“To see our girls fulfilling their destinies...passing on the ideals they acquired at Hockaday is a rich reward.” Hockaday Magazine is a publication of tHe Hockaday scHool / fall 2009 ELA HockAdAy 2008 – 2009 Annual Report of Gifts Calendar noveMber January November 2-4 January 4 Community Service Classes Resume Candy Drive January 7-8 November 5-11 Spanish One-Act Plays French Week 4:15 p.m. November 6-8 January 9 8th Grade Musical, Habitat for Humanity Bye Bye Birdie Building Project 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. November 11-14 Washington, DC Trip January 9 International Students Upper School Coffeehouse November 13-14 7:30 p.m. Hockaday Debate Tournament January 14 November 16-20 HPA Community Connections Williamsburg Trip 11:30 a.m. 6th Grade January 26 November 20 Hockaday/St. Mark’s Annual Fund Joint Parent Coffee February 10 February 20 Parent Pledge Deadline 8:15 a.m. Sudie Duncan Assembly TPSMEA Concert Upper School 4:00 p.m. November 21 January 28-30 2:25 p.m. Residence Department Closes TPSMEA Fine Arts February 21 All-State Competition February 11 Residence Host Family Sunday November 23-29 Valentine’s Day Parties Thanksgiving Break January 30 Lower and Middle Schools February 22 No Classes Habitat for Humanity Photography Show Opens in Building Project February 11 Purnell Gallery November 30 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Hockaday Alumnae Association Residence Department Opens Sweetheart Tea February 23 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lower School Musical Program february 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grades DECEMBER February 12-13 7:00 p.m. February 1 SPC Tournament November 30 – December 16 HAARTS February 24 Community Service Hockaday Alumnae in the Arts February 12-15 College Counseling Coffee Gift Drive 6:15 p.m. Winter Break Form I and Form II Parents No Classes 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. December 7-11 February 4 International Week Late Start Morning for February 13 February 25 Middle and Upper Schools Habitat for Humanity Austin Alumnae Reception December 12 9:55 a.m. Building Project 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Upper School 8:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. International Dinner February 4-7 February 26 6:00 p.m. Upper School Musical, Mame! February 18 Early Dismissal Residence Department Middle and Upper Schools December 12 February 6 Community Service Project Upper School ACT Test February 27 International Coffeehouse February 19 Habitat for Humanity 7:30 p.m. February 6 TPSMEA Fine Arts All-State Building Project Habitat for Humanity Middle School 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. December 18 Building Project Early Dismissal 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. February 19-20 February 27 Upper School One-Act Plays Winter Formal Dinner December 18 February 6 Form I Residence Department Closes 8th Grade Valentine’s Dance February 19 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Upper School Parents’ December 21-January 3 Pop-In Day February 27 Winter Holidays February 9 Winter Formal No Classes Middle School Parents’ Upper School Pop-In Day 8:00 p.m. Hockaday Magazine – Fall 2009 www.Hockaday.org 2 A Message from Jeanne P. Whitman eugene McderMott HeadMistress Members of the Hockaday Community: This coming year – like the last one – will be one of great opportunity and challenge. We have begun the long-range planning process that recurs every five years. This plan will be the blueprint to guide us until our Centennial year. One of the most important Long Range Plan goals is Hockaday Excellence. In all things and in all ways, that is our expressed goal for Hockaday: to be excellent. Not perfect, but excellent. Our goals also include maintaining sustainability, financially and otherwise; celebrating our Centennial; and building community. We strive to make our world here at Hockaday one that calls to the highest and best in every girl and in each of us, one in which our girls find not only their voices but also their hearts for the larger world. “Hockaday is a place graced with delightful, intelligent students; the • A world that is large in imagination and daring and centered on what is best for girls whose lives will wisdom and knowledge reach full bloom in the middle of the 21st century. of our dedicated faculty; and the loyal support • A world in which our girls are at ease across geographic, demographic, cultural and religious borders of generations of extraordinary Hockaday – because their world will blur those borders. women.” • A world in which their ability to communicate takes precedence over almost everything else they Jeanne p. WhitMan do – not just to speak and to write but also to listen and to read and to change and to be changed – Eugene McDermott because they will shape that world. Headmistress • A world in which scientific and technological discoveries are the