Celebrating 60 Years of the 'Hackley Review'
This edition of the Hackley Review marks its 60th anniversary. The publication — which launched in fall of 1963 — was originally created by Hackley alumni and named the Hackley Alumni Review. “Although the Review is hardly an innovation in the area of independent secondary schooling,” wrote E. Nicholson Stewart ’59 in the first Editor’s Note, “the potential for the magazine is unlimited.” A vision that remains true today.
The publication originally focused on alumni readers and shared a handful of highlights about student life and a “Class Notes” section, which provided updates on alumni throughout the years. It became the Hackley Review in the fall of 1970, serving alumni, students and their families, employees, and friends of Hackley. As student life highlights increased, so did the publication page count. The first edition was only 16 pages, and the 50th anniversary edition in 2013 was 140. Color printing was added to the cover in 1984, and full color was added to the inner pages in 2015.
In 2015, the Hackley Review saw its biggest change: a complete redesign that split the content into two separate publications focused on targeted readers—the Class Notes publication was created as an alumni-specific magazine, which publishes each spring, and the Winter and Summer issues of the Hackley Review share the stories of Hackley people and programs. This change allowed the School to share content more effectively with audiences—alumni, parents of alumni, students, current families, grandparents, and friends. Today, the Hackley Review reaches the entire Hackley community through both print and digital mediums, and is heavily promoted across the School’s social media channels—Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn—thereby increasing its readership beyond the Hilltop.
To see the full digital issue of the Hackley Review Summer 2023 edition, click here.
In 2015, the Hackley Review saw its biggest change: a complete redesign that split the content into two separate publications focused on targeted readers—the Class Notes publication was created as an alumni-specific magazine, which publishes each spring, and the Winter and Summer issues of the Hackley Review share the stories of Hackley people and programs. This change allowed the School to share content more effectively with audiences—alumni, parents of alumni, students, current families, grandparents, and friends. Today, the Hackley Review reaches the entire Hackley community through both print and digital mediums, and is heavily promoted across the School’s social media channels—Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn—thereby increasing its readership beyond the Hilltop.
To see the full digital issue of the Hackley Review Summer 2023 edition, click here.
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