Portrait of a Seven Hills Graduate
One of the hallmarks of Seven Hills is the intentionality of our curriculum and our teaching methods. The content of our courses and the methods employed by our teachers are grounded in research and best practice and reflect years of planning and thoughtful discussion by our teachers and administrators.
At Seven Hills, we believe that learning should be future-focused. Therefore, we teach students in ways that intentionally foster 21st century skills.
We want to produce young people who are intellectually engaged, students who, over the course of their educational lives, develop abiding intellectual interests of their own and who see learning as a meaningful and fulfilling activity. We want them to be skilled critical thinkers armed with the ability to ask probing questions, a thirst for relevant data, a healthy skepticism about unsubstantiated claims, and the tenacity and persistence to see a problem through. We want them to acquire strong communication skills and to be comfortable with technology as a tool for data gathering, analysis, and communication.
By the time they leave us, our students have developed strong collaborative skills. They know their own strengths and abilities and know how to take initiative, but they also have a healthy respect for the abilities and the perspectives of others. They are globally aware, understanding and respectful of other cultures, and they work effectively with people from different backgrounds. Most of all, they become young people of deep integrity, appreciative of the gifts they have been given and committed to using their talents for the good of the world. They are compassionate and empathetic young people, deeply committed to fairness and justice.