2019–2020 Profile

College Counseling About Hockaday Direct 214.360.6559 The is an independent, college-preparatory day and boarding High School CEEB Code: 441750 school for girls from prekindergarten through twelfth grades. Founded in 1913, the School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Staff Southwest. Hockaday is a member of the National Association of Independent Dr. Karen Warren Coleman Eugene McDermott Schools, the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, One Schoolhouse, The College Head of School Board, the National and Associations for College Admission Counseling, [email protected] and the Cum Laude Society. Lisa Culbertson ’96 Head of Upper School [email protected] Libby Conder Student Body Admission Registrar Enrollment Selection of students is based on previous [email protected] Upper School: Grades 9 – 12 490 academic performance and on entrance tests. Elizabeth Jones Middle School: Grades 5 – 8 326 Requirements of admission include an application, Director of College Counseling Lower School: Grades Pre-K – 4 276 transcript, teacher recommendations, personal [email protected] interview, parent statement, and student Micah Lyles Total Enrollment 1092 questionnaire as well as parent interviews for the Senior Associate Director of Boarding Students College Counseling Lower School applicants and boarding students. (Grades 8 – 12) 80 [email protected] Applicants for 2019–2020 928 The Residence Department includes students Kim Pondrom New Students for 2019–2020 154 Associate Director of from 11 states, one U.S. territory, and 11 foreign College Counseling countries: China, Germany, Hungary, Jamaica, [email protected] Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Faculty Full-time Teachers 117 Charlie Runyan Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Associate Director of Part-time Teachers 8 Students of Color (self identified) 42% College Counseling Teachers with Master’s Degrees 76 [email protected] Students Receiving Financial Aid 13% Teachers with Doctoral/J.D. Degree 14 Allison Camp College Counseling Associate [email protected] www.hockaday.org The Hockaday School | 11600 Welch Road, , TX 75229–2999 | 214.363.6311 tel The Academic Community Graduation Requirements The required course load is four, full-credit academic courses per of the Upper School year, and the maximum course load is five full-credit academic The academic calendar is divided into semesters. Classes are courses. In addition, 60 hours of community service is required. 80 minutes and meet three times during each six-day rotation, 36 weeks per school year. SUBJECT REQUIRED CREDITS REQUIRED COURSES

English I, II, III, English 12.0 credits Semester Courses Two Senior Semesters Semester courses are widely available to students in their junior and seniors years. Many of these courses are among the most Mathematics 9.0 credits demanding classes available. Semester courses are designed to Science 9.0 credits Physics, Chemistry, Biology align with the college model that allows students to develop a concentration while maintaining breadth of study. World History, History 7.5 credits US Government, US History

Academic Rigor 9.0 credits or Minimum of two years in the World Languages All courses at Hockaday are taught at the highest possible through Level III same language level of rigor. Many courses that do not carry an Honors or AP Fine Arts 3.0 credits History of Art and Music designation are considered among our most demanding. It is not Health & Physical recommended that students pursue more than three advanced 4.0 credits PE I, II, III and PE/Health 201 courses per year. Most advanced courses become available to Education students in the Form III year. Courses to Note Ranking and GPA Social Impact Courses: Courses with the Social Impact designation It is Hockaday’s policy not to rank students. Grade point average are connected to the Institute for Social Impact. To have the Social is cumulative, unweighted, calculated on a four-point scale, and Impact designation, courses must meet the goals of three of includes all Hockaday classes. Honors and advanced placement the four pillars (community service, service learning, community courses are not weighted. engagement, and social entrepreneurship) and actively create opportunities for students to experience outcomes such as Grading and GPA Scale increased advocacy skills, real world interactions, and practice designing solutions, exploring purpose, and building empathy. NUMBER GRADE LETTER GRADE G.P.A Honors Biology Semester Courses: Hockaday students have 97-100 A+ 4.3 three options to study biology: Biology as a year-long course, AP 93-96 A 4.0 Biology, or topical honors semester courses which are designated to incorporate a common set of biology fundamentals, a model usually 90-92 A- 3.7 seen at the college level. The variety of courses allow the girls to 87-89 B+ 3.3 study biology in a format that best fits their interests and curiosities. 83-86 B 3.0

