Academies

Hillview uses an organizational structure called the Academy Model that groups students and teachers into smaller learning communities in order to provide greater attention to individual student needs and to develop a sense of community within a smaller group of students who share the same academic teachers. Each academy has approximately 100 students. Students may or may not have their academy/grade-level math teacher as that is dependent upon the student's math course.

Academies & Staff for 2025-26

6th Grade

Everest: Danielle Beres (Humanities Core), Rebecca Robinson (Humanities Core), Elizabeth Wrotniewski (Science)

Olympus: Kate Stickel (Humanities Core), Chris Gumbrecht (Humanities Core), Keith Nicol (Science)

Vesuvius:  Kathryn Rippentrop (Humanities Core), Nicholas Keller (Humanities Core), Kara Connelly (Science) 

7th Grade

For 7th Graders, academies will be only English and Social Studies.

Cloud Nine: Katrina Hsieh (English) and Shalann Kunkel (Social Studies)

Mavericks: Chloe Hotwani (English) and Marianne Santo (Social Studies)

Pipeline: Jessica Ross (English) and Mike Rogers (Social Studies) 
 

8th Grade

For 8th Graders, academies will be only English and Social Studies.

Explorers: Lynette Trangmar (English) and Kim Staff (Social Studies), 

Pioneers: Christine Beirne (English and Lexy Keller (Social Studies)

Trailblazers: Sara Dara-Abrams (English) and Mimi Nguyen (Social Studies)