School Announcements
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Campus Closures
Winter Break
Please note that the Hockaday campus will be closed beginning Friday, December 19, 2025 at 9:00 pm, and will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2026, for Faculty and Staff In-Service. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. -
Re-Enrollment for the 2026-2027 Academic Year
Re-Enrollment for the 2026-2027 Academic Year will open on February 1, 2026, for all students in good academic and financial standing. Families will receive an email on February 1 with step-by-step directions for the process, along with the link to the enrollment agreement. Please note that all student accounts must be in good standing by Friday, January 16, to be eligible to receive re-enrollment contracts on February 1 for the 2026-2027 Academic Year. Students with past-due balances will be placed on financial hold until their accounts are current. Please contact Cyndi Lewis in the Office of Admission Enrollment Management with any questions.
Hockaday Parents' Association News
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Concession Stand
Congratulations to all our winter athletes! We look forward to cheering you on this season. Volunteering in the concession stands is a great opportunity to support our student athletes and catch our Daisies in action! We are looking for parents of players, lower school students volunteering with a parent or guardian, and grandparents and special friends are also encouraged to help! To have concession stands open during sporting events, we need volunteers to work them and help share Daisy hospitality with our athletes, fans, and spectators. Please sign up now. -
Thank You
Thank you to ABBY HANCOCK and TRACY MAKULUNI, our Lower School Party Chairs, for organizing our volunteers, activities and treats for the girls’ Holiday Parties. We are also grateful to PAULA MILTENBERGER ‘87 for Chairing the Middle School Holiday Bazaar which takes place on Friday, December 19. The Middle Schoolers look forward to this event all semester long! We are so thankful for the time, creativity and dedication of these volunteers and all the others who help make the holidays special for our girls. -
Uniform Resale Boutique
The Uniform Resale Boutique is an annual project of the Hockaday Parents’ Association, and this year’s proceeds will support the Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence. The boutique depends on your donations of gently used uniforms. Clean out your closets and let us sell your outgrown uniforms! We accept all gently used Hockaday uniform items, from blazers and jumpers to plaid skirts and white blouses. Please donate year-round in the donation bins outside near the main entrances of each grade-level carpool drop-off.Our next resale date will be Monday, January 12, 2026 from 7:30 - 9:00 am on the third Floor of Upper Trent. We are seeking more volunteers for help with laundry and sorting donations. Click here to volunteer for laundry and sorting! Please click here to volunteer to help sell items during the spring sales. We would love to have you join us!Here are the 2025-2026 Uniform Resale Boutique dates and hours of operation.For more information, please contact Uniform Resale Chair Laura Navarro at hpa.resaleboutique@gmail.com. -
Cultural Connections
From the International Festival to the Autumn Moon Celebration and our beloved Cookie Exchange, fall was filled with joy, culture, and community. Thank you for celebrating with us! We’re looking ahead to more meaningful moments this spring, including a parent book club and a visit to the Thai Market. Stay tuned—we can’t wait to gather again! -
Limitless
SEWELL Luxury Automobile Raffle: Get ready for your chance to win an automobile valued at up to $95,000. Tickets are $250 each and will be limited to only 500 total tickets this year. Support the Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence and Purchase your tickets early before they sell out!Mahjong: Calling all mahjong players! Get ready to showcase your skills while having LIMITLESS fun! On Saturday, January 31, 2026, from 2:00-5:00 pm join us at Hockaday for food, drinks, and some amazing prizes. Mahjong Molly will facilitate fun, tournament-style play. Purchase tickets by the table or individually here.Poker: For Hockaday girls, the future is limitless. For one night, so is the poker table. Dads, join us on Saturday, January 24, 2026, at 7:00 pm for hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, followed by tournament play at 8:00 pm. Purchase your ticket here.
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Lower School News
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Spring Semester Happy Happenings and Daisy Afternoons Classes
Happy Happenings - Spring Semester- All available spaces for the spring semester of Happy Haps have been filled and registration is now closed.
- Spring semester Happy Happenings will begin on Tuesday, January 6 and end on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
- Reminder: We are unable to accommodate drop-ins at Happy Happenings.
Daisy Afternoons After-School Classes – Spring Semester- We will offer classes on Monday-Thursday.
- Each class has a limit of 12 students to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Registration for the after-school classes will open on Monday, December 1 and close on Monday, January 5, 2026.
- Pre-registration for spring semester classes is required.
- Spring semester after-school classes will begin on Monday, January 12 and run through the week of May 11, 2026.
