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Predator Prevention Program
A number of Hockaday parents and students have attended an innovative predator prevention program where girls learn to recognize and escape dangerous situations and fight back where necessary. The girls are trained by age group starting at age seven and above. The program seeks to take a subject no one wants to talk about and present it in an interesting and entertaining way so that people will talk about it. According to the Hockaday parents who have already attended, it works: parents and their daughters say the program is fun, valuable, and empowering. Follow up surveys show that the program actually changes both parent and child behavior in ways that make girls safer. Read more
The course lasts a maximum of one hour for grades 1-5 and 1.5 hours for grades 6-7. The course is taught by several instructors: an emergency room doctor and toxicologist, an attorney and former rehabilitation counselor in a maximum security prison, a seven time national fighting champion (TKD - men), and the current reigning national fighting champion (TKD - women). Plus, several Hockaday students who are martial artists will assist in teaching the resistance techniques.
The course is free and scheduled for Sunday, May 15 starting at 6:00 p.m., at Preston Hollow Park. More information about the training is available at the links below. You can ask more specific questions by emailing ginger@securehighered.com. A parent must accompany the child and you must sign up in advance.
To sign up:
News reports about the training:
General FAQs about the training program:
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.