Welcome to the place where “Why?” always looks for answers—the library!
After enjoying "The Curious Why" by Angela DiTerlizzi, students in grades 2–4 practiced using shelf markers with the help of their Library Leaders. Four students from each class were chosen as Library Leaders and kindly coached their classmates on this important library skill! Way to lead and learn! #LeaderInMe
After enjoying "The Curious Why" by Angela DiTerlizzi, students in grades 2–4 practiced using shelf markers with the help of their Library Leaders. Four students from each class were chosen as Library Leaders and kindly coached their classmates on this important library skill! Way to lead and learn! #LeaderInMe
Go Dragons! Thank you to the PHS Cheerleading team for sending these lovely ladies to greet our Hawks and share their smiles this morning! We’re cheering for you and the football team—good luck against Lumpkin tonight!
Way to go, Briggs! This kindergartner in Mrs. Brownell’s class finished his fluency folder and is showing such a great love for learning! Keep up the amazing work, Briggs, and enjoy your new book!
Congratulations to James, Kendall, and Kinsley! These hardworking kindergartners in Mrs. Jenkins’ classroom mastered their letters, letter sounds, and numbers 0–20—and earned a special visit to the Book Vending Machine! Way to go!
Mrs. Anderson’s PreK scientists were busy exploring and making predictions! Will it sink or float? So much fun learning through hands-on experiments!
NEW for SY 2026-27! Online Payments for student meals are now available through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
Log into the parent portal, click the link for food service. This will take you to your children's accounts and show what their current balance is. From there you can add funds to their account and set up your payment method. Payments can be made with credit card or electronic check. Credit cards will include a processing fee. A minimal transaction fee of .35 cents will be added to each electronic check transaction. Parents are able to view student account balances, purchases and payment history online, and even receive low balance alerts, or enroll in autopay. You do not have to make prepayments to use many of these features.
Mypaymentsplus is no longer active for Pickens County Schools Food Service Meal payments. All account balances that appear when logging into Mypaymentsplus are reflective of the customer's ending balance from last school year. This balance was carried forward in each customer account as the year beginning balance in our new Infinite Campus Food Service point of sale software.
Log into the parent portal, click the link for food service. This will take you to your children's accounts and show what their current balance is. From there you can add funds to their account and set up your payment method. Payments can be made with credit card or electronic check. Credit cards will include a processing fee. A minimal transaction fee of .35 cents will be added to each electronic check transaction. Parents are able to view student account balances, purchases and payment history online, and even receive low balance alerts, or enroll in autopay. You do not have to make prepayments to use many of these features.
Mypaymentsplus is no longer active for Pickens County Schools Food Service Meal payments. All account balances that appear when logging into Mypaymentsplus are reflective of the customer's ending balance from last school year. This balance was carried forward in each customer account as the year beginning balance in our new Infinite Campus Food Service point of sale software.
There's more kindergarten greatness to celebrate! Lola and Mack from Ms. Jenkins's class have mastered their letters, letter sounds, and numbers 0–20! They earned a special visit to the Book Vending Machine to celebrate their hard work. Congratulations, Mack and Lola! Your hard work is paying off!
Wow! Check out these 4 rockstar readers from Mrs. Abbott’s class! Noah, Sierra, Slade, and Sutton earned a trip to the Book Vending Machine for mastering their uppercase and lowercase letters, letter sounds, and numbers 0–20. We are so proud of you! Keep up the amazing work!
Mrs. Hamilton’s Pre-K students are exploring, sorting, and learning! They traced and identified seashells by size, sorted foam beads by color, and practiced fine motor skills by stringing beads. So much learning and fun!
"Bee" a Part of the Buzz!
The Hill City garden was buzzing with excitement as Mrs. Chapman’s Agriculture classes participated in the 2026 Great Southeast Pollinator Census! Students spent the week counting pollinators. What fun!
The Hill City garden was buzzing with excitement as Mrs. Chapman’s Agriculture classes participated in the 2026 Great Southeast Pollinator Census! Students spent the week counting pollinators. What fun!
We’re growing new readers in kindergarten!
Congratulations to Emilia, Avery, and Ava from Ms. Jenkins’ class for earning a token for the Book Vending Machine! They’ve mastered uppercase and lowercase letters, letter sounds, and numbers 0–20. Next up: kindergarten heart words!
Super job, girls!
Congratulations to Emilia, Avery, and Ava from Ms. Jenkins’ class for earning a token for the Book Vending Machine! They’ve mastered uppercase and lowercase letters, letter sounds, and numbers 0–20. Next up: kindergarten heart words!
Super job, girls!
Our Little Free Library is freshly restocked with new books! Stop by, pick a book or two, and enjoy a good read.
Take a book, share a book—and most importantly, just read!
Take a book, share a book—and most importantly, just read!
Mrs. Anderson’s Pre-K students had an ocean of fun this week! They sorted, counted, and created patterns using Play-Doh and Goldfish!
Way to go, Layne! Another amazing kindergartner in Mrs. Roper’s class has mastered her letters, letter sounds, and numbers 0–20—and earned a trip to the Book Vending Machine! Happy reading, Layne!
Wrapped up in a good book! Two of Mrs. Richards’ Pre-K students are completely engaged as Mrs. Kim reads aloud a story. We love seeing a love of reading begin!
Let’s subitize! Mrs. Gartrell’s kindergarten students are practicing number identification and learning to recognize how many items are in a small group instantly. Math skills in action!
Artfully created “How do you do’s!” Students in Mrs. Brancato’s Art class are getting to know each other through art. During these first few weeks, students have been sketching things they enjoy. It’s been so much fun seeing their creativity and learning more about each artist!
Harper has earned not one, but TWO tokens for the Book Vending Machine!
This kindergartner in Mrs. Roper’s class has mastered her letters, letter sounds, numbers 0–20, AND her kindergarten high-frequency words! Way to go, Harper! What a wonderful way to jump into reading and learning! Congratulations!
This kindergartner in Mrs. Roper’s class has mastered her letters, letter sounds, numbers 0–20, AND her kindergarten high-frequency words! Way to go, Harper! What a wonderful way to jump into reading and learning! Congratulations!
Reviewing the short a sound! Mrs. Shealey’s first graders are busy reviewing their skills during small-group lessons and center time. Keep up the great work!
Fresh Okra at Hill City Elementary!
Our school-grown okra is now available in the free food pantry in front of the school! Our Hawks are helping sort and bag the fresh harvest during Mrs. Chapman's Agriculture class. Please help yourself and enjoy some fresh okra with your family! If the pantry is empty when you arrive, check back soon—we’ll be adding more each day until we run out!
A special shout-out to Mrs. Chapman and her family for tending the garden all summer and making this harvest-sharing possible. It truly is a labor of love!
