FACULTY 56 members 49 with advanced degrees 4 college counselors 7.5:1 student/faculty ratio
The Seven Hills School - Class of 2022 SEVEN HILLS HIGHLIGHTS
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
• • • • •
This 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.
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: 75% of the Class of 2021 took arts courses beyond our requirements
CLASS SIZES FALL 2021 Grade 9 – 105 Grade 10 – 91 Grade 11 – 99 Grade 12 – 90 CALENDAR Two 18-week semesters, each divided into two 9-week quarters. Block schedule: 80-minute classes in two-day rotation
MAY TERM INTENSIVES
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 5 Honors, Spanish 5 Honors
After 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.
GRADING INFORMATION WEIGHTED GRADES ON 4.0 SCALE Introductory College Prep: no weight College Prep with pre-req: additional +.25 weight Honors Courses:
AP and Post-AP Courses: additional +1.0 weight
COVID-RELATED NEWS School-year 2020-21: Except for the three weeks between Thanksgiving and Winter Break, Seven Hills was in school and in person for the entire school year. Students who were quarantined or had other reasons to have learn remotely followed a full-day synchronous schedule and came to school to take timed and graded assessments. School-year 2021-22: We opened the school in August, 2021, with robust mask and other PPE protocols and with more than 97% of high school students, faculty, and staff fully vaccinated. Only students with COVID-related medical needs were granted permission to learn remotely.
TEST SCORES:
Within this student profile, please find five-year averages for AP and ACT tests. We have so few SAT results from both last year and this year that we’ve eliminated that section of the profile.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS Five-Year Averages 2017-2021 TEST
%3 and higher AVG score
additional +.5 weight
5
4
3
2
1
Total
Biology
94%
3.8
7
20
9
2
0
38
Calculus AB
87%
3.9
8
9
5
3
0
25
Calculus BC
96%
4.4
12
6
3
0
0
21
Chemistry
96%
4.1
8
6
7
1
0
22
Chinese
83%
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
Comp Sci A
90%
4
6
5
3
1
0
15
English Lang
97%
4
16
19
8
1
0
45
English Lit
93%
4
12
16
11
3
0
42
European Hist
98%
4.2
11
8
5
0
0
25
French
100%
4.2
2
5
1
0
0
8
Latin
97%
4
2
1
1
0
0
4
Physics C (E&M)
59%
3
4
4
2
4
2
14
Physics C (Mech)
86%
4
7
4
3
1
1
16
Spanish Lang
100%
4.7
5
2
0
0
0
7
Spanish Lit
100%
4.7
2
2
0
0
0
3
US History
96%
4.2
13
12
6
1
0
32
ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS
(as of July 2021):
20 AP Scholars: average score 3.73 19 AP Scholars with Honor: average score 4.08 37 AP Scholars with Distinction: average score 4.33
“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
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Academic Curriculum: • • • • • •
English – 4 credits Math – 4 credits History – 3 credits Science – 3 credits World Language – 3 credits F ine 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
FIVE-YEAR MATRICULATION LIST (2017-2021) American University - 3 Arizona State University - 2 Babson College - 1 Baldwin Wallace University - 1 Barnard College - 1 Baylor University - 1 Belmont University - 2 Beloit College - 1 Boston College - 3 Boston University - 5 Bowdoin College - 1 Bowling Green State University - 1 Brandeis University - 1 Brown University - 1 Bryn Mawr College - 2 California Institute of Technology - 1 California Institute of the Arts - 1 Carleton College - 3 Carnegie Mellon University - 1 Case Western Reserve University - 9 Claremont McKenna College - 1 Clark University - 1 Colby College - 5 College of Charleston - 2 College of Wooster - 5 Colorado College - 1 Colorado State University - 1 Columbus College of Art and Design - 1 Columbia University - 2 Cornell University - 2 Davidson College - 2 Denison University - 4 DePaul University - 4 DePauw University - 1 Dickinson College - 3 Drexel University - 2 Duke University - 8 Earlham College - 3
Elon University - 5 Ohio State University - 38 University of Alabama - 2 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Pratt Institute - 1 University of Arizona - 2 University - 1 Princeton University - 1 University of California, Emerson College - 1 Berkeley - 1 Purdue University - 12 Emory University - 4 University of California, Rensselaer Polytechnic Davis - 1 Florida Gulf Coast Institute - 2 University - 1 University of California, Rhodes College - 1 Los Angeles - 1 Florida State University - 1 Rice University - 2 University of California, Franklin & Marshall College - 1 Roanoke College - 1 San Diego - 2 George Washington Rochester Institute of University of California, University - 3 Technology - 5 Santa Barbara - 1 Georgetown College - 1 San Diego State University - 1 Georgetown University - 2 Georgia Institute of Technology - 1 Hanover College - 1 In-state -29% 29% Harvard University - 4 Public - 41% 41% Out-ofHaverford College - 2 Private - 59% state - 71% High Point University - 1 Hillsdale College - 1 Indiana University - 11 Johns Hopkins University - 4 Kenyon College - 3 Lake Forest College - 1 Loyola University Chicago - 6 Lynn University - 1 Miami University - 16 Michigan State University - 1 Michigan Technological University - 1 Middlebury College - 2 Muskingum University - 2 New York University - 5 North Carolina State University - 1 Northeastern University - 1 Northern Kentucky University - 3 Northwestern University - 5 Occidental College - 1 Ohio Northern University - 2
