Art Club is geared towards students who want to further their art experience beyond their scheduled art period. Art Club meets once a week during recess. Period 4 recess meets on Fridays, Period 5 recess meets on Mondays, and Period 6 recess meets on Tuesdays. Sign up forms will be available in the Art room during regularly scheduled Art class in September.

Band and Orchestra - 5th graders have the opportunity to join our Band or Orchestra ensembles. Our program takes students from the absolute beginner to concert ready in just a few short months. We offer lessons on Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone, Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass. Please contact one of our instructors to get your budding musician enrolled!

Chorus & General Music at Hillside - Explore Hillside’s vibrant choral and general music program at MrSgro.com. The site features resources for students and families, including chorus registration, performance information, classroom activities, and music learning tools.

Computer Club - The Computer Club is geared towards students who want to further their computer experience beyond their scheduled computer period. During Computer Club, students will be working on separate projects from their assigned computer class work. Students will be exposed to computer programming via the website Scratch, and will have the option to use Makey Makeys or micro:bits. The signup for Computer Club will be happening in the next 2 weeks. The registration form will be available in Mrs. King's Google Classroom.

Continental Math League - Want to level up your math and reading skills? Join the Continental Math League (CML)! CML is a national problem solving competition. You compete against other students in your grade by completing timed, written tests. We meet once a month on Wednesday's during your lunch. Please join the google classroom, code: n45xqjhi for more information. 

Dance Club - Dance Club allows students to work on/improve their general fitness (flexibility, strength, endurance) while doing something they enjoy….. DANCE! Dance club members will learn a routine that will be performed at a school event. Dance Club meets in the mini gym during the 2nd 1/2 of the lunch period on the assigned day, based on lunch period.

4th period lunch: Tuesday (eat lunch first)

5th period lunch: Monday (eat lunch first)

6th period lunch: Thursday (eat lunch first)

Interested students can join the Dance Club with the Google Classroom code: m37hvmz. Sign-up under the classwork tab. Dance Club will start the week of September 22nd. Questions may be directed to Mrs. Zaneto at jzaneto@brrsd.org.

Drama Club presents one production each year. There are many different ways a child can be involved in the production process: as actors, assistant directors, stage managers, and stage crew. Auditions are required for acting positions and the student must be cast to join. Information is generally shared with students in December.

Lunch Maker Mash Up (LMMU) is a time for students to explore, create, and collaborate in the Library. Students can tinker, invent, problem-solve, do homework, study, play games, draw, and more. It’s not a club—just a drop-in opportunity. Students sign up through the LMMU Google Classroom on the day they’d like to attend. Please note: Lunch Maker Mash-Up takes the place of recess and is limited to 25 students. 

LMMU Lunch periods:

Period 4: Tuesdays and Fridays

Period 5: Mondays and Fridays

Period 6: Wednesdays and Thursdays

Newspaper Club – Hillside Herald Club members serve as reporters, photographers, illustrators, editors, publishers, and more for our school newspaper. The Herald is published twice a year, affording ample opportunities for club members, to conduct interviews, write opinion pieces or poetry, write news stories reporting on school activities, create comic strips or puzzles, and more. Meetings will be held before school on the second Friday of each month. However, much of the work is done independently and only requires check-ins with the advisor.

Roots & Shoots Environmental Club is composed of Hillside’s Environmental Leaders & Protectors (HELP!) and Students Raising Students (SRS). We meet together once a month on a Wednesday afterschool. Below is a description of each program component. 

HELP - HELP is the Roots & Shoots program dedicated to protecting animals and the environment. Our mission is to create and maintain a native schoolyard habitat that attracts many different forms of wildlife. We are responsible for organizing backyard workdays throughout the year and coordinating Hillside’s Forest Fest in June. We are also involved with Martin Luther King Day of Service in January. 

STUDENTS RAISING STUDENTS (SRS) - is the Roots & Shoots program committed to learning about the lives of children around the world and to promoting the educational rights and aspirations of every child. Specifically, our mission is to raise awareness about the impact of poverty on the lives of children in East Africa, and to increase their educational opportunities through scholarships. We are responsible for sponsoring the Celebrity Chef Challenge in December and we have a booth at Hillside’s Forest Fest in June. 

Stock Market Club - The Stock Market Club is open to Gr. 5 students as a hands-on and educational way to learn about investing and personal finance. We will use a stock market simulator game to learn with virtual money, practicing trading and investment strategies. Students compete in teams against teams from other schools to see who can earn more money!  Please see Mr. Meyer in Room 125

Student Council  - Elected students represent their homerooms and participate in a number of school-wide and community projects as well as hold fundraisers to benefit programs such as the Elle Foundation and the Ronald McDonald House. Interest forms are distributed in homeroom by the 3rd week of September followed by elections. Meetings are held once or twice a month on a Friday morning at 8:40 a.m. 

See the attached list of advisors and contact information.