Upper School Faculty Honor 75 Years of Greenhill School
During the 2025-2026 school year, faculty members embrace Greenhill's anniversary by incorporating it into their classes. Below are a few examples from the Upper School.
The Lift Every Voice exhibition, the culmination of three years of work by Frank Lopez, MS/US Photography teacher, who retouched, printed, and framed 65 portraits of alumni of color, and by Tom Perryman '81, who conducted the interviews of each spotlighted alum, became a living curriculum for faculty in our English department:
Joel Garza brought his English 9 classes to the gallery, where students wrote 200-word memoirs inspired by the portraits.
Dr. Karin Thomas had students in her Narrative Nonfiction and Race and Subjectivity courses respond to the subjects directly – engaging their narratives and even sketching their faces.
Dr. Macklin Fanning invited his students to choose one portrait that resonated and compose their own mini exhibit about their time at Greenhill.
Several other faculty embraced the history of Greenhill:
Andy Mercurio asked students to write celebratory letters to a Greenhill community member – present or past, living or not – sharing a takeaway they wanted to carry forward.
Alvaro Cantu '99 created an ofrenda in the Montgomery Library connected to the Greenhill Legends portraits, honoring those who have shaped the community and inviting reflection on their legacy.
Dr. Amy Bresie '96 had her Women's History classes create a museum of 75 Years of Women at Greenhill – a project that sent students into the archives to access oral history interviews. Their work was featured in a recent Preston Hollow People article.
Others utilized the Greenhill community:
Candace Craig's chemistry students built a large Periodic Table called "Elements of Greenhill," in which each student personified an element and connected their character to the Greenhill community.
Leann Burns had her Upper School jewelry students create pieces from naturally shed peacock feathers found on campus or design jewelry inspired by our feathered friends.
Valerie Hauss-Smith directed Descendants as the Theater Department's 75th anniversary production – a show that united Upper School students in the musical and practicum classes, Middle School dancers, and fourth-grade choristers, with more than 100 students involved across all three divisions.
Will Turbyne led his Tech Theater 2 class to create the Heart of the Hill installation, where any student truly becomes the “I” in “Hill”.
