Lotspeich Blast Sep 19, 2025
Key Dates
Friday, Sept. 19 — Homecoming and All Family Cookout, 5-9 p.m. The Cookout ends at 7 p.m. Spirit Night Grades 1-6, 6:45 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 22 — Grades 1-8 Winter Sports Registration Begins. Closes Oct. 3.
Monday, Sept. 29 —Fifth Grade Field Trip
Friday, Oct. 3 — Kindergarten Field Trip
Friday, Oct. 3 — Third Grade Field Trip
Friday, Oct. 3 — Grades 1-8 Winter Sports Registration Ends
Thursday, Oct. 9-Friday, Oct. 10 — Fall Break. No Classes
Monday, Oct. 13 — Faculty Records Day. No Classes
Tuesday, Oct. 14 — Third Grade Field Trip
Wednesday, Oct. 15 — Fifth Grade Field Trip with Doherty
Tuesday, Oct. 21 — Picture Retake Day
Photos of the Week
Pre-kindergartners measure their shoes as part of their all about me study in Christina Del Vecchio’s class.
What to Know Now
Homecoming Starts Tonight!
Homecoming and the All Family Cookout is tonight, Friday, Sept. 19, starting at 5 p.m. Events continue throughout the night and on Saturday, Sept. 20. Check out the full schedule of Homecoming events. We hope to see you to celebrate this joyous occasion! Go Stingers!
Parent Community News
Upcoming Events
- Halloween Parade & Parent Coffee — Lotspeich, Oct. 31
- Walking Group — Join this WhatsApp group for dates and information! This is an ongoing, casual walking group that meets (weather permitting) on certain days after dropoff.
Trunk or Treat — Saturday, Oct. 25, 3-5 p.m.
Trunk or Treat will take place on the Doherty Campus on Saturday, Oct. 25, 3-5 p.m. Families have the option to pass out candy from their car/trunk or simply attend with their trick or treaters. Sign up here to reserve a spot for your trunk at the event!
Quarterly Meetings
- Nov. 7
- Jan. 23
- April 10
Parent Community Leadership – Please reach out to us with any questions 🙂
Mona Desai, co-chair
Lindsey O’Connell, co-chair
Lauren Bonaminio, communications chair
Nancy Kingkeo, treasurer
Announcements
Lotspeich Yearbook Help Wanted
The school yearbook is put together by Parent Community volunteers, and this year, we are looking for a committee of volunteers to help! If you like digital scrapbooking and feel comfortable working in a computer program similar to Canva, let Anna Karol or a PC representative know, and we will reach out. Many hands make lighter work, and we are hoping to make this project a little more manageable for our volunteers.
Also, while at your children’s events, keep in mind that we want all your adorable photos for the yearbook! If you go to a sporting event, play, musical performance, classroom party, field trip, or any Lotspeich event, snap a few cute pictures for us! You can email any photos to Lotspeichyearbook@7hills.org or drop them into our Yearbook Photo Drop!
Holiday Care on Records Day — Monday, Oct. 13
Holiday Care is offered on the Hillsdale Campus for pre-kindergarten for 2-year-olds through fifth grade on Monday, Oct. 13.
- Hours: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- How to Register: Register using the Veracross Parent Portal.
LEAD Together: Learning, Educating, and Discussing Together
Parents and caregivers, please join us for LEAD Together: Learning, Educating, And Discussing Together. Join us for one or all events to learn alongside other families and faculty members. These book talks, speaker series, and other sessions will be led by various faculty and staff groups and our Parent Community. Registration is now open. RSVP today! The LEAD Together flyer includes all events for our first semester. Stay tuned for our second semester flyer.
Introducing … The Honeycomb! A Community Service Opportunity for Lower School Students
The Honeycomb is a Lower School community service initiative where first through fifth grade students come together to spread kindness, responsibility, and community — our Hive values — in action. Meeting twice a month after school on either on Hillsdale or Doherty Campus, we learn how even the smallest acts can make the biggest ripples. The first session will be on Wednesday, Oct. 1, after school at 3:45 p.m. on the Doherty Campus in Ms. Hills room. Parents don’t have to stay, unless they would like to help out.
Like bees in a hive, we work as a team to care for others, create joy, and make our school and wider community stronger. Through service projects, songs, and teamwork, The Honeycomb inspires each other to BEE kind, BEE safe, and BEE learners who use their gifts to make the world a better place.
Each opportunity has a small fee to cover the cost of supplies for our projects!
Register for ONE or ALL of our sessions!
