The beginning of a new school year has sparked conversation surrounding the return of one of Hackley’s more controversial policies, the dress code. A significant amount of disagreement throughout the...
Halloween at Hackley was celebrated on October 29th, 2021 with a day full of festivities.
Students showed up to school wearing their costumes, with costumes ranging from a vending machine to the Ghostbusters...
With the return of sports, stings, field trips, and other traditions, students hope the policies enacted this school year will bring back a sense of normalcy. The school’s administration made the decision...
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 pertaining to COVID policies....
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 during Friday’s Fall Sting,...
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 to Spain and still...
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 supplies to build sea-worthy...
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 the pandemic, but took place...
Students, parents, and faculty all gathered under a tent on Pickert Field for the first time since before the pandemic for an in-person graduation for the class of ‘21. Commencement normally takes...
The past few months have been an incredibly draining time for students all over the world, contending with the loneliness of quarantine, the stress of school, and overall exhaustion. The rate of depression...
Adaptations to school life during COVID-19 led the administration to the decision to cancel trimester two exams this year. The cancelation of these exams led to a debate within the Hackley administration;...
