January is School Board Appreciation Month! We’d like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our seven elected School Board members for their voluntary service to the District and to the greater Hillsboro community: Chair Mark Watson, Vice Chair Ivette Pantoja, and Directors See Eun Kim, Erika Lopez, Patrick Maguire, Nancy Thomas, and Monique Ward. We would also like to recognize and thank our three student representatives to the Board: Hadley Brathapan of Hilhi, RJ Panlilio of Glencoe, and Aliannah Shalikar of Oak Street Campus. 
Board members put in countless hours overseeing and providing community voice to District operations, as well as advocating for the resources and opportunities students need to be successful. For all you do, School Board members, we thank you!
Our featured event is a refresh of the map of the United States on Butternut Creek Elementary School’s playground. The map is once again clear and vibrantly colorful, thanks to a generous donation of paint from Ace Hardware and time from the Butternut Creek Parent-Teacher Committee. The original map had significantly faded over time, making it challenging for students to explore and learn. So the PTC reached out to Ace and successfully secured the materials necessary to restore it to its former glory. Students and staff are thrilled with the results. Many thanks to Ace Hardware and the Butternut Creek PTC!
There will be no school for all students on Monday, January 15th in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. School resumes for all students on Tuesday, January 16th.
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