FACULTY 58 members 52 with advanced degrees 4 college counselors 7.5:1 student/faculty ratio
The Seven Hills School Class of 2024 SEVEN HILLS HIGHLIGHTS
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
• All students take an advanced college preparatory curriculum
Through self-discovery, this program helps students develop their interests, identify their strengths, and find their path to purpose. Real-world experiences may include job shadows, internships, community service, college coursework, and other significant activities. Students may elect to earn concentrations in such fields as Community Engagement, Environmental Stewardship, Global Citizenship, Political Engagement, The Arts, Technology and Innovation, Engineering and Design, or Social Justice.
• Financial Aid awarded to 31% of Upper School students • Students come from 60 ZIP codes • Student body includes 38% students of color • Flexible Credit — Alternative ways of earning credit through online, college, or self-designed and mentored projects • Study Abroad — Exchange/home-stay experiences in China, France, Spain, and Greece and Italy • Athletics — 85% of students play a team sport • Arts — 75% of the Class of 2023 took arts courses beyond our requirements
MAY TERM INTENSIVES
ACADEMIC RIGOR • Admission to Honors, AP, and Advanced Topics courses is selective and depends on past performance and departmental approval. Due to the rigor of those courses, students are counseled to limit the number they take. • All AP students are expected to take the AP exam. • Advanced Topics courses are comparable in rigor to AP courses and usually taken only by students who have completed the department’s AP offerings.
CLASS SIZES FALL 2023 Grade 9 – 88 Grade 10 – 88 Grade 11 – 107 Grade 12 – 89 CALENDAR Two 18-week semesters, each divided into two 9-week quarters Block schedule: 80-minute classes in two-day rotation
After spring exams, when all regular classes are finished, our ninth, 10th, and 11th grade students choose a GRADING INFORMATION one-week experiential education course to finish the year. Some examples include: architecture and WEIGHTED GRADES ON 4.0 SCALE murals, explorations of medical fields, animal behavior and conservations, furniture design and Introductory College Prep: no weight construction, legal justice, and many more.
College Prep with pre-req: additional +.25 weight Honors Courses:
additional +.5 weight
AP and Advanced Topics: additional +1.0 weight
COVID-RELATED NEWS School-year 2021-22: We opened school in August 2021 with robust mask and other PPE protocols and with more than 97% of Upper School students, faculty, and staff fully vaccinated. Only students with COVID-related medical needs were granted permission to learn remotely. School-year 2022-23: We adopted a mask-optional protocol for 2022-23. Again, only students with COVID-related medical needs were granted permission to learn remotely. School-year 2023-24: We are continuing the COVID-related policies we adopted last year.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS
Of the 170 Seven Hills students who took 373 Advanced Placement exams in 17 subjects in May 2023, 91% qualified for advanced college standing by receiving a score of 3 or better on the 1-5 national scale on at least one exam.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS - MAY 2023 TEST
# Students
%3 or higher Seven Hills
%3 or higher Ohio
%3 or higher Global
Biology
44
96%
74%
64%
Calculus AB
29
79%
65%
58%
Calculus BC
20
100%
83%
78%
Chemistry
17
100%
80%
75%
Chinese
1
100%
78%
88%
Comp Sci A
14
93%
74%
68%
Comp Sci Principles
19
90%
70%
63%
English Language
59
95%
63%
56%
English Literature
61
100%
85%
77%
French
9
100%
66%
75%
Latin
8
75%
66%
57%
Physics C: Mechanics
16
75%
74%
74%
Physics: E&M
15
73%
69%
70%
Spanish Language
5
100%
78%
84%
US History
50
94%
54%
48%
World History
42
100%
78%
65%
ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS (as of July 2023):
23 AP Scholars; average score: 3.8 26 AP Scholars with Honor; average score: 4.1 55 AP Scholars with Distinction; average score: 4.4
“Pass” is given no weight nor is it computed in GPAs. It is computed in credits earned. Full course list by weight is available at: 7hills.org/weighting
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Academic Curriculum: • English – 4 credits • Math – 4 credits • History – 3 credits • Science – 3 credits • World Language – 3 credits • F ine and Performing Arts – 1.5 credits • Health and PE – 1 credit Personal Challenge: Self-designed, self-conducted project defended before faculty committee and presented to school community Community Service: Individual volunteer project culminating in written reflection
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