HMS News

Dear Hilltop Community, I am excited to give you all a quick update about some of the developments happening here at school. Many are related to actions identified in the Strategic Plan, and/or suggestions for continuous improvement that have come from our community (surveys, comments, conversations, and discussions). We have made great progress on: Community engagement...Read More

– American Folk Art Museum – Pick up Lunch at Grand Central Station – 12:34 – Depart GCS on Metro North to New Haven, Ct. – Arrive New Haven Metro North Station – Pick-up by HMMS parent drivers, return to Hilltop 5:00ish – ARRIVE HMMS Retire home with families Pack it out On the move...Read More

– 10:00 Ferry to Ellis Island @ the Battery – Ellis Island visit – African Burial Ground visit, Duane St. Between Center St. and Broadway/speeches – Samantha Mercado and the New Young Lords @ People’s Church – Dinner @ El Nuevo Caribeño – Metropolitan Museum – WALK across Central Park to Cultural Connections Retire to...Read More

– El Puente, Williamsburg meet with Dani Castillo, Adám, and Frank – LUNCH from L’Industrie Pizza – Weeksville Heritage Center meet with Erica Harper – Dinner and community @ Weeksville – Playtime in Central Park/speeches – Retire to Cultural Connections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ El Puente is a community center. I love dhow there was art all around...Read More

– Nuyorican Poets Cafe, @ Loisaida Center with Claudia Alvarez-Plaud (CAP) – LUNCH in Alphabet City – Visit with Peter Mendelsund and Honor Jones @ The Atlantic – Meet with Chauncey Dandridge @ Stonewall Monument/speeches  – Dinner South of Washington Sq. Park – Cirque du Soleil: Luzia – Retire to Cultural Connections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We wander...Read More

– DNA Learning Center, 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn – LUNCH DeKalb Market Hall – Meet for a walking tour with Shawne’ Lee – African Dance class with Shawne’ Lee – Columbus Park/Sun Ya Sen Plaza/speeches – Dinner in Chinatown – Retire to Cultural Connections Something that was important to me was how, on the train,...Read More

– Leave Hilltop – Depart from New Haven on Metro North, arrive at Grand Central Station – Arrive Cultural Connections Hostel, 38 W. 88th Street – Meet w/ Peggy King-Jorde – Pizza and dance party w/ Taj Campman @ Friends and Lovers, 641 Classon Ave, Brooklyn – Retire to Cultural Connections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When we went...Read More

Hello from the Hilltop Board! We began our September meeting by setting the direction for the year ahead, adopting both the 2024-25 Board and Head of School (HOS) goals. Our board goals this year include actively supporting fundraising efforts, increasing transparency with the Hilltop community, and generating a board handbook. We’re also working hard to begin...Read More

As the school year winds to a close, so does the work of the 2023-2024 Hilltop Board of Trustees. It was a productive year of governance that included: revising the bylaws; completing development of a new strategic plan; creating a board code of conduct; strong committee work; the formalization of an investment committee; reviewing and...Read More

Day 6 – May 7 :30 – Breakfast @ BB 8:15-ish departure Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, dialogue with Swami Tagyananda Burritos in Charlesgate Park  Muddy River Walk w/ Lisa Kumf Society of Saint John the Evangelist, dialogue Brother Jack and Brother Lane Dinner @ Harvard Square 8:30 – 9:00 Compline @ Saint John the Evangelist Retire...Read More