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Girls' Varsity Lacrosse wins Championship!
Girls' Varsity Lacrosse wins 15-13 over Long Island Lutheran!
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Girls' and Boys' Lacrosse Advance to Finals; Girls' Track Wins First Ivy League Championship
Monday afternoon, May 20th, Hackley Girls' Varsity Lacrosse defeated Holy Child 18-7, and will face Long Island Lutheran on Wednesday, 2:30 PM, at Manhattanville College.
 
In addition, Hackley Boys' Varsity Lacrosse brought home victory over Fieldston, 18-14, and will play Trinity on Wednesday, 6:00 PM, also at Manhattanville College.

Also this afternoon, Hackley's Boys' and Girls' Track & Field teams completed the Ivy League championship competition that started yesterday but for which some events were postponed due to rain. Hackley's Girls' Track & Field team earned its first Ivy League Championship -- congratulations! The boys' team finished a strong second behind Collegiate. Both teams compete at the NYSAIS meet on Wednesday afternoon at Icahn Stadium, Randall's Island, beginning at 1:30 PM.

Hackley golfers also head off to NYSAIS competition on Wednesday.

Go Hack!


Boys' Lacrosse beats Riverdale 13-4
I am proud to announce that the Hackley lacrosse teams will be competing in the NYSAIS championships throughout next week.

The boys team beat Riverdale 13-4 in a first round contest at Hackley on Sunday, May 19th.

Hackley will be at home on Monday playing at 3:30 PM.

If they advance to the Championships, the boys' lacrosse team will play at Manhattanville at 6:00 PM. -- Jason Edwards, Athletics Director
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Girls' Lacrosse beat Portledge 19-8
I am proud to announce that the Hackley lacrosse teams will be competing in the NYSAIS championships throughout next week.

The girls’ lacrosse team beat Portledge 19-8 in a first round contest at Hackley on Sunday, May 19th.

They will be at home on Monday playing at 3:30 PM.

If they advance to the Championships the girls’ will play at Manhattanville College on Wednesday at 2:30 PM. -- Jason Edwards, Athletics Director
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Lacrosse Teams Are League Champs
The boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams secured the title of league champs yesterday. The girls’ team went undefeated for a second consecutive year in the league which is an outstanding accomplishment. The boys’ were named co-champions with Trinity School for both having 12-3 records in the league.

Both teams have big non-league contests at home Wednesday, May 15th. The boys’ are playing Rye Country Day at 4:30 PM and the girls' are playing Holy Child at 4:00 PM. I am sure they would love your support. -- Jason Edwards, Athletics Director


Con Ed Scholar Athlete of the Week
Hackley senior Dominique Alpuche was named Con Ed Scholar Athlete of the Week in recognition of her strong start to the lacrosse season and her overall contributions on the playing fields, on the courts and in the classroom throughout her time at Hackley. Please join us in congratulating her for this well-deserved honor. Read the LoHud.com article here.
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Why Teach Moby Dick?*
By Suzy Akin, Director of Communications and English 11 teacher: Learning their eleventh graders would read Moby Dick this year, some parents asked, “You’re not going to read the whole thing, are you?”
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Hackley artisits visit the Chelsea Gallery district
Just before the long winter holidays, Hackley's talented Advanced Studio junior and AP Studio senior artists traveled to Manhattan to tour the Chelsea Gallery district. This is always a much anticipated and immensely valuable trip during which seniors are looking to strengthen their current concentration portfolios, and juniors are searching for initial concentration ideas.
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Hackley students works entered in Young Artists Exhibition
In addition to the opportunities Hackley Upper School students have to display their art during the year throughout the corridors and in our annual spring exhibitions, the Art Department actively looks for off-campus exhibition opportunities to allow students to reach a wider audience.
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Moby Dick celebrated in the Lindsay Room!
The Eleventh Grade English teachers cordially invited all members of the 11th Grade to a I Read Moby Dick Party on Tuesday.
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Power Math!
Three Hackley Upper School students, Nick A. ’13, Phil B. ’14, and Ben S. ’14, qualified for the second round of the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME), the intermediate step towards qualifying for the USA Math Olympiad.
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Searching for Salamanders
By Beth Retzloff, Tessa Johnson and Mary Funchion: "Enter 'the Hackley woods' to be and find a friend." This is what has been happening since the spring of 2011 when Hackley's Upper School ecology students first joined in a partnership with the Kindergarten students to study the salamander population at Hackley.
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Varsity Boys Squash 2012-13
Though the 2012-13 Varsity Boys Squash season was a bit rocky, the team brought in exciting wins over some tough teams, success made possible by the great team spirit and determination shown by our boys.
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Varsity Boys’ Basketball 2012-13
The Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team continued to make great strides and improve consistently throughout the 2012-2013 season.
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Varsity Fencing Team 2012-13
The team fenced at total of 18 meets, 12 within the Independent School Fencing League, 6 with non-league schools. We also gratefully acknowledge the 10 seniors who have given their time, skills, and leadership to the team: Dan G. (capt), Dylan O. (capt), Anna T. (capt), Julia S. (capt), Livvy Z., Nick H. (capt), Christina M. (capt), Angelina X. (capt), Yuna H., and Vivi R. (jv capt)
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Big "H" for Spring Break!
It's World Records Day!
Thanks to the Hackley Upper School Community Council, on Friday, March 15th, all Upper School students lined up on Akin Common as though we are having a fire drill. From there, the formed the two long sides of an H and some very cute volunteers from the Lower School joined them to make the cross-bar of the H.  After working as a school to break a world record for biggest letter, the Upper School went up to the Quad to watch a series of individual record attempts: Most Ping-Pong Balls Fired From the Mouth in 1 Minute, Most Jelly Doughnuts Eaten in 3 Minutes, Most Custard Pies Thrown at Another Person in 1 Minute.
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US Pie Throwing Contest
A History of Goodhue Memorial Hall - Updated
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Goodhue Memorial Hall rebuilt in less than a minute
3D Animated video tour of the Hackley Campus
2011-12 Winter Teams
Halloween on the Hilltop
Fogbound Hilltop
Forbes Lecture Fall 2011
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