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A Note from Randal Rhodus
Dear Lower School Parents, This has been a week of fun programs in Lower School. On Monday, we hosted the first Rotunda Rocks for our early childhood students and their families. Our prekindergarten, kindergarten, and primer students sang and danced to some of our favorite Rotunda Rocks songs including Fried Ham, One Green Jellybean, and Surfin’ in My Imagination. Rotunda Rocks was a perfect way to launch the beginning of the week. In addition to this early childhood tradition, during our Lower School assembly this morning, all Lower School students were introduced to Hockaday’s new Athletic Director, Deb Surgi. Our Fourth Grade gathering leaders shared the history of athletics at Hockaday and how visionary Ms. Hockaday was in 1913 to make athletics a cornerstone for her new all-girls’ school. Deb Surgi also spoke about the helping each student find the athlete inside her and about exciting ways she hopes our Lower School students and their families can be more involved with our Middle and Upper School sports teams this year. Stay tuned for more details in this area! On Monday, October 8, we will launch the 4th year of our Lower School Boarder Buddies program- a partnership between Lower School homeroom classes and our new freshman and sophomore residence students. In an effort to help our new residence students feel more connected with the entire community and for our Lower School students to feel more connected to the residence department, each homeroom class or grade level will “adopt” a boarder for the entire year. Every Day 2, a freshman “boarder buddy” will join a Lower School homeroom for morning meetings. Throughout the year, each homeroom will also do special things for their boarder (i.e. cards or treats on her birthday or a visit to her room in the residence department). We are hopeful that our girls will get to know their boarder buddy and learn about her life as a boarder and her life at home as well. With these early relationships with residence students in Lower School, our students may form stronger connections with the new boarders who enter their grade level in Upper School. Warmly, Randal Rhodus |
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.
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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.