Huge Congratulations to our Pickens Page Turners Society!
Our amazing team of 21 third- and fourth-graders came out on top at Saturday's Awards Celebration!
These students took on the challenge of an extracurricular literary competition for students in grades 3–6 across Pickens County. Each participant read a novel and showcased their talents in one of three categories: Fan Art, Book Review, or Poetry.
Congratulations to our winners!
Book Review
🥇 Kate – 1st Place
🥉 Matty – 3rd Place
Fan Art
🥇 Eli G. – 1st Place
🥈 Eli H. – 2nd Place
🥉 Mack – 3rd Place
Poetry
🥇 Kate – 1st Place
🥈 Mack – 2nd Place
🥉 Reese – 3rd Place
We are so proud of the entire team! Your creativity, and perseverance paid off. Keep turning those pages!
Our amazing team of 21 third- and fourth-graders came out on top at Saturday's Awards Celebration!
These students took on the challenge of an extracurricular literary competition for students in grades 3–6 across Pickens County. Each participant read a novel and showcased their talents in one of three categories: Fan Art, Book Review, or Poetry.
Congratulations to our winners!
Book Review
🥇 Kate – 1st Place
🥉 Matty – 3rd Place
Fan Art
🥇 Eli G. – 1st Place
🥈 Eli H. – 2nd Place
🥉 Mack – 3rd Place
Poetry
🥇 Kate – 1st Place
🥈 Mack – 2nd Place
🥉 Reese – 3rd Place
We are so proud of the entire team! Your creativity, and perseverance paid off. Keep turning those pages!
Tomorrow is our Buffalo Luke's Spirit Day! Grab a great bite to eat and support Hill City! Remember to mention the grade level you are supporting at the register. Last month, first grade had the most Buffalo Luke's visits that day and earned the grade level reward!
A BIG shout out of thanks to our daily Mystery Readers for supporting our Hawks Read One Book event! Your audio recordings helped our students dive into the wonderful novel "The One and Only Ruby" by Katherine Applegate.
You added an extra layer of fun to our reading adventure. Thank you for helping our Hawks build a love of reading!
You added an extra layer of fun to our reading adventure. Thank you for helping our Hawks build a love of reading!
Monday, March 9th: Swap books with a friend or family member and give it a read! If it’s a chapter book, read the first chapter of their recommendation.
The Book Fair Opens Tomorrow!
Create your child’s Book Fair eWallet so they can shop cash-free, worry-free, and independently! It’s easy to set up and easy for others to contribute funds! Start here: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hillcityelementaryschool
#ScholasticBookFairs
Sunday, March 8th: Find a quiet, cozy spot to read for 20 minutes without interruptions. Did being cozy help you read?
Saturday, March 7th: PICKENS PAGE TURNERS K-6 Celebration at 10:30am at PHS.
We Did It, Hawks!
Today we will read the final 10 pages with our final Mystery Reader, and just like that… we will finish our schoolwide book!
Hawks Read One Book—together! We hope you enjoyed reading “The One and Only Ruby” as much as we did. Thank you to everyone who followed along, supported our Mystery Readers, and made this such a fun reading journey!
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! The fair opens Monday and runs until March 18th. Our Family Event is Tuesday, March 10th, from 3:00-7:00 p.m.
Start exploring together: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hillcityelementaryschool
#ScholasticBookFairs
Start exploring together: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hillcityelementaryschool
#ScholasticBookFairs
Here's the latest news from our wonderful Hill City PTO!
Canned Food Drive: March 9–13
We’re collecting canned food items next week to help support families in our community!
Friendly Competition: The grade level that brings in the most items will win a special prize!
Let’s work together to make a difference. Send in your canned goods and help your grade level take the lead!
We’re collecting canned food items next week to help support families in our community!
Friendly Competition: The grade level that brings in the most items will win a special prize!
Let’s work together to make a difference. Send in your canned goods and help your grade level take the lead!
Nothing like a big truck with Clifford on the side of it to stir up some excitement! The Scholastic Book Fair opens Monday and runs through March 18. Each grade level has a designated shopping day, and our Family Event is Tuesday, March 10th, from 3:00-7:00 p.m.
Get ready for some great reads and lots of book-loving fun!
Get ready for some great reads and lots of book-loving fun!
Friday, March 6th: It’s Read Across America Day! Dress like your favorite book character at school!!
Do you love Ruby as much as we do? Today's Mystery Reader is sharing pages 190-199!
Tonight's the Night! See You at PJHS!
Join us for engaging literacy activities with your students and learn how to support literacy at home. Students in K - 6th will receive free books and the media center will be open for 7th and 8th grade students. Thursday March 5th at Pickens Junior High, Drop in from 5:30 - 7:30. Please enter through the gym, and all students must be accompanied by an adult.
Thursday, March 5th: It’s FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT!!! K-8 Students join your fellow Dragons at PJHS from 5:30-7:30pm for a night of fun reading activities for everyone!
It's time to read pages 179-189! Join our Mystery Reader today as they read their part from "The One and Only Ruby!"
Wednesday, March 4th: It’s Read Across America Week!Read a book about weather. It can be fiction or non-fiction. Share what you have learned. Tell a friend or family member what made you pick the book.
What is Ruby up to today? Let's read pages 171-178 of "The One and Only Ruby" with our Mystery Reader!
Tuesday, March 3rd: It’s Read Across America Week! Read any book about a topic you LOVE!!
