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Ms. Swan Takes on Hackley Libraries
October 19, 2021
By Ashley Currie, Staff Writer
After the departure of Brianna Judkins at the end of the 2020-2021 school year, Jennifer Swan is taking over the library department as chair and will serve as the Upper School...
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Spirit Week
October 13, 2021
By Griffin Senyek, Events Editor
This year’s Spirit Week, featuring four themes, saw students showing their school spirit by dressing up accordingly throughout the week. On Monday, the theme was jersey...
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New School Year Brings New COVID-19 Policies
October 11, 2021
By Annabel Hardart, Staff Writer
After a challenging year and a half of following strict COVID-19 protocols, the new school year and its promise of a more “typical year” present lingering uncertainties...
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Controversy, School Spirit and a Day Full of Sports: Students Go All Out for Fall Sting ‘21
October 8, 2021
By Jack Meyer and Theo Saujet
Throughout the 2020-2021 school year, COVID-19 limited school activities and therefore the Fall Sting was not held. This bottled up all the school spirit, which poured out...
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October 21, 2021

Throughout the school year, students work hard to meet Hackley’s high academic and athletic standards. Summer is an opportunity for students to relax and spend time doing...

AP Art Student Sophie Miller Profile

By Akshi Khowala , Staff Writer

October 8, 2021

“There is no must in art because art is free” - Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian artist who is credited with being a pioneer of abstract art. Many art students at Hackley...

Prom 2021

By Sami Rowbottom

August 1, 2021

Prom is an event that is widely anticipated and exciting for the seniors, so Hackley made the decision to keep this tradition alive and as close to normal as possible while...

Opinion

Opinion: Texas Abortion Law Threatens Rights of Women Everywhere

By Bella Wasserman, Feature editor

October 5, 2021

Starting on September 1st, anyone seeking an abortion in the state of Texas found themselves in a dystopian scene worthy of The Handmaids Tale. That’s because...

One size never fits most: Brandy Melville is damaging young women’s body image

By Alina Watson, Editor-in-chief

April 30, 2021

When you Google “Brandy Melville,” one of the first questions that pops up is, “will I fit into Brandy Melville?” And for most young women, the answer is no. Brandy...

Changing Environment

By Akshi Khowala , Staff Writer

March 19, 2021

The changing environment has been a consistent threat to all living beings on Earth. In the past couple of decades, the problem has progressed and is in dire need of correction....

News

News Analysis: How the pandemics of 1918 and 2020 affected student life on campus

By Kami Lim, Editor-in-chief

October 5, 2021

Hackley was 19 years old in 1918 when the last global pandemic interrupted life on the hilltop. The first world war was coming to a close and a new strain of influenza, misattributed...

First Friday 2021

By Griffin Senyek and Sami Rowbottom

September 29, 2021

This year’s First Friday activities engaged students across the upper school in a variety of grade-specific activities. Freshman scattered throughout the campus, collecting...

Convocation 21-22

September 18, 2021

At the beginning of each school year, the Hackley community gathers for Convocation on Akin Common. This year, the event was supposed to be in person for the first time since...

Sports

Transitioning to Spring Sports

By Sami Rowbottom, Staff Writer

April 29, 2021

With COVID-19 cases rising during the winter, Hackley made the decision to alter the winter sports schedule to minimize risk. In the earlier winter months, sports practices...

Spring Sports Practices Begin

By Griffin Senyek, Events Editor

March 14, 2021

Even with remnants of snow still remaining on the Hackley campus, spring sports kicked off Tuesday, March 9th. That said, interscholastic competition is still on hold, confirming...

Post Fall Sports Reflection

By Chloe Yancovich and Sami Rowbottom

January 12, 2021

With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, almost every activity has been limited and/or changed, including fall sports. Hackley students were fortunate enough to have their seasons,...

Families were invited to take pictures with the seniors at pre-prom in the Johnson Center. Although this year has posed many COVID-related challenges, weather-related complications have often complicated pre-prom. In 2019, pre-prom also took place inside the Johnson Center in 2019 due to unforeseen weather.
Credit: Ava Roberts
Prom this year took place in the Johnson Center. Photos took placed unmasked.
Credit: Alexandra Couzens
The prom was originally going to place under a tent on Akin Common. It was then moved to Pickert Field, but due to the weather it took place in the Johnson Center.
Credit: Alexandra Couzens

Lifestyles

Bibimbap Recipe

By Heesun Lee

October 20, 2019

Traditionally, Bibimbap is a mixed rice dish with assorted vegetables and meat, but you can create your own version of Bibimbap using ingredients that suit your preferences...

Cooking & Culture: Lee’s Korean Cuisine

By Lauren Ahern, Managing Editor for Social Media

October 20, 2019

Since the nineties, the Korean Wave, as it has been dubbed, has spread to pop cultures around the world. The Korean Wave is a term used to describe the global popularity of...

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