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The Dial
The voice of the student body

The Dial
The voice of the student body

The Dial
Tyler Stern

Tyler Stern, Managing Editor

Tyler Stern is a sophomore and a staff writer. This is his first year as a writer for the Dial. Tyler is from New York City and enjoys golfing, cooking, and swimming. Tyler swims in the winter, golfs in the spring, and has a younger sister in the Middle School at Hackley.

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Head Coach Jennifer Leffler and Coach Carolyn Gaven take a photo with former Field Hockey alums before the start of the game.

Athletic Teams Excel & the Class of 2020 Returns to the Hilltop

By Tyler Stern, Managing Editor
October 3, 2025
Junior Teddy Wang practiced his personal speech in a smaller group with his advisory. He spoke about finding himself when it came to group settings, and got tons of positive feedback from his peers. It was a great experience to open up in a safe environment!

[Photo] Boat Racing to Car Painting: First Friday 2025

By Jordan Kleeger, Managing Editor
September 29, 2025
Andre McMahon and Cora McMahon are the leaders of the Denial. The Denial Club writes, edits, and prints Hackley's joke newspaper, similar in form to the Onion. To prep for the Club Fair, they made a poster featuring past copies of the Denial and also had candy and printed versions of their work to hand out to students.

From Petting Dogs to Aspiring Leaders: the Buzz of the Club Fair

By Tyler Stern, Managing Editor
September 18, 2025
Brooke Koffler scored her record breaking goal. The team was very excited and celebrated loudly. Teammates even ran on the field in celebration.

[Photo] The Graduating Senior Class has Broken Impressive Records This Year in Sports

By Annika Duggan, Sports Editor
June 3, 2025
Senior Brooke Koffler celebrates with her teammates following breaking Hackley's all-time goal record. She was critical to the team's run in the NYSAIS tournament, and has committed to Johns Hopkins to continue her playing career.

The Boy's Lacrosse team made headlines throughout the season, with multiple NYSAIS upsets en route to their championship victory. The team looks to build on their roster in the fight for the title defense next year.

Springing to Success

By Tyler Stern, Managing Editor
June 2, 2025
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
Lola stands on the podium at the NYSAIS finals with her first place metal.

[Photo] Lola Frey’s Journey through the Water

By Gabrielle Paes, Staff Writer
April 28, 2025
With the new blackbox theatre, the performing arts department was able to create a custom set out of wood and styrofoam, painting the bases to mimic the architecture of Ancient Rome.

Musical Theatre Students Stun Audience in Annual Performance

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer
April 10, 2025
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
Sophomores Theodore Anderson and Alex Aybar use headsets to listen to the stories of Asian immigrants who had previously lived in the same Tenement building during the Twentieth Century.

Sophomore volunteers Lily Rodgers, Sophie Kim, Owen Spencer, Lilly Rosenthal, Emi Dotter Se, Gabrielle Paes, Caitlin Morrow, Josh Gandelman, and Tyler Stern (left to right) all came during Upper School lunch to help out and work the bake sale table, selling nearly every baked good.

Successful Bake Sale Fuels Wildfire Aid for Los Angeles

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer
February 11, 2025
Another popular item at the bake sale were the chocolate covered pretzels, with both the original milk chocolate pretzel and a Fruity Pebble cereal pretzel as well.

The most popular baked good at the bake sale was the classic chocolate chip cookie, with multiple varieties brought in by Hackley students.

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
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
The Uncertain Path Ahead

The Uncertain Path Ahead

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer
January 9, 2025
Field Hockey senior captain Lizzie Doherty takes a team selfie celebrating their huge 4-1 win vs. Riverdale on Alumni Day, which included a three goal performance by senior Devyn O'Callaghan.

Athletic Success and New Building Tours Headline Alumni Weekend

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer
November 6, 2024
The Debate on Debates

The Debate on Debates

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer
October 4, 2024
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State of the Race

By Tyler Stern, Staff Writer
September 23, 2024
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