THE HILL NEWS VERBA VOLANT, SCRIPTA MANENT
VOLUME CXXIX. NO.7
May 2, 2022
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CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF
Every morning when the birds are still asleep, Hill Dining Hall worker Tanya Johnson is getting ready to cook breakfast for the entire community. At 5:30 a.m., on the dot, Johnson clocks in, changes into her working suit, puts on her favorite 50 Cent and dances her way into the kitchen. This is the beginning of a day in the life of a Sodexo worker. Sodexo is a food services and facilities management company that partners with the Hill dining Hall to serve community members. Johnson is one of the veteran Sodexo workers at the Hill School. She has
been serving the Hill community for over 25 years: from the Grille to the back kitchen, morning shift to night shift – Johnson has done it all. “I have only been late twice in my 25 years here, overslept,” Johnson said proudly, face full of smiles. “I want to be that first person who comes in, because it’s always hard to find somebody who’s willing to come in this early in the morning,” Johnson said. She explained that she has been doing this for a long time and that she doesn’t want to put other workers in this hard position. “I know I can bear it, and I enjoy having the kitchen all by myself in the morning,” she shared.
Collage Captions: 1. Sodexo employee Dale Greenly takes a break from working to smile for the camera. Photo by Moniyah Person-Henderson ‘23 2. Mark Hinkle, executive chef, cuts chicken breast in preparation for dinner. Photo by Kade Davidheiser ‘23 3. Tanya Johnson has worked for over 25 years at Hill. Photo by Jason Zhou ‘23 4. Mark Hinkle, executive chef, smiles at the camera as he works in his office. Photo by Moniyah Person-Henderson ‘23 5. A Sodexo employee places Poptarts out for grab-and-go snacks. Photo by Anna Carroll ‘23 6. Various spices aligned neatly on Sodexo’s workstation. Photo by Moniyah Person-Henderson ‘23 7. Delicious chocolate cupcakes being displayed in the pantry. Photo by Anna Carroll ‘23 8. A collage wall in the Sodexo work area commemorates the memories and major events involving Sodexo over the years. Photo by Moniyah Person-Henderson ‘23 9. Executive chef Mark Hinkle and chef Steve Taylor Sous prepare pesto chicken wraps for lunch. Photo by Kade Davidheiser ‘23
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Hill Sodexo staff dishes out love By JASON ZHOU ’23
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Through years of working under multiple experienced executive chefs, Johnson has accumulated and learned much cooking knowledge. She loves making soups, and she tries to make them appealing and taste good. “I didn’t go to culinary school, but I have experiences that other people don’t have throughout my years,” she said. Morning shift supervisor Jill Hanley is another 25-year veteran worker at the Hill. She started working in the Dining Hall when the school was still an all-boys school. “I witnessed a lot of changes here since I started. It’s just like my second family here honestly. A lot of us
have been here for over 25 years. I just love what I do,” she said. For full-time workers like Hanley, balancing work and family time is just as important as serving the community. “I have four kids, so I’m a full-time mom too. I’m here from 6:00 to 2:30 every day, and I go home, cook dinner and do all that stuff and hang out with my kids also,” she shared. Besides working in the Dining Hall, Sodexo staff also have a lot of other hobbies. Supervisor Jesse Batdorf is currently writing a book about Italian history. “It’s based on the Italian Renaissance. I’m not actually Italian, but something about it just makes me love their history,” Batdorf said. His book features life in Venice and its architectural styles.
Both Johnson and Hanley commended the close relationship that the Hill Sodexo team has. “I love everyone I work with. Honestly, if I didn’t have the people that worked with me, I wouldn’t be who I am today,” Hanley said. The back kitchen is often filled with music, laughter, and a lot of talking. As Johnson would say, “We are a big family, and we have loads of fun at work.” Sodexo workers like Johnson and Hanley enjoy talking to students. Johnson shared, “When I was at the Grille, I got to see everybody; I got to know so many kids and their backgrounds, where they were from, and it was really fun.” Staff Writer Kade Davidheiser ’23 contributed to this article.
New daily schedule announced for 2022-23 introduces a change to students’ academic routine By JENNIE KI ’23 OFF-CAMPUS EDITOR
The 2022-23 academic calendar will include a mix of short and long blocks with fewer classes per day than the current schedule, as well as fewer class meetings per week. The new schedule consists of two 73-minute blocks and one 45-minute block for each class during the week. This is a change
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from the present schedule, which consists of seven 45-minute blocks on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays and three or four 70-minute blocks on Wednesdays and Thursdays. “It was a very lengthy process. Briefly, the process grew out of feedback we received after the 2019-20 year through student and faculty surveys,” stated Katy Hu-
dak, the academic dean, through email. She explained that there were some elements from last year’s COVID schedule that students wanted to retain, so the Academic Team made the decision to build off of the current schedule and last year’s COVID schedule while capturing elements of both.
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