HSC@home Middle School Academic Plan

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List of 3 items.

  • Academic Strategy

    • Remote learners are encouraged to begin your day in myHSC. Your teachers will post work on myHSC Class Bulletin Boards for each of your classes. Daily work will include important links to Zoom meetings, shared documents or other online destinations.
    • Middle School classes will run according to our regular timetable and 8-day cycle. Students will begin and end their day in home form. Home form time runs 8:15-8:30 a.m. and is a great time to plan your day. We begin the academic day with Period 1 at 8:35 a.m. 
    • Remote learners are responsible for being online, in appropriate dress and with your video on, available to teachers for the duration of each class (unless instructed otherwise by teachers). 
    • Attendance will be taken in the first ten minutes of class and reviewed later in the period  
    • Flex times will run daily. Remote students are welcome to participate in our House Challenges.
    • Detailed program information and communication about Learning Services and counselling will be communicated by Principals to their individual school communities.
  • Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting

    • During these unusual COVID times, please know that our teachers will be balancing academic rigour with student support/wellbeing and building relationships.
  • Communication

    • There will be a weekly video update with announcements from the Principal, teachers and even students. These will be published each Friday afternoon and address events pertaining to the week ahead
    • Principal letters will be sent to the Middle school community regularly with updates on protocols and policies
    • Teachers are available to meet to address any concerns from home, with all meetings conducted online in Zoom
HSC@home Academic Plans: 
Click on the links below to access our HSC@home plans by school

Early Education Orientations:
Junior School Welcome Breakfast - September 5, 2023, at 8:30 - 11:00 a.m. 
Montessori School Welcome Lunch - September 5, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Middle School Orientation:
(All grade 5's and New Students in Grades 6 to 8)  - September 6
Students are in #2 Dress for Orientation
 
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. (Parents and Students Breakfast)
9:30 - 11:30 a.m. (Student Programming in Middle School)
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (Parent Programming in VFC)
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Optional Ambassador Lead Tours and Parents Guild Courtyard/Kemper Reception - Photo Op In Courtyard) 
 
Senior School Orientation:
(All Grade 9's and New Students in Grades 10 to 12)\
September 6, 2023
Dress code to follow

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  (Grades 9-12 Student Programming) 
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Parent Programming in VFC)  
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  (Campus Walk or Strategic Planning Presentation)
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (Parent Continental Reception Lunch Served in Student Commons. Parents Guild Courtyard/Kemper Reception - Photo Op In Courtyard) 

Parents' Guild Used Uniform Sale
September 6, 2023
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Parents' Guild Portable

The first day of classes is on Thursday, September 7!  
#2 Uniform Dress Required.  
Reminder Fridays, #1 Dress Required. 

Located in Hamilton, ON, Hillfield Strathallan College is a Canadian independent, co-educational day school.
The academic program runs from Montessori Toddler and Pre-K to Grade 12.

Hillfield Strathallan College | 299 Fennell Avenue West | Hamilton, ON L9C 1G3 | 905-389-1367