Hillside's 2006-07 Yearbook won honors at the California State Fair and the Ventura County Fair. The Yearbook featured a Puzzle Theme for the 2006-07 year. Both the Ventura County Fair and the California State Fair honored it with First Place Blue Ribbons. The California State Fair gave added, higher recognition to the Yearbook with a Special Ribbon for "Outstanding Project."

The "Outstanding Project" Ribbon included an invitation to class advisor Stephen Galvin to attend a special awards ceremony, and "before-the-crowds-arrive-sneak-peak" at the State Fair in Sacramento. The awards and sneak peak took place on Thursday, August 16, 2007. Grand Opening of the Fair was the very next morning, Friday, August 17, 2007.

The Yearbook was judged and displayed as a Group Project in the Technology and Industrial Education division.

A total of twenty First Place Blue Ribbons were presented to the Yearbook effort. That meant one for every student involved in producing the work. Naturally, this offered a perfect opportunity to call the whole winning class together for one last meeting and awards celebration. Some students had promoted from Hillside Middle School to ninth grade at high schools in Simi. One student had moved to Utah, and a large group had come back to bring their year of experience to creating the 2007-08 yearbook.

Proud students joined their advisor in their Hillside Middle School art classroom to receive their Ribbons. From left to right: Alexandra Kiefer, Suntia Shelly, Hannah Reichl, Raahima Shoaib, Mr. Galvin, Rachel Nemeth, Dwayne Okpaise, Jasmine Roder, Becky Thomas, Valeria Cervantes, Demi Brown, Karina Monroy, Kelsey Hecht, Angel Alyssa.

Not pictured: Karyn Childs, Megan Madrid, Christian Orzano, Sabrina Stokes, Makayla Yarborough, Alexis Rautenberg.