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Hockaday Partners With Three Nonprofits School offers new service opportunities to students

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n an attempt to better integrate students into community service projects, Hockaday has broadened its existing partnerships to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science and the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden at the Dallas Arboretum and created a partnership with the Dallas Holocaust Museum-Center for Education and Tolerance. These partnerships will allow Upper School students to intern at these designated organizations.

Director of Service Learning Laura Day decided to take advantage of Hockaday’s already-established relationships with the Perot Museum and the Children’s Garden that would let “students expand their learning environment while still helping the community,” she said.

Just this past year, Day established a partnership with the Holocaust Museum-Center for Education and Tolerance so that girls could experience a “sense of human rights and injustice,” which is also one of the points highlighted by the museum.

Upper School student interns will not be paid, but the hours they contribute will count towards their community service hours.

Students will leave school during free periods on a weekly basis and will guide visitors, teaching them about different aspects of the museums.

Day has already offered many students slots in volunteering at these organizations.

“I hope the girls take advantage of this opportunity that not many high schools give,” she said.

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Alumna Nominated as Asst. Secretary of State President Barack Obama nominated Anne Patterson ‘67 as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs in August after she served as U.S. ambassador to Egypt. Patterson was ambassador following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, when President Hosni Mubarak resigned, and then during the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. The Fourcast sat down with her to discuss her life at Hockaday, her career and her recent nomination, the outcome of which will be determined within a month.

FORMER DAISY Anne Patterson ‘67 spoke in Los AMBASSADOR continued p8 Angeles in March 2010.

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Pam Barnes, the museum’s Volunteer Coordinator and Director of Programing, explained that students will first start at the front desk, where they will learn basic greeting skills. Girls will also learn to use a variety of materials that the museum provides them to give demonstrations and tours through the main exhibit, which focuses on experiencing a single day in the Holocaust.

Barnes’s goal for Hockaday students is to develop many life skills such as public speaking,

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I was looking for an opportunity to teach students who were a little more open to new experiences and ideas.

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Briefing This is Not a Drill

School Addresses Impact of Centennial Construction PHOTO BY ANITA WANG

Hockaday security personnel have implemented new fire drill procedures. Upper School students in the academic wings and fine arts building should move to the northwest corner of the fine arts building parking lot.

Middle Schoolers will gather in the horseshoe in front of Hoak Portico. The new procedures prevent girls from traveling through Metzger Plaza. Lower School students and other students in the ARC will follow the old escape route and move to the athletic fields. All students in Penson Gym will continue to evacuate to the fields.

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Freshmen Alina and Cassie Lui will lead the Centennial Parade Sept.

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Switching Up the Skirts As part of the school’s switch to Mills Uniform Company from Parker School Uniforms, fourth-graders now have a new skirt. A green and white checkered kilt, similar to the old Upper School-only kilt, replaces Parker Uniform’s V-cut-to-waist green jumpers. The kilts are mandatory attire for Monday dress days, while the plaid shorts and green pants are still uniform options for fourthgraders during the week.

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Fourth-grader Hannah Philip models the kilt.

After last year’s approval of Phase I of the Centennial the parking lot,

waiting on the inspector Center construction project this past January, work building to give us a temporary certificate officially began following the 99th Commencement in of occupancy for the next morning,” May, with workers gutting the two-story Rita Crocker Chief Financial Officer J.T. Coats said.

“It was up until the Clements Science Building on June 3. last minute.”

Despite the years of planning he school hired Andres Construction, a firm which has and the quick construction over the already worked with the Uni- summer, which commenced March versity of Texas at Dallas and 11, the construction team had to Cistercian Abbey and Preparatory work around the clock to make the School, as the general contractor for deadline.

“What you don’t have a lot of the job due to their experience with schools. This experience was impor- control over is the inspections,” tant to the school because the com- Coats said, who explained how even pany knows how to ensure student the smallest changes, such as the safety and avoid infringing on stu- two-inch movement of a fire alarm handle, do matter in the inspection dent life.

Though the science building of the space.

This last-minute inspection put will be completed in May of 2014, this fall, much of the attention has been the Residence Department’s House focused on the the second aspect of Council members in a hotel for their Phase I: the boarding renovations to first night back in Dallas this sumthe Trent and Morgan Dormitories, mer while the school awaited the which were completed on time this City of Dallas’s final approval on the safety of the new renovations in the past August.

“Mrs. Wargo and I were out in actual dorm rooms and the four communal bathrooms.

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N Technology Program Chooses ThinkPads ThinkPads replace Toshibas as the official school laptops

ew students, sixth-graders and sophomores who have finished their fouryear contract with the Toshiba tablet received new laptops this year; the model is the Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Convertible Ultrabook, which offers students a variety of tools and programs with flexible and user-friendly features.

These new ThinkPads come after six years of the use of Toshiba laptops and one year of use of the older ThinkPads at Hockaday.

The change, according to Technology Department Head Jason Curtis, “is fairly organic. That’s going to happen over time. We are going to improve.”

He said this switch in hardrive was a natural shift; it was just a matter of time.

Toshiba also made an offer to Hockaday with their new tablet. However, the school chose the Lenovos because of the benefits they have for the students.

Lenovo released the new Helix ThinkPads this summer,

complete with the all updated Windows 2013 software. These laptops also have the new Outlook software.

One unique feature of the laptop is the removable screen that adapts to a tablet. To detach the screen, the student has to press the side button and remove it from the keyboard. To put it back into laptop mode, the student simply has to place it back onto the keyboard.

“You can choose what environment you want to work in— you can work with a lot of apps and just use the screen a lot, or you can just use it as a regular computer. I think that’s pretty unique,” Curtis said.

The new ThinkPad weighs 3.68 pounds. Curtis thought the light form factor made the laptop versatile and easy to carry around.

Sophomore Cameron Todd, who had a Toshiba last year, enjoys the lightness of the laptops because they are easier to walk around with. “It is a lot less clunky and much lighter,” she said.

FEELING SECURE Special event security guards Bobbie Odom and Morgan McCarty double check dorm rooms to make sure all students have left for the school day.

The connecting bridge, which will hold three floors of study rooms, soundproof music practice spaces, communal areas for residence students and an office for the Hockaday Parents’ Association, should still be completed on time in mid-October as the final part of Phase I of the boarding renovations, according to Coats.

The renovations also include a second floor two-bedroom apartment and a third floor one-bedroom apartment for dorm moms, as well as an office for Dean Meshea Matthews, whose job as Dean of Student Life will now include the management of extracurricular life in the Residence Department These areas were approved for occupancy a few days before school started.

Last-minute issues, such as the temporary closing of Tarry House in the first weeks of school, were anticipated in the construction process, but not necessarily planned, according to Coats.

Thus far into the construction projects, no stage of the process has been behind schedule for the building of the bridge, even with the altered schedules that the workers must comply with.

The ThinkPad’s stylus functions more accurately than the Toshiba’s and has a built-in sensor for detecting a person’s palm. In this way, the sensor avoids accidental clicks and errors. With this feature, students do not need to worry about their hands getting in the way of working on their laptops, as the screen ignores the touch of their hand while using the tablet pen.

While using the Toshiba’s stylus caused the screen to move around, the Lenovo senses the hand as irrelevant and isolates the pen when using it as a tablet.

Another new feature of these laptops is the Windows 8 software which allows students to have access to setup an account in the Windows store to buy apps.

Todd also noted battery life improvement. The battery life on the ThinkPads in laptop mode is 10 hours and in tablet mode six hours. She no longer

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Additionally, the laptops include a rear and front HD Webcam, 4G memory and an enhanced Keyboard Dock.

The only complaint Todd had was that the Lenovos do not have a drive to insert DVDs or CDs. “However, the benefits definitely outweigh the detriments,” she said.

The Technology Department has encountered challenges with the new ThinkPad’s hard drive because it is such a new laptop. Internet is the primary issue. Compared to the Toshiba’s, the Lenovo’s wireless capability is not as substantial as the Toshibas, but the department is trying to resolve this issue by testing out a new driver. “With this new laptop,” Curtis said, “we are moving forward.”

