Doherty Blast Sep 26, 2025
Key Dates
Friday, Oct. 3 — Grades 1-8 Winter Sports Registration Ends
Saturday, Oct. 4 — Doherty Parent Social (See Details under Parent Community News)
Monday, Oct. 6 — TSHS Parent LEAD Together Series: Social Skills with Lisa Damour
Tuesday, Oct. 7 – TSHS Parent LEAD Together Series: DEI Parent Book Club inspired by “A Kids Book About” series
Thursday, Oct. 9-Friday, Oct. 10 — Fall Break. No Classes
Monday, Oct. 13 — Faculty Records Day. No Classes
Wednesday, Oct. 15 — Fifth Grade Field Trip with Lotspeich
Wednesday, Oct. 15 —Board of Trustees Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 16 — Picture Retake Day and Pre-kindergarten for 2-year-olds Picture Day
Friday, Oct. 17 — Doherty PC Meeting, 8:30 a.m.
Photos of the Week
Bumble Buddies hang out together. The Bumble Buddies program pairs together fifth graders and pre-kindergarten for 2-year-old students to read, make art, and build connections.
What to Know Now
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
Pre-kindergarten Garden Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed to help clean and rebuild the Pre-kindergarten garden. The time commitment will be approximately 1-2 hours on a TBD date. Sign up to help in the garden by emailing Lauren Burns.
Parent Social — Saturday, Oct. 4, 7-10 p.m.
The Doherty Parent Social at Oakley Greens is Saturday, Oct. 4, 7-10 p.m. Book your babysitter, and join us for a fun night out.
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!
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.