Hillcrest
"EVERYWHERE LEARNING"
Please call (254) 772 - 4286 to schedule a tour with Hillcrest PDS.
Tours will be held on:
- January 9, 2025 from 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
- January 15, 2025 from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
- January 16, 2025 from 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
- January 21, 2025 from 8:00 a.m- 9:00 a.m.
- January 23, 2025 from 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
- January 27, 2025 from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Hillcrest Professional Development School (HPDS) is a fine-arts magnet school that focuses on art, music and performance.
At HPDS, students experience learning through field trips to places in Waco, outside of Waco and sometimes out of Texas. Through journaling, scripting and being provided the chance to perform on stage, work backstage, run stage lights and handle props, students bring learning to life.
Also, HPDS is Waco ISD's first Professional Development School in collaboration with Baylor University. With Baylor Education students in the classrooms, HPDS students experience smaller student-to-teacher ratios and are exposed to co-teaching. In collaboration with a Baylor Professor and PDS Coordinator, our classroom teachers, our students and the Baylor Education students all work together to create a productive and synergetic learning environment.
New Students
If your child did not attend HPDS during the 2024-2025 school year and they wish to attend HPDS for the 2025-2026 school year, you must apply for the lottery to be considered.