The return to the 2025-26 school year at Flint Hill has been marked with many notable and exciting changes. From new furniture in the commons, updated classrooms, traveling trips, and many more new opportunities, going back to school was just as exciting as starting the summer. For those who were at Flint Hill last year, there was another noticeable change embodied in the absence of the “Daily Report”.
If you are new to Flint Hill this year, the “Daily Report” was a slideshow that was easily accessible by phone or laptop that included information like the lunch schedule, upcoming events, games, and more. It was usually gone over during advisory as a reference to upcoming opportunities in clubs, Husky Spirit, and other reminders. However, this year, it has been discontinued and, instead, information is posted on the tab of your graduating year in Husky Hub. Understandably, there are some mixed reviews from both students and faculty at Flint Hill.
Lauren Bui ’28, a 10th grader and long-time student at Flint Hill, when asked about the loss of the “Daily Report”, commented that she felt “a tiny bit less organized, because the ‘Daily Report’ was beneficial for communication and links that let us know about important school events”. She also noted that “for students who don’t have social media, it was really helpful,” as it allowed them to stay more informed about school activities and opportunities. When asked about her opinion on the new system, referring to the tab of information under the class of your graduating year, and if she would want the “Daily Report” back, Lauren said “[With the new system] It’s a little harder to keep track of things, but other than that I’m okay without it, but I would like it back. [The loss of the “Daily Report”] doesn’t bother me a ton, though.”
Rachel Ji’ 27, a junior at Flint Hill, reported that she felt disorganized without the “Daily Report”, and she liked how the information was quick to access with visuals that made it easier to take in information. She had commented that “What I liked about the ‘Daily Report’ was that I was able to see clearly and quickly different updates and news about what’s going on in the school and how there were many visuals on each slide, which allowed me to quickly take in information.” She noted that the “Daily Report” made it trouble-free for her to stay up to date with the current events going on around the school. When asked about her thoughts on the “Daily Report” and if she would like to have it back, Rachel stated that although the new system is fine, when finding information, she now has to dig through her email to find it, and in general, she would prefer to have the “Daily Report”.
In most students’ freshman year at Flint Hill, there is a profound memory of the “Daily Report” being pulled up every single day for the fifteen minutes of advisory. Most times, advisors would spend fifteen minutes going through the report or playing the Husky Headline linked in the slideshow. Now, without the “Daily Report”, are freshman advisors finding it difficult to share the wonderful opportunities and activities that Flint Hill offers? Or is the new system more helpful to find information and help students be better prepared for the “real world”?
Ms. Jackie Carroll, a freshman advisor and Spanish teacher at Flint Hill, commented that “This can be a tough place to decode sometimes, and as an advisor, I enjoy providing reminders and helping students to plug into our school culture in whatever way feels authentic to them,” showing her appreciation for all of the different groups that take time out of their days to make Flint Hill more enjoyable for the students. She states that when the Daily Report was given out, the students relied on her less for information and were able to remind each other of important events, while now students come to her more often. When talking about how easy the new system is, Carroll noted that “Advisors have been instructed to walk through the Student Life Weekly with their groups on Mondays. My first attempts to do this floundered because the format threw me off.” Ms.Carroll stated that although Student Life Weekly was hard to use at first because it was challenging to navigate the site, it will be helpful in the future as a “one-stop-shop”. An important reminder that Carroll left us with is the fact that “Ms. Tam, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Chang, College Advising, SCA, AAC, and all of the other people who have a hand in the Student Life Weekly, Instagram account posts, etc. have put a lot of work into making information readily available – both current news and past announcements,” and therefore we should always be grateful about the hardwork other students and faculty have done to create a better experience for all of us.
