The Journey to Increase Student Engagement and Viewership in Hackley’s Performing Arts The stage lights go dim as the curtain opens, and the spotlight hits the star of the show. After an hour or two,...

Your alarm blares, you look outside your window, and you think you’ve made a mistake: it must be 3:00 a.m, why else would it be this dark? You check the time. It’s actually 6:00 a.m., and you are suddenly...

What is a rule if not enforced? At times, Hackley does not enforce rules that affect the student body. The Dial acknowledges the difficulties of enforcing some of these rules but is committed to the need...

On an average day on the Hilltop, you walk into the lunchroom full of vibrant noise and tables full of students engaging in lively conversation. However, you look around and notice that many students are...

If you look closely enough, you can see it. The prevalence of the Russia-Ukraine war is all around us. It is evident in our classrooms, our news, and our daily conversations. As I sat in my 20th Century...

"Meet ChatGPT, the brainiac bot who knows more than a librarian and can chat up a storm better than your BFF!"    Chat GPT just wrote the opening to my article, could you tell? Taken directly...

During the week of September 19th, multiple clubs including Amnesty International, Model UN, HEAL, collaborated on a Voter Registration booth for anyone over 16 at Hackley. The booth was a hit, with students...

The English Department at Hackley has become notorious among students as having classes held to a very high standard with students feeling there may be significant variation between teacher to teacher...

Since COVID-19’s first cases in the U.S., infection rates and deaths have skyrocketed, affecting members of every community. With over 24 million cases and 398 thousand deaths, every state has had to...

For months we have all been bombarded with media coverage of important but polarizing issues including the 2020 election, Black Lives Matter protests, and the best way to suppress the COVID-19 pandemic....

On April 27, New York election officials made a historic decision to cancel the state's Democratic Presidential Primary due to the heightened health risk caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that has been sweeping...