Grades 1-4

List of 5 items.

• Complete the Online Application

  Please click here to start the online application. Once the online application and the application fee are submitted, please use the online checklist in the parent portal as a guide to submit the Parent Questionnaire and a copy of the applicant's birth certificate. Please submit all of these items in the online parent portal by Saturday, December 12, 2020.  
  

• Schedule Two Testing Dates

  TEST I, GRADE 1: Test I is administered individually by Collaborative Academic Testing Services (CATS). You may register your child at www.catstexas.com. Test results may be shared with other schools where the student is applying. There is $290 registration fee.
  
  TEST II, GRADE 1: Test II is the Admission Assessment for Beginning Learners (AABL) offered by the Educational Records Bureau (ERB). Here are some "what to expect" videos that may be helpful for parents to watch to learn more about the AABL.  Students may test at The Hockaday School or at any of the other schools participating in the Dallas Area Independent Schools Common Testing Program. Once your daughter's application is submitted, please select the testing date in the parent portal. A testing registration code will populate in the parent portal. You will use this code to register online at www.iseetest.org. 
  
  GRADES 2-4: The only required assessment is the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE), which can be taken on either January 9 or January 22, 2021, at Hockaday or one of the other Dallas area schools participating in the Dallas Area Independent Schools Common Testing Program. Once your daughter's application is submitted, please select the testing date in the parent portal. The test registration code for the ISEE will populate in the parent portal. You will use this code to register online for the ISEE at www.iseetest.org. Please include the $120 test fee with your registration. Test results will be sent from ISEE to the parents and the selected schools.

• Schedule Parent Interviews

  If your child has not previously applied to Hockaday, please schedule a parent interview in the parent portal.  

• Submit School Records Release Form to Current School

  Once you have submitted your daughter's application, please locate the School Records Release Form in the parent portal checklist or by clicking here and click on 'Edit this Request'. You will have the opportunity to enter the email address of the school administrator who is responsible for grades, school records, or progress reports at your daughter’s current school. This will allow the school to upload your daughter‘s school records directly to the student application file. Note: if your child is applying to prekindergarten or kindergarten and the school does not issue school records, the form will allow the official to indicate that. This checklist item will be marked complete once the records have been received by Hockaday.  The deadline for the receipt of your child’s school records (Fall 2020, 2019-2020, and 2018-2019), if available, is January 29, 2021.

• Return Teacher Evaluations by January 29, 2021

  Please provide your daughter's current teacher's name and email address on the Teacher Evaluation request form in the checklist in the parent portal.  Hockaday will send an online confidential Teacher Evaluation to your daughter's current teacher. You may confirm receipt of the Evaluation in the checklist.