From Buddies to Budding Friendships: Social-Emotional Learning in Junior Kindergarten
“I like climbing! And I can count to 100!” What makes you a good friend? In addition to their explorations-based study of many academic foundations …
Joyful Community
Justice, Action, and Azadi at Hillbrook
Community Care and Changemaking “Not sure if you know about this, but our daughter has been leading a group of other second-grade girls in making …
CREATED IN COMMUNITY: BUILDING HILLBROOK’S NEXT VISION PLAN
Improving a school is a goal that technically never arrives – we rise to meet a continuously evolving moment, anchored and guided by our mission …
Justice and Hope in Action: Meet Mike Peller, Hillbrook’s Founding Head of Upper School
This year, Hillbrook is proud to welcome Mike Peller to our staff as our Founding Head of Upper School – from the very beginning, it …
On Building Community & Being Curious
Meet Melissa Bamberg, Hillbrook’s Director of Enrollment Management Connecting with new families? Strategizing about our new high school? Building relationships with the Hillbrook community? And …
Making Good Things Happen: Catching Up with Kaelen and the Diaper Drive
How one 8th grader made a world of difference to Bay Area families in need Five thousand, five-hundred and twenty-seven. That’s a large number in …
HAPPINESS IS…
…those who sing with you! The Class of 2022 Returns to the Stage with “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” Happiness is singing together when …
A Taste of Home for Afghan Refugees
How one Hillbrook 8th Grader found a perfect way to say “welcome home” We all have incredible relationships to what we eat, to what we …
The Many Magical Roles of Mary Babbitt Hammers
If changing times are marked by turns of phrase, there’s one in particular we’re well-acquainted with by now: the challenges of the year. For our …
Spotlight on the Hillbrook Maintenance Team’s Summer Improvements
Contributed by Margaret Randazzo, Chief Financial Officer at Hillbrook While summer is a time that most of our community is away from campus, it is …