Savannah College of Art and Design - 6 Scripps College - 1 Sewanee: The University of the South - 1 Southern Methodist University - 1 Syracuse University - 5 Texas Christian University - 1 The New School - 2 Thomas More University - 2 Trinity College - 2 Transylvania University - 1 Tufts University - 4 Tulane University - 4 Union College - 1 Universität Heidelberg (Germany) - 1 University of Aberdeen (Scotland) - 1 University of Akron - 1
FIVE-YEAR ACT AVERAGES (2017-2021)
English
National 20 19 Ohio Seven Hills
Math
National Ohio Seven Hills
21.5 21
Reading
National Ohio Seven Hills
21 21
Science
National 21 20 Ohio Seven Hills
Highest Composite
16-19
20-23
Midwest - 50% East - 23% South - 18% West - 8% International - 1%
University of Cambridge (England) - 1 University of Chicago - 5 University of Cincinnati - 33 University of Colorado - 1 University of Dayton - 7 University of Denver - 2 University of Illinois - 2 University of Kentucky - 8 University of Maryland - 3 University of Michigan - 13 University of Missouri - 2 University of North Carolina/ Chapel Hill - 3 University of Notre Dame - 1 University of Oregon - 1 University of Pittsburgh - 2 University of Richmond - 7 University of Rochester - 3
Vanderbilt University - 6 Vassar College - 1 Villanova University - 2 Virginia Polytechnic Institute - 2 Wake Forest University - 4 Washington College - 1 Washington University in St. Louis - 7 Washington & Lee University - 1 Webster University - 1 Wellesley College - 2 Wheaton College (MA) - 1 Williams College - 1 Wittenberg University - 3 Worcester Polytechnic Institute - 1 Xavier University - 4 Yale University - 6 Yeshiva University - 1
NATIONAL MERIT RECOGNITION
CL ASS OF 2022 • • • • • • • • • 14% 30
CL ASS OF 2021 • • • • • • • • • 24% CL ASS OF 2020 • • • • • • • • • 19%
28
CL ASS OF 2019 • • • • • • • • • 22% CL ASS OF 2018 • • • • • • • • • 20%
30
29
21 National 21 20 Ohio Seven Hills
1-15
59%
71%
University of South Carolina - 4 University of Southern California - 1 University of Texas, Austin - 2 University of Texas, Dallas - 1 University of Toledo - 1 University of Toronto - 2 University of Utah - 1 University of Vermont - 1 University of Virginia - 2 University of Washington - 1 University of Wisconsin - 3
30
24-27
SAT SCORES: Too few to report
28 -32
33-36
2021-22 CURRICULUM English Introduction to Writing and Genre British Literature; Honors British Literature American Literature; Honors American Literature AP English Language and Composition Memoir and Social Justice AP English Literature and Composition Creative Writing Seminar Journalism Public Speaking Mathematics Algebra 1 Geometry; Geometry Honors Algebra 2; Algebra 2 Honors Probability and Statistics; Probability and Statistics Honors Pre-Calculus; Pre-Calculus Honors Calculus; AP Calculus AB; AP Calculus BC
STAFF Susan Marrs
513.728.2463 Director of College Counseling
Alex Catalan
513.728.2461 Assistant Director of College Counseling
Julie DiRoma
513.728.2479 College Counselor
Beth Driehaus
513.728.2467 College Counselor
Christopher Garten Head of School
Matthew Bolton, Ph.D. Head of Upper School
Nick Francis
513.728.2465 Director of Experiential Learning
Multivariable Calculus (Post AP) History World History 1 World History 2 AP European History U.S. History and Government; AP U.S. History Global Issues Since 1945 Honors Environmental Studies One-semester Electives: Economics Postmodern America Since 1968 Nazi Germany and the Holocaust The Cold War in Europe Science Biology; Biology Honors Chemistry; Chemistry Honors Physics; Physics Honors Anatomy and Physiology Environmental Studies
AP Biology AP Chemistry AP Physics C One-semester Electives: Psychology Biotechnology Macro Engineering Micro Engineering Computer Science and Technology Computer Science 1 Computer Science 2 Computer Engineering AP Computer Science A Chinese Chinese 1 Honors Chinese 2 Honors Chinese 3 Honors Chinese 4 Honors AP Chinese Language and Culture French French 1 French 2; French 2 Honors French 3; French 3 Honors
French 4 Honors AP French Language and Culture French 5 Honors Latin Latin 2 Honors Latin 3 Honors Latin 4 Honors AP Latin Spanish Spanish A Spanish B Spanish C Spanish 1 Spanish 2; Spanish 2 Honors Spanish 3; Spanish 3 Honors Spanish 4 Honors Spanish 5 Honors AP Spanish Language and Culture Vocal Music Concert Chorus Chamber Ensemble Instrumental Music Contemporary Ensemble
Symphonic Ensemble Theater Theater 1 Theater 2 Film: From Stage to Screen Technical Theater Advanced Acting and Directing Visual Arts General Art Drawing Painting Ceramics Graphic Design Sculpture Digital Imaging Film and Animation Art History Interdisciplinary Seminar in Experiential Learning: Entrepreneurship PE & Health Physical Education 9 Physical Education 10 Health
Disclosure Policy The 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. © 2021 The Seven Hills School*
Accreditation National Association of Independent Schools Independent Schools Association of the Central States Ohio Association of Independent Schools State of Ohio CEEB/ACT 361-005
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