calaway
3/27
Dominic Gaetano
3/19
Keira Hamilton
3/26
Jennifer Knoll
3/15
Scott Knoll
3/5
Sydney Knoll
3/5
Dannon Newberry
3/24
Kya Rittenhouse
3/1
Kate Dorman
3/5
Parent Council Dinner & Raffle
The Parent Council is holding a Dinner and Prize Raffle as a fundraiser on March 4 at the
Moose Lodge. Tickets are available at the school or from a member of the Parent Council.
You need not be present to win! Dinner is served at 6:00 and doors open at 5:00.
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STUDENTS OF THE MONTH-February (con’t)
4th Grade — Chloe is my selection for Student of the month for respect. Chloe shows
Respect to her fellow classmates and staff. She is a wonderful student and example for
all the students around her.
5th— Magnus Heckel was selected as a Student of the Month because of his wonderful
character and his work ethic. He is a very mature and responsible fifth-grader who can
be trusted to follow through with whatever job you give him. Magnus is also a good friend
to his other classmates. He is respectful and kind to other students but he is also fun to
be around because of his sense of humor.
6th —The sixth grade student of the month for respect is Draydon Eckelberry. Draydon
is always thinking of others and trying to be polite and thoughtful towards them. He waits
for ladies to go first, he says please and thank you, he is very
mindful to not interrupt others when they are talking. If others around him are working, he tries to be quiet and not bother or distract them. He is constantly trying to do the right
thing.
7th/8th—Kreyzon is a very respectful young man. He takes his
education very seriously. Krey is from two different cultures
and speaks fluent Spanish. He enjoys basketball, football,
racket ball, and swimming. Krey is very active in his churches
youth group and is a very social person. He has a dog named Max. He enjoys watching movies. Kreyzon would like to be a automotive engineer or a wolf biologist when he grows up.
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will
not have true respect for anyone.
— Billy Graham
Book Fair
The HPS Book Fair begins March 9 in the
school library. Students will have the opportunity to shop and
purchase books and
other items. Nothing
promotes reading in
children like “owning”
their own books. Reading is one of the best
habits to acquire and
will serve you well for a
lifetime! Promote
reading by supporting
the Book Fair!
Save the Date:
3/4/17 — Parent
Council Cash Raffle/
Dinner @ Moose
Lodge 5:00 PM
3/8/17 — Avian
(birds) exhibit
3/9/17 — Start of
Book Fair
Student Council is Hosting The Science Fair Demonstration Tables
3/14/17 — Literacy
Night at the school 6
-7:30 PM
Hillsdale Preparatory School will be having a science fair March 31st.
You can come see all the cool, awesome project’s that our students came
up with! But what better way to kick off a science fair than some handson, fun and intellectual demonstration tables hosted by, yours truly, Student Council. We will be having a “Dancing Bubbles” booth, a “Rainbow”
booth, a “Making Slime” booth, and a “Homemade Snow” booth. Students
will be able to assist, watch, and learn with these projects not to mention
have a lot of fun! See you at the science fair!
3/21/17 — End of
Book Fair
3/22— End of 3rd
Quarter
3/23 Swimming 3-8th
graders
3/27 — School Board
Meeting 5:00
3/28 Parent/Teacher
Conferences
3/30—Science Fair
3/31—Casual Day
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