Hill City Schools received their first SNAP grant as a 1994-95 Partnership school .
Hill City has three different areas for use as their nature area.
The 37 acre piece of land contains lake shore, wetlands, and a continuation of the stream through the property. Projects have been completed on the two land pieces next to the school. Curriculum topics for the nature area use are nature walks, insect and leaf collections, Adopt a Tree, Morrison Brook flow rate analysis, art classes and writing projects. Future planned uses are water sampling, trail expansion for better access, and further study of the Frog Pond area.