Noor Adatia Staff Writer

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Helping Out at White Rock Lake Hockaday adopts a portion of the lake, opening up a new service opportunity for students

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ockaday adopted about half an acre of White Rock Lake’s shoreline this summer as part of the Adopta-Shoreline Program, in which organizations adopt a small portion of the lake’s shoreline and agree to keep it litter-free.

According to the White Rock Lake Foundation, White Rock Lake is the largest urban lake in the country.

The Adopt-A-Shoreline program is organized by the Dallas Park and Recreation Department and administered by the For the Love of the Lake organization. Before the organization was founded in 1996, the City of Dallas hosted a Trash Bash once a year. During the Trash Bash, volunteers gathered together to clean up the area around White Rock Lake.

But Lisa Akin, the current executive director of the For the Love of the Lake organization, said the event was “not near

enough for keeping [the lake] clean and inviting. It had certain areas that would get quite smelly and uninviting.”

At the first Trash Bash, there was only a total attendance of 33 people. Now, there are a total of 7,000 to 8,000 people volunteering at the lake throughout the year.

Akin said that since the organization started cleaning the lake, 5,000 pounds of trash and 2,000 pounds of recyclable items have been picked up each month.

Laura Day, the Director of Service Learning at Hockaday, was interested in adopting a portion of the shoreline because she believed it was “an important civic duty” for Hockaday to be more environmentally friendly. Adopting a portion of the shoreline did not cost any money.

This school year, 10 Hockaday students signed up to volunteer at the lake on Sept. 14 on x2vol, the new community service hour tracking system

that Hockaday adopted this other foods.

“All the volunteers get school year. They joined 10 St. Mark’s students to clean up energized before the lake cleanup,” Akin said. the lake from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

The continental breakfast One of the Hockaday students who volunteered at also provides enough time for registration for the lake on Sept. 14, those first coming to freshman boarder volunteer at the lake.

Annie Lin said, After breakfast, “I really enjoyed students plant trees helping the lake and the people who THe service and pull out weeds around the lake. exercise there. It The students was a great way part is are “just being good to give back to the we’re neighbors, good community.” going to stewards in the Students will be environment,” Day said. routinely volunteering keep the Hockaday and St. at the lake the second lake clean.

Mark’s are two of the Saturday of each Director of month.

Service Learning 25 educational groups routinely helping out The lake officials Laura Day at White Rock Lake. appreciate the A total of 47 groups volunteers’ work; have adopted portions before the students begin cleaning, they are of the lake through the program, provided with a continental Adopt-A-Shoreline breakfast, which includes including schools like Lakehill coffee, orange juice, milk, Preparatory School and St. waffles, French toast and John’s Episcopal School.

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Other groups from colleges, high schools and youth groups around Dallas such as Highland Park High School, Jesuit College Preparatory School and Southern Methodist University are not part of the adoption program but will participate in the monthly clean-up.

Once covered with empty beer cans and liquor bottles, the lake has evolved into an “oasis for millions of park visitors to enjoy throughout the year,” according to Akin.

The thousands of volunteers involved with the For the Love of the Lake organization and the Adopt-A-Shoreline Program have helped facilitate this improvement.

“I think we’re going to enjoy the lake, but I think the service part is that we’re going to keep the lake clean,” Day said.

Catherine Jiang Staff Writer

Amount of Litter Dumped per Year Facts About White Rock Lake 1. Encompasses 1,015 acres 2. Offers area for hiking. fishing, sailing, rowing and picnic spots 3. Includes 9.22 miles of hiking trails 4. Is a designated bird-watching area and wetland sight 5. Houses 33 types of mammals and 54 varieties of reptiles.

9 billion tons in the ocean

21,000 tons of litter in Texas highways

38.1 tons in White Rock Lake Sources: dallasparks.org and whiterocklakemuseum.org

Sources: don’tmesswithtexas.org, keepamericabeautiful.org and statisticbrain.com GRAPHIC BY ALAINA RODRIGUEZ

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Also, Barnes encouraged students “to include events that interest them if it is not specifically in the exhibit,” she said. “We like the whole concept of an individual.”

Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden at the Dallas Arboretum The Children’s Garden, which opened on Sept. 21, is an outdoor gallery where kids can learn about the world through interactive and handson activities. The plan for the garden sprouted 10 years ago, but the construction did not begin until 15 months ago. The gallery is now finished and open to visitors.

Audrey Kwik, the garden’s program manager, said that Hockaday girls will work alongside the staff in different galleries. Each student will be trained on a specific gallery to guide and assist students and teachers when groups are visiting the museum.

There are 12 different learning galleries that allow one to get the sense of the world and its cycles.

At each of these galleries, Hockaday students will learn about each object and how it pertains to the specific gallery.

With this knowledge, they will be there to encourage children to learn about the exhibits and to show them how activities in the galleries work.

Kwik was worried about having kids run through the galleries without understanding

the full concept of each piece.

For example, she said that the living cycle gallery was “one of the galleries the kids ran through. So, this would be a great gallery for teaching all about the life cycle and the four seasons.”

Because each gallery is so interactive and hands-on, it will be important for the Children’s Garden to have girls standing at each of the stations helping the kids understand each gallery and how it works.

Perot Museum of Nature and Science At the Perot Science Museum, Hockaday students will pick the science they would prefer to teach. Once the student

chooses, she will be in charge of educating visitors from other schools on that particular field.

First, the volunteers from Hockaday will go through a volunteer orientation that all museum volunteers sit through.

“This will be important for the students because you never know what people are going to ask you, and if you have a badge on you, you represent the museum,” the museum’s programming director Lucy Hale said.

After orientation, volunteers will begin working alongside the museum’s educators. They will do hands-on activities throughout the museum, and they may participate in research projects with the museum.

Hale’s hope is that “the volunteers will get an understanding what kind of

resource this is as volunteers and realize how important it is as a resource for the community and in science.”

Hale’s hope is that “the volunteers will get an understanding what kind of resource this is as volunteers and realize how important it is as a resource for the community and in science.”

Times available for students to work are: • Holocaust Museum 9:30 a.m. -1:45 p.m. (anytime frame in between) • Perot Museum an hour to an hour and a half on Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-2:05 p.m.

• Children’s Garden 10 a.m.-noon or 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. on Thursdays.

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Faculty Uses Science Portables for the First Time Both the faculty and students use their new temporary facilities while construction for the new science building is underway PHOTO S BY EMILY YEH

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year ago, passersby driving their cars on Welch Road towards Forest Lane could glance to their right and see a perfectly smooth front lawn stretching in a vast expanse before the doors of Hockaday. Now, those drivers might pause, wondering what 13 colossal, trailer-like buildings are doing on what used to be an empty field of grass.

These are the new science portables, nicknamed by the Hockaday community as “Olympic Village,” “STEM City,” “The Trailer Park” and “Science Hub.” “I know it’s not the most beautiful landscape at the beginning of our campus, but it’s necessary,” Chief Financial Officer J.T. Coats said. “It represents growth, it represents change and it represents that we’re moving forward into the next century.”

The science portables were installed over the summer and will serve as temporary classrooms while the science building is reconstructed.

The construction is set to finish July 2014.

After teaching in the old science building for 27 years, Lyda Hill ’60 Distinguished Teacher Dr. Beverly Lawson said that she was emotional as she watched the building first start to come down June 3.

“I was sad to see the building go,” Lawson said, “but I’m more excited about what it’s going to be.”

Lawson is also excited to teach in the new portables, which offer more space than the classrooms in the old building. On average, each portable provides more than 1,500 square feet; the average classroom size in the old science building was 965 square feet.

“A lot of the science classrooms actually have more space than they did in their building,” Coats said. “We walked into [Middle School science teacher Patti] Black’s portable on our routine check. She has a scooter in her room for her advisory, and she was on her scooter...She had so much space that she could actually use her scooter [in her room].”

Junior Katherine Dau goes to the portables every day for advisory in Upper Science Teacher Kristen Lindsay-Hudak’s room.

“I like the portables.

They’re bigger than the old classroom and a lot closer to our lockers,” Dau said. “But I’m mostly excited for the new science buildings.”

The portables do not go without a few drawbacks; there

are noticeably fewer electrical outlets in the portables.

“There’s not a lot of plugs in those portable buildings, but the faculty have been very creative in order to make up for it,” Coats said. “It would have been an expensive upgrade.”

