The Seven Hills School 2024-25 SEVEN HILLS HIGHLIGHTS
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
• All students take an advanced college preparatory curriculum
The Experiential Learning program supports students with opportunities and structure for personal self-exploration. Students will choose how they would like to grow, make discoveries about themselves, and further develop their unique strengths. Real-world experiences may include job shadows, internships, college coursework, concentrations within specific disciplines, and other significant activities. All students complete a Challenge Experience, engage in community service, and participate in May Term Intensives.
• Financial Aid awarded to 40% of students • Students come from 67 ZIP codes • Student body includes 43% students of color • Study Abroad — Exchange/home-stay experiences in China, France, Spain, Greece, and Italy • Athletics — 72% of students play a team sport • Arts — 58% of the Class of 2024 took arts courses beyond our requirements
ACADEMIC RIGOR • Admission to Honors, AP, and Advanced Topics courses is selective and depends on past performance and departmental approval. Students must also be approved to take more than four honors/AP/Advanced Topics courses in one year. • No APs are available in ninth grade. Only one AP course is available in 10th grade. • All AP students are expected to take the AP exam. • Advanced Topics courses meet or exceed the rigor of AP courses.
• Challenge Experience: Self-designed experience defended before a faculty committee and presented to the school community in one of four pathways: Service Learning/Philanthropy, Concentration, Independent Project, or Civic Engagement. • Community Service: Volunteer service to community paired with reflection. • May Term Intensives: One-week experiential education courses for ninth, 10th, and 11th grades on topics such as architecture, medicine, animal behavior, design, and law.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS Of the 182 Seven Hills students who took 390 Advanced Placement exams in 16 subjects in May 2024, 95% qualified for advanced college standing by receiving a score of 3 or better on at least one exam.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT TESTS - MAY 2024 TEST
# Students
%3 or higher Seven Hills
%3 or higher Ohio
%3 or higher Global
Biology
38
100%
78%
68%
Calculus AB
25
92%
72%
65%
Calculus BC
18
94%
84%
81%
Chemistry
22
100%
82%
76% 88%
Chinese
2
50%
64%
Comp Sci A
12
100%
70%
68%
Comp Sci Principles
8
75%
71%
64%
English Language
65
92%
62%
55%
English Literature
56
100%
81%
72%
French
2
100%
64%
72%
Latin
8
100%
66%
57%
Physics C: Mechanics
15
93%
74%
76%
Physics: E&M
15
60%
69%
72%
Spanish Language
3
100%
77%
82%
US History
57
100%
79%
72%
World History
40
100%
76%
64%
ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS
19 AP Scholars Average score: 3.97 28 AP Scholars with Honor Average score: 4.12 58 AP Scholars with Distinction Average score: 4.36
FACULTY 57 members 50 with advanced degrees 3 college counselors 6.9:1 student/faculty ratio CLASS SIZES FALL 2024 Grade 9 – 75 Grade 10 – 91 Grade 11 – 90 Grade 12 – 105 CALENDAR Two 18-week semesters, each divided into two 9-week quarters Block schedule: 80-minute classes in two-day rotation GRADING INFORMATION WEIGHTED GRADES ON 4.0 SCALE Introductory College Prep: no weight College Prep with pre-req: additional +.25 weight Honors Courses:
additional +.5 weight
AP and Advanced Topics: additional +1.0 weight “Pass” is given no weight nor is it computed in GPAs. It is computed in credits earned. Full course list by weight is available at: 7hills.org/weighting
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS • 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 • Challenge Experience • Community Service • May Term Intensives (3)