Events, Programs & Fundraisers
hosted by the Hilltop PTO

6th Grade Art Tiles 
Chairperson Needed for 2016-2017 School Year

Each 6th grade student creates a piece of artwork that is turned into a tile.  Each tile is then mounted in a Hilltop hallway as a lasting memento of their time at Hilltop.  The 6th Grade Art Tile committee works with the Art Teacher in organizing and planning this project.  The PTO funds the project.

Back-to-School Picnic 

The Back-to-School Picnic is an event for all of our Hilltop families to welcome in the new school year.  Families can bring their own picnic dinner to enjoy or purchase food from a local vendor.  The Ice Cream Man is at the Picnic and all Hilltop students get one free ice cream treat courtesy of the PTO and families can purchase additional treats for themselves. We also have music and there are lots of fun games to play!

Bilingual Liaison Committee 
Chairperson Needed

The Bilingual Liaison Committee is a made up of parent volunteers who translate for our Spanish-speaking families at Hilltop.  The purpose is to empower these families to feel welcome in joining the PTO as well as participating at all of the wonderful events!

Book Fair
Heather Petzold, Chairperson

The Scholastic Book Fair takes place twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring.   This event offers students, parents and teachers the opportunity to purchase books for themselves or as gifts. The fall Book Fair is the perfect time to get started on Holiday shopping. Volunteers are needed to help students and adults find books and make purchases.  Volunteers also help with the set-up and cleanup of the Book Fair.  In addition to the Committee, 25-30 volunteers are needed to help during the Book Fair. The proceeds from the Book Fair are used to purchase additional books for the school library and classrooms.

Box Tops for Education 
​ Chairperson Needed for 2016-2017 school year

Box Tops for Education is an easy way to raise money for Hilltop!  General Mills has hundreds of products with the "Box Tops" label on them. Each Box Top is worth 10 cents each!  Box Tops are collected four times throughout the school year.  The class that collects the most Box Tops for each collection date gets a 'treat' party and their class picture taken & put up on the PTO bulletin board.  eBox Tops can also be earned by shopping online at boxtopsforeducation.com.  Funds raised from Box Tops go to fund all school assemblies and new books for the library!

Dining for Dollars 
Tasha Hook, Chairperson

Dining for Dollars is a fundraising event in which Hilltop families and friends dine out at an area restaurant and earn money for Hilltop at the same time!  Dining for Dollar nights are a great way for Moms and Dads to take the night off from cooking and get together with other Hilltop families and friends.  When a Dining for Dollars event is scheduled, the PTO will send home flyers with all students and emails.  

 Donation & Grant Committee
Chairpersons Needed for the 2016-2017 school year

The Donation & Grant Committee is made up of a group of parents who solicit donations from businesses and research, write and apply for grants.  The purpose behind forming this committee is to obtain funds from sources outside of our Hilltop families.  This committee is perfect for parents who don't have time to come to school to volunteer, but can volunteer their time calling businesses and researching on the web.

Fall Family Night
Chairperson needed 2016-2017 school year
This is a new event for the Hilltop PTO –to coincide with the Fall Book Fair.  A family movie night and other possible activities.  Looking for ideas from parents – as well as parents to run this
committee.

Field Days
Lynette Pardee - Chairperson

Field Day is a fun event that is planned by the Gym Teachers to get students outside to have some fun at the end of the school year.  The PTO coordinates with the Gym teacher and funds the supplies. There are a variety of games planed for the day such as tug-of-war, shoe kick, relay races and much more!  Participation awards and Popsicle treats are given out at the end! 
For this event to continue a chairperson is needed.

Food Drive
Chairperson needed for the 2016-2017 school year

Hilltop's annual food drive is held in November and supports the Hanover Township Food Pantry.  This is a great event for our Hilltop family to show support for the community. All students are asked to bring in needed items for the pantry.  As an incentive, a contest is held between grade levels to see which class brings in the most items!  The winners of each grade level win treats. 

Bingo Night
Chairperson needed for the 2016-2017 school year
Bingo Night is the Hilltop PTO's major spring fundraiser.  Volunteers are needed to coordinate & run this event. Event includes basket raffle and a night of Bingo. 

Ice Cream Social – Celebrating the end of a great school year.
Chairperson Needed for the 2016-2017 school year
New to the PTO this year – volunteers are needed to help coordinate and plan this end-of-year event to celebrate our students, teachers and volunteers.  Ideas and suggestions are welcome!