Without the upgrade for more electrical outlets, the cost of the 13 portables per year is about $240,000.

Each portable has a bathroom, sinks and its own print-

er. However, each portable is tailored to fit the classes’ specific needs.

“For each class, our architects sat down with me and with Dr. Lawson to discuss the individual needs, and Dr. Lawson took input from the other science faculty members,” Coats said.

For example, chemistry and biology portables need hot water heaters because the students need hot water for

experiments. In middle school science classrooms, there are more sinks because it is more conducive to their classroom activity. For chemistry portables, there were lab tables, fume hoods, and exhausted storage cabinets to store chemicals installed to fit the chemistry classes’ needs.

Lawson feels that the science faculty are very fortunate to have the portables functional, let alone specially equipped

SCIENCE PORTABLES (right) Richard Taylor’s physics classroom is temporarily in Science Portable #1. (below) A chemistry classroom still has a sink, lab benches and cabinets of chemicals similar to the science building chemistry classrooms.

for each teacher.

“Despite all the difficulties, the school worked really hard to provide us facilities where we could continue our program as close to normal as possible, and that’s huge,” Lawson said. “Despite the challenges, we really were very fortunate.”

Courtney Le Features Editor

FOURWARD Sept. 27 HAARTS Assembly Community Service Retreat

Oct. 5 SAT Exam St. Mark's Homecoming Dance

Sept. 28 Community Service Retreat Centennial Kick-off Parade & Concert Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 Freedom from Chemical Dependency Workshops Oct. 4 St. Mark's Homecoming Game

Oct. 16 PSAT (Forms II-III)

Oct. 25 - 27 Fall play at St. Mark's

Oct. 6 Admissions Preview

Oct. 19 Mock ACT Coffee House

Oct. 26 ACT Exam

Oct. 7 - 18 Community Service Coat Drive

Oct. 21 First Quarter Ends

Oct. 11 - 14 Fall Break (No Classes)

Oct. 23 - 27 International Trip to D.C.

Oct. 31 Happy Halloween!

Nov. 1 - 6 Community Service Candy Drive Nov. 2 SAT

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CENTENNIAL

To celebrate the school’s opening, which Hockaday historians recognize as September 28. 1913, members of the Hockaday community--students, parents, alumni, teachers and neighbors--are invited to a Centennial Kick-Off Parade and Concert that evening.

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he festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with the parade, composed of the entire student body, who will be divided by grade and dressed in their designated themes. Upper School students will wear their Form shirts, featuring the centennial logo. Middle School is doing a Birthday Theme and each grade will sport different birthday party props. Lower School has a variety of themes, from Fourth Grade's Hockaday is Tu Tu Awesome to Pre-K's Pom Poms. After the parade, the band Limelight, a ten-instrument group performing songs from the 60’s through the 90’s, will headline the concert.In addition, Lower School students will sing selections from the traditional Rotunda Rocks repertoire, Middle School is scheduled to perform and the Upper School Show Choir will perform.

Attendees can also enjoy the Athletic stations like field hockey and basketball, as well as bounce houses and obstacle courses. Food will be available to purchase from local Dallas Food trucks, serving tacos, burgers, pizza, snow cones and cupcakes.

One of the attractions will be a Indian Club dance performance, Ela Hockaday's favorite form of exercise, by fourth graders.The two and a half minute routine was choreographed and taught to the students by physical education teacher Adaku Achilefu. According to Achilefu, Miss Hockaday taught this form of exercise to her students to improve posture and instill a feminine grace. It was performed at the 75th anniversary of the school and was requested by alumnae to be brought back for the centennial.

According to Centennial Director Holly Hook, the school aims to create a relaxed and energetic atmosphere for the entire Hockaday public and guests. The night will end with a fireworks display at 9 p.m, marking the beginning of yearlong festivities.

Avita Anand Sports & Wellness editor

A MAGICAL MOMENT Though the Hockaday community embraces the daisy as the school mascot, a unicorn head adorns the top of the school crest, which was created from Miss Hockaday’s family crest. To incorporate this less known Hockaday symbol into the centennial celebrations, a unicorn will bring up the rear of the Kick off parade. The unicorn, after the parade, will be on the Middle School practice fields from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will pose with for pictures with attendees. Her hair will be braided with daisies to represent both of Hockaday’s mascots. Afraid of loud noises, the unicorn will have to leave the kick-off party at 7:30 p.m. before the firework display. Her presence, even for the short period of time, marks the fun playful atmosphere the Centennial planners hope to bring to this year’s festivities.

Scan this QR code with your smartphone to check out a map of the activities for the Centennial Parade.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY HOLLY HOOK

From Form Sponsors to Form Deans Form Deans have replaced Head Form Sponsors and are now given more responsibilities to lead their assigned grade throughout the year

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dministrative role of Head Form Sponsor has been renamed Form Dean, and its job description modified with the hope that the new structure will provide better support for each grade.

Previously, Head Form Sponsors were assigned to and remained with a specific class as it progressed throughout Upper School, overseeing the academic, extracurricular and social aspects associated with each year, including form retreats and mixers.

Tentative conversations about increasing Form Sponsor responsibilities began a couple of years ago between Head of Upper School John Ashton, Eugene McDermott Headmistress Kim Wargo and Dean of Student Life Meshea Matthews.

These discussions intensified under the pretense that starting this year, Matthews (formerly Dean of Student Af-

fairs) would also oversee residence affairs in addition to her previous duties to bridge the gap between day and residence students.

“Basically, I’ve taken on another full-time job,” Matthews said. “One of the problems I had last spring in transitioning into this [Dean of Student Life] role was how to still be present in everything I needed to be present in.”

Ashton and Matthews considered other schools’ Form Dean models where a teacher would commit to a specific Form level rather than a class, and plans to execute these ideas solidified last fall when they finalized the job description of the Form Dean in the winter.

Matthews convenes every other week with the four Form Deans to discuss Upper School events and other concerns.

Additionally, Matthews meets weekly with each Form Dean individually.

“One dean that knows a Form’s needs and who is consistent and stays throughout that year can shepherd that class better than one dean who oversees all students,” Matthews said.

In addition to Matthews, Form Deans work closely with Ashton and all the advisors of their form. Each Form Dean meets monthly with their respective Form’s advisors and the Upper School Student Council to discuss students, events and concerns. Form Deans are now responsible for reviewing attendance records and minor student infractions, tasks that Matthews was in charge of last year.

“There was only one of me, and now there can be five of us in total picking up activities that we want to expand,” Matthews said. Because the Form Dean role is so much more demanding and extensive than the Form Sponsor role, Form Deans are only required to

teach four classes, rather than five for all other teachers.

Ashton introduced the new structure during a faculty meeting last spring, calling for all teachers interested in the position to self-nominate themselves.

“Faculty support was great,” Ashton said. “People see the benefit of having a person become an expert and experienced at bringing a class through their year.”

After an application process, Ashton appointed the following faculty as Form Deans: -Form I: Upper School history teacher Joni Palmer -Form II: Upper School math teacher Andrew Brown -Form III: Upper School science teacher Brandi Finazzo -Form IV: Director of Health Curriculum Rebekah Calhoun A major advantage of the Form Dean over the Form Sponsor is its ability for one teacher

to become well-acquainted with the special needs and events for each Form level.

“I know the first time I was a Form IV Sponsor, I had no idea about what goes into everything,” Calhoun said. “The second time I did it, I had a much better handle on what to expect. Having the continuity of the same person overseeing the same activities year after year is a huge benefit.”

Although Form Deans will not continue to move with each class throughout the years, advisors will remain with each class of girls throughout their four years in Upper School.

“It’s a tremendous opportunity for faculty members to have another leadership opportunity on campus,” Matthews said, “and it’s a huge asset to our community. It gives us a greater reach into our greater needs.”

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Construction Brings Added Carpool and Security Measures SECURITY continued from p1 Due to the morning and afternoon traffic, all workers must be on site at 7 a.m. and leave before afternoon carpool to avoid adding more congestion to flow of cars during the busiest times of the day.

“It definitely affects [the time of completion], but I don’t think it’s overly negative. We’re not slipping a week because of it,” Coats said.

