Read about what is happening at Hockaday.
Read about what is happening at Hockaday.
Hockaday Highlights
We have enjoyed seeing so many of you on campus for tours, shadow days, testing, and parent visits. I’d like to share a glimpse of campus life through our Hockaday Highlights and also share a few important reminders. 

If you were walking through our halls right now, you would find our third graders enjoying "Mystery Skype" with students in the Bahamas and New York City and our first graders partnering with our fourth graders on designing 3-D winter animals which they had the opportunity to print on our 3-D printers. You would see fifth graders working on their string project in art class while the fourth graders read to students at Mi Escuelita School.  Meanwhile, students in the Upper School can be found learning more about their friends during a fun and mindful celebration of cultures week and also selecting their courses for next year. In addition to our residential students who join us from around the nation and the world, did you know Hockaday has an Argentine Exchange program?  Last week, we welcomed two Form II Argentinian students to Hockaday who will be staying with current Form II students over the next four weeks and reciprocating by hosting those girls in their homes during the summer. More Hockaday Highlights can be found below.

There is a lot happening at Hockaday and we know you are busy too. We want to remind you that the application deadline is approaching on Friday, January 26.  Please review your checklist in the parent portal to make sure all teacher recommendation forms, parent and student questionnaires, and transcripts have been received. Please note, all testing and interviews must be scheduled by Friday even if they will not be completed at that time. You may login to the portal by clicking below.  You may also visit our website to read up to the minute news stories and other admission information. 

 All my best,

Maryanna Phipps
Director of Admission and Enrollment Management
The Application Deadline is Friday, January 26. Click to Login to the Parent Portal.

Fifth Graders Compete at the Perot

On February 20, ten students from St. Philip’s School and Community Center and ten students from The Hockaday School will each have 20 minutes to construct a bridge over the Perot's outdoor stream, from cardboard, duct tape, string and dowel rods. The winner will be determined through a series of progressively increasing weight tests.  After the competition, all of the participating students along with parents and any onlookers are invited to view the movie, Dream Big at the Perot. Dream Big celebrates the human ingenuity behind engineering marvels big and small, and shows how engineers push the limits of innovation in unexpected and amazing ways. With its inspiring stories of human grit and aspiration and extraordinary visuals for the world's largest screens, Dream Big reveals the compassion and creativity that drive engineers to create better lives for people and a more sustainable future for us all. 

Math Club at Hockaday

Seventeen Math Club members participated in the 15th Annual Metroplex Mathematics Contest this past Saturday. This year’s contest took place at the Oakridge School in Arlington. Members competed in two individual contests and one six-member team contest. Team Hockaday tied for first place with Hirschi, Science and Engineering, St. Marks, and Trinity Valley School.

Celebration of Cultures Week

We celebrate diversity and inclusion at Hockaday in many ways. This week at Hockaday is a Celebration of Cultures. As such, we are having conversations during Advisories and Form meetings that focus on true understanding of the many cultures represented at Hockaday. This is a student-led initiative with the goal of raising our cultural competencies through dialogue and celebration. The students are representing different cultures by bringing food to share with one another, taking part in a fun fashion show and talent show, as well as hosting a few festivals.  While these are important parts of culture, there is so much more that defines each one of us. Teachers are having conversations with students and the Student Council has arranged for student leaders for these events.  It has been a fun week so far!

Join us for the Musical

The Drowsy Chaperone, a musical comedy set in the 1920s, and an homage to American musicals of the Jazz Age, examines the effect musicals have on the fans who adore them. The "Woman" in the Chair, a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic, seeking to cure her "non-specific sadness", listens to a recording of a fictional 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. As she listens to this rare recording, she is transported directly into the musical. The characters appear in her dingy apartment, and it is transformed into an impressive Broadway set with all the glitz and glamour! 
Students over the age of ten and their families are welcome to see the show.  Please purchase tickets here. Performances will be in The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Family Theater and the times are Friday, February 9 at 7 p.m., Saturday, February 10 at 7 p.m. or
Sunday, February 11 at 2 p.m. Please park on Forest Lane.

The Great Kindness Challenge

Prekindergarten students are making their way through "The Great Kindness Challenge" this week.  They have made cards for their classmates and decorated hearts to give out to friends. Today’s challenge is to invite a new friend to play at recess!  The girls have enjoyed learning about how to create a culture of kindness around them. Learn more here:  www.thegreatkindnesschallenge.com 

Fingerprints in Forensic Science

Detective Jeff Turley and Officer Austin Tapp from the Farmers Branch Police Department gave an excellent professional development session this week on processing crime scenes for the girls in Forensic Science, an advanced semester course for seniors.  Students enrolled in the class are “hired” as Special Investigators for the Forensic Investigation Department of the Hockaday Criminal Investigation Bureau and learn about forensic methods through a mock-work experience. The photo above shows the girls tracking fingerprints

Forensic science offers the opportunity for our girls to explore some real-world applications of many of the concepts they learned in physics, biology, and chemistry, as well as to investigate how science plays a vital role in the justice system.  In this course, students participate as a part of a crime scene investigation team and attempt to solve a series of crimes ranging from theft to fraud to homicide.  The teacher acts as the district attorney, as well as the medical examiner, determining whether students have provided adequate evidence to convict each suspect before moving on to the next case. 
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