Snowflake Dinner and Holiday Shoppe
Chairpersons needed for the 2016-2017 School Year

The Holiday Shoppe is held in conjunction with the Snowflake Dinner.  This is an opportunity for the students to do Holiday shopping for their families. There is also a dinner and crafts, storytelling and pictures with Santa that are offered during this event. 

Manna Gift Card Fundraiser
Chairperson needed for 2016-2017 school year

The Manna Gift Card program is a fundraising program that the PTO offers three times a year; in November, December and March.   How it works is you buy gift cards at face value for the stores and/or restaurants from which you normally shop.  For example, you may decide to purchase gift cards from Jewel, which are available in $25 or $100 increments.  If you purchase one card for $100 the card can then be used like cash when buying your groceries.  The discount value for Jewel is 5% so the PTO gets a credit of 5% or $5.  If your grocery bill is $200 per month or two gift cards, that’s $100 earned over a school year, and that’s just groceries.  Manna also helps keep your budget inline.  The best part about this fundraiser is there is NO SELLING INVOLVED!  It’s money you would already spend. One to two volunteers are needed to make this a success.

Patrol Appreciation
Chairperson Needed
In appreciation of all of our 6th grade patrols parents are needed to put together Certificates of Appreciation at the end of the school year.

School Supply Kits 
Kathy Mikel, Chairperson   

School Supply Kits is a program that makes it SUPER EASY for parents to get everything on their child's supply list for the next school year.  Simply fill out the form that is sent home in April and send it back with payment.  Your supplies are then ordered for the next school year and will already be in your child's classroom on the first day of school. 

Snowflake Dinner
Chairpersons needed for the 2016-2017 School Year

The Snowflake Dinner is Hilltop's annual holiday celebration.  It's a great time for Hilltop families to come together to celebrate the season.  To help cover the costs of this fantastic event, everyone is asked to pay a nominal fee to attend.  Children can also get their photo taken with Santa and get face paintings offered by our fabulous teachers .

Spirit Wear 
Sarah Siddiqui - Chairperson

The Spirit Wear campaign gives Hilltop families the opportunity to purchase clothing items like T-shirts and sweatshirts in our school colors and with the school logo.  Spirit Wear is a great way for students to show their pride in Hilltop!  Spirit Wear order forms are sent home at the beginning of the school year and samples of the items are available to look at in the school office.

Teacher & Staff Appreciation
Chairperson Needed for the 2016-2017 school year

During Teacher Appreciation week in May, the PTO puts together a luncheon to honor all of our wonderful Hilltop teachers and staff.  Parents bring in lunch items and desserts for the teachers to enjoy.  The PTO also purchases small tokens of appreciation. 

Valentine's Dinner & Dance
Chairpersons needed for the 2015-2016 School Year

The Valentine's Dinner and Dance is a fantastic event that everyone looks forward to.  On a Friday night around Valentine's Day, all students and family are invited have dinner and then dance the night away.  Everyone has the opportunity to have their photo taken against a Valentine's themed background, get face paintings and all children who attend get a raffle ticket for a chance to win fun themed prizes. To help cover the costs of this event, everyone is asked to pay a nominal fee to attend.
For this event to continue, a chairperson is needed.

Walk-a-Thon
Chairperson needed for 2016-2017 School Year

The Walk-a-Thon is Hilltop's major fall fundraiser and it is also the highest profiting of the year.  All students are given pledge sheets in which to ask family, friends and neighbors to donate a flat pledge amount.  There are raffle prizes and top earning classrooms win a class party.  The actual walk-a-thon takes place during the school day at the end of September.  All students walk with their classes and have a great time dancing and playing games at different stops along the walk.  The Walk-a-Thon is a great way to start of the new school year; it promotes school involvement as well as school spirit.  It also gives the students an opportunity to work together towards a common goal as a new team.  The profits from this fundraiser go towards the technology fund and classroom supplies.

Yearbook
​Chairperson needed for the 2016-2017 School Year

The Yearbook that the PTO puts together is a fabulous way for your children to remember all the great times at Hilltop Elementary.  Photographs are taken by the Yearbook committee all year of all the fantastic events that happen at Hilltop.  Photographs are also submitted by Head Room Parents of the classroom parties.  6th grade students get to create their own pages.  Yearbook order forms go home with all students - so check your child's backpack!  Copies of past yearbooks are kept in the school library for anyone who is interested in looking at them.