May 6th – 10th is Teacher Appreciation Week at Hillcrest Jr. High!  Let your teachers know how much you appreciate them throughout this week.  A big thanks goes out to our hard-working PTSA for organizing a fun week of lunches and treats for our wonderful teachers!

8^th Grade Parents

Plan for College and Career Readiness Meeting

The counselors will be meeting individually with all 8th graders and their parents between February 11th – March 8th for a 8^th Grade Plan for College and Career Readiness Meeting. The purpose of this very important 20 minute meeting is to:

• Discuss current academics
• Discuss 4 year plan for high school & review high school graduation requirements
• Discuss registration for 9th grade
• Discuss financial preparation for college/career
• Discuss how to access the PCCR on Utah Futures

Parents – please sign up for a time to attend the PCCR with your student by doing the following: 

• Click on the 8^th Grade PCCR Scheduling link on the left hand side of Hillcrest’s main webpage
• Choose HILLCREST JR HIGH and click GO
• The password is:  hillcrest (all lower case)
• Enter your student’s ID number  or use the lookup feature to find your student’s ID number
• Follow the prompts to complete the scheduling

The online scheduler will be available from now until March 6th to sign up for appointments.  If you do not sign up for an appointment, the counselors will still meet with your student individually.

We look forward to having all parents in attendance at the 8th grade PCCR with their student.  If you have any questions, please contact the counseling center at 801-264-7494.

9th Grade Plan for College and Career Readiness Parent Meeting – SIGN UP NOW

The Counselors will be meeting individually with all 9th graders and their parents between January 3rd through the 25th. The purpose of this very important meeting is to:

• Discuss current academics
• Discuss 4-year plan for high school & review graduation requirements
• Discuss registration for 10th grade
• Discuss financial preparedness for college
• Discuss academic preparedness for college

Parents – please schedule a time for this PCCR with your student by doing the following:

• Click in the 9th grade PCCR scheduling link in on the left hand side of this page

• Choose HILLCREST JR HIGH and click GO

• The password is: hillcrest (all lower case)

• Enter your student’s ID number or use the lookup feature to find your student’s ID number

• Follow the prompts to complete the scheduling

The online schedule will be available from December 10th until January 23rd to schedule your individual appointments.  If you do not sign up for an appointment, the Counselors will still meet with your student to discuss this information.

If you have any questions, please contact the Counseling Center at 801-264-7494.   

Late Start Dates

In order to afford the students of Murray School District with the best academic experience, our teachers need the opportunity to collaborate across schools. Therefore, Murray School District is implementing two-hour late start days, which will allow our teachers access to important collaboration time and professional development that will benefit student learning. Our first late start day will be October 1st. School will start at 9:55 AM. Buses will pick students up 2 hours later than normal times and breakfast will be serves as a grab and go meal.

October 1, 2018

November 26th, 2018

February 11, 2019

April 29, 2019