Lotspeich Blast Dec 5, 2025
Key Dates
Saturday, Dec. 6 — FIRST Lego League Qualifier Competition
Monday, Dec. 8 — Day 4, Spring Sports Registration Begins
Tuesday, Dec. 9 — Day 5. Teachers “Slumber at School”
Wednesday, Dec. 10 — Day 1
Thursday, Dec. 11 — Day 2
Friday, Dec. 12 — Day 3. Grade 5 Musical Family Show, 1:45 p.m. Grade 2 Field Trip to Dave and Busters. Lower School Spirit Night
Monday, Dec. 15 — Day 4
Tuesday, Dec. 16 — Day 5
Wednesday, Dec. 17 — Day 1
Thursday, Dec. 18 — Day 2
Friday, Dec. 19 — Day 3. Winter Break begins at 11:30 a.m., Early Dismissal Day
Monday, Jan. 5 — Day 4. School resumes
Tuesday, Jan. 6 — Day 5
Wednesday, Jan. 7 — Day 1
Thursday, Jan. 8 — Day 2. Fifth Parent Parent Looking Ahead to Middle School, 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
Pre-kindergartners test and sort different objects as they learn about magnetisim.
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.
Carline Nametags
To help make carline as smooth as possible, please be sure to display your child(ren)’s name on the passenger side visor or dash board. If you have misplaced your tag or need a new one, email Anna Karol and she can send you the PDF to print or you are welcome to make your own. Just be sure to keep it simple and use large black letters on a white piece of paper. Thanks!
Teachers Will “Slumber at School” on Dec. 9
Thanks to the Lotspeich community’s incredible generosity, we collected 1,603 items for our food drive, earning a whopping 16 teachers the chance to take part in a special “Slumber at School” on Tuesday, Dec. 9! Students may bring a stuffed animal to school on Tuesday that will “slumber” at school with us, and families can tune in for bedtime stories posted on Instagram and Facebook at 7:30 p.m., along with additional pictures from the evening. We’ll continue the celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 10, with an all-school PJ Day.
Fifth Grade Musical
LEAD Together: Jonathan Haidt Webinar Information
Parent Community News
Thank You for Day of Gratitude
Thank you to Lindsey O’Connell, Danielle Necessary, and all of our parent volunteers and nonprofit partners for a wonderful Day of Gratitude! We would love to collect pictures from the day. If you have any to share, please send to Lauren.Bonaminio@gmail.com
PC Meeting — Jan. 7
Our next PC meeting will be on Jan. 7
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 drop-off.
Call For Yearbook Photos
Yearbook pictures are collected all school year! If you are volunteering at an event, chaperoning a field trip or watching a sporting event, don’t forget to send your best photos to lotspeichyearbook@7hills.org.
Quarterly Meetings
- Jan. 23
- April 10
Parent Community Leadership — Please reach out to use with any questions 🙂
Mona Desai, co-chair
Lindsey O’Connell, co-chair
Lauren Bonaminio, communications chair
Nancy Kingkeo, treasurer
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.