Lotspeich Blast Sep 26, 2025
Key Dates
Friday, Oct. 3 — Day 2. Kindergarten Field Trip: Cincinnati Nature Center
Friday, Oct. 3 — Day 2. Grades 1-8 Winter Sports Registration Ends
Monday, Oct. 6 — Day 3. TSHS Parent LEAD Together Series: Social Skills with Lisa Damour
Tuesday, Oct. 7 – Day 4. TSHS Parent LEAD Together Series: DEI Parent Book Club inspired by “A Kids Book About” series
Monday, Oct. 13 — Faculty Records Day. No Classes
Tuesday, Oct. 14 — Day 1. Third Grade Field Trip: Makino Park
Wednesday, Oct. 15 — Day 2. Fifth Grade Field: Team Building Trip with Doherty
Tuesday, Oct. 21 — Day 1. Picture Retake Day
Saturday, Oct. 25 — Combined Trunk or Treat event for Doherty and Lotspeich Families, 3-5 p.m., Doherty Campus
Photos of the Week
Fifth graders rehearse for their musical “Pirates: Past Noon” with drama teacher Natalie Bird and music teacher Robin WIlson in the Red Barn.
What to Know Now
Photo Retake Day Details
We will have one Lower School Picture Retake Day on Tuesday, Oct. 21. We will receive and pass back the photo packets, usually the week before, to allow you to look at them. The photographer spends quite a bit of time with each child and is willing to take photos for anyone absent on the original day, and also to retake photos if there is a photographer error only (photo blurriness, eyes shut, red eye). If you choose to have her reshoot, please send in the original packet of photos for return please.
Lower School Community Service Opportunity — Oct. 1
The Honeycomb is a Lower School community service initiative where students come together to spread kindness, responsibility, and community — our Hive values — in action. Meeting twice a month after school, 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.
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!
Parent Community News
Stock the Lounge (Teachers’ Lounge)
The Parent Community was able to start the year by stocking the teachers’ lounges in August with snacks and treats at the start of the school year. If you’d still like to contribute to stocking the teachers’ lounge, please order from the Amazon Wishlist. FYI, all items will be delivered to a central location (Laura Hardy’s house), and volunteers will assist in transporting them to the lounges in the ECC and Lotspeich buildings. These items will be delivered in October after fall break!
Trunk or Treat — Saturday, Oct. 25
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!
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.
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
First LEAD Together Event — Monday, Oct. 6
Our first LEAD Together event for families and faculty is on Monday, Oct. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m., in the Lotspeich library. Childcare and pizza dinner will be offered for our Lisa Damour webinar viewing and discussion. Registration is now open. RSVP today! If you’d like to sign up for childcare, RSVP by Oct. 1. The LEAD Together flyer includes all events for our first semester.
Fall Break Movie Night — Wednesday, Oct. 8
Kick off the fall break right! Join the Upper School Black Student Union on Wednesday, Oct. 8 for an awesome movie night with face painting, pumpkin painting. and more on Wednesday, Oct. 8. We will be watching “Soul.” If you haven’t seen it, it is a must see and if you have seen it, it is worth seeing again! Activities will start at 6 p.m. along with pizza, drinks and snacks in The Schiff Center lobby. The movie will begin at 7:15 p.m., but no food or drinks are allowed into the theater so come early and enjoy the fun and community! All proceeds go to charity. Hope to see you there!
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.
Athletics
Register for Winter Sports
Winter Sports registration for basketball for second through sixth grade is now officially open! Registration will be handled exclusively through Veracross. Registration will close on Friday, Oct. 3. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact k6athletics@7hills.org.