May 5th – Stonewall Inn LGBTQ history scavenger hunt in the West Village The Center with Michael and Enrike Weeksville Heritage Center 158 Buffalo Ave., Brooklyn Dinner at the Fulton Street Food Court While we were at [the Stonewall Monument] park [in the West Village] we had a scavenger hunt that was so enthralling it...Read More

Thursday – May 4th Sugar Hill Creamery with Petruschka Bazin Larsen Lunch in Harlem Walk through Bryant Park New York Bar Association with Maria Cilente Dinner at Desi Galli with Zoe Timms and Pria Vanda Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ on Broadway, Music Box Theater At Sugar Hill Creamery, the work that was being done for the...Read More

Wednesday – May 3 Tenement Museum Walking tour of LES Drawing in Tompkins Square Park Nuyorican Poets Cafe and met and wrote with Claudia (CAP) Walk to Chinatown Dinner at Mott Street Eatery Staten Island Ferry ride – At the Tenement Museum, on our tour, there were so many unexplained things, Why were Dora the...Read More

Tuesday, May 2nd: Meet with Mickey Melendez at People’s Church Walk w/ Mickey to Museum of the City of New York Lunch w/ Mickey at El Nuevo Caribeño Fire Lotus Temple with Sensei Hojin Kimmel Speeches in Prospect Park Dinner and dance party with Taj Campman at Friends and Lovers Why don’t people here smile...Read More

Monday, May 1st Leave Hilltop Depart from New Haven on Metro North Check in – Q4 Hostel in Queens Meet with Linda Machuca at La Hueca Manabita Dinner at La Hueca Manabita Fun in Flushing Meadows Park – Speeches Retire to Q4 When I go to a city or a place with a lot of...Read More

We are getting ready for our great journey. Stay tuned for daily updates on our adventures. Binding journals for our journey We prepare our materials Aiden presents on places we are going to visit Isabel presents on places we are going to visit Copy-of-Story-of-American-Resilience-Odyssey-Itinerary-student_parent-version-2023DownloadRead More

Dear Hilltop Community; As we get a hint of summer and look towards the impending transitions at the end of a school year, the Board of Trustees is doing the same. Last month the board hosted an open board meeting with Cheese Boards Galore! Interested community members learned more about the work of the Hilltop...Read More

“The goal of antiracism isn’t to “erase” color differences but to detach harmful ideasabout race and racial groups from the colors we see.”-Dr. Ibram X. Kendi We left Boston behind, but the excitement of sharing all the new things we learneduring our four days at the AMS conference is still fresh on our minds and...Read More

Here we are in our second month of 2023, with a successful season of Mountain Days under our belts, and students and teachers digging into mid-year academics. This is also the time of year when the HMS Board begins its search for new trustees to join our work in the 2023-2024 academic year, either as a new trustee or...Read More

Maria Montessori emphasized the importance of “The Spiritual Preparation of the Teacher” as critical to supporting children into developing into their true selves. She said that a teacher must notice and accept their faults and “must be willing to accept guidance if we wish to become effective teachers”. She speaks against being defensive about shortcomings,...Read More