On Saturday, May 11th, University Hills was represented by a talented and hard-working group of Pentathletes at the Math Pentathlon Tournament held at Stoney Creek High School. There were more than 200 students who participated in the tournament from all over the district and surrounding school districts. Every student gave their best effort and led the University Hills team to: 2 Hall of Fame with Gold, 3 Gold Medals, 3 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals, 2 Honorable Mentions and 4 Pentathlete Awards!

For the first Friday in March is Reading Month the staff and students of University Hills were invited to dress up as one of their favorite children's book characters. The University Hills staff met the challenge!

Mrs Weller's kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school!

Ms Murri's kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school!

Mrs Plumer's kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school!

Recent technology snafus gave media students the wonderful opportunity to Drop Everything And Read! During their media time, they selected books that they wanted to read and found comfy, cozy spots to read with a friend. This event was such a hit, the students are asking for it to become a regular media reward event!

University Hills students had the opportunity to experience many kinds of animals that they would not normally encounter. Each visit was supervised by a biologist from Science Alive! where students were taught basic information about the animals, encouraged to make inquiries about the animals and had an opportunity to hold or touch each animal. The biologists also shared information about these animals in their natural habitats, threats or opportunities for their populations and allowed each student to think about the wider world and their impact on it through consumer and legislative choices.

University Hills Spirit Council organized donations for birthday bags to be distributed through Lighthouse of Oakland County. These third through fifth grade students then gathered to create nearly 150 bags that basically contain a "birthday party in a bag". They contained cake mix, frosting, birthday cake candles, small favors and balloons. The students' concern being that there are families that are unable to celebrate a child's birthday due to financial stressors on the family budget. Once again the University Hills students step out into the community to provide service and show what outstanding citizens they are growing to become.

The Students of University Hills promise to~

Stand up for one another

Be positive with our words and actions

And

Treat others with respect

"We are a bucket full of bucket fillers"