Thanks to:

-Pepsi
-Albertsons
-USDA
Arial Photography
-CR England
-McDonalds
-Superior Water
-Meineke

To become a supporter of your local school please contact the principal.

Pepsi

Pepsi provided Junior Achievement lessons for all Hillsdale students. The Junior Achievement program includes lessons about the free enterprise system and how to be a better consumer and job holders. Pepsi is donating the materials for each student and volunteers from their company to co-teach with our regular teachers.

Albertsons

The Albertsons store located at 3555 West and 3500 South has become a business partner with Hillsdale Elementary.  Albertsons frequently makes donations for school functions. 

Aerial Photography

The Aerial Photography department of the United States Government has been a business partner of Hillsdale since 1995.  Many of their employees have generously donated their free time to assist in extending the resource of information available to the students of Hillsdale.  They have been instrumental in sponsoring food drives, donating books, providing materials for the school. Volunteers share their talents with our students. 

Jerry Welty has been teamed with Ms. Donnelly's class for three years.  Jerry is a poet who writes about people he meets in his traveling endeavors.  He lives in Heavener, Oklahoma with his wife, Glinda.  He visits the class whenever he is in West Valley City and e-mails them from the truck wherever he may be.  The students question him about where he is, where he is going, what he is hauling, and most importantly, "When are you coming back?"   They learn the distance from one location to another.  Jerry sends postcards with information about the states through which he travels. The information on the cards includes the state symbol, motto, nickname and state bird.  He buys state pins to present to the class when he visits. The class discusses the state and the student who can name the state capital, places the pin on the classroom U.S. map.  The correspondence doesn't end there.  The students write to Jerry at his home and he replies to each of their letters.  Every student receives a T-shirt with the Hillsdale Hawk Logo and Adopt A Driver Friend written on it.

A close relationship has developed between Jerry and the class. The students become very excited when they see Jerry's truck pull up.  They eagerly greet him and he knows them all by name.  He has become involved in other ways.  When the students have 100% work completion for a term he congratulates them with a gift certificate to McDonalds.  The students try harder to get 100% work completion.  He visits often enough that the relationship goes on from year to year.

McDonalds

We'd like to thank the West Valley City McDonalds for helping in our school. McDonalds provides dinners for teachers on the night when our teachers put in a whole day of teaching and then also stay to meet with parents for SEP Conferences. They volunteered to provide punch and cookies for kindergarten registration and orientation. Occasionally, McDonalds also helps us give reward lunches to students who have significant achievements.

We appreciate the valuable contributions our business partners make to our school and the community.  Please patronize them whenever possible.

Superior Water

Superior Water volunteered to improve the drinking water for the students at Hillsdale by installing water filters in the drinking fountains of the halls and classrooms at Hillsdale. Now students can drink water free from minerals. In November, all the drinking fountains were fitted with filters. A special thank you to Superior Water for this service.

Meineke

Meineke at 2190 W. & 3500 S. has offered to donate 10% of the bill to Hillsdale when the customer mentions Hillsdale School at the time of service. We appreciate their help because this money can be used to finance the extra educational needs that teachers would like, but is not funded. Thank you Meineke!