80-82 B- 2.7 Integrated Math: Integrated Math spirals concepts from Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II over a three-year period. All students will 77-79 C+ 2.3 graduate with a firm foundation in these three subjects, having 73-76 C 2.0 completed the equivalent of a year of study in each. In addition, concepts from statistics/probability, logical reasoning, and discrete 70-72 C- 1.7 mathematics are spiraled throughout the program. 67-69 D+ 1.3 History of Art and Music:This required interdisciplinary 63-66 D 1.0 course seeks to enrich a student’s historical understanding by 60-62 D- 0.7 providing instruction in the aesthetic and cultural parallels to the chronological periods that she has already studied in World History. 0-59 F 0.0

AP Studio Art:Due to the great rigor and time requirements of this course, Hockaday counts AP Studio Art as one of the five possible academic solids a student may take in one year. Students electing AP Studio Art must eliminate a class in another academic subject area from their schedules. 2019–2020 Profile

The Institute for Social Impact The Hockaday School’s Institute for Social Impact uses the power of engaged, hands-on learning to prepare our students for leadership in their communities, workplaces, and society. Anchored in Hockaday’s mission and building on our longstanding community partnerships in Dallas and beyond, the Institute allows students to engage with diverse partners, learn from civic leaders, tackle projects with community impact, and put their creative ideas into action for long lasting social benefit.

Additional Education Options There are additional education options available to Hockaday students, including directed independent study projects, CITYterm at The Master’s School, High Mountain Institute in Colorado, The Island School, SEGL in Washington D.C., Swiss Semester in Zermatt, to name a few. Additionally, One Schoolhouse, the first accredited online , is a consortium of 83 independent schools. The courses are taught at the highest level of rigor by faculty members at consortium schools. Hockaday considers these courses to be an equivalent educational experience to a course taken in a traditional classroom setting.

Spanish I, I/II, II, II/III, III, IV *AP Environmental Science 2019-2020 Courses AP Spanish Language and Culture *AP Human Geography *Social Impact Courses Honors Spanish Semesters Honors Science Semesters English Latin American Perspectives and Art Astronomy English I: The Dangers of a Single Story Spanish and Latin American Short Fiction Engineering Design English II: Experiences in British Literature *Spanish in the Barrio Forensic Science English III: The American Experience Spanish Poetry and Pop Music *Infectious Diseases: Microbiology of Public Health Senior English Semesters History Neuroscience A Toast to Taste: Culinary Experiences World History in Literature AP World History Computer Science *Before “Me Too”: Literature as Protest *U.S. Government AP Computer Science Biblical Stories in Literature, Art, and Music U.S. History Fine Arts Contemporary American Literature AP U.S. History History of Art & Music Creative Writing AP Comparative Government *Chamber Orchestra Literature of Minorities AP Economics Studio Art I, II, Advanced Studio Art Literature and Philosophy Senior History Semesters AP Studio Art Shakespeare: Poetry and Performance American Dreams and Nightmares: Ceramics & Sculpture: Clay, Advanced Ceramics A Cultural History of Postwar Mathematics & Sculpture American Film Integrated Math II/III, III, IIIB Hockaday Theater Company: Technical Theater *Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Economics and *Integrated Math III Enriched *Hockaday Theater Company: Drama Social Entrepreneurship Functions and Trigonometry Hockaday Theater Company: Adv. Drama Philosophy21: Thinking for the 21st Century Precalculus or Precalculus Enriched Concert Choir, Madrigal Ensemble *Race, Class, and Gender in American AP Statistics Beginning Photography, Advanced Photography History (Honors) Calculus Introduction to Debate, Advanced Debate: Spycraft AP Calculus AB World Schools Debate AP Calculus BC Science Dance Extension, Workshop II and I, Lab, Multivariable Calculus & Differential Physics and Theater Equations (Honors) AP Physics C Beginning Filmmaking, Advanced Filmmaking Chemistry World Languages Mass Communication AP Chemistry Mandarin Chinese I, II, III Introduction to Journalism *Anatomy, Evolution, and the Zoo: Intersection AP Mandarin Chinese Newspaper/Fourcast of Biology, Design, and Community Impact Advanced Chinese Language and Yearbook/Cornerstones (Honors) Culture (Honors) Literary Magazine/Vibrato French I, II, III Biology AP French Language and Culture Honors Biology Semesters Physical Education Business French (Honors) Classical Genetics Health 101: Understanding the Basics Latin I, II, III Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Health 201: Looking Ahead Latin Literature (Honors) Human Evolution PE I and PE II AP Latin (Caesar & Vergil) AP Biology College Admission

100% of Hockaday graduates attend four-year colleges or universities.

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