HMS News

A rainbow flag flies in the wind at Hilltop, while the person who proudly holds it parades throughthe audience that came to celebrate the 2021 graduation of the Middle Schoolers. Studentgraduation speeches have traditionally focused on the individual’s academic growth andcommunity experiences during their time at Hilltop Montessori School – this year, the speechesbrought many...Read More

Dear Families,We hope that you are enjoying this summer as a time to refresh and relax, and perhaps visit people that you haven’t been able to see during the time of COVID restrictions. Up on the hill, we are busy with summer projects including: reconfiguring space, painting, gardening, enhancing outdoor space, documenting emergency planning, furthering...Read More

In the Spring of 2020, the federal government rolled out the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help provide support for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial round of the plan was based on the desire to maintain employees on payroll regardless of the impact of COVID closures, rather than laying people off and...Read More

We are proud announce that Hilltop teachers were recognized as some of Windham County’s Unsung Heroes for our efforts during the pandemic. Read the article from the Brattleboro Reformer here – you will find us on page 14!Read More

The pleasure of enjoying simple things is not limited to a specific age. In addition to my role as EJIdirector, I am also the Children’s House Spanish and PE teacher. For the last two weeks, I have beenworking with the Olders from the Birch and Willow rooms making our own kites and gardening, inaddition to...Read More

One of the hallmarks of an authentic Montessori school is the “three-year cycle.” We have students in the same program with the same teachers for three years to progress as Youngers to Middlers to Olders. We see so many benefits to this. Here are a few: Allowing for students to learn from and be leaders...Read More

Six years ago, when I started working at Hilltop, helping Children’s House during lunchand nap, I sang softly in Spanish all the time. There was not much interest from myyoung audience in the beginning, but the more I sang, the more I got their attention.One of my sons was part of the group with whom...Read More

The Hilltop Montessori School Board of Trustees gathered via Zoom on Wednesday evening for our penultimate meeting of the school year. It is hard to believe that we are almost at the conclusion of this school year! What an incredible year it has been, with so much amazing work from the whole school community to...Read More

Dear Families,We want to highlight the COVID protocol updates that we have provided in recent newsletters. We are sending this separately in hopes of having more families take note. This is also a reminder that we do communicate critical things in the newsletter and encourage all parents to read it consistently. We have noted the unfortunate...Read More

Yesterday afternoon the Agency of Education (AOE) and Vermont Department of Health (VTDH) released new guidance for Vermont schools, in effect immediately and for the remainder of Spring 2021. There are a few changes from previous guidance, which we have outlined below. New Changes, in Effect for HMS on Monday, April 12 We will no longer take temperatures...Read More