8th Graders

Ever since the beginning of  Team Saturday – 30 years ago this school year – the Hill School’s Eighth grade class has been a very important part of Team Saturday. 

The 8th graders not only provide a great deal of needed assistance to everyone but they provide a very, very important benefit for the Team Saturday children – individualized attention from someone more akin to a big brother, big sister, or camp counselor; someone they look forward to seeing and with whom they have a great deal of fun!

The Team Saturday kids are a super great group of young individuals and we learn a lot from them too. Our hope –our goal – is to provide an experience that is uplifting, energizing, fun, and rewarding for everyone involved. 

General Info

• Arrival time, 9:45 (meet in The Hill School library)

• Departure time, 2:15 (at the front of the school)

• Lunch: The program provides a vegetarian family-style lunch, water, and wholesome snacks for everyone at the program but you are always welcome to bring your own lunch and water

• Students, please:

  • abide The Hill School’s dress code

  • avoid bringing phones or electronic devices with you - if you do, please keep them off and in your pocket or locker

  • let us know as soon as possible if you cannot attend a session and help to find a sub

  • do not exchange contact information with any the Team Saturday students including  user IDs for gaming

• Responsibilities

  • Be kind and respectful with everyone and everything

  • Be excellent role models for, and engage with, the children

  • Accompany the children in your group to each activity, making sure they walk with you and do not run on walls or in the gardens

  • Help a child if they need  a hand with a project or with understanding directions, etc.

  • Sit with and engage with the Team Saturday children at lunch time and help them clean up when finished

  • Assist the teachers as needed

  • Make sure to ask adult staff for help if you encounter behavioral issues

  • Have fun and enjoy your time with the Team Saturday children and activities

  • Share observations at the post-session staff  meeting.* Constructive feedback and suggestions are encouraged and welcome

• Benefits

  • Time to exercise your kindness skills

  • Opportunities to be your best possible self in a welcoming place

  • Chances to be an inspiration to the students, your peers, and to program staff

  • An environment to learn knew things and meet new people

  • Possibilities to receive glowing reports about your involvement in the program (these will be to be sent to the school and your parents)

*At the end of each session after the Team Saturday children have left (approximately 2:05), 8th graders meet with staff. This is a time for them to bring information and concerns that might have gone unnoticed. Their comments are often insightful and helpful. We will make sure that they are finished and out at the front of the school by 2:15.