Real-World Skills and Experience for the Jobs of T

2024

  • Grace Embrey '17 Visits Investment Club

    Grace Embrey ’17, an Associate at Goldman Sachs, visited the Investment Club and the AP Economics class yesterday! 
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  • Student Podcast Discusses High School Experience

    After a lesson in Health class this fall, Class of 2028 student Anya B. created her own podcast, “Into Uncharted Waters,” which she records in Hockaday’s studio. 
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  • Coding Collaboration

    First Graders headed to Upper School yesterday to assist with and AP Computer Science project! The Computer Science students are writing an animal guessing game using Java programming language. 
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  • Capital One Coding Club

    Middle School’s Capital One Coding Club worked with Capital One mentors today to build a website homepage! 
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  • Susan Keene '85 Visits Financial Literacy Class

    Upper School’s Financial Literacy class heard from Susan Keene ’85 last month about mortgages, rent payments, loan applications, and more! Susan works as a senior loan officer at Cornerstone Home Lending.
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  • Nutrition at Hockaday

    As part of Third Grade's Science and Social Impact course, girls visited Hockaday's dining team to gather evidence to support or deny this statement: SAGE Dining provides food that helps Hockaday students choose the healthy, nutritious foods they need to be well. 
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  • The Scientific Process in Social Impact Chemistry

    Upper School's Social Impact Chemistry classes worked on modeling the scientific process this week. 
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  • Financial Literacy in Upper School

    Upper School’s Empowering Women Through Financial Literacy class welcomed Hockaday CFO Katie Leto last week!
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  • Math + Impact

    Lower School students held a post-Halloween candy drive and donated extra candy
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  • Students Place Third in Coding Competition

    Two Upper School students were honored at the competition.
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  • Middle School Financial Literacy

    Upper School students in the Financial Literacy & Economic Concepts class recently met with Middle School students who are preparing for the Middle School Bazaar to talk about how to find a unique value proposition, how to figure out a price point, and how to break even or make a profit. 
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  • Fourth Grade Book Sale Success

    The Class of 2033 raised $1,019 at the Fourth Grade Book Sale last month! 
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  • Third Grade Giving Garden

    Third Graders in the Science and Social Impact class planted two types of kale, broccoli, and garlic last week in the Lower School garden. 
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  • The Science of Metals

    Social Impact Chemistry has been busy in the lab this week experimenting to determine various metals’ specific heat capacities.
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  • Student-Led Deliberation

    Upper School students engaged in a deliberation yesterday with their advisories on the question, “How should the Hockaday Upper School regulate the use of cell phones by students during the school day?” 
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  • Middle School Problem Solving

    Middle School Student Council is working together to solve an issue at school – how to help students leave the dining hall less messy after lunch! 
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  • Jobs of the Future

    Upper School students along with Eugene McDermott Head of School Dr. Laura Leathers and Upper School faculty members Karen Sanchez and Candace Townsley headed to Pegasus Park to meet OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar.
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  • Create, Collaborate, Innovate

    If you ask a Fourth Grader what her favorite class is, you’ll often hear “CCI!” 
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  • Measuring Environmental Impact

    Upper School Environmental Chemistry, a Social Impact class, took a field trip to West Dallas today to learn about some of the issues facing residents.
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  • Sustainable Business

    Second Grade students finalized their Entrepreneurship unit and started a business that creates and sells reusable grocery bags!
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  • Enhancing STAAR scores through games

    Upper School's Spanish in the Community headed to Marcus Elementary in Dallas today to work with students. 
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  • Modeling Civil Discourse

    Upper School students modeled their civil discourse training at an assembly in October.
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  • Third Grade Welcomes Health Coach and Chef

    Third Grade was thrilled to have Jess Wilson, Integrative Health Coach and Whole Food Plant-Based/Vegan Personal Chef, speak with the science and social impact class today! 
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  • Alumnae Headline Daisy 2 Daisy Panel

    Cathleen Crews ’00, Abby Hoak-Morton ’05, Fallyn Gray Jones ’00, and Merritt Denton Russ ’01 joined the Daisy 2 Daisy panel for Upper School students this week.
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  • DISD Trustee Visits Government Class

    Dallas ISD District 2 Trustee Sarah Weinberg visited Upper School government, a Social Impact class, to engage students in a discussion about the vital role of school board governance, the interplay between local, state, and federal government in shaping education policy, and practical ways for students to get involved in addressing educational issues within the Dallas community.
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  • Microgreens for Good

    Eighth Grade students have been growing microgreens in science class as part of their investigation of Earth’s biosphere and ecosystems.
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  • Forensics Class Welcomes Federal Agents

    Hockaday Forensics students had an incredible visit from the FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT) and a retired Federal Prosecutor! 
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  • Annual Poster Symposium

    The annual Student Research Program Poster Symposium was held yesterday in Ownby Lobby.
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  • Design Thinking Prototypes

    Upper School’s Biology, Impact, and the Zoo class worked on prototypes this week to solve a problem.
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  • Doggie Data

    Upper School Statistics, a Social Impact-designated class, visited an animal shelter this week in preparation for their data project with Dallas Animal Services.
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  • Hockaday at RMBL

    Hockaday students and faculty traveled to the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Crested Butte for a week-long immersion program this summer.
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  • Hockaday Hosts Area School Civil Discourse Training

    In partnership with Close Up, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, civic education organization that informs, inspires, and empowers young people to become active citizens, Hockaday hosted more than 90 students at the ISAS and Close Up Student Facilitation Training on Friday, September 20.
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  • Hockaday Welcomes Female Data Scientist

    Hockaday recently welcomed Winslow Huth, Data Scientist at AT&T, to campus to speak to students about emerging technologies and her experience in data science.
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  • Intro to Python Collaborates with Third Grade

    Upper School students in Intro to Python are putting their coding skills to use!
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  • Learning Math Through Games

    Upper School students visited Marsh Middle School recently to work with students.
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  • Middle School Critical Thinking

    After reading the book “Building Thinking Classrooms” last year, Middle School teacher Jenni Stout changed her approach to teaching math to better engage the girls in her classes.
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  • Restoring Native Prairies

    Upper School’s Conservation Biology class hopes to make an environmental impact by restoring native plants on the 2,500 square foot prairie lies behind the softball field. 
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  • SMU Partnership

    Last year, Hockaday developed a new partnership with the Data Science Department at Southern Methodist University (SMU).
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  • Spreading STEM

    When Ruhi M. (Class of 2027) and Marilyn P. (Class of 2027) participated in Middle School Robotics, they worked on a Social Impact project at Marcus Recreation Center.
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  • Student Wins App Challenge

    Congratulations to Anika Gopal (Class of 2026), who was named the winner of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge in Texas’s 24th District!
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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.
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  • The Engineering Process in Kindergarten

    Kindergarten and Primer girls have been practicing the steps of the Engineering Design Process (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve) as they work to engineer a solution for Penny, a dog in need of shade.
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  • UPenn Social Innovators On Campus

    Continuing Hockaday’s partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s Social Innovators Academy, students met with Reilly Brooks to talk through social entrepreneurship and how they can make their ideas come to life.
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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.

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