work of the women our girls will become. That world is the legacy of Ela Hockaday’s vision – a vision that still guides us in our work. Hockaday is a place graced with delightful, intelligent students; the wisdom and knowledge of our dedicated faculty; and the loyal support of generations of extraordinary Hockaday women. I hope you enjoy this special Annual Report edition of Hockaday Magazine in which we focus on last school year’s achievements and the Annual Report of Gifts. We are, as always, grateful for the contributions we receive from the Hockaday community, near and far. Very truly yours, Jeanne P. Whitman Eugene McDermott Headmistress www.Hockaday.org Fall 2009 – Hockaday Magazine 3 Features 2 scHool calendar 3 a Message froM Jeanne p. WhitMan Eugene McDermott Headmistress 6 The 2008 – 2009 year at Hockaday: In retrospect 10 excellence & fortitude: Hockaday’s 95tH commenceMent 11 Class of 2009 college selections 14 2008 – 2009 upper scHool student awards 15 JoHn killion MeMorial award 16 Hockaday welcoMes new trustees 16 Retiring trustees recognized for service 16 The Hockaday scHool welcoMes new faculty and staff 17 a new look on tHe web 18 AluMnae day 2009 20 Hockaday board of visitors Looks to tHe future 21 Haarts – Hockaday aluMnae in tHe arts 21 The Hockaday aluMnae association 22 HeadMistress reception 23 2009 – 2010 annual fund Hockaday Magazine – Fall 2009 www.Hockaday.org 4 2008 – 2009 Annual Report of Gifts 25 a Message froM MicHelle neuHoff ThoMas ’83 32 volunteer leadersHip Chair, Hockaday Board of Trustees 34 donors “The Hockaday 26 2008 – 2009 report of gifts and sources Current Parent Donors community is, and Grandparent Donors always has been, a 26 2008 – 2009 operating budget Parents of Alumnae Donors tremendous strength of Faculty and Staff Donors the School; and we are 27 endowMent and annual giving results Junior College Alumnae Donors especially grateful.” Alumnae Donors MicHelle neuHoff 27 donor levels Top Alumnae Classes ThoMas ’83 chair, Hockaday Board Friends of Hockaday of Trustees 27 The bob patrizi science lab dedication Foundations, Corporations and Organizations 28 2009 Hockaday parents’ association benefit 60 gifts to Hockaday endowMent funds 28 The Hockaday scHool and The laMpligHter scHool: 62 gifts to designated funds Strengthening the North Dallas Educational Community 64 glossary of giving 29 The Heritage society A Lifetime Commitment to Giving 65 about tHe scHool 31 The cornerstone society 66 The Hockaday scHool 2008 – 2009 board of trustees 66 The Hockaday scHool staff the Hockaday school admits students of any race, religion, and national or ethnic origin, and is committed to the enrollment of a widely The Hockaday scHool diverse student body. brigHt girls. brilliant lives. The communications and publications office of the Hockaday school 11600 Welch Road retains the right to determine editorial content and manner of Dallas, Texas 75229 presentation. The opinions expressed in the Hockaday Magazine Tel 214.363.6311 do not necessarily reflect official school policy. www.Hockaday.org Fall 2009 – Hockaday Magazine 5 The 2008 – 2009 Year at Hockaday: In Retrospect As its 96th year drew to a close, the Hockaday community gathered to celebrate not only the graduates of the Class of 2009 but also Miss Ela Hockaday, the School’s founding visionary, whose Four Cornerstones of Character, Courtesy, Scholarship and Athletics continue to guide Hockaday girls in every aspect of their lives. We celebrate the past while looking to the future, recognizing that in four short years, the School will celebrate 100 years of excellence. This past year, like so many before it, was one filled with remarkable generosity, resilience and a renewed commitment to the importance of empowering young women to lead lives of brilliance. Fortified by the enduring legacy of Miss Hockaday’s Four Cornerstones, Hockaday girls – in the classrooms, on the playing fields, and throughout their communities – garnered impressive distinctions for themselves and for the School, and we celebrate their triumphs. Hartman fellow ambassador nancy brinker with Upper School students. L to R: emily sampson ’09, austyn blevins (Form IV), emily bowe (Form IV) Character Meredith gerlac (Form III), lauren savage (Form III) and kathryn kulp ’09 astounding Character: for tHe greater good Environmental issues and global concerns were also at the Serving one’s community and helping others in times of need forefront of Hockaday student activities last year. The Upper has always been at the heart of a Hockaday education. Hockaday School Environmental Club participated in many school and girls continued this tradition, completing countless drives, community initiatives, from carpool day competitions with raising funds for lymphoma and cancer research, and completing neighboring schools to an Environment Fair that featured the second of five houses for Habitat For Humanity. The girls eco-friendly booths, products and a fashion show.