Carpool Instead of walking straight to their offices, several development employees parked their cars and ran back to the carpool line on the first day of school, helping facilitate the flows of cars entering the campus and ease the concerns of parents, faculty and students.

The administration also asked for help from Lower School teachers to open doors and get girls into school as security officer Kief Tekle, who traditionally has welcomed all Lower Schoolers to school each morning, and the other carpool personnel were needed to help direct Lower and Upper School traffic.

In May 2013, Good Fulton and Farrell, the school’s architect team, referred KimleyHorn and Associates to design the new carpool pathway. This design consulting firm conducted various surveys and studies on traffic flow, which involved counting the number of cars going in and out of campus at certain periods of the day.

The school, in cooperation with Kimley-Horn, drew various scenarios out before deciding on the best option: having both Upper and Lower Schools drive back through to the auditorium and circle the flagpole

before reaching the parking lot or Lower School drop-off area.

Before construction even began, the City of Dallas required a new carpool format that would bring more of the carpool line into campus in order to eliminate some of the traffic on Forest Lane. Thus, the new carpool configuration actually holds about 15 more cars than it did previously.

However, even with this beneficial change, Coats described impatience as a very real concern.

“If [parents or students] get frustrated, they will get out of their car too soon or not in a safe manner,” Coats said, having recalled certain instances of this in past years.

Another point of concern has been the senior parking along Forest Lane due to its close proximity to the science building.

“For the most part, I don’t mind it. I park in the senior spots right along Forest, and the plastic signs always sit in the empty spots, but it’s a very minor issue,” senior Hannah Matheson said.

To counter this issue, officers have been placed in these spots to open up the parking area and to ensure student safety as many girls walk directly across the carpool line.

Despite the planning, however, many students wonder about the actual configuration, including the reason for not entering from Welch instead.

The Welch Road gate near the Hoblitzelle Auditorium cannot be opened for morning carpool, according to Coats.

Before the construction of the gate, the City of Dallas only registered it as an entrance to be opened solely for special

STUDENT COUNCIL Applications Accepted for Winter Formal Chair Kick, ball, (chair) change! Applications for this year’s Winter Formal Chair are now available to interested seniors

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he Student Council is accepting applications for Winter Formal Chair. Only seniors are eligible to apply.

The chair will be responsible for organizing various aspects of the annual Upper School dance, including, but not limited to: decorations, invitations, lighting, table decor, food, refreshments, entertainment and the themereveal video.

After her selection at the end of October, she will be provided with the theme and venue, which have already been decided upon by members of the Council. She will be required to maintain discretion concerning the theme, venue and other details of the dance.

Following her selection by the Council, she will meet one to three times per month with Director of Activities Vickey Thumlert and Bookstore Manager Dara Williams to plan the dance. Freshmen Moms Carmen Gross and Ariana Held must be aware of all plans regarding freshmen.

The chair will attend

monthly Student Council meetings or email updates to the Upper School Student Council President. She must inform the President of all meetings lest the Student Council wishes to attend.

To apply, candidates should fill out the application, which has been emailed to seniors.

After receiving all applications, the Student Council will interview candidates during the last two weeks of October. For the interview, applicants should come prepared with a presentation of a plan of a theoretical Winter Formal’s decorations, food, lighting, etc. The hypothetical theme is “Masquerade,” and the hypothetical venue is a plain, white room.

Winter Formal is Feb. 22, 2014. Deadline for applications is at noon on Oct. 17. Email applications to President Meredith Mihalopoulos at mmihalopoulos@hockaday.org.

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events, not for easing daily carpool lines.

Even if allowed to use the Welch Road auditorium entrance, the change would have affected the flow of Middle School carpool, which also enters from Welch.

The administration then had to develop a plan, which includes forcing all cars to move right and travel around the circle before entering the student parking area.

“It takes so much time to go around. I understand that if everyone went to the right, it would create an issue. But I wonder if every few cars, there might be a way for some to go to the left,” Berger said.

However, the longer route has not caused significant issues for the faculty, parents or students. According to Attendance Coordinator Jessica Kramer, the Upper School office has not reported any tardies due to slow-moving carpool thus far, even with some little frustrations.

“People stop to drop kids off, and they don’t pull over far enough to the right, so you have to wait for other students to get out their cars,” senior Sophie Cohn said.

Despite a few student qualms, the 60 spots lost near the science building will return and an even more efficient carpool system will implemented after the completion of the Centennial STEAM facilities.

Security With new visitors to campus for the centennial year and numerous construction teams working on the science and boarding facilities during the day, the security team has very

much considered the needs of the new school year.

“There is a conflict with making sure that the girls are not mingling with the construction,” said Head of Security Karyn McCoy. “Getting that time frame down has been very challenging for us.”

In order to eliminate this mingling, the administration has outlined specific pathways for the construction teams to walk in order to isolate their work from the rest of the school, which prevents interference in both student life and the progress of the construction. “[The construction team] appreciate[s] it too because they don’t want to be put in a bad spot,” Coats said.

The administration also holds a weekly two-hour meeting with three construction supervisors/managers, the architect, Facilities Manager Mark Buschardt, and two representatives from Pritchard Associates, the project managing team, to discuss the progress of construction of which a big component is safety. Each meeting features “guest” visitors, such as Dean Matthews and Head of Technology Jason Curtis.

In addition to the two full time police officers already on the security staff, the security department has also hired six part time event security personnel to facilitate the special events that will be taking place on campus this year.

Other changes include the locking of doors, which, in reality, has not changed frequency.

The doors currently lock in accordance to the Upper School schedule last year, which attributes to students being unable to open the door during passing periods. McCoy “asks

for patience” during this time of transition.

“I understand that it’s a safety concern, but it can be a problem,” senior Nicole Joseph said.

In addition to the locks following an alternative schedule, the security department refrains from making a set schedule for the doors as it could be dangerous information when learned by an outsider to the community.

Students also feel the effects of new security in the Residence Department, which has temporarily revoked senior privileges, disallowing boarding students from returning back to their rooms during the school day because of the construction on the sky bridge or dorm connector.

“I hate that we have to be in their space with construction, but I want them to be safe for the moment,” Coats said.

Security has stationed female security guards in the areas where construction overlaps with the girls’ spaces. The team monitors any activity between both floors of boarding and conducts daily sweeps of the rooms to make sure all girls have gone to school.

The construction will end in the next few weeks, giving students, like senior and hall prefect Abby Agwunobi, the rest of the school year to enjoy their new living space.

“It can be frustrating at times just because it’s an obstacle that I haven’t had to deal with before, but it’s definitely worth it in the end,” Agwunobi said.

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Being American Ambassador is not a popularity contest.

Freshmen Australian exchange students Ally Donald and Bridget Burton are staying with freshmen Brooke Balthrope and Kiersten Blinn

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Dr. Marshall Bartlett, former Physics Department

SUMMERTIME opportunity to SCIENCE teach students Junior Aashima were a litChair at Hollins University in Virginia, has begun who Garg shows tle more open to her summer experiencthis year as the new Science Department Chair, new science research es and ideas.” to Science At Hollins, filling the position previously held by Lyda Hill ’60 where Bartlett Department Chair Dr. managed two part-time and Marshall Bartlett Distinguished Teacher Dr. Beverly Lawson. He is at a science two full-time research faculty memthe first faculty member in the Science Department symposium on bers, he discovSept.19. his love to hold a doctorate in physics, which Lawson said ered for academic administration lends him some “gravitas.” and was looking for a position Last year, Eugene McDermott that would offer him more adminHeadmistress Kim Wargo conduct- istrative opportunities. A conneced a national search for candidates. tion between Hollins and HockAfter on-campus interviews and aday, via Lyda Hill ’60 (she serves meetings, Wargo chose Bartlett due as a member of the board at both in part to his previous experience at schools), made Bartlett aware of the Hollins University, a small, private opportunity to be the new Science women’s college in Roanoke, Va. Department Chair.

“Because of that experience, Now that he is settled, Bartlett he brought an understanding of said he plans to act as the “support some of the things that make a system” for the Science Department girls school unique, particular- during this construction period. ly in the area of the STEM fields,” Physics professor Jianing Han, Wargo said.