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Holiday Program and Early Dismissal
All parents are cordially invited to attend the Lower School Holiday Program on Friday, December 19, from 10:15 – 11:00 am in the Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Theater. Please note: the doors to the theater will be unlocked at 9:30 am, and parents/guests will be unable to enter the theater prior to that time.Lower School dismissal for all girls is at 11:00 following the Holiday Program. At the conclusion of the program, the girls will return to their homerooms, and parents should pick them up from there. If you are unable to attend the program, please be sure to make arrangements for someone to pick up your daughter from her classroom following the program.NO CARPOOL and NO HAPPY HAPPENINGS*All girls must be in dress uniform. -
Gordon’s Gems and Guidance
Read MoreAll Couples Argue-Here’s How to Make Sure Your Kids Benefit, Not Hurt, from ItThink back to a time when you overheard a couple loudly arguing, snapping at each other, or just being plain unkind. Uncomfortable, right? Now, multiply that feeling by ten . . . that’s about how your kids feel when they see you and your spouse fighting in an unproductive way. The truth is, every couple disagrees sometimes. We’ve all said or done things in the heat of the moment that we later regret (welcome to being human). What matters most isn’t whether you argue, but how you do it and how often.
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Middle School News
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A Note from Nicole Escudero Christenson
Happy Holidays! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with the Middle School Holiday Bazaar. It is a wonderful event that teaches our Daisies entrepreneurship, builds community, and raises money for a good cause. I look forward to the joy and opportunities 2026 will bring to our Hockaday community. I wish you peace and happiness this season and in the New Year! -
Eighth Grade Parent Coffee Regarding Upper School Transition - Save the Date
Mrs. Christenson and Head of Upper School Lisa Culbertson will hold an Eighth Grade Parent 'Transition to Upper School’ Coffee on Friday, January 23 from 8:00-9:00 am in Biggs Dining Hall. Parents will receive a reminder in January. -
Holiday Reminders
There will be no Daisy Den for Middle School students on Friday, December 19 which is an 11:45 am early dismissal day. Students will return to classes on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.Early Dismissal on Friday, December 19 at 11:45 am – No Daisy Den5/6 Carpool from 11:45 am-12:00 pm7/8 Carpool from 12:00-12:15 pmLost & Found tables will be on display the week of December 15 for students to retrieve their lost items. We will inform students that all Lost and Found items and any belongings left in the Commons areas over the holidays will be donated to charity. Please encourage your daughters to check the Lost and Found and to bring home all items not stored in their lockers. -
Spelling Bee Results
Our annual Middle School Spelling Bee was held this week, and all of our Fifth – Eighth grade finalists excelled in this challenging event. The competition lasted a record 25 rounds. Olivia Zhang won the Spelling Bee, and our runner-up was Laurel Zhang. Olivia will now advance to represent Hockaday at the Dallas County Private School Bee. Congratulations to all competitors on a job well done! -
Middle School Holiday Bazaar
The Holiday Bazaar will take place during the morning of Friday, December 19 in the Small Gym for our Middle School students. For the occasion, students are allowed to wear holiday tops, socks, and accessories with their uniform skirt and shoes. We will be handing out shopping bags as they enter, so there is no need to send anything except money with your child. We ask that students bring no more than $40 in small bills to spend at the Bazaar. The small bills will help the advisories manage change.Thanks so much to our Holiday Bazaar advisory parents for their efforts in making all the wonderful items we are selling and to our Holiday Bazaar volunteer chair, Paula Miltenberger '87, for her leadership. Deidre Thomson, Lisa Heins, and Renee Laffitte, Student Council sponsors, have worked tirelessly to support our Student Council as they have planned for the event. This is definitely a coordinated effort. This year’s proceeds will benefit To Be Like Me, a nonprofit disability awareness program whose mission is to encourage empathy, kindness, and inclusion through disability awareness. -
Daisies in the Middle
Read MoreTalking with Middle School Girls About ViolenceRecent events reported in the news—including incidents in Australia and at Brown University—have prompted many of us to ask questions and express concerns about violence and safety. Middle school girls are keenly aware of the world around them, and exposure to violence—through news, social media, or peer conversations—can feel confusing or frightening. While these topics are difficult, open and supportive conversations at home can help girls feel safe, heard, and supported.
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Upper School News
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New Absence Request Procedure
Please use the following forms to report Upper School student absences:The Absence Report Form should be used to report absences of less than five days.The Extended Absence Form should be used to request a student’s absence of five or more consecutive school days. These forms are also posted on each grade’s Resource Tile under “Important Links.”
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The Hockaday School
Within the private school community, The Hockaday School is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls from grades PK–12 located in Dallas, Texas. Students realize their limitless potential through challenging academic curricula, arts, athletics, and extracurricular programs so that they are inspired to lead lives of purpose and impact.
The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.
The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.