In this month’s blog post on Hackley Perspectives, Lower School teacher Sue Harmon reflects on the power of kindness. “As an educator, I have been able to weave kindness throughout the curriculum and our everyday lessons and activities. The students quickly learn to embrace a classroom where kindness, respect, and friendship are the cornerstone and expectation.” Read the post here.
On Jan. 25, Hackley’s Middle School debate team attended a tournament at Dalton, while the Upper School team competed at Applied Tech in New Jersey for the third regular-season event of the High School Public Debate Program.
On Saturday, Feb. 1, Hackley Round Square delegates and representative Ms. Maddox partnered with Community Engagement student-leaders and Director of Community Engagement and Service-Learning Ms. DeMarchena to host the second annual Round Square Northeast Schools Forum.
Dr. Daniel Andor P ’37 came to the Hilltop to give a guest lecture to Hackley’s ISRP and AP/Post AP Computer Science students. During his visit, Dr. Andor discussed his career trajectory from being in a music school to studying physics for his Ph.D. dissertation and becoming a software engineer at Google.
Hackley’s Varsity Wrestling Coach Fran Stanek recorded his 200th dual meet win in January, and Girls’ Varsity Soccer Coach Natalie Hopp-Gaven won her 100th game back in the fall.