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Sixth graders collaborated with St. Mark's School and the Texas Conservation Alliance in a cleanup event and a challenge to design solutions for cleaning and protecting plants and wildlife along the creek, aligning with their social impact theme of water. 

Upper School Social Impact Statistics wrapped up its data science project with a visit to Dallas Animal Services.

Seventh Grade took a social impact field trip with St. Mark's this week.

Sarah Weinberg, DISD Trustee, visited with Upper School's Government class this week. 

Representatives from the Dallas Zoo came to campus last week to check out our First and Fourth Graders’ penguin presentations!

As part of their Social Impact theme “The Environment,” Second Graders work to develop their analytical thinking and curiosity as they learn about water pollution around the world and in their own backyards.

On Valentine's Day, the pets at Dallas Animal Services experienced the most heart-melting Valentine’s Day surprise, thanks to the incredible kindness of Hockaday’s First Graders! 

Students in Middle and Upper School held a food drive in January for Wesley Rankin Community Center and Marcus Mart, the food pantry at Marcus Elementary created and run by Hockaday students. 

Congratulations to Sarah Moskowitz (Class of 2026), whose editorial was published in the Saturday edition of the Dallas Morning News! 

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

Seniors in Breaking the Glass Ceiling, a Social Impact designated class, headed to Hari Mari headquarters to hear from founder Jeremy Stewart about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship.  

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