Middle School Blast Oct 24, 2025

Restorative Cares Discipline Plan Conversation — Today, Friday, Oct. 24

As part of our ongoing effort to strengthen community and belonging in the Middle School, we are preparing our new Restorative Cares Discipline Plan. This plan reflects months of thoughtful work aimed at supporting students in ways that are restorative, developmentally appropriate, and grounded in our school’s values.

You are invited to a parent coffee and conversation today, Friday, Oct. 24, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. in our Sixth Grade Commons, where Mr. Jessup will share an overview of the plan, answer questions, and gather feedback. Our goal is to ensure that families understand how this new framework will guide our approach to student care and discipline and how it aligns with our shared commitment to fairness, empathy, and accountability.

Your partnership is essential to the success of this work, and we hope you’ll join us for this conversation. Coffee and doughnuts will be provided. Note: this conversation will not be recorded or available via zoom.

Grades and Comments

Middle School Quarter 1 grades and comments will be available after 8 a.m. today in your Veracross Parent Portal. To access the reports, hover over the “My Children” link in the upper navigation of your Parent Portal. Click on the “Classes and Reports” link to see the reports menu.  

There are three report categories under the Reports section:

• Report Card — Click the Quarter 1 link to download a traditional, table-based report listing quarter grades and attendance totals.
• Comment Reports — Published comments are published here.
• Grades and Comments — This section contains a report that includes both grades and comments.

Please note, if the report title in any category is gray, your student did not receive that report or that report has not yet been published.

Please contact techsupport@7hills.org if you have any issues accessing your Parent Portal or the reports.

Middle School Play Tonight and Tomorrow Night!

The Middle School Fall One-Act Plays are coming soon! Both plays, “The Adventures of Rocky & Skye” by Kelly DuMar and “Herby Alice Counts Down to Yesterday” by Nicole B. Adkins, will be performed together in The Schiff Center on Oct. 24 and 25 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased through TicketLeap or at the door. Students who would like the attend the Pizza and a Play event that the Parent’s Association is running are encouraged to do so. Come out and support the Middle School cast and crew!

Middle School Pizza and Play Tonight!— Oct. 24

It’s not too late! Students are invited to meet with friends to hang out and have pizza (Italianette Pizza Kitchen) before watching their Middle School friends in two fabulous one-act plays performed together “The Adventures of Rocky & Skye” and “Herby Alice Counts Down to Yesterday.” Drop your kids off (or they can come from Encore) at Stoehr Gym at 6 p.m. After dinner, kids will walk over to The Schiff Center and watch their friends perform in the play from 7-8:30 p.m. Pick up at The Schiff Center by 8:45 p.m. Cost is $10 which covers the ticket price and dinner. The actors have been working hard on their play — let’s show our support! PLUS it’s a fun way to get together! Please note, if your child is in the play, you do not need to buy this ticket. See event details and reserve your child’s ticket through Square.

Parent-Teacher Conference Registration

The parent-teacher conference sign-ups will be live and available online through your Veracross Parent Portal beginning Monday, Oct. 27, at 8 a.m. Parent-Teacher Conference sign-ups will close on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 5 p.m.  If you have specific teachers, times and dates that you would like, we encourage you to register early.

Sixth Grade Creepy Critters — Friday, Oct. 31

Come spend part of the morning with your sixth grader(s) at Creepy Critters Day on Friday, Oct. 31! We will gather in Founders Hall and begin at 10 a.m. Parents can park around The Schiff Center loop if parking is limited in other places. We will wrap up the activities no later than 11:30 a.m. Please join us, even if you can only stay for part of the time!

Seventh Grade Movie — Friday, Oct. 31

On Friday, Oct. 31, the seventh grade students will have the chance to watch the hit movie “The Martian” to continue their current study of astronomy. See Click a review of this movie from the website Common Sense Media. The movie is rated PG-13. If you prefer that your child not see this film, please let Mrs. Suer know so that other arrangements can be made.

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

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.

Upper School Preview Day — Nov. 11 and 12

The Upper School has a busy day planned for the eighth graders! Students will follow an Upper School class schedule, have a Dewey’s lunch in the Upper School Commons, check out Upper School clubs, engage in a Q&A activity with our Upper School Beekeepers and much more!   

• Tuesday, Nov. 11: Eighth grade students with last names beginning with the letters A-L.
•  Wednesday, Nov. 12: Eighth grade students with last names beginning with the letters M-Z.
• See the invitation from the Upper School
• Questions? Contact Vicky Hausberger.

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.

Seven Hills Unplugged — Every Tuesday

Back by popular demand, Seven Hills Unplugged returns to the Hillsdale Campus this fall every Tuesday! Families from pre-kindergarten for 2-year-olds through eighth grade are welcome to enjoy some after-school open play and screen-free fun! The ECC playground space is available for ECC families to connect! See the flyer for details. Rain-out locations will be shared each week, as needed.