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"Intellectually vibrant, individually attuned"
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| Hillsdale 5400 Red Bank Road Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton, 45227 Doherty 2726 Johnstone Place Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton, 45206 |
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| School type | Non-profit, Private |
| Established | 1974 |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Status | Open |
| Head | Christopher P. Garten |
| Head of Upper | Nick Francis |
| Head of Middle | William J. Waskowitz |
| Head of Doherty | Patricia V. Guethlein |
| Head of Lotspeich | Carolyn A. Fox |
| Chief custodian | Tim Poff (Hillsdale) Dennis Wilson (Doherty) |
| Faculty | 137 |
| Grades | PK-12 |
| Elementary | 492 |
| Middle | 208 |
| Upper | 266 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9:1 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 7 |
| Campuses | Hillsdale Doherty |
| Campus type | Urban/Suburban |
| Athletics conference | MVC |
| Mascot | Stinger (large anthropomorphic bee) |
| Team name | Stingers |
| Rival | Summit, CCDS |
| Average SAT scores | 1810-2120 (2009) |
| Publication | Seven Hills Buzz Seven Hills Magazine |
| Newspaper | Canvass (Upper) Middle Beat (Middle) Doherty Press (Doherty) |
| Yearbook | Carpe Diem (Upper)[1] |
| Tuition | $5,500 - $19,850[2] |
| Affiliation | NAIS |
| Alumni | Tiffany Hines Andy Paris Mohini Bhardwaj Curtis Sittenfeld Dana Fabe |
| Information | 513-271-9027 |
| Website | 7Hills.org |
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The Seven Hills School is a private, non-denominational school in Cincinnati, Ohio. It consists of Doherty (PK-5) and Lotspeich (PK-5), Seven Hills Middle School (6-8) and Seven Hills Upper School (9-12). The Seven Hills School is the largest independent, non-church-affiliated school in Ohio.[3] The Seven Hills School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools. Along with four other local schools, Seven Hills was recognized in 2009 by Cincinnati Magazine for Outstanding Achievement in the category of General Excellence.[4]
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The Seven Hills School was formed in 1974 from the combination of three Cincinnati institutions — the College Preparatory School, the Hillsdale School and the Lotspeich School. The Doherty School was founded by Miss Doherty. It was called Miss Doherty's College Preparatory School for Young Girls from its founding in 1906 until 1974. Meanwhile, Lotspeich, the middle school, and the high school were known as Hillsdale-Lotspeich. Both schools were originally only open to women until around the 1960s/early 1970s.[3][5]
Seven Hills is named after the "Seven Hills of Cincinnati", where it is located. The school promotes seven values that are represented by each hill. Those values are:
The Seven Hills School is divided into two campuses: Hillsdale and Doherty.
Hillsdale is the main campus of the school. It includes the Upper School, the Middle School, and Lotspeich, one of Seven Hills' two elementary schools. It is also home to most of the athletic fields and gymnasiums as well as the school's main administrative office.
Doherty is another campus of the school. It is home to an elementary school of the same name.
At Doherty, grade 1 is also known as Unit 1, grades 2 and 3 are grouped together into Unit 2, and grades 4 and 5 are grouped into Unit 3. Grades in the same unit are grouped together for some classes, assemblies, and other purposes.
Seven Hills offers courses on English, Fine and Performing Arts, Foreign Language, History, Mathematics, Physical Education and Health, Science, and Technology and Computer Science. To graduate from the Upper School, students are required to complete four years of English and three years of mathematics, science, history, and a foreign language.[7] Additionally, each student is required to complete their Personal Challenge. A Personal Challenge is worked on throughout each students time in the Upper School. Personal Challenges must stretch a student's personal limitations (without being dangerous), take thirty or more hours to complete, and be shared with the community.[8]
Seven Hills has a variety of clubs and other activities open to students.
Thirty-five clubs and organizations currently meet in the upper school, the majority of which meet at lunch time on a weekly basis.
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Seven Hills' Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League and National Junior Classical League. In the 2009-2010 OJCL convention, Seven Hills' Latin club earned second place in the Points per Capita Sweepstakes.[9]
Paper Noise is the biannual literary magazine published by members of the Upper School, featuring writing pieces from all grade levels of Seven Hills. The group also holds an annual open mike lunch where students can read poetry or literature, whether it is written by themselves or someone else.
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Since 2005, members of the middle school have run a member group of the organization Roots & Shoots. The group coordinates projects that raise money for charitable causes or that help the environment.[10][11] Some of their projects include adding a fountain in the middle school for reusable water bottles to discourage the use of disposable water bottles and arranging for the school cafeteria to have reusable silverware instead of disposable plasticware.[12]
At Doherty, Stamp Club, Good Apples, and Student Council meet weekly at lunch time.
Stamp Club, run by the librarians, is open to students in fourth or fifth grade. Usually, the students collect, organize, and trade stamps or play a stamp-related form of bingo.
Fourth and fifth grade students at Doherty can join Good Apples. At the beginning of the year, those students are assigned to a teacher. Each week, they'll help the teacher with whatever task that teacher might need help with.
The Seven Hills Stingers are a member of the Miami Valley Conference, which is part of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Seven Hills has a combined total of ninety-seven teams playing soccer, basketball, baseball, softball, track and field, volleyball, tennis, cross country running, golf, gymnastics, cheerleading, lacrosse, and swimming. The school has also received the OHSAA Harold A. Meyer Sportsmanship Award for the past three years, and was also awarded the Charlie Selzer Sportsmanship Award in 2005.[13] Additionally, the middle and upper schools both offer various intramural sports which take place throughout the year during lunch time.
In 2009, the school's varsity golf team earned sixth place in the OHSAA Boys Division III State Golf Championship.[14]
In 2009, the Seven Hills varsity boys soccer team, coached by Terry Nicholl, won the league, sectional, district, and regional tournaments, losing only in the state semifinal match against Worthington Christian School. They completed their season with a record of 19-2-1.[15][16] In 2010, the middle school boys team had 19-0 for their season, with 76 goals, 4 goals against and 15 shutouts.