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The HPA Benefit
HPA Benefit 2025: Mardi Gras
Get ready to celebrate the Hockaday Community in the “Big Easy” style with live music, dancing, jazz, creole cuisine, cocktails, silent and live auctions, games, and the Sewell Luxury Automobile Raffle on March 8, 2025.
Underwriting packages and Sewell Luxury Raffle Tickets are now available!
This year’s proceeds will benefit the Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence. The Ela Hockaday Fund for Faculty Excellence endow Hockaday with additional resources that allows the School to attract and retain the best and brightest faculty. The Fund supports professional development, graduate studies, faculty salaries, and other enrichment opportunities for our faculty.
Laizzes Les Bons Temps Roulet!
Julie Ahmed
Lauren Lapeyre Brown
HPA Benefit Co-Chairs, 2024-2025
Underwriting Packages
Your generosity is the key to bringing this celebration to life! Through the countless hours of many volunteers and the businesses and individuals in our community, we look forward to bringing a fun night of music, laughter, and memories for Hockaday families, faculty, and staff.
Please consider purchasing Underwriting for Benefit 2025, Mardi Gras!
Click the links to support with Individual Underwriting Packages or Naming Underwriting Sponsorships. To obtain information, please contact Julie Ahmed or Lauren Lapeyre Brown.
Click the links to support with Individual Underwriting Packages or Naming Underwriting Sponsorships. To obtain information, please contact Julie Ahmed or Lauren Lapeyre Brown.
Benefit 2025 Leadership Team
Benefit Chairs
Julie Ahmed
Lauren Lapeyre Brown
Benefit Krewe Leads
Robin Gelinas Berkley ‘93
Christie Rentzel Blazevich
Lauryn Bloom
Emily Somerville Cabrera
Ellie Campion
Andrea Epstein
Caroline Flanigan
JoJo Fleiss
Malia Mitchell
Malia Mitchell
Abby Hoak Morton ‘05
Rachel Osburn
Anisha Patel
Chandler Rice Winslow ‘02
Benefit Krewe
Lu Chen
Anisha Patel
Amanda Reilly
Jonna Seline
Jody SteinChandler Rice Winslow ‘02
Benefit Krewe
Lu Chen
Devon Conrad
Kristen Davis
Katie Doherty
Katie Doherty
Christina Crews Goldberg ‘02
Courtney Harris
Porschla Kidd
Michelle Monteiro
Chris Moseley
Raha Pouladi
Lupe Prado
Lupe Prado
Christen Levering Redlich ‘03
Josie Sewell
Purva Gopal Singal
Purva Jain Vaidya
Erin Vautrin
Erin Vautrin
Meredith Verska
Emily Wisniewski
Emily Wisniewski
Erin Wood
Special Occasions 2024 – 2025
These events have limited spaces and will sell out quickly.
Click Here to make your purchase today!
Special Occasion Chairs
Click Here to make your purchase today!
Special Occasion Chairs
Abby Hoak Morton '05
Chandler Rice Winslow '02
Chandler Rice Winslow '02
Special Occasions 2024 – 2025 Event Sales will are open through each event date.
Click on the link above or use the link in the right column to purchase events.
Sewell Vehicle Raffle
Click Here to purchase your Sewell Luxury Vehicle Raffle Tickets!
Get ready for your chance to win the greatest raffle prize in Hockaday history by purchasing a ticket for the SEWELL Luxury Automobile Raffle!
The prize is valued at up to $95,000.
Only 500 tickets will be sold at $250 each, so purchase them early before they sell out!
Please contact Malia Mitchell for more information.
Merchandise
The online order form for benefit merchandise is live! These items make great stocking stuffers and grandparent/special friend gifts this month. If you order online, your daughter will be sent home with the items within a few days and her account will be charged. Thank you for supporting Hockaday! 💜💚💛
Click Here to order from the online form. Quantities are limited and Benefit Merchandise is also available in the Hockaday Bookstore!
Come in and see the Mardi Gras styles fit for men, women, and children.
For merchandise questions, contact Jonna Seline.
Click Here to order from the online form. Quantities are limited and Benefit Merchandise is also available in the Hockaday Bookstore!
Come in and see the Mardi Gras styles fit for men, women, and children.
For merchandise questions, contact Jonna Seline.
Benefit Contacts
Julie Ahmed
Benefit Co-Chair
jcovino@gmail.com
Lauren Lapeyre Brown
Benefit Co-Chair
mrs.LaurenLBrown@gmail.com
Lori Baker
HPA and Benefit Liaison
LJbaker@hockaday.org
214.360.6581
Volunteers Needed
Click here to Join the Krewe!
Make friends, enjoy behind-the-scenes sneak peeks for the event itself on March 8, and have fun as we raise money for the School. There’s a job for everyone, from letter-signing and envelope-packing, to set-up and clean-up roles.
Make friends, enjoy behind-the-scenes sneak peeks for the event itself on March 8, and have fun as we raise money for the School. There’s a job for everyone, from letter-signing and envelope-packing, to set-up and clean-up roles.
Big Board and Silent Auctions
Auction Items Needed
Help us round up items from your favorite shops and restaurants. Donating an item or service is a great way for businesses to advertise to the Hockaday community.
Help us round up items from your favorite shops and restaurants. Donating an item or service is a great way for businesses to advertise to the Hockaday community.
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.