Fall 2018 Connections
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WHAT’S IN<br />
THIS ISSUE?<br />
School Snapshots 2<br />
Family Spotlight 3<br />
Focus on Faculty 4<br />
Campus Guests 5<br />
Focus on Students 6<br />
Community Life 8<br />
Oh, the Places<br />
They’ll Go! 12<br />
Alumni News 16<br />
2017-18<br />
Annual Report 18<br />
EDITOR Corinne Hayhurst<br />
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Amy Walters<br />
PHOTOGRAPHERS Matt Beardsley, John<br />
King Photography, Adam Lechner, Barb<br />
Eaton, Kathleen McNamara, Rhys Miller,<br />
and Seven Hills Faculty<br />
WRITERS Carolyn Cruz, Riki Gibson, Dan<br />
Murphy<br />
DESIGN RossTurnerDesign.com<br />
PRINTER Norco Printing<br />
THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL<br />
975 North San Carlos Drive<br />
Walnut Creek, CA 94598<br />
(925) 933-0666<br />
www.sevenhillsschool.org<br />
Message from the Head of School<br />
At Seven Hills we’ve settled<br />
into the routines of fall—<br />
students and teachers<br />
exercising curiosity and<br />
taking risks, learning and<br />
growing together—and I am<br />
reflecting on all that we have<br />
accomplished together.<br />
My third year at Seven Hills<br />
was one to remember, for<br />
sure. We introduced a new<br />
Lower School math curriculum<br />
(p. 6), new student electives<br />
in Middle School (p. 8), a<br />
new spring performing arts showcase (p. 9), new alumni opportunities (p. 16), and a<br />
new community lunch initiative (p. 25). With our unifying theme of “Building Community<br />
through Courageous Conversations,” we deepened our cultural competency work<br />
through our Parent Lecture Series (p. 5), Harvard’s #CommonGood Campaign and the<br />
NAIS AIM survey (p. 4).<br />
If I think back to my introduction to Seven Hills and the Head of School search<br />
process, one of my earliest charges has been to help our community advance our<br />
goal in building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. Three years later,<br />
we are making real headway. In addition to cultural competency skills, the school’s<br />
commitment to socioeconomic diversity has grown, and we have increased our tuition<br />
assistance budget to serve qualified students who would not otherwise be able to<br />
attend Seven Hills. Having all kinds of diversity in our community ensures that our<br />
Ms. McNamara’s<br />
Photo Elective<br />
A highlight of my year was<br />
teaching a talented group<br />
of 8th grade students<br />
the art and science of<br />
photography during the<br />
newly-launched Middle<br />
School elective period.<br />
Here are a few samples<br />
of their work.
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