Principals Message: Parent Teacher Conferences-Virtual

Parent Teacher Conferences are on Tuesday, March 1st & Wednesday, March 2nd. These will all be held virtually with no in-person times. Please see the link below for your teacher and their specific Zoom meeting link. 

Hillcrest High School Parent-Teacher Conferences 

March 1. VIRTUAL 3:30-7:30

March 2. VIRTUAL 3:30 to 7:00 PM

Students’ families: 

1. Click on the zoom link to join the virtual meeting with your student’s teachers. 
2. You may need the passcode to enter the meeting. 
3. Please be patient as the teacher finishes up a previous meeting with another family. 
4. Your meeting request will be accepted in the order it is received. 

• If you are unfamiliar with opening Zoom, we have included this tutorial on how to open the google document referenced above, find the teachers’ Zoom links, and opening Zoom website: https://youtu.be/J-ro2lubmis .

• Hosting parent-teacher conferences virtually is a new format for us, so there may be some challenges. If you experience technical issues, please call the front office and someone will get back to help you, 801-826-6000. Again, please be patient with us as we attempt to make this an enjoyable process.  Parents please call the front office, if you need help, and someone will get back to help you, 801-826-6000. Again, please be patient with us as we attempt to make this an enjoyable process.

ACT Schedule :

Attention students and parents:

All 11th grade students in Canyons School District have the opportunity to take the ACT Test without payment, as part of the district’s college-ready focus.  The ACT is used by many colleges and universities as part of their application requirements, and as a predictor of success in college.  This test has very strict testing guidelines and will be run just like the regular National ACT Test.  The test is scheduled for Tuesday, March 8, 2022 which is a B Day. This test is for JUNIORS ONLY.  All other students are invited to consult virtually with their teachers from 1:00 – 2:25 PM.

ACT testing will begin no later than 7:40 a.m.  No students will be admitted after testing starts.  Picture ID is required. Students should bring #2 pencils and an appropriate calculator.  See www.myact.org for additional information. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Williams in the Counseling Center at 801-826-6165.

IMPORTANT TESTING REMINDERS:

• DO:
• Arrive ON TIME to your assigned room – testing begins no later than 7:40a.m.
• Bring Photo ID (current school ID or Drivers License)
• Bring Number 2 pencils and a permitted calculator

• DO NOT:

• DO NOT bring a CELL PHONE
• DO NOT bring any type of ELECTRONIC DEVICES
• DO NOT eat or drink in the testing room
• DO NOT bring scratch paper, notes, reading material, any unauthorized testing aids

ACT Testing Schedule:

• Juniors arrive.……………………………………………….….……..7:00 – 7:30 AM
• Juniors begin check in for testing.……………………….…..7:20
• Distribute Materials/Verbal Instructions………..………..7:40
• *Test 1………………………………………………..………..………….45 Minutes
• Test 2…………………………………………………………..……………60 Minutes
• Break…………………………………………………………..….………..15 Minutes
• Test 3………………………………………………………………………..35 Minutes
• Test 4…………………………………………………………..………..….35 Minutes
• Materials Check-in………..………………………………..…………11:20 Staff Check-In Materials
• Lunch (for all students)………………………………….…….……11:50 AM – 12:50PM
• Virtual Teacher Consultation Time (for all students)….1:00 – 2:25 PM

*Students will not be admitted if they arrive after test booklets are distributed.

*State ACT make up test will be March 22, 2022.

**BUSES WILL RUN AT THE REGULAR TIMES**

Additionally, all 9th and 10th grade students will take the ASPIRE tests in April. All classes will be held as usual for 11th and 12th grade students with bell schedules being adjusted to allow time for the exams during class time for 9th and 10th grade students.

CTE Month:

February is Career & Technical Education month, and we are celebrating the value of giving students the tools to succeed in a career and at college.  Check out the calendar of events just outside the Main Office, in the “B” hall and the STEM building.  

To kick off CTE month, every Wednesday there will be 4 paper footballs with CTE facts on the back hung in the halls of the school.  The 4 students who find these football pictures will win a prize.  If you find a football, read the CTE fact on the back and take it to Mr. Wood in the Counseling Center or Mrs. Quirk in the Career Center, Room A137.  Be listening during announcements for CTE Teacher Highlights and CTE trivia questions throughout February to win candy bars. 

CTE Survey:

Hillcrest High Parents,

Please take a minute and complete the linked survey. It is to help us know how to improve our Career and Technical Education (CTE) classes. Each year the district receives federal funds from the “Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act” and how we can spend it depends on data we get from this and other surveys. If you have any questions, please contact me.

Parent Survey

PTSA Information:

Thank you for feeding Faculty during Parent/Teacher Conferences