The Seven Hills Buzz The Seven Hills School Bulletin
A Brief Word from Chris Garten Last week brought one of the traditional highlights of the year, the Talent Show in Upper School. Emceed by two juniors with a connective tissue of witty patter, this year’s iteration featured acts as diverse as a Rachmaninoff étude, a rendition of a Red Hot Chili Peppers song transcribed for string quartet (really!), and a moving duet, a cover of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. In front of a giant projected timer, a sophomore solved three Rubik’s Cubes in 2 minutes, 10 seconds and was greeted by a thunderous ovation and a gauntlet of high fives. The evening ended with a massive jam session by our instrumental groups as the Upper School students rushed the stage. For a brief moment, Founders looked like the Fillmore! It’s a chance to revel in being young and alive and to celebrate each other’s gifts. It’s a perfect rite for spring! Have a wonderful and safe holiday! Chris Garten Head of School
“Here comes summer!” Doherty’s traditional year-end song says it all: “Here comes summer,” and Seven Hills is ready with a wealth of enrichment opportunities for Cincinnati area children in its 2010 Summer Program. See page 5 for more information or go to www.7hills. org>Quicklinks>Summer Program.
Vol. 1 No. 13 March 19, 2010
Global Education Day culminates in International Evening
An extravaganza of international food reflecting the rich cultural diversity of our school community spread across the width of Founders Hall as Seven Hills families came together for an International Evening of food, entertainment, and fun on March 12. The event capped a week of Global Education activities at Doherty, Lotspeich, and Middle (Upper will celebrate Global Ed Day on April 23). More on the global education and International Evening activities is in this Buzz.
Top honors at Ohio Jr Classical League Convention Members of the Middle and Upper School Latin Clubs earned top honors at the 2010 Ohio Junior Classical League State Convention in Columbus in which some 785 students participated in academic, creative arts, and graphic arts contests. Out of the 30 schools that attended, Seven Hills finished second in Academic Per Capita—our highest finish in 12 years— and seventh in Overall Sweepstakes (total points in academics and arts, regardless of club size). All of the 20 Seven Hills students who participated earned at least one top-ten
ribbon. Out of 785 students, freshman Claire Romaine finished tenth in Individual Overall Points and ninth in Individual Academic Points. She earned eleven top-ten places, including first in Pentathlon and first in Latin Recitation. Other students who earned top-ten places were freshmen Cullen Deimer, Chris Baggott, Katherine King, Anne-Stuart
Bell, Katie Shen, Lawrence Vignola, John Rowe, Sara Hodgkins, Jasmine Terry; sophomore Alex Baggott; seniors Danny Korn, Shirley Yan, Ainsley McWilliams; eighth graders Hannah Berger, Ellie Wilson, Kyle McKibben, Hayden Schiff, Kelsey Stratman, and Daisia Jackson. A list of individual honors is at www.7hills.org>News.
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