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December 2017

Scenes of the Season

December 7th, 2017|

Painting Safeway’s windows is a time held tradition in the Second Grade. Our creativity, artistic talent, and merry paintings are just a small part of what makes this project special. The annual walk from Hill to Safeway brings waves and adulation as we prepare for the task at hand. Connecting with the community through our [...]

September 2017

Rock Climbing – The 8th Grade Way

September 27th, 2017|

Each fall, Hill School teachers and Earth Treks instructors challenge the school’s 8th graders to push themselves and draw closer as a class over a fun and intense two day rock climbing trip. The trip, which involves an overnight campout with opportunities for story and song, encourages both novice and more experienced climbers to discover [...]

December 2016

Fourteen Cows and Fifty-Six Letters

December 14th, 2016|

At an October assembly for upper school students, sixth grade homeroom teacher Lucy Turner read “Fourteen Cows for America,” a picture book loaned by academic support teacher Vicki Kelly. Projecting images of the book’s vivid illustrations onscreen in the theater, Turner read the text by Carmen Agra Deedy and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, which recounts the [...]

November 2016

Smithsonian Recognition for Hill’s Arboretum

November 18th, 2016|

The Hill School Arboretum has recently been accepted into the prestigious Archives of American Gardens at the Smithsonian and added to The Garden Club of America Collection. The Arboretum was designed, installed and is still maintained by long-time Middleburg resident Polly Rowley, the parent and grandparent of several Hill School alumnae. Located on the Hill [...]

September 2016

Pinwheels for Peace

September 26th, 2016|

Hill School students from Junior Kindergarten through Eighth grade celebrated the International Day of Peace on September 21st by installing over 250 paper pinwheels on the lawn of the Clark Courtyard. Children made these from paper, decorating one side with images and patterns, and the back side with words of peace. Students were asked to [...]

July 2016

The Spirit of Philanthropy

July 31st, 2016|

It’s always exciting when Hill School Headmaster Treavor Lord draws the winning ticket number for the annual Grandparents’ Day raffle, but the spring 2016 raffle winners added extra dashes of jubilation and generosity. When Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, owners of DH Service, the company which has long provided janitorial service to the school, were notified [...]

April 2016

February 2016

Science Meets Stewardship for JK & K

February 29th, 2016|

Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten students welcomed some unusual visitors to their classroom in January in an exciting culminating activity that integrated Place-Based Education, community service, and science. Staff from the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Millwood brought in a barred owl, a box turtle, two flying squirrels, and an arctic fox, all animals which had [...]

December 2015

Symbiosis in the Arts

December 10th, 2015|

Hill School science students--and watchers of “Finding Nemo”-- know that the anemone and the clownfish have a symbiotic relationship, so that when the two species come together, both benefit. This fall, some Hill Schoolers experienced the symbiosis of writing and visual art. Painter and Hill School parent Misia Broadhead loaned several original works on canvas [...]

July 2015

Second Grade Paradocs

July 14th, 2015|

As every child who has been in second grade in the past decade knows, Academic Dean Hunt Lyman and Upper School Science Teacher Paul Haefner start every Thursday morning with a Sing-Along, teaching the second graders (and their parents) such standards as Country Roads, This Little Light of Mine, and Puff the Magic Dragon. The [...]