Five years from now, students will be flying through the halls on hoverboards, cars will be driving themselves to the supermarket, and the seniors will come back to their second home: the Hilltop. Many graduating seniors have been questioning whether Hackley will follow through with its big plans for the new Health and Wellness Center, and are eagerly awaiting Hackley’s new and expanded athletics and music programs.

Eager for a new Performing Arts Center, Hackley actors, actresses, students, and teachers are hoping that the theater and arts program will expand in a new direction. Senior Florry Arnold is looking forward to seeing the acting program enhance as the Performing Arts Center progresses. “More people should do Hackley Acting because the program is getting really strong and will only continue to grow with a new PAC and if more people keep doing it,” said Florry.

Another passionate senior, Akira Shindo,  cannot wait to see if the music department thrives in new facilities when he comes back to visit. Akira has been playing the trumpet since he was in fourth grade and has a passion for music that he wishes more of the Hackley community could value. “When I come back to Hackley I really want the music department to expand, because there is a lot you can do with music and I feel like it’s too small right now. I think that if there is any way to increase interest in the music program in general, that would be great, and I know the new Performing Arts Center will definitely help with that,” he said.

Along with the desire for a new Performing Arts Center, there will be a new Health and Wellness Center that will include a larger swimming pool, increased space for fencing, wrestling, and weight room along a gym, double the size of our current one. With these new athletic advancements, winter sports teams specifically, will grow as a whole. They will have more places to practice, events to watch, and most importantly more stands for Hackley students to cheer on their friends.

Senior Sammy Mueller has always had a passion for sports. “With the new sports facility, I think that the athletic programs in general will really excel and I’m really excited to come back to that and see how that plays out,” said Sammy.

Senior Will Larkin is excited to see Hackley’s squash program succeed when he returns to Hackley in the future. “Because of the general lack of support for the squash team despite its success this season, I think it will be really fun to come back and see that the team has been brought to prominence again because of the new squash courts and facilities,” he said.