Hilltop School's fourth graders recently stepped back in time to consider the question, “Should the American colonies declare independence from Britain?” To answer this question, p...
Hilltop's Second Grade students are learning how to be researchers! As an extension of our learning in EL Module Block, second-grade students took the initiative to complete an ind...
Upon the invitation from Dr. Mitzi Morillo, Superintendent of Mendham Borough School District, as an extension of the school's focus on character education and social-emotional lea...
3rd Graders used the sounds sol, mi, and do to compose short Snowman Songs and play them on an online xylophone app from Musicplay Online during music class.
First grade celebrated their hundredth day of school by bringing in hats they created using 100 things. During the day, the students wrote about what they would do if they had $100...
Everyone around Hilltop School was excited to celebrate their 100th day of learning this year! Students in all grades participated in different activities during the day. Our pre...
Congratulations to Hilltop Elementary School on its re-designation as a New Jersey School of Character! Next, the school's application will be examined for redesignation as a Nati...
This week, Hilltop’s 4th graders participated in King Arthur Baking Company’s Bake for Good Program (BFG). Their outreach program allows children to learn, bake, and share their b...
TREP$ is a national project-based program with the mission of “empowering students through entrepreneurship.” This fall, a group of Mendham Borough “TREP$” (short for entrepreneurs...
Ms. Eagan's 3rd-grade class and Ms. Novak's 1st-grade class had their first Buddy Meet-Up in December. They "warmed up with a good book!" Third graders selected books from the libr...
Preschool - 8th Grade classroom collections are growing through the Mendham Borough Schools "You've Been Book'd" program. The program's mission is to create safe, inclusive, and cu...
Kindergarteners concluded the first unit of their EL Education Weather Module by becoming meteorologists. Students were busy tracking the weather, learning about the 4 components o...
Second graders explored the book "Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade". We learned how the Macy's Parade first began and later evolved to incl...
Fourth grade School Health Ambassador volunteers assisted Mrs.Pagana in restocking band-aids and tissues in classrooms. The purpose of the program is to promote student self-confi...
Fourth graders have been learning about how the first Americans found ways to survive using the natural resources available to them in their environment. They've recently enjoyed s...
"How much waste does Halloween produce?" Mr. Gurczeski's 6th grade Scientists set out to not only answer that question but create seasonal decorations using recycled materials. S...
Hilltop's second graders have recently wrapped up their first EL Education Module: Schools and Communities. In Unit One, students explored the guiding question: "What is school, an...
Hilltop's First Graders are looking at the sun, moon, and stars in their current EL Education unit! Students learned about how the Earth receives light from the Sun as it travels a...
The Mendham Borough School District understands the importance of protecting us against cyber threats.
Cybersecurity awareness education is the first step to prevention. The edu...
In celebrating HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH (September 15 - October 15), Hilltop students made artworks recognizing the creative infusion of color, shape, and pattern shown in Hispanic ...