Profile

Bell Times

9:10 AM - 3:30 PM

Child Care

Visit our child care website.

Principal

Chris Blunsdon - 905-549-3076 | Email

Vice-Principal(s)

Mark Tweyman | Email

Superintendent

Adnan Shahbaz - 905.527.5092 x 2622 | E-mail Adnan Shahbaz

Trustee

Ray Mulholland - 905.547.2237 | E-mail Ray Mulholland

Administrative Office Staff

Mrs. J. Bishop-Dove
Mrs. C. Nagel

Our School

Hillcrest Elementary School, one of our Board’s newer buildings, is located in the east end of Hamilton. Various initiatives often occur to help support families in our community with basic food and clothing needs. In addition, our staff and parent volunteers manage a daily nutrition program available to all of our students. The cost of such a program exceeds $15 000 annually which we receive through fundraising endeavors and personal donations. Our students enjoy after school Literacy Improvement programs, inter-scholastic and extra curricular activities and various club activities supervised by the teaching staff. Our school serves over to 500 students. We support 2 self-contained Special Education classes. Our Learning Resource teachers and Educational Assistants along with our classroom teachers provide programs for students that are firmly based on Ontario Curriculum expectations and have a strong basis on integration. Through divisional and full-staff meetings we have established consistent communication and decision-making processes designed to support and deliver the best possible programs for our students. Our staff is committed to implementing strategies such as DRA, EQAO, The Literacy Improvement Project that support current school and Board literacy initiatives.

Programs & Services

Student Success Supports

Transition program with local High School
Partnership with Hamilton Police
CYCP mentoring program for At Risk youth
OEYC

Program Highlights

Literacy and Numeracy wide goals

Clubs

Dance
Band
Choir
Games

Before/After School Program or Activities

Interscholastic and Intramural programs
All Sports
Music

Our School Plan

Curriculum Focus

TLE – Transforming Learning Everywhere
Balanced Literacy
Numeracy – 3 Part Math Lessons
Differentiated Instruction
Learning Goals and Success Criteria used daily
Use of Descriptive Feedback giving students the information they need to improve

Environment Focus

Safe Schools Initiatives
Nutrition Program for all students

Parent & Community Involvement

Community

Community Partnerships
Co-op placements from local High Schools
McMaster Nursing Student program
Reach Program

Parent

School Council
Parents are involved in volunteering in the classrooms, Library and running the Nutrition program
Various Information Nights

Updated on Wednesday, October 06, 2021.