A Hawk's Eye View: August 15, 2025
Dear Harding Academy Community,
On behalf of all the faculty and staff at Harding Academy, I would like to wish you all a very warm welcome back to school! We are thrilled to be welcoming 36 new PreK students and dozens of new students from Kindergarten through the 8th grade. What a joy it has been to see all the children arriving on the first day of school–smiles, laughter and a genuine enthusiasm about getting back to learning.
If you missed my 2 Progress Reports this summer, recapping all of the projects that were accomplished, please click these links to view them: Report #1 and Report #2.
I am very pleased with our new recruits. Our faculty span a couple of generations and represent all parts of our country. They are talented, strong, knowledgeable and well versed in all areas of pedagogy- from innovation and design to language arts and mathematics. We truly have a winning team! We put a lot of effort into building a solid PE roster as well. Among our teachers are football, soccer, volleyball, basketball experts who will add even more flavor to our PE classes and many teams.
Our Family/Student handbook was updated over the summer and all families are asked to read and sign off on this handbook. Middle School students must also sign off to indicate that they have read and understood what Harding expects of them. I thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
If you haven’t yet had the chance to see our new Wright Swift Lyle Building, we’d love to show you around—just give us a call to set up a tour. And be sure to mark your calendars for our Community Grand Opening on September 11, from 5:00–6:30 PM. The new building houses the Primary Education division made up of PreK and Kindergarten classes, the Pursuit Quiet room on the first floor, the Admissions Suite, the Creed Conference Room on the second floor as well as the very large Pursuit Activity room. We are very proud of all that our community has been able to accomplish over the last year and we invite you to come and see for yourself.
All my best for a fantastic new school year.
Warmly,
Micheline Dutil
Interim Head of School Consultant
On behalf of all the faculty and staff at Harding Academy, I would like to wish you all a very warm welcome back to school! We are thrilled to be welcoming 36 new PreK students and dozens of new students from Kindergarten through the 8th grade. What a joy it has been to see all the children arriving on the first day of school–smiles, laughter and a genuine enthusiasm about getting back to learning.
If you missed my 2 Progress Reports this summer, recapping all of the projects that were accomplished, please click these links to view them: Report #1 and Report #2.
I am very pleased with our new recruits. Our faculty span a couple of generations and represent all parts of our country. They are talented, strong, knowledgeable and well versed in all areas of pedagogy- from innovation and design to language arts and mathematics. We truly have a winning team! We put a lot of effort into building a solid PE roster as well. Among our teachers are football, soccer, volleyball, basketball experts who will add even more flavor to our PE classes and many teams.
Our Family/Student handbook was updated over the summer and all families are asked to read and sign off on this handbook. Middle School students must also sign off to indicate that they have read and understood what Harding expects of them. I thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
If you haven’t yet had the chance to see our new Wright Swift Lyle Building, we’d love to show you around—just give us a call to set up a tour. And be sure to mark your calendars for our Community Grand Opening on September 11, from 5:00–6:30 PM. The new building houses the Primary Education division made up of PreK and Kindergarten classes, the Pursuit Quiet room on the first floor, the Admissions Suite, the Creed Conference Room on the second floor as well as the very large Pursuit Activity room. We are very proud of all that our community has been able to accomplish over the last year and we invite you to come and see for yourself.
All my best for a fantastic new school year.
Warmly,
Micheline Dutil
Interim Head of School Consultant
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