School News
2025
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Students Use Coding Skills For Good
This summer, Lily Fagelman (Class of 2026) and Anusha Chowdhary (Class of 2027) worked together to create a database that will be used by social impact partner United to Learn!Read More -
Meet Our New Faculty and Staff
Please join us in welcoming Hockaday’s newest faculty and staff members.Read More -
Madison Shelby ’21 Named Fulbright Award Recipient
Read MoreMadison Shelby ‘21, a 2025 cum laude graduate of High Point University, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Award for 2025. -
Student Wins Oratory Category in Great Debate Tournament for the National Hispanic Institute
Read MoreGrecia Tarin (Class of 2028) placed first in the Oratory category at the national competition. -
Teachers Honored with Inaugural Award for Innovative Teaching and Instruction
Emily Dutcher, Mackenzie Miller '03, and Karen Sanchez received the new award.Read More -
Historic Achievement for French Students
Read MoreOn March 28, 2025, 16 Eighth Grade students participated in the National French Contest (Le Grand Concours), a prestigious annual competition for French language learners across the United States. -
The Hockaday School Welcomes New Director of Athletics Melissa Coyne to Hockaday
Read MoreThe Hockaday School is pleased to announce Melissa Coyne as its new Director of Athletics and member of Hockaday’s Leadership Team. -
Hockaday Lacrosse Wins Fifth Straight State Title
Hockaday dominated The Woodlands 20-8 for their fifth-straight state championship and ninth overall on Sunday.Read More -
DECA Success
Seven Hockaday students competed at DECA’s ICDC (an international business competition) in Orlando, FL, last week.Read More -
Passing of Former Interim Headmaster and Longtime Faculty Member
Hockaday mourns the loss of beloved faculty member, trustee, and former Interim Head of School Richard “Dick” Lombardi.Read More -
Student Pitch Competition Winners
Last week, the Biology, Impact, and the Zoo class, a Social Impact class taught by Brandi Finazzo and Laura Day, held the seventh annual BIZ Shark Tank Pitch Contest.Read More -
Regen Horchow '80 Awarded Hockaday Medal
At the 2025 Alumnae Luncheon on April 25, Regen Horchow '80 was awarded the Hockaday Medal by the Alumnae Association.Read More -
Students Inducted into Cum Laude
Congratulations to the newest members of Hockaday’s Chapter of Cum Laude!Read More -
Middle School Poets Recognized in Statewide Contest
Several Fifth Grade students were recently recognized in the annual Poetry Society of Texas Student Contest.Read More -
18 Athletes Commit to Collegiate Athletics
Congratulations to our 18 student-athletes who have committed to play their sport at the collegiate level!Read More
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Hockaday Welcomes Allman Fellows
This week, Hockaday welcomed the 2024–25 Allman Fellows, Dr. Twila Moon, Deputy Lead Scientist and Science Communication Liaison at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, and Dr. Heïdi Sevestre, Glaciologist, Speaker, and Author, to campus.Read More -
Hockaday Lacrosse Wins Fourth SPC Title in a Row
Hockaday defeated ESD 15-6 in the title game on Saturday.Read More -
Hockaday Announces 2025 Commencement Speaker
The Hockaday School is pleased to announce Dr. Kara C. Allen as the 2025 Commencement Speaker.Read More -
Upper School Students Compete in JCL
Latin students competed in the Junior Classical League competition in March. Congratulations to all our language students!Read More -
Building BioLabs
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Nicole Ginsburg Small '91 Awarded by TWU
Congratulations to Nicole Ginsburg Small ’91, who was honored as the recipient of the 2025 Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award by Texas Woman’s University at the Dallas Leadership Luncheon on March 6 at The Arts District Mansion.Read More -
Middle School Students Excel in Language Competitions
Latin students competed in the Junior Classical League Area Competition this month, and Spanish students participated in the Spanish Competition hosted by Good Shepherd Episcopal School.Read More -
Hockaday Celebrates Engineering Week
Lower School welcomed some amazing women for Engineer Week!Read More -
Math Counts Competition
12 Middle School students competed in the Math Counts competition in February.Read More -
Middle School Robotics
Three Middle School Robotics teams competed in the FIRST LEGO League Challenge Division, where they worked together starting in August to develop both an autonomous LEGO robot design that could earn points in up to 15 different missions and an independent innovation project that solves a real-world problem of their choice.Read More -
Robotics Team Wins INSPIRE award
Congratulations to the Upper School Robotics Team, the Hockabots, which competed in the FIRST Robotics FTC Semi-Area Championship held at Woodrow Wilson High School.Read More -
Alumnae Named Recipient of Texas Women's Foundation Award
Congratulations to Dr. Rupa (Kakarla) Desilva M.D. '91, who will be honored at an upcoming luncheon by the Texas Women's Foundation!Read More -
Middle School Orchestra Honors
Members of the Middle School Orchestra won prestigious playing positions with the Texas Private Schools Music Educators Association Middle School Honor Orchestra.Read More -
Upper School Orchestra Honors
Congratulations to the Orchestra students recently honored by different organizations!Read More -
Dallas Young Artist Exhibition
Several Hockaday students created artwork showcased at the Dallas Young Artist Exhibition, held at the Blueprint Gallery in Uptown Dallas.Read More -
Passing of Former Headmaster Glenn Ballard
Hockaday mourns the loss of our sixth Headmaster, Glenn Ballard. Mr. Ballard served as Head of School from 1971–1979 and passed away peacefully on Monday, February 3 at the age of 93.Read More -
Harvard Model UN
Last week, 20 delegates from Hockaday’s Model UN team attended the Harvard Model UN Conference in Boston.Read More -
Upper School Students Honored at Math Competition
Hockaday students competed in the Metroplex Mathematics Tournament against other private and public high schools throughout DFW in January.Read More -
Senior Earns Girl Scout Gold Award
Elle Myers (Class of 2025) was recognized for completing her Girl Scout Gold award project to earn the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of the USA.Read More -
Brittani Hite '05 Works With Middle School Students
Fifth Grade students have been working with Texas Trees Foundation on a special project to plant 3,500 trees in South Dallas through the South Dallas Greening Initiative!Read More -
Hockaday Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Students and faculty celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a special assembly last week. This year’s theme was “A Beloved Community.”Read More -
Hockaday Computer Science Program Honored
Hockaday was one of 237 schools to earn the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science.Read More -
Third Grade and Food Insecurity
Third Graders were visited by Susan Hoffman of United Way yesterday, who came by to discuss food insecurity in Dallas.Read More -
Student Named Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar
Congratulations to Aimee Guo (Class of 2025) who was named a Regeneron Science Talent Search scholar, one of only 300 in the nation!Read More
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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.