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The Hockaday School – A Girls’ College-Prep Day & Boarding School in Dallas Login About arrow Campus Map The Hockaday Difference Welcome from the Head Board Leadership Leadership Team Employment arrow Career Opportunities Tenets of Staff Excellence Tenets of Faculty Excellence Tenets of Coaching Excellence Faculty and Staff Directory History arrow Centennial Celebration arrow Hockaday by Decade arrow The Hockaday Timeline 1913 1913 - 1919 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Centennial Exhibit Campus History News Publications Safety and Security School Profile Admission arrow Why All Girls? arrow Meet Our Girls Visiting arrow Travel Information Virtual Tour Applying arrow PK-K Grades 1-4 Grades 5-11 FAQ Affording arrow Tuition and Fees Financial Aid Boarding at Hockaday Meet Our Staff Academics arrow Lower School Middle School Upper School Institute for Social Impact College Counseling arrow College Admission Reps Learning Support arrow Counseling Technology Libraries Meet Our Faculty Athletics arrow Land Use Plan: Athletics and Wellness Schedules, Scores & Team Pages Livestream Meet Our Staff Facilities Health and Wellness Championships Alumnae Athletes Arts arrow Performing Arts Visual Arts Private Lessons Debate History of Art & Music Mass Communications Meet Our Staff Inclusion & Community arrow DEI Initiatives DEI Programming DEI Resources arrow Lower School Middle School Upper School Student Life arrow Dining Health Services Life in Upper School arrow Advisory Assemblies Clubs Dances and Mixers Form Deans Honor Code Student Council Retreats One Hockaday Boarding Giving arrow 2019-20 Annual Report of Gifts Ways to Give arrow Annual Fund Endowment Planned Giving Gifts of Stock Matching Gifts Make A Gift Annual Fund arrow Parent Annual Fund Campaign Alumnae Annual Fund Campaign Hockaday Parents' Association Benefit The Heritage Society The 1913 Society Named Endowment Funds Meet Our Staff Alumnae arrow Alumnae Leadership FAQ Search Login About Campus Map The Hockaday Difference Welcome from the Head Board Leadership Leadership Team Employment Career Opportunities Tenets of Staff Excellence Tenets of Faculty Excellence Tenets of Coaching Excellence Faculty and Staff Directory History Centennial Celebration Hockaday by Decade The Hockaday Timeline 1913 1913 - 1919 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Centennial Exhibit Campus History News Publications Safety and Security School Profile Admission Why All Girls? Meet Our Girls Visiting Travel Information Virtual Tour Applying PK-K Grades 1-4 Grades 5-11 FAQ Affording Tuition and Fees Financial Aid Boarding at Hockaday Meet Our Staff Academics Lower School Middle School Upper School Institute for Social Impact College Counseling College Admission Reps Learning Support Counseling Technology Libraries Meet Our Faculty Athletics Land Use Plan: Athletics and Wellness Schedules, Scores & Team Pages Livestream Meet Our Staff Facilities Health and Wellness Championships Alumnae Athletes Arts Performing Arts Visual Arts Private Lessons Debate History of Art & Music Mass Communications Meet Our Staff Inclusion & Community DEI Initiatives DEI Programming DEI Resources Lower School Middle School Upper School Student Life Dining Health Services Life in Upper School Advisory Assemblies Clubs Dances and Mixers Form Deans Honor Code Student Council Retreats One Hockaday Boarding Giving 2019-20 Annual Report of Gifts Ways to Give Annual Fund Endowment Planned Giving Gifts of Stock Matching Gifts Make A Gift Annual Fund Parent Annual Fund Campaign Alumnae Annual Fund Campaign Hockaday Parents' Association Benefit The Heritage Society The 1913 Society Named Endowment Funds Meet Our Staff Alumnae Alumnae Leadership FAQ -- 2019-2020 Annual Report of Gifts COVID-19 Dashboard Admission Hockaday News 29 Musicians Selected for TPSMEA Ensembles