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Student Life

At Seven Hills, you are celebrated for your unique strengths, passions, and abilities. You’ll become a member of a close-knit, friendly community with exciting activities and traditions steeped in history. You’ll excel in the classroom, hone your skills on the field, discover new passions in clubs, and make lifelong friends. And you’ll do all of this with dedicated teachers to guide you through every chapter of your time as a Stinger.

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Clubs and Activities

Seven Hills students express their individuality and focus on their passions by participating in wide variety of clubs and activities. Clubs are student-organized and born out of their own interests, fueled by their high-powered energy and enthusiasm, so there is always something new and exciting to discover.

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Traditions

At Seven Hills, traditions play a significant role in fostering a sense of belonging, school spirit, and unity within the Seven Hills community. Whether it is a visiting author, a trip into the mountains, an intensive study, or fireworks display, Seven Hills traditions define what is it so be a member of the Seven Hills community.

Senior Circle
Senior Circle
On their last day as Seven Hills students, the senior class is seen off by their teachers, classmates, and parents in a joyful parade around the upper field.
Challenge Experience
Challenge Experience
Through this staple of the Upper School curriculum, students delve into a passion project — from building cars to writing the next great play.
May Term
May Term
This special week-long Upper School program gives students the chance to learn about a variety of topics, from the criminal justice system to combustion engines to mural making.
Adventure Trek
Adventure Trek
As a way to bond and grow into their role as the new leaders of the Middle School, the eighth grade class travels annually to the mountains of North Carolina for an adventure camp.
Innovation Lab
Innovation Lab
In this state-of-the-art makerspace, Middle Schoolers explore engineering, design, and computer science through hands-on, creative projects.
Between the Pages
Between the Pages
This annual Middle and Upper School program welcomes a middle grade or young adult author to campus to spend the day with students, discussing their work and helping with creative writing.
Artist in Resident
Artist in Resident
Guest artists spend a week with Middle School students working together on a division-wide project.
Homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming is a spirited event for the entire The Seven Hills community. Families and friends gather on the Hillsdale Campus for the family picnic, sports clinics, and a penalty shootout, all capped off with a fireworks display.
Arts Alive
Arts Alive
The arts come alive throughout the Hillsdale Campus in an annual celebration of artists and performers of all ages.
Cultural Connections
Cultural Connections
Every March, all Doherty Lower School students dive deep into the study of a different country, learning about its language, culture, geography, history, and food.
May Fete
May Fete
The annual celebration, hosted by the Lotspeich Lower School Parent Community, offers an evening of frozen treats, bounce houses, games, and raffles.
Lotspeich Plant Sale
Lotspeich Plant Sale
After nurturing plants throughout the spring semester, Lotspeich first graders show off their green thumbs in a yearly plant sale.
Doherty Carnival
Doherty Carvnial
Every May, the Doherty Campus is bustling with face painting, games, bike races, raffles, bounce houses, rock climbing, and more for the Doherty Carnival.
Morning with Bridges
Morning with Bridges
Lotspeich second graders learn everything there is to know about bridges, from geometry to design, culminating in an exhibition of student-made bridge dioramas.
Mini Pig
Mini Pig
On the Friday before the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon, the Doherty pre-kindergartners take part in the Doherty Mini Pig, a two-lap race around the soccer field.