Doherty Blast Dec 5, 2025
Key Dates
Saturday, Dec. 6 — Admission Testing for 2-year-olds-Grade 12, 9 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 8 — Spring Sports Registration Begins
Friday, Dec. 12 — Lower School Spirit Night
Wednesday, Dec. 17 — Pre-kindergarten-Fifth Grade Winter Program, 9 a.m.
Friday, Dec. 19 — Grades K-5 Winter Program, 9:30 a.m., The Schiff Center. Winter Break begins at 11:30 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 22-Friday, Jan. 2 — Winter Break
Monday, Jan. 5 — School Resumes
Thursday, Jan. 8 — Fifth Grade Parents Looking Ahead to Middle, 7 p.m., Zoom
Tuesday, Jan. 13 — Wonder and Connection in the Early Childhood and Lower School 2026, 5:30-7:30 p.m., The Schiff Center
Photos of the Week
Doherty fifth graders meet with Middle School Dean of Academics Andy McGarvey during Preview Day at the Middle School.
What to Know Now
Season of Giving — Winter Drive
The SNAAP Committee (Seven Hills Network of African American Parents) will hold its first Season of Giving Winter Drive this December. Join us Dec. 1-17 as we support and collect for CAIN Food Pantry. If you would like to contribute, we will have bins in Upper and Lower School locations to drop off donations. This season we are focusing on collecting household supplies, toiletries, paper products, cleaning supplies and laundry detergent.
Winter Spirit Week
To end the year, we will have a Winter Spirit Week Dec. 15-19. Due to the two Winter Programs, we will have two separate spirit week schedules. One for kindergarten to fifth grade and one for pre-kindergarten. Please click on the appropriate link below.
Doherty Winter Program
The Winter Program is a tradition we all anticipate. We would like to invite parents of students in kindergarten through fifth grade to the Winter Program on Friday, Dec. 19, at 9:30 a.m. in The Schiff Center at the Hillsdale Campus. Students are asked to dress in nice attire.
Pre-kindergarten parents are invited to attend a performance including all grades, pre-k through fifth, on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 9 a.m. in the Doherty cafeteria. Pre-k students are asked to dress in nice attire and kindergarten to fifth grade students will wear PJs corresponding to their Spirit Week theme day.
A packet of information including a map of the Hillsdale Campus, a Q&A form, and a dismissal form has been sent home. Be sure to return the dismissal form by Dec. 15. If you need an extra form please contact your student’s teacher or the office.
LEAD Together: Jonathan Haidt Webinar Information
Parent Community News
PC Meeting — This Morning!
Reminder! There is a PC Meeting this morning in the library. We’ll gather right after morning drop-off. Topics include the new Winter Family Dance! If you are interested in helping us plan this event, we’d love to have you! Can’t make the meeting but want to help? Email Molly Stark.
Announcements
Holiday Care — Friday, Dec. 19
We will be offering Holiday Care for our last day of school on both campuses beginning at 11:30 a.m. This program will run until 6 p.m. and is separate from regular ATB. Register now!
Second Semester LEAD Together Events
Save the dates for our second semester LEAD Together programming! Come to one or come to many and learn alongside other parents, faculty, and administration.
Wonder and Connection in the Early Childhood and Lower School 2026
Come and explore what is on the horizon for Seven Hills in 2026 and beyond for our Early Childhood and Lower School divisions. Connect with other families, speak with students and help us think about the future of our school.
Please join us at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in The Schiff Center to mix and mingle with other families and fourth and fifth grade students. The event will take place from 6-7 p.m. with follow-up stations from 7-7:30 p.m. Childcare will be available. More information is coming.