a cutting-edge middle school for boys in richmond, virginia
Welcome to Seven Hills
Seven Hills is built around middle school boys -- their energy and ideas, their perpetual motion and curiosity, their unique and often challenging needs. Here, we are eager to celebrate the whole boy, to rejoice in his ideas and achievements, and to grow with him in these transformative middle years. Read more »
News and Notes:
Peak Experiences Waiver
Click here to download the waiver form for Peak Experiences.
2nd Semester Hot Lunch Order Form
There are only 6 Hot Lunch dates remaining in the 1st Semester, so that means it's time to place your Hot Lunch orders for the 2nd Semester
The 2nd Semester ordering period is from January 6th - January 20th at 5:00 pm.
The 2nd Semester begins on January 30th. The first 2nd Semester Hot Lunch date will be Tuesday, January 31st.
Click here to place your order for the 2nd Semester.
Upcoming Dates for Prospective Families
Please refer to our Admissions page for a letter regarding upcoming events.
Photo Page Update:
The Photos page, located under the News and Galleries page, has been updated with pictures of our first two River Days and our first home soccer game.
Mural Update
Turning the James into a Classroom Environment
Seven Hills School was recently featured in the May 8, 2011 edition of the Richmond Times Dispatch for it's continued work at the James River. Click here to read the complete article.
Founder's Day Celebration 2011
Click here to learn more about volunteer opportunities to help celebrate our 10 year Anniversary.
Celebrating 10 years of learning, running, doing, laughing, giving, building, asking, dreaming, thinking, reading, wondering, hoping, growing, making, guiding, writing, going, believing, working, knowing, becoming, questioning, adding, finding, caring, showing...
Our 10th Anniversary Founders Celebration on May 5, 2011 was a celebration of past, present and future.
Look for photos to come.
River Heroes!
The Boathouse Richmond and Friends of James River Park have named Seven Hills Middle School for Boys as 2011 River Heroes! The Friends wrote, "Here’s some of what impressed us so about our heroes: One Friday a month, rain or shine, some 60 boys aged 10 to 13 plus faculty from Seven Hills School spend a full school day, “a River Day,” at Reedy Creek in the James River Park System. They’ve been doing it now for ten years. The boys attend a series of outdoor classes and volunteer in shifts with Peter Bruce of the James River Park System to help maintain the Park by mulching trails, removing invasive plants, clearing brush, and tending a butterfly garden.
"Over a decade of River Days, 10,200 volunteer hours have been performed by approximately 600 boys. These students have a most unusual opportunity to spend all day in the Park, 32 times over their middle school years, gaining an ease and awareness of living in the outdoors that is increasingly rare among the overscheduled younger generations. And with this awareness comes the increased probability that these young men will want to conserve and protect the James River for future generations."
Other heroes this year were Mike Ostrander of Discover the James and Passages Adventure Camp. Heroes receive a $100 gift certificate to The Boathouse, a raft trip for two from Riverside Outiftters, and a year’s membership to FOJRP.
We are now accepting applications for the 2011-2012 year.
Please contact us for an invitation to a parents' coffee and a student visitation day.
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE through May 15.
Click for more information, or download the full packet (PDF doc).