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  • "When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful" ~Eric Thomas (submitted by Justin Edgecombe)
  • “If you take the time to do something correct the first time, you don’t have to spend the extra time redoing it.” (Submitted by Dr. Young)
  • “The future belongs to those who are prepared.... Education is the passport to the future.” ~Malcolm X (Submitted by Mr. Hennessy)
Hillcrest Students Work Together to Clean Up Chicago Lakefront

Hillcrest Students Work Together to Clean Up Chicago Lakefront

April 25, 2017

Yesterday, the Hillcrest Key Club and Energy Club teamed up to clean the beaches of the Chicago Lakefront.  The program is called the Great Lakes Action Days sponsored by the Shedd Aquarium and the Chicago...

American Library Association

Hillcrest IMC Kicks Off National Library Week with Special Guest Dr. Stephanie Massey

April 20, 2017

On Monday, April 10th, the Hillcrest IMC/Library joined libraries in schools, campuses and communities nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries are transforming their communities every day...

Hillcrest’s 1st place cupcake team: L.G. Williams, Sandra Walker, Andre Smith, & Eyani George

Hawks take First Place in District 228 Cupcake War

April 19, 2017

 Students enrolled in the Baking Basics class from each school in the district competed in a Cupcake War at Bremen High School on Wednesday, April 19th.  In honor of the the 2017 theme “Spring,”...

Hillcrest Students See Science in Action

Hillcrest Students See Science in Action

April 10, 2017

On Thursday, March 16th, Mrs. Molek and Mrs. Cardinal selected six young ladies to represent Hillcrest High School at the Science Careers in Search of Women Expo hosted by Argonne National Laboratories...

Hillcrest Students Serve Community at Chicago Food Depository

Hillcrest Students Serve Community at Chicago Food Depository

April 10, 2017

On Tuesday, April 4th, Hillcrest’s Interact Club, Sophomore Leadership, and SOAR groups partnered to perform volunteer work at the Chicago Food Depository.  The Chicago Food Depository distributes over...

Hillcrests Tech Team ready to help! (Standing Left to Right:  Ashley Moore, Dylan Jernigan, Ms. K. Williams, Kya Vega-Allen, Nia Ricks, Fidel Field, and Ms. S. Maxwell.  Sitting Left to Right: Ms. H. Smith and Mrs. L. Walsh.)

Hillcrest’s IMC Tech Team Ready to Help

April 10, 2017

Members of the Hillcrest Tech Team are 'sporting' their new t-shirts.  The t-shirt design was created by Tech Team member Timeon Oyeyemi. The students members of the Tech Team have received training...

Hillcrest students at the Ten80 Chicago STEM Innovators-in-Training Experience 2017.

Hillcrest Students Experience STEM at UIC Forum

April 10, 2017

On Wednesday, March 22nd, forty-two Hillcrest students and their science teachers, Mrs. Cardinal, Mrs. Molek, Mr. Polyak and Mr. Switzer, visited the TEN-80 Education Experience, sponsored by the U.S....

Hillcrest High School Algebra Students Launch Water Rockets

Hillcrest High School Algebra Students Launch Water Rockets

April 3, 2017

It must be springtime if Ms. Bucci’s Honors Algebra students are launching water rockets on the lawn at Hillcrest High School! In what has become a Hillcrest warm-weather tradition, math teacher Ms....

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Hillcrest’s IMC Hosts Red Queen Book Club Finale

March 28, 2017

Hillcrest students and staff had the opportunity to read Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard as part of the IMC Department '4 in 4' Book Club. The District Foundation Board awarded the IMC Department the funds...

Students use various colors and liquids to make lava lamps at Hillcrest STEM Night 2017.

The Hillcrest Community Explores During STEM Night

March 25, 2017

On Wednesday, March 22nd the Hillcrest Science department hosted the 4th Annual Hillcrest STEM Night. Over 100 students took advantage of the opportunity to explore and engage in STEM (Science ~ Technology...

Hillcrest Drama Group Announces Spring Show

Hillcrest Drama Group Announces Spring Show

March 24, 2017

The Hillcrest Drama Group is pleased to announce its spring show And in this Corner: Cassius Clay by Idris Goodwin. The public is invited to the performance on Friday, April 7th at 6:30 in the Hillcrest...

Hillcrest Hosts District 228 Spirit Showdown

Hillcrest Hosts District 228 Spirit Showdown

March 17, 2017

"The Spirit Showdown is where all four schools in the district compete to show school spirit. There are several competitions against each other that include tug of war, dodgeball, boys cheerleading, and...

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