We Make Things Better
This past Monday at Flag, the Executive Director of Breakthrough Silicon Valley (BSV), Melissa Johns, shared the exciting news that the Hillbrook community will be recognized at …
Innovation
Everything is in Technicolor
Ask 1st grade teacher Barb Johnson about this year, and you will hear the following, “This is probably my strongest teaching year ever.” 6th/7th grade …
Telling Our Stories
Earlier this week, I visited the 4th graders during their first publishing party of the year, a key part of our newly implemented Writer’s Workshop …
Of possibilities, challenges, and purple crayons
The following are my remarks from this morning’s Class of 2012 graduation: Good morning students, faculty, parents, grandparents, and friends and welcome to the Hillbrook …
Walk and Rock for the Teachers
A few weeks back, we had a group of thirteen educators from New Zealand on our campus learning from Technology Director Don Orth, several Middle …
Leading by Example
Be curious. It is the second of our four core values but the one, I sense, least discussed. Take Risks resonates strongly amidst the entrepreneurial …