Bartlett’s former colleague from Bartlett decided to make the Hollins, said that “[Bartlett] has switch to teaching at the secondary very good communication skills. He school level to have a greater impact will talk about things and make you on his students by “[getting] my feel comfortable.” hooks into students a little bit earHockaday faculty members lier,” he said. “I was looking for an who’ve interacted with Bartlett

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wo navy blue jumpers now break up the endless sea of green and white plaid in the Hockaday hallways. Freshmen Australian exchange students Ally Donald and Bridget Burton from St. Hilda’s School in Southport, a suburb located on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia, sport these discernable uniforms, both joining the Hockaday community Sept. 16- Oct. 10.

This will be the first year that Hockaday has participated in an exchange program with Australia, said Director of Global Education Elizabeth Smith.

They are two of 40 girls in their grade currently on exchange programs around the world.

They were selected to travel to Hockaday after an interview

process in which they stated their country preferences.

The two girls are experiencing a typical Hockaday girl’s schedule by shadowing two freshmen. Burton is living with freshman Brooke Balthrope while Donald is living with freshman Kiersten Blinn. Next summer the girls will switch places, and Balthrope and Blinn will travel to Australia to attend St. Hilda’s with Donald and Burton.

Balthrope really appreciates “the opportunity to learn from one another. Everyday I learn something new about Australia, and Bridget learns something about America,” said Balthrope.

St. Hilda’s is an all-girls boarding and day school like Hockaday, but the two schools have their differences. “In Aus-

have gotten a similar impression.

“We’ve had some very interesting conversations about teaching,” Lawson said. “I liked what he had to say, and I think everybody did.”

Bartlett plans to build on projects already in motion at Hockaday such as the burgeoning research program as well as contribute plans of his own. One idea he has is the integration of the sciences because he said the most challenging and interesting problems exist along the boundaries between fields. He hopes the new building will facilitate this interaction not only among the sciences but also eventually between the sciences and the arts as well.

Despite his administrative role, Bartlett said his first love will always be teaching. This year, he teaches freshman physics, AP Physics B and astronomy, a class he said he is particularly excited to teach.

“There’s just an energy you get from interacting with students and helping students see ideas that have been really powerful in your own life,” Bartlett said. “My overall objective is to help the students here at Hockaday gain the confidence that they can do hard things.”

tralia, we are used to having six shorter classes a day as well as having morning tea,” McDonald said. Morning tea consists of a 30-minute break in the morning.

Not only are there differences during the school day, but the girls have also discovered social differences when they attended a Jesuit College Preparatory School football game on Sept. 13.

“It was a lot different than home. It was much bigger. At home we really only have rugby and then those games are only during the day on Saturdays,” Donald said.

Another discovery the girls have made is Tex-Mex food. On the Gold Coast there is “only one Tex-Mex place,” Donald said, so they do not get this Texas staple.

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“Tex-Mex has definitely been one of the highlights for me so far,” said Burton, who has never been to the U.S. before.

She has tried both Mi Cocina and Torchy’s Tacos since arriving in Dallas on Sept. 12.

Burton and Donald are looking forward to many more Texas experiences such as visiting a ranch, going to the state fair (specifically trying the fried cookie dough) and seeing a Cowboy’s football game. But as for now, they are working on adjusting to walking through Middle Schoolers asking to hear their accents and the whispers in the hallways of “Oh my gosh, it’s the Australians,” Balthrope said.

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Patterson came to Hockaday her sophomore year as a boarder from Fort Smith, Ark. “Hockaday was immensely academically demanding and rigorous and I enjoyed that very much,” she said.

“Some of the teachers are truly outstanding.”

Of all her experiences at Hockaday, however, Patterson said that her time in the Boarding Department was perhaps the most instrumental.

“I tell my children that the most critical experience from Hockaday was from the boarding department because I always felt it taught you how to deal with people, be pleasant to people,” Patterson said.

Hockaday gave her a wellrounded education that was very interactive too, she said.

“And even in the dormitories, there was a high degree of intellectual exchange.”

Career After graduating from Wellesley University with a degree in economics and attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a year, Patterson entered the Foreign Service in 1973.

She has served in Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and then as the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador and Colombia. In 2005, Patterson served as acting permanent representative to the United Nations before being appointed as U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and then Egypt.

Patterson said she entered the Foreign Service at a time during which the federal government made a specific decision to push women forward.

While Hockaday and Wellesley prepared her the most for her career, she said, “I also came into this at a very good time for women.”

After serving for three years in Pakistan, President Obama appointed Patterson as U.S. ambassador to Egypt in June of 2011, four months following Mubarak’s resignation. The next couple of years would be a critical time for the country, as well as the U.S. and its changing interests in the region.

“That was hugely challenging,” she said. “It was very tough, and I honestly believe that… they are going to have some kind of representative democracy, but it’s going to be a long, hard fight.”

Although ambassadors serve the role of implementing U.S. policy in other countries, Patterson said she had a fairly significant role in shaping U.S. policy as well because of the number of years she had spent in the Foreign Service.

“I felt like both President Bush and President Obama had to listen to what I had to say, and they would solicit my views,” she said.

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Taking Criticism Secular Egyptians and many Americans have criticized Patterson as being overly sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood, the ruling party, after Morsi’s election.

“I was an advocate for us [having] to reach out to Islamists, and certainly I was criticized a lot for this,” she said.

“Egypt is not going to be Denmark, so we have to reach out to these Islamists and we have to bring them into the system, and they have to participate in the democratic process. That is hugely important.”

One of the times Patterson came under the most criticism was when the U.S. failed to reproach Morsi in the months following his election when he consistently undermined the democratization of Egypt by bypassing the Egyptian constitution.

Patterson partially attributes this idleness to the fact that it was Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. when Morsi made the surprising power grab by weakening the courts, the day after he successfully helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip.

“This is a very legitimate criticism. We should have spoken up more about that,” Patterson said. “People sometimes think that U.S. policy is so analytical and conspiratory, but sometimes it’s just the fact that it’s Thanksgiving, and things just don’t get done.”

Texas Senator Ted Cruz was especially one to single her out as an implementer of policy that supports the Muslim Brotherhood. “[The criticism] honestly didn’t bother me because I’ve been around for so long that it’s not personal,” she said. “Being American ambassador is not a popularity contest in any country, so you just have to go out there and do your job, and our job was to support a transition as difficult as it might be.”

Although many are skeptical that democracy is best option for Egypt at the moment, given the recent overthrow of the democratically-elected Morsi, Patterson believes that democracy is the only real solution over the long term.

“There’s no other choice, really, but to have the people speak. Because these societies in which they can’t speak, they are essentially doomed in my view,” Patterson said.

“You have an economic system

FEELING THE WRATH Egyptians in Tahrir Square, Cairo, protest with Ambassador Anne Patterson’s face X-ed out on posters, opposed to U.S. policy in Egypt, as Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s popularity waned.

that’s unsustainable because its built on subsidies, you have an educational system that is nonfunctional, and after all these years of growth you have still 50 percent of the population in poverty. This can’t be sustained in the modern world, so there has to be some kind of system for the people to articulate their needs.”

Looking Forward While Patterson recently served as the ambassador to Egypt, if confirmed as Head of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, she will face the chaos that engulfs the entire Middle Eastern region, notably Syria.

Patterson believes that some form of American military intervention or strike is absolutely necessary in Syria. “First because chemical weapons have been banned since the First World War, and the sort of international standard on chemical weapons” has to be maintained, she said. “And second being U.S. credibility and the fact that if we don’t make a response, the repercussions in the region could be severe. We’d look weak and we can’t look weak.”

Patterson understands Americans’ skepticism considering the potential for escala-

tion, America’s recent involvement in the region and the risky nature of supporting the opposition given some links to extremism, but still believes it is in our national interest to take military action.

“We cannot be powerless in this part of the world because it will have repercussions that we simply can’t predict,” she said.

Patterson mentioned that in a previous interview with a reporter, she was asked “why is it always on us?” She said, “It’s always on us because we are the United States of America. And that’s just the answer. We can do things that nobody else can do.”

Regardless, Patterson says this transition which the entire region is going through will take decades. “We should not be under any illusion,” she said. “This is going to take years and years.”

