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Lotspeich Blast Apr 10, 2026

  • Key Dates
  • What to Know Now
  • Parent Community News
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  • Athletics

Key Dates

Friday, April 10-Saturday, April 11 — Reunion Weekend
Wednesday, April 15 — Pre-Kindergarten Author Visit Amanda Driscoll
Wednesday, April 15 — Fall Sports Registration Opens
Wednesday, April 15 — Corporation Meeting, 6 p.m.

Friday, April 17 — VIP Day, Early Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.
Monday, April 20 — Lower School Author Visit Kelly Starling Lyons for Grades K-5
Tuesday-Wednesday, April 21-22 — Grade 4 to Camp Kern
Thursday-Friday, April 23-24 — Grade 5 to Dearborn, Michigan
Friday, May 1  — Senior Circle. All School Cookout
Friday, May 1 — May Fete, 5-8 p.m.
Saturday, May 9  — Early School Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, May 9  — Science Spectacular, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 16 — SNAAP Year-End Celebration, 3 p.m.

Rotational Day Calendar

Photos of the Week

  • Students were hard at work on their paintings and learning about the color wheel in Sarah Hyland’s art class.
  • Pre-kindergartners enjoy the muscle room in the Taft Early School, which recently reopened over Spring Break.
  • Pre-kindergartners learned about the weather and did activities with guests from the Cincinnati Museum Center.

  • Kindergartners practiced with percussion instruments in Robin Wilson’s music class.
  • First graders are preparing for their plant sale in early May by planting seeds, writing plant care instructions, and making plant labels.

What to Know Now

Sport Season Dismissal Changes

As we leave winter and head into spring sports season, please remember to let Anna Karol know if you have any weekly dismissal changes. She can change your child’s after school dismissal plan. Thanks for keeping our dismissal plans updated and accurate!

Reminder to RSVP for VIP Day — April 17

Families, please see and share our invitation to special visitors, whom you invite on behalf of your children. Only RSVP once per family. RSVPs are due Monday, 

Also, note that we will have an early dismissal for all students, pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, at 11:30 a.m. to allow visitors to continue their day with the children. Every student should be picked up at the Red Barn or ECC carlines. We look forward to welcoming our visitors on April 17 to campus!

ATB Announcement for VIP Day

There will be no Holiday Care on VIP day for the half day dismissal as most children go home with their VIPs or parents, and this is not a pre-scheduled Holiday Care.

Call for Gently Used Cozy Coupes

The Early School is looking to get a few donations of gently used Cozy Coupes for the pre-kindergarten for 2-year-old playground. If you have one that your children have outgrown and is taking up space in the garage or basement, please consider donating it. Our 2-year-olds will get some great use out of them for their new playground! Contact Nichole O’Rourke to donate.

Parent Community News

VIP Day Volunteers Needed

Our beloved VIP Day is just around the corner, and we are looking for volunteers to help make it truly special. We have 12 volunteer slots available. Thank you for considering supporting this event — we appreciate your time and care and look forward to a beautiful celebration together! Please sign up!

Call for May Fete Volunteers

Lotspeich Friends, May Fete is one of the best annual traditions Lotspeich has, and something each and every student looks forward to! But it cannot go on without the help of each and every parent! Please sign up today for a short and easy 30 minute shift to help make this a memorable night for all!”

Upcoming Events

  • Friday, April 10 — Next quarterly Parent Committee Meeting immediately following dropoff
  • Friday, May 1 — May Fete

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.

Call for Yearbook Pictures

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.

Announcements

Join Us for May Fete!

You’re invited! Early School Ribbon-cutting Ceremony

Join us on Saturday, May 9, at 9:30 a.m. for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Taft Early School addition. There will be crafts, activities, refreshments, and tours of the new space! After the ceremony, join us at the first Science Spectacular, which starts at 10 a.m.

Science Spectacular — May 9

Please join us on Saturday, May 9, from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. to celebrate science at Seven Hills. Middle and Upper School students will be leading booths for our Early and Lower School students to take part in science-related activities. Please join us for an hour or the whole session!

Activities include hands-on stations across multiple science disciplines, interactive demonstrations, a nature walk, and native species planting project in our creek bed. We’ll also have food to purchase with a variety of food trucks, including coffee, food, and Kona Ice.

Locks for Leonard Hair Fair

Hair donations collected from the Locks for Leonard Hair Fair will be donated to organizations that create wigs for children undergoing cancer treatment or suffering from autoimmune diseases. The hair fair is being organized by the Middle School but all Seven Hills students can participate. To donate your hair, follow these three steps:

  1. Get a haircut! Go to the stylist of your choice and tell them you want to donate your hair. Send before and after pics to Hannah Hanley.
  2. Bring your bagged ponytail to the Middle School office. Include your name on the bag and what grade you are in — we would love to give you a shoutout on our Seven Hills social media.
  3. Grow your hair out! You must donate at least eight inches.

We will accept hair donations through May 1.

Summer String Camps

If your child is interested in continuing or starting their musical string instrument journey, please check out recommendations for summer from Michaela Hibbard, our strings teacher.

CCM Camp

  • Elementary Strings Camp (Grades K-5): June 1-5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ($350)
  • Elementary Strings Camp (Grades K-5): July 20-24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ($350)

Immanuel School of Music

  • Summer Strings Club (Approximately Grades 3-6): June 4-July 24, 5-6:30 p.m. on Thursdays in Northern Kentucky, Lakeside Park, about 20 minutes from Seven Hills

CCM Private Lessons

  • Contact Dr. Joyce Chan.

Private Violin Lessons

  • Near the Hillsdale Campus at the home of Maggie Niecamp.

CMA Silverton

  • See more at CMA Website.

Immanuel School of Music (NKY) Private Lessons

Contact me, Michaela Hibbard!

Update on Director of Safety and Security Role at Seven Hills

Our Director of Safety and Security Cassandra Tucker recently resigned, and we are working to find a replacement who will begin in the fall. In the meantime, we have collaborated with our School Resource Officer to create an interim safety plan for the remainder of the school year. We are grateful to Sgt. Tucker, who implemented numerous policies and procedures during her time at Seven Hills that keep our campuses safe and secure.

Leave a Review of Seven Hills on Niche!

Help the school and prospective families — at the same time — by leaving a review on Niche. Niche is a website that parents and students can use to research schools (from primary schools to universities) based on student and parent reviews and data from sources like the National Center for Education Statistics. Sharing your perspective as a Seven Hills parent on the page helps in two ways: 1) Families who are researching schools can learn about the Seven Hills’ experience directly from current families, and 2) Reviews from parents contribute to the school’s ranking on Niche. To write a review, visit https://www.niche.com/k12/survey/, search for The Seven Hills School in the search bar, and click “Start survey.”

Athletics

Fall Sports Registration Opens on April 15

Registration for fall sports opens on Wednesday, April 15. Look for an email from Seven Hills Athletics on that day with the link. Youth Sports will register in Veracross.
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