PK-K

List of 5 items.

• Complete the Online Application in the Parent Portal

  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 by Monday, December 13, 2022. The application (including testing, parent interview) must be scheduled or completed by January 28, 2022.  

• Schedule Testing

  CATS ASSESSMENT GRADES PK-K:

  This is a cognitive abilities assessment which 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 $300 registration fee. 

   

  PARENT-SUBMITTED VIDEO FOR GRADES PK - K:

  While we are unable to meet with your child in-person this year, in collaboration with other Dallas-Area Schools we have devised an assessment plan which includes you providing several short videos of your child engaged in specific activities/tasks. Applicant families will receive detailed instructions regarding the specific requirements of the video(s) in mid-January. 

   

  Due to COVID-19, this testing process is subject to change.

• Submit School Records Form to your Daughter's Registrar

  After you have submitted the online application, please locate the School Records Release Form in the parent portal checklist 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 2021, 2019-2020, and 2018-2019), if available, is January 28, 2022.

• Return Teacher Evaluations by January 28, 2022

  Please provide your daughter's current teacher's name and email address on the Teacher Information Form on the online application. Hockaday will use this information to send an online confidential Teacher Evaluation to your daughter's current teacher. Teacher Evaluations should be received by January 28, 2022.

• Schedule a Parent Interview

  If your child has not previously applied to Hockaday, please schedule a parent interview in the parent portal by January 28, 2022.