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The voice of the student body

The Dial

The voice of the student body

The Dial

Hackley athletes ink their futures at Signing Day

Hackley athletes ink their futures at Signing Day

By Charlie Perlman, Editor-In-Chief May 21, 2025

In front of an audience of teachers, teammates, coaches, and family, six Hackley student-athletes were honored for their athletic achievements and celebrated their commitments to compete at the collegiate...

Juniors Will Linnet, Rodrigo Severin, and Riyaan Ratliff embraced Spirit Week by dressing up for Pajama Day on Tuesday. All three of them came to school, comfy and relaxed in their plaid pajama pants.

Dressed to Impress

By Gabriella Petriello, Features Editor May 11, 2025

Dress Code at Hackley can be bland, but Spirit Week brightens everyone’s day and mood.  Every week leading up to the Sting is Spirit week — a time when the school comes together in anticipation...

The Dining Hall was revamped over the summer with new booths and tables of different sizes replacing the previous setup of circular tables. The new furniture is one of the reasons the administration implemented the lunch duty system, in hopes that students would clean up after themselves and take care of the new space. They also hope that with lunch duty, there will be less messes left behind, ones that the FLIK staff would previously have had to clean.

The Administration’s Hope for Maintaining a Clean Dining Hall

By Tyler Stern, Managing Editor May 10, 2025

The new lunchroom design is a popular change for the community, with a new layout and upgraded furniture. Following a year of the dining hall staff having to regularly clean up messes, the administration...

Sophomore Charlie Napach and freshman Matthew Guzman engage in a fun game of ping pong in the student lounge. Matthew has made the lounge a regular part of his daily routine, spending up to two hours there to socialize and interact with other students. "It's a great place to relax, but if you really need to focus without distractions, I'd recommend the library," Mathew said.

The Student Lounge Offers a Clean Slate

By Sofia Mazzella, Staff Writer April 30, 2025

For years, students have wanted a designated space to enjoy throughout the school day, and in March, this desire came true with the opening of the new student lounge. Since the Center for Creative Arts...

The Dial Leadership team is comprised of three Editors-in-Chief, Charlie Perlman, Rebecca Ingles, and Sejal Virk, two Chief Design Editors, Alessia Sorvillo and Giulia Sorvillo, and two Managing Editors, Samantha Reyes and Josh Lee. This team is the first to experience working on the Dial in the new Center for the Creative Arts and Technology, and the last to oversee the publication of triannual magazines.

The Dial Turns the Page

By The Leadership Team April 15, 2025

This issue marks the end of the print edition of the Dial and will be the last magazine produced. In the future, the Dial will continue to publish articles online, along with more regular videos, podcasts,...

Ms. Salko gave a presentation of the 13 Drivers Licenses to Juniors and Seniors in the CCAT. Ms. Salko talked about her experience recounting her families past with the help of students in Germany. She mentioned the lives of the 13 Driver's License holders and went into specific detail about her relatives.

Remembering the lives of Holocaust Survivors through Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Annika Duggan, Assistant Sports Editor March 12, 2025

One could hear a pin drop in Diller Hall during the recent Holocaust Memorial assembly, where Upper School students were riveted by the story of the “13 Drivers’ Licenses.” In the decaying brown...

Students visited Chinatown in New York City as a part of their Big Onion walking tour, learning about the history of the district and stories of immigrants who lived there.

Exploring the Heart of New York City’s Historical Immigrant Community

By Tyler Stern and Gabrielle Paes February 28, 2025

Imagine living in a small studio apartment with more than three families and only having one window. This was the life for many immigrant families who came to New York during the 1800’s, hoping to find...

Super Bowl Sunday is coming up and causing much debate and excitement across campus. A rematch of the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles is set to provide an entertaining night for viewers across the world.

Chiefs and Eagles Set for an Exciting Super Bowl LIX

By Sejal Virk, Editor-in-Chief February 8, 2025

The National Football League (NFL) is set to have its 59th Super Bowl on Sunday, February 9th at 6:30 p.m. featuring a rematch of the Kansas City Chiefs versus Philadelphia Eagles at the Caesars Superdome...

Freshman Charlotte Cantor presents her  "exhibit" for Ms. Stanek's World History Museum project focused around "Emancipation: Voices of Freedom and The Unfinished Project." Charlotte presented her exhibit on "The Equiano Effect."

New World History Course Makes Its Freshman Debut

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer February 6, 2025

Take a little bit of the U.S. History class, the 20th Century World course, some of the topics from the old freshman history course, and tie it all together with some new topics, you get the basis of the...

The Pollinator Club have a bulletin board in the science hallway featuring the "Pollinator of the Month." This month the pollinator is the Honey Possum and the bulletin features facts and images of the pollinator. In addition to the bulletin, the club hosts events such as the honey spinning event which will take place in February.

Sweeten Your Valentine’s Day at the Pollinator Club’s Honey-Spinning Event

By Giulia Sorvillo, Chief Design Editor January 31, 2025

This February, the Pollinator Club will be hosting its second annual honey-spinning event in the Grille Room, where students can bring their friends to spin and taste honey. The event will also feature...

The sprawl of papers, assessments, and notes often bring students stress before exams. However, this year, most exams will have less materials with exams being earlier in the trimester.

An Examined Change

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer January 16, 2025

This year, Hackley’s administration made the decision to move exams up to the middle of February to allow for fewer conflicts and more flexibility with the second trimester.  “I feel that the change...

The Uncertain Path Ahead

The Uncertain Path Ahead

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer January 9, 2025

It was close until it wasn’t. Many anchors, reporters, and election insiders thought that the 2024 Presidential Election would be closer than it was, and expected the results to take days. In reality...

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