ASEP (After School Enrichment Program)  Two additional volunteers needed

(Fall and Spring)

PTO volunteers plan, organize and run this hugely popular Hillside program. ASEP classes run from 2:20 until 3:20 and give students at all grade levels the opportunity to enjoy physically and/or mentally enriching activities. 

Backpacker

The Hillside Backpacker is a weekly e-newsletter designed to keep parents, teachers, administrators, staff and students informed about programs, events, services, and current events at the school (or that impact the school). Sign up from our homepage!

Book Fair

Love books? Volunteer to help our Media Specialist, Debbie Ubriaco build our wonderful media center and help parents inspire the love of reading at home. Our energetic organizers work with Debbie and the selected book fair vendor to coordinate set-up, run, and publicize the book fair.

Craft Night  One additional volunteer needed

Develop crafts, coordinate craft stations, set up, clean up, and have fun at this well attended event!

Fall Social  Additional volunteers welcome

Hillside parents, faculty, and staff socialize with our Hillside community while the children play on the playground. This laid-back event...with cider donuts!

Boogie Night

DJ, food, decorations, and volunteers are always needed. Boogie Night is a popular themed dance event.

Help to Families in Need 

Throughout the year, and at the discretion of Dr. Fasciglione, the school principal, the PTO coordinates services and assistance, including financial assistance, to Hillside families in need.

Homeroom Parent Coordinators

Volunteer to coordinate communications between Home Room Parents and Parents re: class dues, class parties, general reminders, and the 5th grade moving up ceremony. Liaison with the PTO board regarding district and school board communications, especially around budget voting time.

Ice Cream Social  Volunteer needed

Free ice cream and fun family social evening.

InDOOR Halloweeen Additional volunteers needed

Hillside InDOOR Trick or Treat is a super fun fall event and every Hillside family is invited! Come trick or treat… at school! Take a walk down the halls and stop at decorated doors… your teachers and staff will be there to hand out treats… at the end you’ll get to vote for your very favorite door! Costumes are encouraged but not necessary!

Learning Fair

The Hillside Learning Fair is an annual school-wide display of independent study student projects organized by PTO volunteers. It is open to all students at Hillside. Family members are encouraged to attend. 

Library Volunteers  Volunteers needed

Are you good at alphabetizing? Would you like to spend time with your child’s class while they visit the media center? PTO volunteers coordinate parents to re-shelve books, check books out, and assist our librarian, Mrs. Ubriaco with class projects and assignments. For parents with older children, this can be a great way to help out your child’s class.  

Family Movie Night 

Coordinate a movie, beverages, and snacks for our K-5 students and their families to enjoy.

Newcomer’s Ice Cream Social/Fall Social

Meet & greet ice cream social for incoming kindergarten families and other families new to Hillside. This is a great opportunity for new families and students meet their teachers and other classmates, have ice cream, and play on the playground.

PARP (Parents As Reading Partners) 

(Ongoing)

The PARP program motivates elementary school readers. In exchange for recording time spent reading and meeting reading goals, PARP participants can earn rewards (i.e. coupons for one scoop of ice cream from Stewart's or a Hillside pencil).

Passive Fundraisers

Would you like to help Hillside make money through corporate sponsored fundraisers such as: Box Tops for Education; Labels for Education and Price Chopper E Labels for Education; Hannaford Helps Schools; and Price Chopper Tools For Schools. If you are in the volunteer spirit, but you don’t have a lot of time to give, help organize, publicize and make our school lots of money with one of these wonderful corporate sponsors. Organizers will also be asked to get creative and help implement incentives/contests in order to maximize our full fundraising potential.

Picture Day

Volunteer to coordinate picture day (October) and retake day (November) with school, teachers, photographer and parents as necessary. Help children to and from their classrooms and make sure the students are looking picture ready. Liaise with the PTO board and Hillside school office with any contracts that need to be reviewed and signed.

Pre-School Story & Music Hour/1000 Book Club

Volunteers coordinate, communicate, and supervise the library and gym time for preschoolers who will be coming to Hillside for kindergarten in the fall. At the conclusion of the event, the children sign out their first red book bag!

Restaurant Night 

(All year)

Plan dining nights/days at local restaurants such as Chipotle and Panera. These dining nights are very
easy to coordinate, and require a minimal time commitment. It’s a great way to build community spirit and benefit Hillside at the same time.

Special Projects/ Capital Improvements

Over the years, the PTO has planned, funded, and implemented projects that resulted in major improvements to Hillside Elementary School.

Spirit Wear/Apparel  

Because it is expensive to produce high-quality Hillside apparel, the PTO runs the apparel sale in the Fall as service to the Hillside Community and does not mark-up the items to make a profit. New Hillside parents take note: there are several days during the school year when the kids like to wear Hillside tee shirts- for Field Day, ACES Day, School Spirit Day, Niska Day, and others.

Staff Appreciation Luncheon

A thank you luncheon for all our hardworking Hillside teachers and staff held in the Hillside Cafeteria!

Webmaster

Volunteer who maintains the PTO website, with updates school information on a weekly basis, and coordinates with the district PTO webmaster.

If you'd like to know more about any of these programs or volunteer to help, please reach out!