The Seven Hills Experiential Learning program nurtures individual strengths and interests and extends the educational experience beyond our campus.
Learning Through Experience
Experiential learning creates pathways within a coherent structure that allows students to pursue an area of interest to a deep and meaningful level. By the time every student leaves Seven Hills, we will help them to develop self-awareness of where their interests lie, facilitate exploration of those interests, and provide them with pertinent real-world experiences so that they have the confidence to explore and embrace life beyond high school.
Accordion
Introduction to athletic training is a foundational course where students will explore the roles and responsibilities of athletic trainers in injury prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation. This course emphasizes practical skills such as bracing/taping/wrapping, emergency care, and safe exercise techniques. Also introducing ethical considerations, communication skills, and career pathways in athletic training and related health professions. Hands-on learning, real-world scenarios, and applied problem-solving are the core components of this course
Entrepreneurship aims to equip students with the attributes of an entrepreneurial mindset and the analytical tools needed to innovate and succeed in any career path they choose to pursue. Students will engage in practical, real-world tasks that utilize essential skills such as creative problem-solving, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, goal setting, and reflection.
This course will build foundational concepts to understand the sports medicine team and the roles of each individual (athletic trainers, physical therapists, physicians, EMS) We will examine the evaluation, management of sports injuries, mechanisms, risk factors, surgical procedures, emergency care, and performance. This course will also explore these topics through hands-on labs, case studies, professional insights, and real-world scenarios. Sports medicine should be an interest for all who are intrigued by athletics, physical health, and medicine.
What kind of leader are you? While many people think leadership is a position held by a few, the opposite is true: leadership is for everyone, and is really a set of skills and practices for all. It’s something you can put to use in your own life. This course is all about that: helping you think about what kind of leader you can be, what you want to accomplish, and what tools you can develop to help you do that. You’ll start by investigating your own core values and learning about leaders in your community, all the while beginning to identify key traits and practices of good leaders. But you’ll spend most of the semester doing: first, you will develop and lead a workshop in which you’ll lead your peers in experiencing something new. Finally, you’ll complete a capstone project in which you take on and carry out a passion project of improving something within your community. All the while, you’ll be practicing these key skills (organization, team-building, time management, communication) that will serve you as you grow into your role in our school, your family and community, and college, career, and beyond.
Marketing teaches students to answer the questions companies pay dearly to solve: What do customers want? Why do some products win while others fail? Students conduct real-world market research for Cincinnati companies — from strategic problem framing through data collection, analysis, visualization, and stakeholder presentations. Essential skills include primary and secondary research, critical thinking, persuasive communication, and translating insights into business strategy. Guest speakers provide industry perspectives.
This fall semester experiential elective will focus on improving our community’s impact on the living world. Students will study topics like biodiversity, food systems, and soil science, and then put their knowledge into action by applying what they have learned to the natural areas and food systems here at Seven Hills and, where applicable, in the wider community. Expect a mixture of classroom learning, field trips, and hands-on work
This spring semester experiential elective will focus on improving our community’s impact on atmospheric and physical systems. Students will study topics related to physical systems in the environment, like climate change, waste and recycling, and water management, and then put their knowledge into action by applying what they have learned here at Seven Hills and, where applicable, in the wider community. Expect a mixture of classroom learning, field trips, and hands-on work.
In this small, practice and reflection-based seminar, student interns learn approaches to process-centered peer writing facilitation. Beginning with guided analysis of their own writing practices, consideration of writing center research and best-practices, and role-playing of conference scenarios, interns prepare to assist both middle and upper students in becoming more independent, confident writers. Working closely with faculty and staff, interns are then assigned specific students to help them through all steps of their writing process. Interns will also collaborate with center directors on developing the space, forms, norms, and processes for the future growth of the writing center.