¡Enero es el Mes de Agradecimiento a la Mesa Directiva! Nos gustaría aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecer sinceramente a nuestros siete miembros electos de la Mesa Directiva por su servicio voluntario al distrito y a la gran comunidad de Hillsboro: la presidenta Ivette Pantoja, la vicepresidenta See Eun Kim y los directores Yessica Hardin Mercado, Patrick Maguire, Katie Rhyne, Nancy Thomas y Mark Watson. 

También nos gustaría extender el reconocimiento y agradecer a nuestros tres representantes estudiantiles de la Mesa Directiva: Nicole Ayala Congachi de Glencoe, Jocelyn Trejo-Reyes de Hilhi y Hazel Cleveland del Plantel de Oak Street.

Los miembros de la Mesa Directiva dedican innumerables horas para supervisar y brindar una voz comunitaria a las operaciones del distrito, así como para abogar por los recursos y las oportunidades que los estudiantes necesitan para tener éxito. ¡Les agradecemos por todo lo que hacen, miembros de la Mesa Directiva!

La temporada festiva nos trajo muchos héroes generosos; aquí mencionamos solo a algunos de ellos. El programa para familias necesitadas de nuestra organización local, Hillsboro Elks Lodge, que se realiza durante las festividades, regresó con más fuerza que nunca. 

Gracias a la gran respuesta de la comunidad, que donó comida, juguetes, ropa y dinero, así como a su impresionante equipo de voluntarios, ¡incluido el Consejo Estudiantil de la Escuela Preparatoria Century!, el sábado 19 de diciembre los Elks pudieron apoyar a más de 740 familias, que representan a más de 2,100 niños. 

La Tienda Anual de Juguetes Festivos de la Escuela Preparatoria Glencoe estuvo abierta para toda la ciudad, lo que permitió a las familias elegir regalos para sus hijos, recibir cajas con comida e incluso ¡llevarse a su hogar un árbol de Navidad si lo necesitaban! Más de 150 familias se beneficiaron de esta iniciativa. 

Además, justo antes del receso de invierno, ¡Home Depot entregó cuatro refrigeradores de tamaño completo para los bancos de alimentos de Rosedale, Tobias, Witch Hazel y South Meadows!

Esa donación fue coordinada por Hillsboro Schools Foundation. Nuestro más sincero agradecimiento a ustedes, así como a las demás personas y organizaciones cuya generosidad ayudó a brindarles alegría durante las festividades a otros. ¡Nos hacen sentir orgullosos de ser HSD!

HSD agradece profundamente al Ayuntamiento de Hillsboro por la asignación de $80,000 para apoyar a estudiantes con problemas de vivienda y a quienes acceden a la educación en línea. 

La asignación de los fondos se aprobó durante una sesión especial de trabajo del ayuntamiento realizada el lunes, 24 de noviembre de 2025.Noticias de Última Hora se publica y se envía por correo electrónico a las familias y al personal del HSD cada semana de clases. Por favor, añada la dirección a su lista de remitentes seguros para asegurarse de recibir siempre la edición más reciente. También guarde en sus favoritos el sitio web de nuestro distrito: www.hsd.k12.or.us

En este episodio:

* Mes de Agradecimiento a la Mesa Directiva

* Héroes de las festividades

* Apoyo financiero del Ayuntamiento de Hillsboro

* Periodo de prioridad para transferencias dentro del distrito para el 2026-27

* Eventos de vacunación en el Centro de Salud Escolar

* Reunión del Comité Consultivo de Padres Nativos de Hawái e Isleños del Pacífico

¡Y mucho más!

Noticias de Última Hora se publica y se envía por correo electrónico a las familias y al personal del HSD cada semana de clases. Por favor, añada la dirección a su lista de remitentes seguros para asegurarse de recibir siempre la edición más reciente. También guarde en sus favoritos el sitio web de nuestro distrito: www.hsd.k12.or.us

January is School Board Appreciation Month! We’d like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our seven elected School Board members for their voluntary service to the District and to the greater Hillsboro community: Chair Ivette Pantoja, Vice Chair See Eun Kim, and Directors Yessica Hardin Mercado, Patrick Maguire, Katie Rhyne, Nancy Thomas, and Mark Watson. We would also like to recognize and thank our three student representatives to the Board: Nicole Ayala Congachi from Glencoe, Jocelyn Trejo-Reyes from Hilhi, and Hazel Cleveland from Oak Street Campus. 

