FACULTY 52 members45 with advanced degrees4 college counselors9:1 student/faculty ratio CLASS SIZES FALL 2020 Grade 9 – 93Grade 10 – 102Grade 11 – 91Grade 12 – 79

CALENDARTwo 18-week semesters, each divided into two 9-week quarters. Block schedule: 80-minute classes in two-day rotation

GRADING INFORMATION

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Academic Curriculum: • English – 4 credits• Math – 4 credits• History – 3 credits• Science – 3 credits• World Language – 3 credits• Fine and Performing Arts –

1.5 credits• Health and PE – 1 credit

Personal Challenge: Self-designed, self-conducted project defended before faculty committee and presented to school community

Community Service: Individual volunteer project culminating in written reflection

May Term: A one-week experiential education course; new courses offered every year

NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITIONClass of 2021 – 24%Class of 2020 – 19%Class of 2019 – 22%Class of 2018 – 20%Class of 2017 – 25%

Introductory College Prep:

College Prep with pre-req:

Honors Courses:

AP and Post-AP Courses:

“Pass” is given no weight nor is it computed in GPs. It is computed in credits earned. Full course list by weight is

available at: 7hills.org/weighting

WEIGHTED GRADES ON 4.0 SCALE

no weight

additional +.25 weight

additional +.5 weight

additional +1.0 weight

SEVEN HILLS HIGHLIGHTS• All students take an advanced college preparatory curriculum• Financial Aid awarded to 31% of Upper School students• Students come from 60 ZIP codes• Student body includes 38% students of color• Flexible Credit – Alternative ways of earning credit through online, college, or self-designed and mentored projects• Study Abroad – Exchange/home-stay experiences in China, France, Spain, and Greece and Italy• Athletics: 85% of students play a team sport• Arts: 80% of the Class of 2020 took arts courses beyond our requirements

ACADEMIC RIGOR• Admission to Honors and AP courses is selective and depends on past performance and departmental approval. Due to the rigor of those courses, students are counseled to limit the number they take. • All AP students are expected to take the AP exam.• Post-AP electives – Multivariable Calculus, French V Honors.

COVID-RELATED NEWSGRADES AND GPA’S:

Spring 2020: Although Seven Hills classes were conducted remotely for the fourth quarter of 2019-20 and exams were eliminated, all of our students continued with their same courses and we maintained our traditional grading practices.Fall 2020: The 2020-21 school year opened in August with in-person classes, attended by the great majority (about 90%) of our students. The others, who are learning remotely, follow a synchronous schedule that allows them to participate in class. They come to school to take timed and graded assessments.

COURSES: Although all of our students wear masks and sit behind plexiglass shields, we are maintaining a strict limit on class sizes. For that reason, a number of students have been closed out of courses they wanted to take and have had to choose alternatives.

TEST SCORES: Although we do have ACT scores for enough seniors to calculate ranges and averages, so few have been able to take SATs that we eliminated that section of the profile this year.

The Seven Hills School - Class of 2021EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGThis program helps students develop self-awareness of where their interests lie, facilitates exploration of those interests, and provides students with pertinent real-world experiences through job shadows, internships, community service, college course work, and other relevant activities. Students may elect to earn concentrations in such fields as Community Engagement, Environmental Stewardship, Global Citizenship, Political Engagement, The Arts, Technology and Innovation, Engineering and Design, Integrated Wellness, or Social Justice.

MAY TERM INTENSIVESAfter spring exams, when all regular classes are finished, our ninth-, tenth-, and eleventh-graders choose a one-week experiential education course to finish the year. Some examples: furniture design and construction, food production and processing, medical careers, architecture and murals, and many more.

