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Students Address Fast Fashion

Hockaday’s Upper School held a Dress Swap last week in preparation for upcoming dances and mixers! Around 90 dresses were donated by students, and their peers could come and “shop” for a free new dress.
Kashmira K. (Class of 2027), who organized the effort, said “The Dress Swap was an opportunity for students to have an engaging way to solve multiple issues: protecting the environment through reusing dresses, improving equity through benefiting students who might find the cost of a dress prohibitive to attending Homecoming, helping charity as unclaimed dresses are donated, and fostering empathy among students as they experience the benefits firsthand.”
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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.