In Patterson’s opinion, the U.S. and the rest of the international community have to do everything they can to build up the moderate forces, both military and civilian, that exist in the Middle East. In addition, she believes there is a balance to strike between maintaining U.S. credibility while also having domestic support.

“The key is being engaged and staying relevant to the situation, and in Syria we’re

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going to have to do that,” she said. “It’s going to be so frustrating and so full of reverses, but we have to stay involved in these countries.”

Patterson said she hopes to bring some more rational stability to the Middle East before leaving the Foreign Service.

She’s deeply interested in the access these countries have to the U.S. market and also strives to make the U.S. more efficient in its delivery of some of its programs to these countries.

“My expectations are modest because I know the situation is hugely complex,” she said.

Hockaday looks to Patterson with admiration and pride in knowing that it has produced such a remarkable world leader.

“She is a woman of great accomplishment and intellect, and it is wonderful to see her recognized with [a nomination for] this most important position,” Eugene McDermott Headmistress Kim Wargo said. “At a time when there is great turmoil in many parts of the world, it is affirming to know that a Hockadaisy is using her leadership and wisdom to make a difference in world affairs.”

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or the second year, Camp Daisy, the freshman advisory program, has returned to the Upper School to guide freshmen through their first month as Upper School students.

The program was designed to introduce new and old students to each other and prepare them for Mo Ranch, the retreat for the freshman class, which takes place in the beginning of September every year.

“The idea was really born out of suggestions we got from new students about how alone they felt as new students, and how they were looking for a way to integrate into the class,” said Meshea Matthews, Dean of Student Life.

Another main feature of the program is that it acts as “a way to introduce the girls to the Upper School,” said Joni Palmer, Form I Dean.

“Everyone said that they felt new together—both returning and new students,” said Matthews. “[The freshmen] are all new to the Upper School, and we really wanted to create an orientation for freshmen that welcomed them into Upper School together.”

To do this, an objective for the freshman class this year was to learn about the the Up-

per School advisors and “meet cause otherwise we would just the adults who will be working stay with our friend groups,” closely with them,” Palmer said. Pfeiffer said.

After the Mo Ranch retreat, Although most freshmen the freshmen were assigned and sophomores have enjoyed their advisors, with whom they the Camp Daisy program, they will theoretically stay with for agreed that some work is needtheir four years of Uped to improve the per School. program for future Camp Daisy sesfreshmen. sions occurred durBoth grades recing each advisory peognized that the time riod leading up to the in advisory before freshman Mo Ranch the retreat was not retreat. For 20 minutes Everyone enough time to get to each day, the girls in know the advisors. their groups met with said that Due to time rean advisor and got they felt new strictions, girls freto know them with quently met with two conversations initi- together— advisors during their ated with “icebreaker” both advisory period. “You questions. don’t get to know returning During the sesthem that well. Ususions, students, old and new ally we go around in and new, were mixed a circle to answer the together in their Mo students. questions and by the Ranch groups and vistime we finish, time Dean of Student Life ited the different adviis already up,” PfeiMeshea Matthews sors with them. ffer said.

“It was another In the past, Upway to find out more about peo- per School students were asple [you hadn’t met before] and signed advisors when they know your Mo Ranch group re- entered freshman year. Now, ally well,” sophomore Sadie Lidji with Camp Daisy, students are said. assigned to an advisory in midFreshman Ellie Pfeiffer September, almost a month afagreed. ter the first day of school.

“It’s been fun, meeting This year, the freshman new people, and getting to were randomly assigned adviknow people better. It’s also sors when they returned from been nice to be mixed up, be- Mo Ranch, after completing a

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brief survey about Camp Daisy and the advisors. However, some would have liked to have more input in the process.

“I thought it would be better if we could request certain advisors,” said freshman Sarah Siddiqui.

In contrast, some students felt that having an assigned advisor at the beginning of the school year would relieve them of the stress of choosing one.

“Before, I really liked getting my advisory because it took off the stress of who you were going to be with. Also you don’t really have anyone to go to, as an advisor,” Pfeiffer said.

“I think that’s important in your first few weeks of starting school.”

“It is kind of frustrating to not have an advisor for so long,” Lidji said, regarding the first month that freshmen did not have advisors.“Honestly, if I were to do it again, I would rather have an assigned advisory.”

In addition, Lidji felt that the icebreaker questions asked at the beginning at the advisory sessions were more “geared towards the students, as opposed to getting to know the advisors better.”

Although data was not available, according to Matthews, the numbers of freshmen switching advisories from last year has remained consis-

tent with previous years, even with the Camp Daisy focus to introduce the girls to the advisors. However, she said this is not a result of Camp Daisy itself.

“I think freshmen tend to move around the most…we still have to account for the freshman still finding their way through Upper School and finding a good advisor for themselves,” Matthews said.

For now, Camp Daisy seems to be a fixture for the freshman advisories for years to come and Matthews will continue to review the advisory retention rates yearly.

Because the camp is only a year old, Matthews and Palmer are constantly receiving feedback and looking for ways to improve the program. However, the success of Camp Daisy ultimately comes down to the students.

“I think the experience is what you’re going of make of it,” Matthews said. “We can create as many programs and opportunities for students, but if you go into it with an ‘I want this experience’ mindset, you’ll find a reason to be happy about it.”

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FOUR QUESTIONS

Upper School Math teacher Karen Sanchez answers questions from The Fourcast

Did you always like math?

Why do you think women are less represented in math and sciences than men?

Yes, I did. When I was in eighth grade I got the “Math Award” for school, and I was surprised because I thought [another] girl, who was very smart, was going to get it.

I think co-ed schools kind of perpetuate that, facilitate that a little, because girls think, and this was true for when I was in school too. When boys were around, it used to be kind of an age old thing that you didn’t want to be the smart one.

Boys weren’t interested in smart girls because they were “nerdy” back when I was young. I think that is changing. But, I think girls overall tend to do that because they don’t want to make a boy feel bad. Do you know what I mean? Like, I got it and you didn’t. I’m hoping that’s changing. I have kind of noticed that changing as I have grown older and worked with kids.

But, I just don’t think it is pushed as much, and it is really just something we have to break the barrier of tradition. It has always kind of been that way—men were the scientists, women were the ones to stay home—but we need to break that stereotype because women are just as good, sometimes better, as men at things.

I heard a lady speak one time—she was an engineer—and she spoke to all women and young girls in high school, and she was talking about how the reason she was so successful at her job is because most of the men who are engineers who were these geeky guys who didn’t know how to talk to people, and she moved up very quickly because she was in a profession that was open and communicative.

She was very outgoing, so her personality meshed better to be a manager, and she ended up starting her own business and selling it for billions and ended up being super successful because she was a woman.

What are the pros and cons of working with all girls?

I love it because y’all are more focused because there’s not boys. I also like that you are kind of more yourself because you are not worried about the boys around, and you are not worried about trying to impress them. The only con I would say would be, maybe, because we don’t have boys, the football games and the spirit stuff that happens, I miss that.

I miss having all of the spirit. I hope that we get more spirit with even just supporting our girls.

What is your favorite memory from high school?

Woah, that is so hard! Well... we had a Beta club and I was really involved in that. Then socially, we had a dance where each club had a “sweetheart”, which I was chosen as one, and it was almost like the “sweetheart” of the school where you had to go through interviews and stuff like that. So that was kind of positive for me.

But I moved, so my high school experience was different than everybody’s because I went two years in one school, and then two days before my junior year we moved, and I started a whole new school.

Everyone thought I was a freshmen, so that was kind of awkward for me.

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After School Program Implemented A new program features a variety of creative courses for Middle Schoolers

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or Middle School students, staying after school used to mean cold libraries or a cramped Hoak Portico.

But not anymore. With the new Middle School after-school program, girls can put their creative energy to good use.

The program allows girls to choose from a multitude of activities that feature Steampunk Art with Visual Arts Chair and Middle School Art Teacher Susan Sanders to Sew This! with Lower School Technology Chair Kathryn Townsend.

Head of Middle School Linda Kramer said the program was created simply because she and the administration “saw a need for it.”

