Doherty Blast Oct 24, 2025
Key Dates
Saturday, Oct. 25 — Trunk or Treat
Friday, Oct. 31 — Halloween Parade, 8:40 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 1 — Growing Together Event, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. S.H.A.R.E. Pumpkins and Popsicles, 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 2 — Daylight Saving Time Ends
Wednesday, Nov. 5 — Book Fair Begins
Wednesday, Nov. 12 — Parent-Teacher Conferences, 12-8 p.m. No Classes
Thursday, Nov. 13 — Parent-Teacher Conferences, 8 a.m.-12 p.m. No Classes
Friday, Nov. 14 — Professional Development Day. No Classes
Wednesday, Nov. 19 — Board of Trustees Meeting, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 25 — Thanksgiving Break begins at 3:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 26-Friday, Nov. 28 — Thanksgiving Break. No School
Photos of the Week
As part of Safety Week, Doherty welcomed members of the Cincinnati Police and Fire Departments, who showed students their vehicles and taught them about safety.
What to Know Now
The Honeycomb! A Community Service Opportunity on Oct. 30
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. Our third session is on Thursday, Oct. 30, at Doherty. We will be making blankets for Project Linus!
Each opportunity has a small fee to cover the cost of supplies for our projects! Register for ONE or ALL of our sessions!
Parent-Teacher Conference Registration
The parent-teacher conference sign-ups will be live and available online through your Veracross Parent Portal beginning Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 8 a.m. Parent-Teacher Conference sign-ups will close on Monday, Nov. 10, at 5 p.m. If you have specific teachers, times and dates that you would like, we encourage you to register early.
Halloween Parade — Oct. 31
On Friday, Oct. 31, at 8:40 a.m., the students will parade in their Halloween costumes through the buildings then out the doors to the driveway. They will then parade down to the gym where teachers and students will get a closer look at the costumes, then return to their classrooms. Parents are invited to line the driveway to watch all the ghouls and goblins go by. Coffee will be provided by the Doherty PC.
When choosing a costume, please do not allow weapons or masks of any kind to come to school. This includes anything that may be part of a costume such as pirate swords, Thor’s hammer, or Michael Myers’ mask!
ATB is Closing at 5 p.m. on Oct. 31
Growing Together: Doherty Oak Tree Planting Event
Please join us on Saturday, Nov. 1, to help plant 180 oak saplings, grown from a Doherty tree. We will plant them in a temporary location at Hillsdale Campus and then move them to create a Doherty Grove once the new Lower School building is finished. Please drop in anytime 9 a.m.-12 p.m. to help plant, play, and tour the future Lower School site. No RSVP required and all ages are encouraged to join us as we start to build the future Lower School environment.
Parent Community News
Trunk or Treat — Saturday, Oct. 25
Trunk or Treat will take place on Saturday, Oct. 25, 3-5 p.m. at Doherty. If you plan to decorate a trunk you must sign up to reserve parking spot. Families also have the option to pass out candy from their car/trunk or simply attend with their trick or treaters. This is a combined Lotspeich/Doherty event.
Halloween Parade
Parents gathering to watch the Doherty Halloween Parade on Oct. 31 can enjoy complimentary coffee provided by the PC.
Announcements
Pumpkins and Popsicles with S.H.A.R.E. — Saturday, Nov. 1, 2-4 p.m.
All are welcome to S.H.A.R.E.’s fun family event on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2-4 p.m. at the Pavilion on the Hillsdale Campus. Enjoy a fun-filled afternoon with family activities, including decorating pumpkins with words of kindness in honor of World Kindness Day. S.H.A.R.E. stands for Seven Hills Association of Rainbow Events. We are an affinity group for anyone with a family member or who is an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community. Let us know you are coming by emailing SHARE@7hills.org.
Special Persons’ Day — New Schedule this Year!
This year, based on thoughtful feedback from some of our Special People and their families, we are excited to announce a new format for Special Persons’ Day.
Rather than following a set schedule, we will host the event in an open house style. Special guests are welcome to come and go at any time during the designated hours and are not required to stay for an entire hour or hour and a half in a single classroom.
Each class will feature a special project or program for guests to enjoy. This new format offers more flexibility, allowing families with multiple students in different grades to visit multiple classrooms more easily. With thoughtful planning, guests should be able to enjoy time with each student without long waits or multiple trips up and down the stairs.
Please note: There will be no lunch with Unit III students and their Special Persons on this day, and it will remain a full school day. Families are welcome to take their students home after the program if they wish.
We hope this new structure makes the day more enjoyable and accessible for everyone!
Invitations will be sent early next week so please make sure you fill out and return this Special Persons’ Day form if you haven’t already done so (they were due Oct. 22).
Holiday Care
When school is out … Holiday Care is in! For our next set of “no school days” on Nov. 12, 13, and 14, we will offer Holiday Care at the Hillsdale Campus for pre-kindergarten for 2-year-olds through fifth grade! We will be open from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Remember, there must be at least 20 students registered two weeks prior to program start for the programs to run! Register now!
LEAD Together — “Setting Kids up for Success” Webinar
Thank you to all the parents, faculty and administrators who came to learn from Psychologist Lisa Damour about “Setting Kids up for Success.” If you weren’t able to make it, we highly encourage you to listen to the webinar (about 55 minutes). Please access the webinar. It will be available until Jan. 31.