The Benefit is in need of donated goods and services from businesses for our Silent Auction. Please click here to access the Auction Donation Packet. If you or someone you know is ready to donate now, please submit the Donor Form here. Any item, large or small, is greatly appreciated!

All parents are cordially invited to attend the Lower School Holiday Program on Friday, December 20, 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.

Happy Happenings - Spring Semester

   

 Daisy Afternoons After-School Classes – Spring Semester

We had a great time at the first meeting of the Lower School Parent Book Club. Please join us for the next meeting on January 16 even if you didn’t attend the first one. The book club is reading The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed written by Jessica Lahey. You do not need to have read the book to attend. Michelle Goldsmith, Head of Lower School, and members of the faculty will facilitate these gatherings in the Hicks meeting room: 

 

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 2025 will bring to our Hockaday community. I wish you peace and happiness this season and in the New Year!

There will be no Daisy Den for Middle School students on Friday, December 20 which is an 11:45 am early dismissal day. Students will return to classes on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.  

 

Early Dismissal on Friday, December 20 at 11:45 am – No Daisy Den 

5/6 Carpool from 11:45 am-12:00 pm 

7/8 Carpool from 12:00-12:15 pm 

Lost & Found tables have been displayed this week so students can retrieve their lost items. We have informed 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. 

The Holiday Bazaar will take place during the morning of Friday, December 20 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 $25 in small bills to spend at the Bazaar. The small bills will help the advisories manage change.  

Thanks so much to our advisory parents for their efforts in making all the wonderful items we are selling and to our Holiday Bazaar volunteer chair, Jae Sun Kwun, for their leadership. Deidre Thomson and Beth Dies, 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 the Middle School Student Council has chosen to donate proceeds from the Holiday Bazaar to Lovepacs. Lovepacs, a local charity, prepares food packages to go home with children who rely on their school's meal program and therefore are likely to go without during school breaks. The students are excited that this charity gives them an opportunity to help other kids in the Dallas community.

Mrs. Christenson and Assistant Head of Upper School Mr. Scott Bowman will hold an Eighth Grade Parent ‘Transition to Upper School’ Coffee on Friday, January 17 from 8:00-9:00 am in Biggs Dining Hall. Parents will receive a reminder in January.

Friday, December 20, is an “X”-day in our schedule, with dismissal at 12:00 pm for Forms I-III.  (Form IV, see below).  Each year, the Upper School utilizes the day before the Holiday Break to engage in Social Impact work. For Forms I-III, organizations depend on students’ work on this day, so students should attend like on any other school day.  Any parent of a student who will not be here on December 20th should report the absence, with the reason, in advance to USattendance@hockaday.org.  We ask that Forms II and III be here to load onto buses at 8:45 am.  While more details have been provided to students, the general plans for this year are, by Form, as follows: