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Harpeth Hall alumna Katie Hill’s communications skills and passion for storytelling has guided her professional career to the highest levels of political and professional sports arenas.
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"My story is like many others during this time,” recalled Susan Russ, but most would beg to differ. This women’s sport pioneer ushered in a new era of track and field at Memphis State University (today’s University of Memphis) and led Harpeth Hall's athletic department for 19 years.
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Founded in 2013, the STEM Summer Institute (SSI) is a two week camp at Harpeth Hall that brings together rising 6th-12th grade girls from around Middle Tennessee with the goal of solving real-world problems by creating, building, and testing their own prototype solutions.
Honeybears in the National Press
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From The Tennessean
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From The Tennessean
After two years of lost opportunities, many of us are ready to reclaim that burst of excitement in the spring of 2022. Of course, when spring break arrives on the horizon, parents are left to give the broken-record warning about making wise decisions. Studies suggest our children's brains are hard-wired to do just the opposite.
A new language for the future requires new thinking, new ideas, and new words. Being bold today encompasses care and respect for each other while cultivating a new voice asking the questions of how and why. It is time to lift our heads from the immediate and see the possibilities before us.
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