By Damon Hall, Assistant Director of the Middle School
In this month’s blog post on Hackley Perspectives, Assistant Director of the Middle School Damon Hall reflects on the role of imaginative thinking in education. “I believe that creative, imaginary, big-picture thinking should supplement traditional skills and that they should work together as an ‘and’ rather than an ‘instead,’” he shares. Read the post here.
On Feb. 28 and 29, Katherine Chen ’24 presented her investigation on evading natural immunity to better deliver therapeutics for genetic diseases at the state level Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
As a part of their service-learning component, Dr. Sosa’s AP Spanish Language and Culture students have been studying poverty and its effects on education both globally and locally.
Congratulations to all our Winter Athletics teams, coaches and student-athletes on a fantastic season! The Hornets played their hearts out and throughout it all showed sportsmanship, collaboration and integrity. We couldn’t be prouder of all their efforts in both the regular season and championships!
On Tuesday Dr. Alex McLawhorn P ’33, ’35 visited with Independent Science Research Program students to discuss the experiences that led him to his current position as the director of research and innovation at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
In this month’s blog post on Hackley Perspectives, Associate Head of School Cyndy Jean, Ed.D. reflects on Hackley’s core value, Character is higher than intellect. “It is our job to help Hackley students in our care maintain a balance of character and intellect in order to reason through the questions before them,” Dr. Jean writes. “Character and intellect must go hand-in-hand if we desire to bring forward a generation of deep critical thinkers and inspiring leaders.” Read the post here.
This week, Hackley reached a key milestone in the construction of the Center for the Creative Arts and Technology as the last steel beam was placed on the building, completing the structural phase of the project. Members of the Hackley Community came together on Thursday, Feb. 1, to celebrate this milestone with a topping out ceremony.
By Wil Lobko, Upper School English and creative writing teacher and Director of Global Education
In this very special edition of Hackley Perspectives, Upper School English and creative writing teacher and Director of Global Education Wil Lobko shares an original poem, January 1st, with the Hackley Community to kick off 2024. Read the post here.