Hillsboro Public Schools

📣 Announcement:📣 The Hillsboro School Board is pleased to announce Mr. Spencer Ruebke as the new Principal of the Hillsboro Elementary School beginning July 31, 2024. Mr. Ruebke is currently an elementary teacher for Ada-Borup-West Elementary and has been with the district for 7 years. He is currently the head cross country and track coach. Before this role, Mr. Ruebke was a fifth-grade teacher at Norman County West Elementary for two years. Spencer was raised and graduated from Ada, MN and currently resides there. His wife Molly is a Physician’s Assistant in Fargo, and they have two children. They just welcomed their second child this past weekend. Spencer has a passion for relationship building, setting high expectations, and mentoring new teachers. He strives to be a proactive leader rather than a reactive one. He loves sports and the community he serves. Welcome Spencer Ruebke!

This past week we have had teachers from Midway Elementary School and Cannonball Elementary School come and observe our teachers teaching reading. Some commented on how well behaved our students are. All commented on how awesome our reading instruction is!

Here are the Week 1 winners from Library Bingo! They each had a bingo on their card and were lucky enough to have their name drawn to choose a free book!! More winners will be drawn again next Monday, March 18th! Keep reading!

Congratulations to these students who had a BLACKOUT on the first week of Library Bingo! They each received a free book!

Save the date on Monday, March 25th from 3:45-9:00p.m. to come and visit your child's teachers! (Note: date change from original calendar.)The book fair will also be going on in the HEC.

Keep our fingers crossed that the nice weather remains here like a lamb in March and maybe we'll have an early spring! And while you're at it, enjoy another good book!

Reminder to Parents/Guardians: We will have an early out on Thursday, March 14th. Elementary students will be dismissed at 1:35PM and HS at 1:45PM.

Congrats DAVE!!

Music students performing at large group music contest today!

Join our team! Application window closes this Wednesday.

Check out the favorite reads at the Hillsboro Elementary School! #BurroPride

DID YOU KNOW? All students in grades K-6 receive enrichment activities called "What I Need" Time each day. This is when some of our first graders are reading third grade level books and some of our fifth graders are reading seventh grade level books. This is also when students that struggle are getting extra practice decoding multi-syllabic words, phonemic awareness, or even the Barton System to help with dyslexia. WIN Time is an excellent example of differentiation at the elementary level. If your child needs something different today, have them go into IXL and work on algebra. IXL is an example of an enrichment opportunity on the math side of things. Third graders are currently trying to get fast enough to beat Mr. Dryburgh in multiplication fact speed. Today would be a great day to work on that as well. Tomorrow, ask your child what they did during WIN time.

No school for Hillsboro today, Tuesday, February 27th, due to the snow, wind, and roads.

Hillsboro School and buses will be 2 hours late today, Tuesday, February 27th.

Happy Public Schools Week! 🤓📚🚌 Public Schools Week is an annual week-long celebration dedicated to honoring the invaluable contributions and achievements of educators and education advocates in our public schools and the communities they serve. Led by the Learning First Alliance (LFA), a coalition of 13 national education groups with a collective membership exceeding 10 million, Public Schools Week invites the education community, parents, lawmakers and others to join us in spotlighting our nation’s public schools and the dedicated individuals behind them.

Congratulations to Mckenzie and Hadley finishing in the Bronze division at the Lisbon Livestock CDE event on Saturday.

Application window closes at 4pm on March 6th!

Say “hello” to parent-teacher chat and classroom announcements in the Hillsboro app! With the addition of Rooms, our district app keeps getting better. Parents/ guardians check your email with instructions to sign up and access new features soon.

First day of Fenworks Esports State Tourney at UND in the books. Hillsboro's Rocket League lost to Minot. Tomorrow is Fortnite's turn. Thanks to Halstad Telephone Co. for donating the jerseys‼️

UPDATED MATCH TIMES FOR ESPORTS!!