“I know that some kids who stay after school need the study time, but not every day for the whole year,” Kramer said. “I wanted to give them some fun and interesting options, some choices to make.”

Although Kramer supported the new system, she insisted that the real mastermind behind this operation was Director of Auxiliary Programs Melissa Curtis, who “was more than happy” to take on this task.

“I think it’s a really great program, and everyone, parents and teachers, is very excited about it,” Curtis said. “Not only does it provide the school with another source of revenue, but it provides alternate resources for the girls and their parents.”

Middle and Upper School teacher Glenys Quick’s enthusiasm is on par with that of Curtis’s. Quick’s after school class, Shorts!, will teach the girls how to write, direct and star in their very own films, which will be presented to the parents at the end of the session in November.

“I really hope the students learn something and take a lot away from the class,” Quick said. “I’m interested to see what [the students] can do.”

But it’s not just the teachers who are excited—students already enrolled in this semester’s courses are enthusiastic as well.

Sixth-grader Emily Stephens is participating in Quick’s club. Even after her first day, she knew she was really going to enjoy the class.

“Homework only takes me abut an hour, so I like the class because it gives me something fun and interesting to do,” Stephens said.

Stephens mother, Carrie Butler, also thinks that the class is beneficial for her daughter.

“Any supplemental exposure to programs in the arts is appreciated and great for the girls,” Butler said. “It’s a real opportunity for them to flex their creative muscles and get a taste of a very specific art form.”

Butler added that this class fills the hour and half gap between the end of school and her daughter’s other extra-cur-

ricular activity, gymnastics.

“She doesn’t have that extra library time anymore between school and gymnastics,” Butler said. “She loves the class, though, and it is teaching her to juggle different activities and manage a somewhat tight schedule.”

In addition to the film club, six other classes are offered: Steampunk Art with Sanders, Painting also with Sanders, Sew This! with Townsend, Dallas Children’s Theater with representatives from the theater, STEAM Fun! with Lower School Science Teacher Amy Banks and Model Citizen, a class that shows the upsides and downsides to being a model with Harriett Kelly, a community partner working in the after school program.

According to Curtis all these classes have been well received. Middle School girls participating in sports have either considered quitting or begged to do sports and after school classes.

But as soon as these requests started rolling in, Curtis immediately came up with some possible solutions.

“We are definitely looking to incorporate some clubs that involve more movement,” Curtis said. “For example, we are pretty set on doing a running club, and we’ve even been considering tae kwon do.”

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one of the after school programs for Middle Schoolers. more physical activities, Curtis has other goals for the future of the program.

“The good thing about programming like this is that you can change it,” Curtis said. “So if you find that something is not working, you have the flexibility to alter the structure.”

Curtis predicts that her biggest challenge and largest goal will be keeping the classes fresh and maintaining a good variety to hold the girls’ interest. She is also working on a community service aspect for next year and is planning on extending the entire program to Lower School students.

Even students already have suggestions for classes, from sculpting and baking to professional gaming.

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from $250 to $375, depending on how many days the class meets per semester. Certain classes meet three days a week, while others only occur once per week. The hours of each course also vary: from 3:30-4:30 p.m. or 3:30-5 p.m.. Registration is done online through the Hockaday. org parent portal.

Despite potential improvements and changes, Curtis is pleased with the program’s debut and is sure that it will continue to benefit the school.

“Everyone is very excited about the new program,” Curtis said. “And with that enthusiasm along with the content being taught, I think the girls are going to have a great time.”

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HOCKADAY BEGINS CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CENTENNIAL CAMPAIGN On March 23, construction workers broke ground and began the remodeling of the 50-year-old Residence Department by demolishing the sky bridge. Then, on June 3, the gutting of the Rita Crocker Clements Science Building began.

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GROUND BREAKING

3 2 1. Students can see the gutted second floor of the science building from Metzger Plaza.

2. Construction workers begin laying the foundation of the “egg,” a pendulum that will occupy the new science building.

3. The new sky bridge will not only connect the Residence Department with the rest of campus but will house three floors of study rooms, music practice spaces, offices and communal areas for students.

4. On the roof of the new science building, the framework for a new idea lab on the third floor takes shape.

5. Inside the second floor of the new sky bridge, workers continue constructing the framework for the walls and installing wiring for lighting and electricity.

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff postponed her scheduled October meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on Sept. 17, bluntly citing her reasons in a statement released by her office: a “lack of...explanations and commitment to cease interceptive activities.”

None other than computer specialist Edward Snowden is the source of these disclosures that U.S. intelligence spied on Brazilian political and business leaders. And this instance is only one of the various diplomatic fallouts the Obama administration has had to handle due to issues with privacy.

These clandestine activities first leaked by British newspaper The Guardian in May shocked many around the world like Rousseff. But back in Dallas, at a laptop school like Hockaday, it should come as no surprise that some administrators can always gain access to students’ personal accounts. Now these administrators are telling all—how they track students in a laptop school, the repercussions of their actions on digital platforms and the significance of making wise choices online.

At Hockaday With all Hockaday laptops sharing a network, there are multiple tracking software the Technology Department has installed on each laptop. “We want to be as transparent as possible,” Technology Department Chair Jason Curtis said.

DyKnow, an instructional tool with which teachers can view students’ screens and restrict their use of certain programs upon will, is the most well-known one. Teachers can essentially look at students’ desktops without their knowing.

Administrators can also turn on students’ computer cameras at will. The school could do so through CompuTrace, a tool that allows organizations to remotely track computers.

However, in order to do so, the school must file a police report because the school uses CompuTrace solely for laptop recovery. “It can help if a laptop has been stolen to possibly see where it is,” Curtis said.

CompuTrace does not function while students are at home, an ability that some Hockaday students fear is possible on their laptops. In 2010, Harriton High School in Rosemont, Pa. faced a lawsuit in possible violation of the law when it activated web cameras on students’ school-owned laptops when the students were home. However, Curtis said, at Hockaday, “everything we do can only happen here.” The Technology Department actually has no access to the program—only administrators at CompuTrace can remotely activate webcams.

Curtis said the school is moving away from new Lenovo ThinkPad PCs the school introdu installed on the old Toshiba laptops and last ye of gains,” he said.

Another rumor is that the school has a fi clarified that there is a filter on Outlook but in—not internal communication. The absence flects a trust that students will behave appro tions for how you behave in person, and that’s There is no filter for student files. Even if s their laptop, the school would not know unless one at Hockaday has brought a concern to him Hockadaisies also often complain about c network. The school has implemented an Inter a broad list of categories: bandwidth, commer liability, propriety, security, technology and s subcategories, and Curtis can choose to block using the Hockaday network actually have ac Guest Network.

One question plagues Curtis: how much fr still protecting younger children from potenti The Children’s Internet Protection Act off gress in 2000, it sets guidelines for schools an certain obscene or harmful content on the Int tations on pornography or unauthorized acces Curtis wants students to know that the so not there to spy on students. “What we do is to Technology Board Chair senior Jennifer K certain social networking websites like Faceb easy to get distracted taking notes during clas when she’s lecturing you. That’s what we cons

Consequences

The repercussions for what students do on Any concern brought forth usually goes to investigate. “I have a lot of conversation with t violation has occurred, she speaks with Upper the Disciplinary Committee to consider the ap The Disciplinary Committee consists of bers—Upper School English teacher Janet Bil Andre Stipanovic, who have each served seven Consequences can include suspensions, da flection pieces or grade penalties, but Matthe violation.

Although different from laptops, cellular form for students. Most do not know that th content of a student’s phone should a concern emphasized that an occurrence like this “only the disciplinary process’s confidentiality, she have experienced the process.

“It’s easy to just take a picture because you said. An explicit image sent via text, email or a quences: there are federal laws on child porno Title 18, Chapter 110, Section 225A (6), any perso any visual depiction…by any means including visual depiction for distribution using any me This renders minors also potentially culpa Honor Council Chair senior Christine Smi day on digital platforms is misrepresentation tending to be someone else or by claiming to tu the student did not.