TPSMEA, founded in 1992, is an organization of over 200 private school music educators dedicated to promoting excellence in music education. High school students from all over Texas prepare and audition to participate in the Texas Private School Music Educators Association (TPSMEA) All-Region and All-State festivals. This year, 29 Hockaday students were selected for TPSMEA Ensembles: 16 students for All-Region Choir; 4 for All-State Choir (All-State Finalists are denoted with an asterisk); 10 for All-State Orchestra; and 3 for All-State Band. Congratulations to the following Hockaday Upper School students: Choir: Sofia Abel ’22 Kate Borson ’22 Shayle Cruz ’21 Charlotte Ding ’21 Sienna Ellis* ’22 Sydney Ghorayeb ’22 Layo Isaacs-Sodeye ’24 Sidney Kronbach* ’22 Cristiana Miele ’22 Izzy Page ’21 Laya Ragunathan* ’24 Leah Segal ’21 Neha Senthil-Kumar ’23 Mia Silver ’21 Madeline Sumrow* ’22 Airu Weng ’22 Orchestra: Liya Chen ’23 Faith Choi ’21 Madeline Chun ’23 Angelina Dong ’24 Christina Dong ’24 Victoria Li ’23 Julia Luo ’22 Bridget Qiu ’24 Riley Yuan ’23 Susan Zhang ’21 Band: Lynn Jung ’21 Kyulee Kim ’22 Emma Zhao ’24 Read More Junior Ava Thigpen Participates in Close Up and PBS workshop As part of Close Up’s civic engagement program, Ava Thigpen (Class of 2025) has been selected to participate in a special workshop with PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL). The students will produce videos highlighting youth perspectives on issues in our country. Read more here: https://studentreportinglabs.org/news/srl-partners-with-close-up-for-video-workshop/ Read More Twenty-One Seniors Named Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program Hockaday is proud to announce that 21 seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. These scholastically talented students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Students include: Trisha Ashish, Sarah Kate Ashton, Sophia Bahad, Suzanne Baxter, Laine Betanzos, Sriya Chebrolu, Elena Dewar, Charlotte Ding, Kylee Hong, Tia Hsieh, Karen Huang, Jiayi (Barbara) Lou, Stella (Kemper) Lowry, Maya Raghunathan, Anna (Percy) Stout, Annabel Symington, Lahari Thati, Clarissa Touchstone, Yalan (Elaine) Wang, Ke Han (Doris) Zhang, and Lingzi (Susan) Zhang. Read More Fifteen Students Advance as National Merit Semifinalists We are proud to recognize the fifteen students who will advance as semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Semifinalists from Hockaday in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program include Kathryn Bowers, Margaret Bracken, Kelsey Chen, Faith Choi, Ann Herring , Joy Hu, Inez Johnson, Hahrin (Lynn) Jung, Jingyi (Krissa) Liu, Shinjini Mukherjee, Ha Nhu (Jade) Nguyen, Isabella Page, Angelina Wu, Jennifer Xiong, and Annie Zhao. Read More Jennifer Stimpson Named an Einstein Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science It is with great excitement that we announce Middle School Science Teacher Jennifer Stimpson has been named an Einstein Fellow by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Next year, she will have the unique opportunity to serve in the national education arena for 12 months in Washington, D.C. working in U.S. Congressional offices, and will contribute her extensive knowledge and classroom experiences to the national education programs and education policy efforts. At the conclusion of the fellowship, she will be part of a national network of educational leaders and programs who will have a deeper understanding of the challenges and possibilities in STEM education, and she will return to Hockaday ready to share her experiences and make significant contributions not only at Hockaday, but also at schools across the U.S. Ms. Stimpson will work with Congresswoman Alma Adams from North Carolina and will help develop her STEM Education policy for K-20 schools in her district and in North Carolina. Visit https://science.o...