Hillendale Elementary School

Education and community merge at Hillendale tree planting

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Scores of volunteers, mostly family units, converged at Hillendale Elementary School to plant trees as part of a stormwater management project that brought together Pennsbury Township, the school district and elementary school curriculum and others. The Oct. 12 reforestation was part of a project to prevent runoff from the school that caused excessive silting of Craig’s Mill Run and damaged properties downstream. For Pennsbury resident…

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Hillendale Elementary School ranked number one in state

A national Web site, schooldigger.com, has ranked Hillendale Elementary School the number one elementary school in the state of Pennsylvania. Hillendale ranked number one among more than 1,600 other elementary schools in the state. The site is designed for prospective homebuyers who want to know about the schools and school districts in areas where they might buy homes. It makes its state based assessment on…

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Creative problem solving at Hillendale ES

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Hillendale Elementary School fifth-graders Sam Schriver and Taylor Godek, with artist Kathryn McEntee, explain aspects of their rocket ship project.

A two-week artist in residence program became more than a matter of up-cycling old plastic water bottles.   By Rich Schwartzman   On the surface, it was a simple project, make something out of old plastic water bottles. But, an artist in residence program turned into lessons on creative problem solving for Hillendale Elementary School fifth-graders, according to artist Kathryn McEntee. McEntee, a sculptor, was…

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