TEST SCORES FOR 2020 & 2021

ACT AVERAGES - 2020 & 2021:

Math

Science

Composite

1-15 16-19 20-23 24-27 28-32 33-36

2021: 29.3

2021: 29.2

2021: 30.0

21NationalOhio

NationalOhio

English2021: 30.7

NationalOhioSeven HillsNationalOhioSeven Hills

20.620.1

29.2

20.119.0

31.520.419.9

28.3

Reading2021: 31.3

NationalOhio

21.220.5

31.1

20.020.7

30.0

Latest scores available as of Sept. 15, 2020

Seven Hills

Seven Hills

Seven Hills

1-20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36

25-34 EnglishMath

ReadingScience

23-32 25-35 25-32 25-33

avg. 30avg. 28

avg. 30avg. 29

avg. 29

CLASS OF 2020 MIDDLE 50% OF ACT SCORES:

Composite

SAT AND SAT SUBJECT TEST SCORES:Too Few To Report

American University - 2Amherst College - 1Arizona State University - 1Babson College - 1Barnard College - 1Belmont University - 4Beloit College - 1Bentley University - 1Boston College - 1Boston University - 6Bowdoin College - 1Bowling Green State University - 1Brandeis University - 1Bryn Mawr College - 2Butler University - 1California Institute of Technology - 1California Institute of the Arts - 1Carleton College - 3Carnegie Mellon University - 3Case Western Reserve University - 8Claremont McKenna College - 1Colby College - 3College of Charleston - 2College of Wooster - 6Colorado College - 2Colorado State University - 2Columbus College of Art and Design - 1Columbia College Chicago - 1Columbia University - 3Cornell University - 5Dartmouth College - 1Davidson College - 2Denison University - 3DePaul University - 6DePauw University - 1Dickinson College - 3

Drexel University - 2Duke University - 7Earlham College - 3Eckerd  College - 1Elon University - 4Embry-Riddle Aeronautica University - 1Emerson College - 1Emory University - 3Florida Gulf Coast University - 1Florida State University - 1Franciscan University - 1Franklin & Marshall College - 1George Washington University - 1Georgetown College - 1Georgetown University - 2Hamilton College - 1Hampshire College - 1Hanover College - 1Harvard University - 3Haverford College - 2High Point University - 1Hillsdale College - 1Indiana University - 7Johns Hopkins University - 2Kenyon College - 5Lafayette College - 1Lake Forest College - 1Loyola University Chicago - 7Lynn University - 1Marquette University - 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1Miami University - 14Michigan State University - 1Michigan Technological University - 1Middlebury College - 3Muskingum University - 2

New York University - 5North Carolina State University - 1Northeastern University - 2Northern Kentucky University - 4Northwestern University - 5Occidental College - 1Ohio Northern University - 2Ohio University - 1Ohio State University - 33Otterbein University - 1

Parsons School of Design - 1Pratt Institute - 2Princeton University - 3Purdue University - 10Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 1Rhodes College - 1Rice University - 2Roanoke College - 1Rochester Institute of Technology - 4Saint Louis University - 1Sarah Lawrence College - 1Savannah College of Art and Design - 6Scripps College - 1Southern Methodist Univrsity - 2Spelman College - 1Syracuse University - 5The New School - 1

Thomas More University - 2Trinity College - 1Transylvania University - 1Tufts University - 6Tulane University - 4Tuskegee University - 1Union College - 1University of Aberdeen (Scotland) - 1University of Akron - 1University of Alabama - 2University of Arizona - 3

University of California, Berkeley - 1University of California, Davis - 1University of California, San Diego - 2University of Chicago - 4University of Cincinnati - 40University of Colorado - 3University of Dayton - 8University of Denver - 1University of Illinois - 3University of Kentucky - 8University of Maryland - 1University of Miami - 1University of Michigan - 13University of Missouri - 2University of North Carolina/ Chapel Hill - 1University of Notre Dame - 1University of Oregon - 1

University of Pennsylvania - 1University of Pittsburgh - 3University of Richmond - 7University of Rochester - 2University of South Carolina - 6University of Southern California - 2University of Texas, Austin - 2University of Texas, Dallas - 1University of Toledo - 1University of Toronto - 1University of Utah - 1

University of Vermont - 1University of Virginia - 1University of Washington - 1University of Wisconsin - 3Vanderbilt University - 9Villanova University - 1Virginia Polytechnic Institute - 1Wake Forest University - 1Washington College - 1Washington University in St. Louis - 10Washington & Lee University - 1Webster University - 1Wellesley College - 2Williams College - 1Wittenberg University - 3Worcester Polytechnic Institute - 1Xavier University - 4Yale University - 6Yeshiva University - 1

FIVE-YEAR MATRICULATION LIST (2016-2020)

ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS (as of July 2020)153 students took a total of 354 AP tests; 92% scored 3 or higher; 68% scored 4’s and 5’s

