Address: 40525 Peonza Lane, Palmdale, Ca 93551
Phone: 661-722-9993 Fax: 661-722-9483 Website: https://www.westside.k12.ca.us/hv
Principal: Co-Principals Rodney Lots and Jennifer Slater-Sanchez District: Westside Union
Grade Levels: 6,7,8 Enrollment: 984

Aside from a clean, technology rich, and safe campus, Hillview Middle School (HMS) offers many strengths to create an atmosphere where students want to learn and feel valued. Members of the Student Support Team (SST) strive to empower students to reach their highest potential by offering a strong core curriculum and consistent support to help facilitate their academic success, social-emotional development and college and career readiness. Students have access to a wide variety of clubs and activities that are both engaging and fun. This not only maintains their interest in learning but also exposes them to different situations and tasks to prepare them for success in a diverse community. We are working to achieve our goals contained in our School Site Plan which are 1) ensure all students are well-equipped with the cognitive, linguistic, interpersonal skills necessary to be successful in a global society and 2) develop and implement programs that support students' academic, behavioral, and socio-emotional growth and success. In an effort to achieve our goals and prepare our students for high school and college, honors and advanced courses are offered which is aligned to the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) goal of access for all students to rigorous courses.

The SST at HMS strongly believes in our district's vision of promoting students who have acquired the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to achieve significant career, educational, civic and personal goals, which will enrich our society as positive role models and responsible citizens. By partnering with our local high schools, students attend informational sessions on programs and clubs they offer, advanced placement classes and the A-G requirements for college.

In order for our students to be successful in their future career endeavors and college goals, members of our SST recognize the importance of all of our students to develop 21st Century Skills. We want our students to be critical thinkers, digitally literate, globally aware, and effective communicators.The SST facilitates a wide range of programs and classes that are available to every student such as Model United Nations, AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), ASB (Associated Student Body), and Design and Modeling that foster problem solving, collaboration, and leadership skills. Programs such as these help our students to be ready for high school and college that will set them on their future career path.

Additional Achievements:

• 94% of our 8th grade students took the PSAT.
• 2019 - Became a Unified Champions School for Special Olympics.
• 2017 - Earned early candidacy for WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) accreditation.

Our SST is able to provide innovative and engaging opportunities and programs through the support of our many community partnerships such as the West Antelope Valley Educational Foundation (WAVE) that contribute the resources needed to foster growth towards college and career readiness through programs like Vex Robotics, Concert Band, Mathletes, Science Olympiads, and Model United Nations. Counselors participate in professional development through Hatching Results that assists in designing, implementing, evaluating, and improving comprehensive, data-driven school counseling programs that address the diverse needs of all students.

School Site Programs

• Peer Leaders - Positive role models that assist in creating a safe and inclusive school culture.
• Inclusion League - Building friendships through sports.
• Dancing Feet - Competition dance program that promotes team work and creates self confidence.
• Science Olympiad and Mathletes - Competitions that provide rigorous, standards based challenges.
• Associated Student Body (ASB) represents the interests and goals of Hillview's total student body.
• Model United Nations - Simulation of UN conferences where students role-play ambassadors to the UN.

Community Partnerships

• Lancaster West Rotary - Offers continued financial support for several extracurricular programs.
• WAVE Foundation - Provides financial support for innovative projects and programs.
• Children's Center of the Antelope Valley - School based mental health services.
• Boys Town - School wide discipline strategies teaching social skills.
• Hatching Results - Training provided to deliver comprehensive, data-driven, counseling programs.
• Cedar Sinai Blood Mobile - Helping our students learn to be globally aware and locally responsible.

Hillview's Student Support Team is comprised of highly inclusive professionals that have a complete regard for the progress and personal development of every student. They empower students to become college and career ready through promoting rich opportunities for learning both within and outside of the classroom. They cultivate a range of partnerships with parents, business owners, and the community to support student learning and progress. In keeping with the Westside Union School District's motto of "Pointing the Path, Providing the Way" our SST works as a collaborative group to provide students with elevation in academics, social/emotional issues and career and college choices. Our SST members belong to the following professional organizations: Association of School Administrators, American School Counselor Association, California School Counselor Association, California Association of School Psychologist, Computer Using Educators, and Westside Union Teachers Association.