Board members put in countless hours overseeing and providing community voice to District operations, as well as advocating for the resources and opportunities students need to be successful. For all you do, School Board members, we thank you!

Our feature this week is holiday heroes! The holiday season brought us many heroes of the giving sort, here are just a few of them. Our local Hillsboro Elks Lodge was back and bigger than ever with their holiday program for families in need. Thanks to a tremendous response from the community with donations of food, toys, clothing, and money, as well as their own impressive cadre of volunteers - including Century High School’s student council! - the Elks were able to support over 740 families representing more than 2100 children on Saturday, December 19. Across town, Glencoe High School’s Annual Holiday Toy Shoppe was open for business, allowing families to select gifts for children, receive boxes of food, and even take home a Christmas tree if they needed one! More than 150 families were served by that effort. And just before the break, Home Depot delivered four full-size refrigerators to the food pantries at Rosedale, Tobias, Witch Hazel, and South Meadows! That donation was coordinated by the Hillsboro Schools Foundation. Our deepest thanks go out to you and other individuals and organizations whose generosity helped make the holidays a little brighter for others. You make us Proud to be HSD!

HSD is very grateful to the Hillsboro City Council for providing $80,000 to support students experiencing housing instability and those accessing online education. The fund disbursement was approved during a ⁠special work session⁠ of the Council on Monday, November 24, 2025.

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January is School Board Appreciation Month! We’d like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our seven elected School Board members for their voluntary service to the District and to the greater Hillsboro community: Chair Ivette Pantoja, Vice Chair See Eun Kim, and Directors Yessica Hardin Mercado, Patrick Maguire, Katie Rhyne, Nancy Thomas, and Mark Watson. We would also like to recognize and thank our three student representatives to the Board: Nicole Ayala Congachi from Glencoe, Jocelyn Trejo-Reyes from Hilhi, and Hazel Cleveland from Oak Street Campus. 

Board members put in countless hours overseeing and providing community voice to District operations, as well as advocating for the resources and opportunities students need to be successful. For all you do, School Board members, we thank you!

Our feature this week is holiday heroes! The holiday season brought us many heroes of the giving sort, here are just a few of them. Our local Hillsboro Elks Lodge was back and bigger than ever with their holiday program for families in need. Thanks to a tremendous response from the community with donations of food, toys, clothing, and money, as well as their own impressive cadre of volunteers - including Century High School’s student council! - the Elks were able to support over 740 families representing more than 2100 children on Saturday, December 19. Across town, Glencoe High School’s Annual Holiday Toy Shoppe was open for business, allowing families to select gifts for children, receive boxes of food, and even take home a Christmas tree if they needed one! More than 150 families were served by that effort. And just before the break, Home Depot delivered four full-size refrigerators to the food pantries at Rosedale, Tobias, Witch Hazel, and South Meadows! That donation was coordinated by the Hillsboro Schools Foundation. Our deepest thanks go out to you and other individuals and organizations whose generosity helped make the holidays a little brighter for others. You make us Proud to be HSD!

HSD is very grateful to the Hillsboro City Council for providing $80,000 to support students experiencing housing instability and those accessing online education. The fund disbursement was approved during a special work session of the Council on Monday, November 24, 2025.

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We are bringing you an episode this month that is sure to fill you up with joy as we feature the accomplishments of our Nutrition Services Department! These teams may be more behind the scenes, but they play a huge role in the success and learning environment for our students. With every dish served is a story of logistics, care, and commitment to our HSD students.

Episode Host: Amber Owens, Human Resources Supervisor

Featured staff:

• Whitney Ellersick
• Janet Bevandich

What is your experience with Nutrition Services?

Share your questions and experiences here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HR High Five Podcast Feedback⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

En este episodio:

* ¡Agradecemos el apoyo de nuestra comunidad HSD!