TEST %3 and higher AVG score 5 4 3 2 1 Total Biology Calculus ABCalculus BCChemistryChineseComp Sci AComp Sci PrincEnglish LangEnglish LitEuropean HistFrench Latin Physics C (E&M) Physics C (Mech) Spanish LangUS History Total # Total %

100%74%

100%97%80%89%

100%90%96%96%

100%83%79%89%

100%90%

4.153.584.353.553.44

3.713.784.11

4.244.3

3.833.594.074.433.84

961341321119134281649

124 35%

135911156141575292212118

33%

5341520612104116717

84 24%

0400100420014202

20 6%

01010100010021018

2%

271926315914414625106

2928731

354

Public - 43%Private - 57%

57%

43%In-state -31%

Out-of- state - 69%

31%

69%

Midwest - 49%East - 27%South - 17%West - 6%International - 1%

ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS: 31 AP Scholars: average score 3.74

14 AP Scholars with Honor: average score 4.09

47 AP Scholars with Distinction: average score 4.31

10 National AP Scholars: average score 4.47

STAFF

Susan Marrs 513.728.2463Director of College Counseling

Alex Catalan 513.728.2461Assistant Director of College Counseling

Julie DiRoma 513.728.2479College Counselor

Beth Driehaus 513.728.2467College Counselor

Christopher GartenHead of School

Matthew Bolton, Ph.D.Head of Upper School

Nick Francis 513.728.2465Director of Experiential Learning

AccreditationNational Association of Independent SchoolsIndependent Schools Association of the Central StatesOhio Association of Independent SchoolsState of OhioCEEB/ACT 361-005

Disclosure PolicyThe Seven Hills College Counseling Office will answer questions posed by colleges regarding major disciplinary action in secondary school reports, midyear reports, and final school reports. Students are expected to disclose such information to the colleges as well.

© 2020 The Seven Hills School

HILLSDALE CAMPUS

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EnglishIntroduction to Writing and GenreBritish Literature; Honors British LiteratureAmerican Literature; Honors American LiteratureAP English Language and CompositionMemoir and Social JusticeAP English Literature and CompositionCreative Writing SeminarJournalismPublic Speaking

MathematicsAlgebra IGeometry; Geometry HonorsAlgebra II; Algebra II HonorsProbability and Statistics; Probability and Statistics HonorsPre-Calculus; Pre-Calculus HonorsCalculus; AP Calculus AB; AP Calculus BC

Multivariable Calculus (Post AP)

HistoryWorld History IWorld History IIAP European HistoryU.S. History and Government; AP U.S. History Global Issues Since 1945 HonorsEnvironmental Studies

One-semester Electives:EconomicsPostmodern America Since 1968Nazi Germany and the Holocaust The Cold War in Europe

ScienceBiology; Biology HonorsChemistry; Chemistry HonorsPhysics; Physics HonorsAnatomy and PhysiologyEnvironmental Studies

AP BiologyAP ChemistryAP Physics C

One-semester Electives:PsychologyBiotechnologyMacro EngineeringMicro Engineering

Computer Science and TechnologyComputer Science IComputer Science II Computer EngineeringAP Computer Science A

ChineseChinese I HonorsChinese II HonorsChinese III HonorsChinese IV HonorsAP Chinese Language and Culture

FrenchFrench I French II; French II HonorsFrench III; French III Honors

French IVAP French Language and CultureFrench V Honors

LatinLatin II HonorsLatin III HonorsLatin IV HonorsAP Latin

SpanishSpanish ASpanish BSpanish CSpanish ISpanish II; Spanish II HonorsSpanish III; Spanish III HonorsSpanish IVSpanish V HonorsAP Spanish Language and Culture

Vocal MusicConcert ChorusChamber Ensemble

Instrumental MusicContemporary Ensemble

Symphonic Ensemble

TheaterTheater ITheater II Film: From Stage to ScreenTechnical TheaterAdvanced Acting and Directing

Visual ArtsGeneral ArtDrawingPaintingCeramicsGraphic DesignSculptureDigital ImagingFilm and AnimationArt History

Interdisciplinary Seminar in Experiential Learning: Entrepreneurship

PE & HealthPhysical Education 9Physical Education 10Health

2020 CURRICULUM