Our Vision: Empowering people. Dedicated to learning. Committed to growth.
Our Mission: A welcoming community dedicated to empowering and challenging students in a safe, caring, and inclusive environment.
Hillendale Elementary School is located in the rolling hills of Chadds Ford, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The Chadds Ford area is rich in history and culture. While maintaining many aspects of a rural farming community, much of the open spaces are becoming residential developments and corporate centers. Hillendale Elementary School is one of four elementary schools in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District. Hillendale Elementary School was originally a museum, which was converted to a school for fourth and fifth graders from 1989 to 2002. Beginning with the 2002 - 2003 school year Hillendale underwent a transition to a kindergarten through fifth grade school.
I am so excited to welcome all our huskies back to Hillendale Elementary to begin the 2023-24 school year in just a few days! It continues to be an honor and privilege to serve as the leader of what is, thanks to our incredibly dedicated staff, students, families, and community partnerships, truly one of the best elementary schools in Pennsylvania. I am so excited to begin what will be another terrific school year on Monday, August 28th!
As a staff we are grounded in our mission to provide all our children a welcoming community dedicated to empowering and challenging students in a safe, caring & inclusive environment. I greatly look forward to my opportunity to continue our work towards that end and to continue to build a relationship with every child, family, and community member at Hillendale this school year to best support your children during their journey through elementary school. In particular, I look forward to meeting all our kindergarteners and their families!
On behalf of everyone at Happy Hillendale, “welcome back - we cannot wait to see you!”
Please feel free to reach out to me via email or phone: 610-388-1439 with any questions regarding our upcoming school year or simply to introduce yourself!
After an adventurous and highly educational cross-country trek, our beloved Husky arrived at Hillendale Elementary in February of 2006! The Husky felt his destiny was to be the mascot of a very special school, so the Husky left his home in Alaska to make our elementary school his permanent address!
It took two weeks for the Husky to travel across our beautiful country. He made many stops along the way, all the while reporting in to our Principal, sharing details about the people he had met, the beautiful landscapes he had traveled and the things that he had learned about each state. We all learned some interesting facts about our country! Lucky for us, the Husky's final steps of his cross-country journey brought him into the Hillendale gym where he received a very spirited welcome from the entire student population. It was LOVE at first sight!
Now, the Husky permanently resides at Hillendale in a special part of the school. Over the course of the school year, the Husky can be seen at various school events sniffing out fun and fetching for spirit. The Husky is dedicated to keeping spirits high and ensuring the love of learning. Make no bones about it, the Husky LOVES the kids AND staff at Hillendale Elementary!
We're so lucky to have such a faithful friend. If you're interested in learning a little more about our beloved Husky, read on!
DogBytes:
Birthplace: Juneau, Alaska
Parents: Retired sled dogs from Alaska
Height: Ranges from 5' 6" to 6' 4"
Weight: Varies tremendously
Eye Color: Bright Blue
Favorite Song: "Who Let the Dogs Out!"
Favorite Food: Hotdogs
Favorite Color: Red AND Yellow
Hobbies: Learning new things, Reading, Taking long walks and Practicing new tricks
Pet Peeves: Snow Days! (odd, considering he's from Alaska)
Favorite Activity: Being side-by-side with the happy students of Hillendale Elementary!
Our School was once a museum that offered a unique look at America between the years of 1490 to 1890. A visitor could stroll through the Passage of Time, listening as a cassette recorded narrative brought Verrazano, Cortez, Cabot and other explorers to life in a way no book could. In concert with the narrative, a series of colorful dioramas lit up the darkened Passage, and recreated the gradual but ultimately revolutionary discovery of North America as the explorers themselves experienced it. Lounges furnished in Spanish, French, English and Victorian styles maintained the illusion of a world centered in Europe, moving West.
Note: Information and pictures were taken from a Hillendale Museum brochure.
Hillendale Museum was located off Route 52 about 10 miles northwest of Wilmington, Delaware, it was a hidden treasure just over the horizon. A two-hour tour through the Museum would transport you from today's world of supersonic transcontinental flight to a world where the horizon marked the boundary between the known, and the unknown, unperceived and unimagined... a world where dense fog hid the San Francisco Bay from explorers for two hundred years and the Appalachian chain kept the English tied to the sea as the French outflanked them via the central waterways. At Hillendale Museum you experienced how the diverse North American geography directed the course of history from 1490 to 1890.
Interesting Fact: The Hillendale Museum, which is now Hillendale Elementary School, has approximately 360 kindergarten through fifth grade students. When Hillendale was a museum no student below seventh grade was admitted.
October UCFSD Curriculum, Instruction and Technology Meeting and UCFSD Board Work Session
The October UCFSD Board Curriculum, Instruction and Technology Meeting and UCFSD Board Work Session will be held tonight, Monday, October 14 beginning at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the District Office.
