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Cultural Connections: Doherty Airlines Flew Pre-K to Scotland
Doherty Airlines flight took off with the pre-kindergartners to Cultural Connections’ destination: Scotland. With the help of numerous Doherty teachers and Seven Hills faculty and staff, the students learned about […]
Cultural Connections: Unit II Researched All Aspects of Scotland
Unit II students researched the landmarks, culture, or sports of Scotland. One group learned that Scotland is the birthplace of golf and created their own clubs and golfballs. Other groups […]
Cultural Connections: Students Learned Highland Dancing
As part of Cultural Connections Week, students learned about Scottish dancing, music, and bagpipes. Doherty welcomed the Cincinnati Highland Dancers, who explained the history and steps of Highland dancing before […]
Building Bridges: The Power of Home-School Partnership
As parents and educators, we share a common goal: helping our children thrive. While students spend significant hours in the classroom, their growth and development truly flourish when home and […]
Doherty Grades 1-5 Take to the Slopes
Click through to see more photos. Doherty first through fifth graders enjoyed beautiful weather and high speeds during their annual field trip to Perfect North Slopes for an all-day tubing […]
Seven Hills Celebrates Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year was Feb. 17 and the celebrations reached all levels of Seven Hills with students teaching their classmates about the holiday and sharing traditions. At Doherty, kindergartners Asher […]
Two Students to Compete in Regional Spelling Bee
Congratulations to Doherty fifth grader Narayan King and sixth grader Tarini Narayan-Saran for qualifying for the WCPO 9 Regional Spelling Bee — Greater Cincinnati Region 2. Tarini won the Middle […]
First Grade Creates a Shadow Play
As part of their unit on light and shadow in Robin Taylor-Fabe’s science class, the first graders created a shadow play. The students wrote their own lines and came up […]
Learning to Improve in Fourth Grade Science
The fourth graders are studying renewable energy in Robin Taylor-Fabe’s science class. They attempted to make their own wind turbines to power an LED light, but none of them worked […]
Doherty Kindergarten Makes Custom Tartan Designs
In preparation for Cultural Connections week, kindergarten students in Doherty art teacher Kacey Watkins’ class designed their own custom tartan. This year’s Cultural Connections week will transport students to Scotland. Before beginning the activity, Watkins […]
The Power of Unstructured Play: Why Free Time Matters for Our Children
In today’s busy world, childhood often looks like a carefully orchestrated schedule. Between school days, after-school activities, and the demands of daily life, children rarely have time to simply be […]
Doherty Day of Service Brings Books and Blankets to Local Community
The Doherty Hives took part in the second annual Doherty Day of Service, called Books and Blankets. Kindergarten through fifth grade students collected games and books and made blankets […]
Doherty Hosts Freshwater Mussels
For two weeks in January, the Doherty library was home to some unlikely visitors, five freshwater mussels. The mussels came to Doherty through the Ohio River Foundation’s Mussels […]
Unit II Creates Agamographs for the New Year
To ring in the new year, Unit II students picked a focus word for 2026 and created an agamograph for it. The students learned about sculptor and experimental artist […]
Schoolhouse Symphony Visits Doherty
Doherty students of all ages enjoyed an educational musical experience during a visit from the Schoolhouse Symphony. Since 1976, the symphonic ensemble has traveled across the Cincinnati and Northern […]