What a great start to our new school year! Hillcrest Elementary has the pleasure of welcoming some new faces for our 2020-2021 school year. Our new principal is Lauren Keen. We are happy to have you join the Hillcrest Hawks. Kenyatta Percy is now our secretary. LeeAnn Holley and Tammy Johnson have joined our first grade teachers and Chelsie Fortenberry and Tammy... READ MORE >

Our fabulous art teacher, Mrs. Alexander, has a wonderful art project for you to do at home, if you choose. Please look at the attached links for further information. Enjoy creating ART! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UeyuHvI7yRCOQeoO98w9z56LaCg8lrZa/view?ts=5e950f51https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VssoBm3dzIFMSrZ5hFzGGaxA31eB02wS/view?ts=5e950f45 READ MORE >
The Lincoln Parish Fund has partnered with the Boys and Girls Club of North Louisiana to provide meals for school children during Spring Break. Working with the Louisiana National Guard, meals will be available to be picked up at the following locations at 12 noon Monday, March 30th through Friday, April 3rd: Greenwood Recreation Center, 1306 Cornell Street,... READ MORE >

Hillcrest Elementary is proud to serve our families breakfast and lunch each school day during this time of need. Our cafeteria ladies have been diligent in preparing 100 healthy and delicious meals for the families of Lincoln Parish. We are so happy that all 100 breakfast meals and 100 lunch meals are distributed every day! It has been our pleasure to greet the... READ MORE >

Lincoln Parish Schools is launching a new mobile app that helps students, parents, and community members know what is happening on campus, right from their phones. We know that families are using smartphones as a primary means to communicate. That’s why we’ve created an app that is custom-built for mobile. On the app, you can find cafeteria menus, contact... READ MORE >

On Wednesday, March 11th, Hillcrest Elementary students were treated to a pizza party for demonstrating good behavior. Through the PBIS program, students are encouraged and rewarded for demonstrating life skills such as good citizenship, being a friend, conflict resolution, and many more necessary skills. We had 86% or 307 students effectively demonstrating these... READ MORE >

Hillcrest Elementary students love reading Dr. Seuss books. We celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday with a book character dress up day and AR Read-A-Thon. Students in all grades brought their favorite book to school and came dressed as a character from the book. Students were able to share their books in the classroom. Parents and students in first and second grade... READ MORE >

Our students are having a fantastic school year. One of the greatest things we have seen happen is for our students to develop a love of reading. Each night, all students bring home a reading log and read for 30 minutes. The parents fill in the log and return it to school the next day. When an entire reading log is completed, students write their name on a shoe... READ MORE >

The first and second grade classes at Hillcrest were so very excited to take our first trip to the STEM Center. Missy Wooley, STEM Center facilitator read us a book entitled, The Diary of a Wombat. We really enjoyed the robotics lab. After hearing the story and paying close attention to the sequence, we learned how to program our Beebot to follow a set of... READ MORE >