Buzz Buzz! Have you heard the news about the new mason bees in Hackley’s pollinator garden? On April 1st, Ms Johnson and seniors Ella Rodriguez and Mateen Nassirpurour, the leaders of the Pollinator...

“So, make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it / You've got no reason to be afraid.” This is exactly what Hackley Swifties did after hearing Taylor Swift’s lyric from “You’re...

Over the course of the school year, a number of selected students get to participate in an independent research study on a topic of their choice in either science or history. Senior Elizabeth Rudge was...

Picture yourself listening to a soprano sing a difficult passage of the Queen of the Night Aria in the Magic Flute opera at the MET, mesmerized by the beauty of her singing and enraptured by its thrilling...

After years of waiting, the promised sequel to one of the highest-grossing films, Avatar, was released this winter. With over 10 million viewers, Avatar: The Way of Water earned over two billion dollars...

The Orchard is known for its beautiful vivid colored flowers, graceful butterflies fluttering in the air, a chorus of birds chirping, and its most recent addition, an intricately designed Totem Pole overseeing...

What Were The Best Movies of 2022? #1 Top Gun: Maverick Despite being released 36 years after the original, “Top Gun: Maverick” was one of the most popular and highly-rated movies of 2022. Within...

The Dial surveyed students in the Upper School asking their 22 favorite songs of 2022. The songs were selected from the Billboard Top 100 and were listed in order from most votes to least votes. “I chose...

Hackley’s location as a school in the suburbs of New York City leads it to attract a student body predominantly from Westchester County, but a significant percentage of students attend school from Connecticut,...

Do your relationships with teachers end once the bell rings? Senior Fritz Lauerwald sees this as “a problem” and addressed it by creating the Hilltop Perspectives Podcast: a way students can learn...

Hackley’s very own Will Bunch was on The Dial and said that “45 years later a lot of what I learned in that class has really stayed with me all these years”.    Hackley alumnus and journalist...

In order to maintain the healthy condition of Hackley’s orchard, the community has decided to bring in one of the most interesting and misunderstood species within the animal kingdom: bats. These animals...