* Liberación de alevines de salmón

* No se emitirá el boletín Noticias de la Semana durante el receso de invierno

* Encuesta sobre el Plan Estratégico

* El formulario FAFSA 2026-27 ya está disponible

* Reunión del Comité Consultivo de Padres Indígenas Estadounidenses y Nativos de Alaska

¡Y mucho más!

Noticias de Última Hora se publica y se envía por correo electrónico a las familias y al personal del HSD cada semana de clases. Por favor, añada la dirección a su lista de remitentes seguros para asegurarse de recibir siempre la edición más reciente. También guarde en sus favoritos el sitio web de nuestro distrito: www.hsd.k12.or.us

So many people in our community have stepped up and showed up for our students, staff, and families this fall! Individuals, local businesses, and community-based organizations have donated money, school supplies, food, backpacks, boxes, refrigerators, clothing, holiday gifts and more; provided services and resources; and invested time, information, and energy to assist those who need help the most. For that, we wanted to say a heartfelt “thank you!”

En este episodio:

* Resúmenes de los perfiles escolares y del distrito

* Reunión de otoño del Comité Directivo del Programa Caminos a la Profesión y a la Universidad

* Reunión del Comité Consultivo de Involucramiento Familiar Black Village: Hora de cuentos de invierno

* Concursos académicos

* El formulario FAFSA 2026-27 ya está disponible

* Reunión del Comité Consultivo de Padres Indígenas Estadounidenses y Nativos de Alaska

¡Y mucho más!

Noticias de Última Hora se publica y se envía por correo electrónico a las familias y al personal del HSD cada semana de clases. Por favor, añada la dirección a su lista de remitentes seguros para asegurarse de recibir siempre la edición más reciente. También guarde en sus favoritos el sitio web de nuestro distrito: www.hsd.k12.or.us

On Thursday, November 20, the Oregon Department of Education released At-A-Glance School and District Profiles for the 2024-25 school year. The Profiles are designed to provide a consistent set of school and district level information to local communities. They contain previously released assessment data for last school year, previously released graduation data for the class of 2024, and some new data for the 2024-25 school year. 

Because the state uses consistent sources of data and calculation methods for all schools and districts, its reports are useful for comparison purposes - both between schools and districts and within individual entities on a year-over-year basis. However, data on statewide standardized assessment results in English Language Arts and Mathematics tell a bit of a misleading story of our students’ knowledge and skills. 

A number of students opt out of these tests, and because they are not used for placement, grade promotion, or for any other success measure in school, we have seen students and families place far less importance on them in recent years. For this reason, we have identified other measures for determining students’ growth and learning on a rolling basis and are using that data to track progress toward our Strategic Plan goals. For example, we are using HSD-administered assessments called Running Records to measure proficiency in English and/or Spanish reading. 

You can find the District’s and each school’s At-A-Glance Profile in the Accountability section of our website. Additional information can be found in ODE’s press release and on their At-A-Glance Profiles and Accountability Details webpage. 

Our featured event is the fall Career and College Pathways Steering Committee meeting that was held on Thursday, November 20, at Hilhi. This amazing group of industry partners, educators, and community leaders plays a key role in helping us create clear and exciting pathway opportunities for every HSD student. Superintendent Travis Reiman kicked off the morning by sharing the latest district data and indicators tied to student success and postsecondary readiness. Melissa Pendergrass, Coordinator of Career and College Pathways, framed the day by emphasizing the value of authentic partnerships and high-quality work-based learning. She spoke about how real world experiences not only benefit students but also create a powerful return on investment for local employers who are building their future workforce. Participants then jumped into a lineup of interactive workshops that explored everything from supervising youth at worksites to designing meaningful hands-on experiences, understanding the long term benefits of investing in youth career development, and more. Conversations were lively, solutions oriented, and full of ideas that will directly support students. HSD extends a huge thank you to everyone who joined us. Your partnership helps ensure that students discover their interests, build real skills, and feel excited about their futures. We look forward to continuing this work together throughout the year.

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Noticias de Última Hora se publica y se envía por correo electrónico a las familias y al personal del HSD cada semana de clases. Por favor, añada la dirección a su lista de remitentes seguros para asegurarse de recibir siempre la edición más reciente. También guarde en sus favoritos el sitio web de nuestro distrito: www.hsd.k12.or.us