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Community Council Update: Inside the Work of Our Hilltop Representatives

Community Council Update: Inside the Work of Our Hilltop Representatives

By Sejal Virk, Features Editor January 31, 2024

This year the Community Council has had a lot of success with candy grams and parking raffles to raise the funds to organize our event of the year: Snowball. By a vote from the upper school, this year's...

Upper School Class President Steven Li presenting his speech to the Hackley community.

Community Council Update

By Akshi Khowala, Newsletter Editor September 28, 2022

Your voices have been heard… After a long bout of speeches and voting forms, the community council leaders for the 2022-2023 school year are Steven Li ‘23 as President, EJ Regalado ‘24 as Vice President,...

Student Council President, Taylor Robin, addressing the K-12 Hackley Community with her Commencement Day Speech about what her new position means to her.

The rise of female political leaders: Hackley leads the charge

By Sophie Thomas, Senior Staff Writer November 6, 2019

While much of the country seems to need time to adjust to the idea of a woman in a presidential position, Hackley has embraced this concept with open arms. For the last five years, the president of the...

2019-2020 Class Officer Candidates

April 29, 2019

Senior Class Officer Candidates Emily Afriyie I think that I would be a good candidate for class representative because I have had experience on Council for the past 2 years. During that time, I have...

Community Council candidate speeches 2019

By Sydney Stoller, Online Editor in Chief April 16, 2019

The student body gathered in the PAC this Monday to watch speeches prepared by the all-school Community Council candidates. The winner of each race (Presidential, Vice Presidential, and Secretary/Treasurer)...

2019-2020 All-school candidates speeches

April 11, 2019

Candidates were asked to answer three questions: 1. Why would you be a good candidate for this position? 2. How have you contributed to the Hackley Community? 3. What are your goals if elected to this...

2018-2019 freshman council officer candidate statements

September 22, 2018

Freshman hoping to represent their grade on community council crafted statements describing their qualifications. These statements also describe each student's goals for the year. Jonathan Brewster I...

Community Council finds creative new ways to raise more funds

By Tyler O'brien, Staff Writer April 26, 2018

On the hilltop, Community Council is faced with the daunting task of raising their own funds. Representatives can be found throughout the hallways on any given day, selling anything from raffles tickets...

2018-2019 Class Officer Candidate Statements

April 22, 2018

Students who seek to represent their grade on Community Council are asked to write personal statements that describe the qualifications they hold, what they have done for the Hackley community, and what...

2018 All-school Community Council candidate statements

April 9, 2018

Candidates for All School Community Council positions will deliver their speeches on April 13, 2018. Each candidate is required to craft a statement describing what qualifies them for the position they...

Spirit week rallies the Hive in preparation for the Fall Sting

By Sydney Stoller, Assistant Online Editor September 19, 2017

Monday saw the halls buzzing with Hackley apparel. Tuesday followed up with stars and stripes adorning the student body. Wednesday brought summer back with beach-going tourists and so went the rest of...

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