What We Do

The Hillside PTO:
  • funds enriching educational resources and programs to enhance all students' school experience,
  • supports staff through stipends and appreciation events,
  • strengthens community through social and fundraising events.

How we do it: It takes all of us! We are a 100% volunteer-driven and donation-funded non-profit: everything is possible because of you and our community!

The 2024-2025 Funds Request cycle is complete! Here are the Staff-requested resources and enrichments that were made possible because of our families' generous donations to the PTO:

SUMMER & FALL 2024 PTO-APPROVED FUNDS REQUESTS:

  • 2 Playground Benches
  • Commercial Poster Printer
  • SPED Hawk Cafe 
  • PE Pickleball Nets
  • Art Frames
  • Art Conference Registration 
  • Kindergarten & 1st Grade Secret Garden Assembly 
  • 1st Grade Resources (Boom Cards, Magnets) 
  • SEAC Ceremony Cupcakes
  • 3rd Grade Red Carpet Day 
  • 3rd Grade Ancients Day 
  • 4th Grade Generation Genius Subscription 

WINTER 2025 PTO-APPROVED FUNDS REQUESTS:

  • PE Field Day Inflatable Obstacle Course
  • Kindergarten Sensory Bins
  • 1st Grade Scales
  • Robotics Clubs National Registration ($1,000 contribution) 
  • Counseling Dept. Career Day Lunch 
What the PTO funded during the 2023-2024 school year:
Educational Resources & Student Enrichments 
  • $200 stipend for grade-level classroom teachers (up to $6,000)
  • GMC Ultima EZ Load  Laminator
  • PE: 9-Square in the Air PE Equipment
  • PE: Field Day Obstacle Course & Popsicles
  • Technology: 3D Printer (Ultimaker 2+ Connect), in partnership with the 5th Grade class of 2023
  • Technology: Lego League Robotics Kits
  • Schoolwide Dr. Recess Workshop
  • Art: Paul Revere Lantern Project
  • Art: Squishy Circuit Sculptures
  • Career Day Presenters Lunch
  • Odyssey of the Mind team registration and coach training
  • SPED Hawk Cafe
  • Scholastic Literacy Magazine Subscriptions for 5 grade-levels
  • Kindergarten Chick Hatching Incubators
  • Kindergarten STEAM & Project Supplies
  • 3rd Grade Ancients Day
  • 3rd Grade Red Carpet Day
  • 3rd Grade The Classroom Nook Licenses
  • 3rd Grade World Cultures Escape Room
  • 5th Grade Potato Olympics and End-of-Year Activities

Community & School Events

  • Welcome Week
  • Bingo Night
  • Family Breakfasts
  • Fifth Grade Festival contribution
  • Glow Dance
  • Hillside Holiday Lights
  • STEAM Showcase 
  • Trunk-or-Treat
  • World Culture Fair
  • Yearbook & Ice Cream Social

Staff Support & Recognition

  • 5 New Staff Lounge Dining Tables
  • Staff Welcome Back Lunch
  • Monthly Staff Recognition Events: Stock the Lounge, Brunch for Lunch, Full Moon Treat, Harvest Lunch, Cookie Corner, Wellness Day, Rainbow Snack Day, Baseball Opening Day Lunch
  • Staff Appreciation Week