Academics
Lower School
Starting Your Journey
Lower School is a place where girls are loved and cared for, where they make lifelong friends, and where they develop their identities as learners, creators, collaborators, and leaders.
The Lower School provides a nurturing, supportive, and fun environment for our students. Teachers are flexible, cooperative, collaborative, and passionate about their subject matter, and there is also a strong sense of community between administration, teachers, staff, and parents.
The Lower School meets the needs of each learner, and Lower School teachers have a willingness and desire to be innovative. The curriculum includes the highly anticipated Fourth Grade Create, Collaborate, Innovate (CCI) class, which focuses on the world of STEAM, a coding program that gives a hands-on approach to computer programming, and mindfulness activities that cultivate resilience and perseverance in our girls.
Lower School is a place full of joy, growth, and preparation. Every day is filled with excitement and discovery as each student finds her love of learning. Our open and collaborative community is not only connected by the love of learning but also by empathy and inclusion to help girls thrive.
Lower School Pledge
EACH AND EVERY HOCK-A-DAY, I PLEDGE TO LIVE THE HOCK-A-WAY, WITH: RESPECT, FRIENDSHIP, EMPATHY, HONESTY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND PERSEVERANCE.
Student to Teacher Ratio
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16:1
First – Fourth Grades -
6:1
Pre-Kindergarten -
8:1
Kinder and Primer
Take The Next Step
Just as we encourage our girls to be curious and engage in the process of discovery, we encourage and invite you to visit our campus and experience a day at Hockaday.
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.