But with more and more assignments turn it is becoming increasingly difficult for student were turned in. “Especially when students kno like Turnitin, [the site] tells them right there if But a larger problem in the digital world m are more students who abuse social media to h Hockaday’s Acceptable Use Policy clarifie

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m the program, and it is not present in the uced this year, although the program is still ear’s Lenovo ThinkPads. “We didn’t see a lot

filter for profanity on Outlook email. Curtis only for external communication coming e of a filter for internal communication reopriately online. “We have certain expectas what we expect online,” Curtis said. someone possessed alarming documents on s a concern was brought forth. Curtis said no where he had to investigate a student’s files. certain websites “blocked” on the Hockaday rnet filter: Barracuda Web Filter, which has rce, communications, information, leisure, safe browsing. Each category has different k or unblock certain subcategories. Persons ccess to more sites than do those using the

reedom to give older students online while ially harmful sites. ffers him some guidance. Enacted by Connd libraries concerning a minor’s access to ternet. Some of the guidelines include limiss. oftware and filters in place at Hockaday are enhance the instructional process,” he said.

Kwon agreed. Referring to the blocking of book during school hours, she said, “It’s so ss, and it’s just not respectful to the teacher sider when deciding which sites to block.”

nline are real. o Dean of Student Life Meshea Matthews to those involved,” she said. Should she think a r School Head John Ashton and, afterwards, ppropriate actions to be taken.

Matthews, Ashton and two faculty memlhartz and Upper School Latin teacher Dr. n years on the committee. ays of separation from students, written reews said expulsion usually requires a prior

r devices are still a widespread digital plathe school does have the right to know the n be brought forward. However, Matthews y happens once in a blue moon.” Because of declined to release names of students who

u think it’s funny, but it’s serious,” Matthews any digital platform can have serious conseography. According to the U.S. Code section on who “knowingly receives, or distributes, by computer, or knowingly reproduces any eans” can be charged of child pornography. able of such an offense. ith said the most common offense at Hockan online, possibly by sending an email preurn in an assignment online on time when

ned in online via Turnitin or Haiku Learning, ts to counterfeit the times their assignments ow they’re turning a paper into something f they’ve plagiarized,” Smith said. might exist: cyber-bullying. “I suspect there harass and bully,” Matthews said. es that there will be consequences for any

student discovered threatening, harassing or bullying others. Matthews said the school does not want to police the Internet, but it stands by the law. “We don’t have the mindset to catch girls,” she said. “We’re here to support the students.”

The school does not actively track students on social media platforms, nor do teachers create false accounts and “friend” or “follow” students to investigate them. Matthews said that teachers are not interested in examining their students’ lives on digital platforms. But she urged students to take a pause before posting or sending something. “They should consider their electronic etiquette,” she said. This etiquette could apply not just among students but also between students and teachers.

A teacher might receive a seemingly aggressive email from a student and forward that email to Matthews, who would then invite the student to have a conversation with her to understand the way the email was received. “I ask her to read the email aloud,” she said, cautioning students to examine their choice of tone.

She wants students to understand the idea of permanence—anything online is “captured forever,” Matthews said. “How difficult will it be to explain something later? Anything that gives a cause for doubt will be difficult to go away.”

Actions online could affect future applications for jobs, student government positions and even universities, even though Director of College Counseling Carol Wasden said universities do not typically check student social media accounts during the process.

“The reality is, during the application process, it doesn’t happen,” Wasden said. “They’re uninterested and don’t have the time.”

But colleges do check periodically. “It’s highly unpredictable. You never know,” she said. However, once decisions are released, colleges do monitor comments on social media platforms about their universities. This means that institutions can revoke their decisions should they see an offensive post. “There’s no need to be snarky online,” Wasden said, cautioning girls.

Wasden said she has no history of a Hockaday student’s decision revoked because of a careless mistake. “It would be silly to miss a great opportunity because of a bad judgment in a moment,” she said. “Be appropriate; choose to chronicle your lives in a way you’d be proud to show your parents.”

An Existential Question So does privacy exist in the digital world at Hockaday?

The primary uses for tracking software are for instructional purposes, asset recovery and troubleshooting purposes.

Curtis said the measures implemented are to protect students, faculty and staff. But anything someone puts on the school’s network is “about as private as a postcard,” he said, advising students to be intentional about what they plant on the network.

Because the school does not have access to anything a student does outside of school, her digital privacy extends as far as her home network, although, Curtis said, “not even.

Someone has access to everything you put up. Anywhere you go, whether on a school or work network, administrators can see what you do.” Even administrators on third party networks could access people’s emails to social media accounts.

Kim McBride, mother to junior Ryan and seventh-grader Maddie, knows that administrators can gain access to her daughters’ accounts but feels comfortable with that. “The only reason they would access [them] is if they had a reason to do that,” she said. “I put trust in the school that they would only access what they absolutely needed to. I have a lot of confidence in this school.”

McBride is on par with the Technology Department’s philosophy. While Curtis has access to every individual’s account on the Hockaday network, he said he does not have the time to investigate everyone on the network, nor is he interested. He compared himself to Mr. Ashton, who could access a student’s locker anytime but chooses not to. “I have professional policies, and also I don’t have the time,” Curtis said.

Curtis would only access an account if a concern was brought to him. “We will never pull up someone’s screen unless they ask,” he said but noted that teachers might do so through DyKnow or other software.

“We respect your privacy, but you should know we have access,” Curtis said, admitting that digital privacy is a “fluid” concept.

Expectations to behave appropriately on Hockaday’s shared network exist for all students. “Ground zero is grounded in trust,” Matthews said. And it is this foundation of trust that allows administrators to give students privacy.

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HAARTS Celebrates Centennial PHOTO BY TIFFANY PON

MUSIC

OH, LORDE

Lorde, a female singer from New Zealand, has brought her reign over to the U.S. You may recognize her hits “Royals” or “Tennis Courts” from The Love Club EP, her first album released back in March this year.

FOOD

JUST A SPRINKLE

Sprinkles Ice Cream opened its doors Aug. 16 in Preston Center Plaza located at the intersection of Preston Road and Northwest Highway.

More than two dozen ice cream flavors and a vast assortment of toppings and sauces are offered. The shop is open Sunday-Wednesday noon-11 p.m. and ThursdaySaturday noon-midnight.

In honor of Hockaday’s centennial, this year’s PHONES

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Apple’s colorful and cheaper iPhone 5C went on sale Sept. 20. This is the first time a new iPhone is on sale for $99. It is offered in various “bubblegum” colors, including blue and pink.

MOVIES

PRE-POTTER

On Sept. 12, J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. announced that Rowling’s Hogwarts Textbook, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, will be adapted as the first series of new movies.

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Hockaday Hosts Fine Arts Building Fundraiser

Bilhartz, daughter of Upper School Hockaday Alumnae in the Arts program will English teacher Janet Bilhartz, extend further into Hockaday curriculum than attended Haverford College in just one assembly.

Pennsylvania for her Bachelor of Art degree and Boston UniversiHAARTS, inaugurated more than a decade ago, highlights alumnae ty in Mass. for her Master of Fine Arts that have chosen a career in the arts degree. Now she has a studio space and showcases their careers to Upper and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. Smith, the aunt of seniors AuSchool students.

Students will attend a panel dis- gusta and Ali Aston, attended Hockcussion Sept. 27, where they will get aday until sixth grade in ‘82 and to meet the alumnae. In past years, graduated from the Episcopal School there have been themes for the art of Dallas in ‘88. She later attended form that was spotlighted such as Southern Methodist University. She literature, art historians, television, now sells her photographs and is represented by Barry Whistler Galradio and music.

But, according to Amy Wil- lery in downtown Dallas.

Although both alumnae ended liams-Monier ‘73, chair of the HAARTS Committee, the alumnae up in the art business, they decided this year are not restricted to one to pursue it at different times. Bilgenre. The program’s primary goal hartz didn’t go into college, thinking is to display “talented artists” who that she wanted to make a career out of art, but she “got more interested have attended Hockaday.

The visiting alumnae this year gradually.” Smith knew earlier— are Tess Bilhartz ‘02 and Allison V. “since tenth grade”—that she wanted Smith. They each specialize in dif- to be part of the art world.

In past years, students only interferent art forms. Bilhartz paints; acted with the artists at a panel disSmith photographs. cussion assembly, with the opportuni-

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he Hockaday Capital Campaign is a fundraising effort which supports teaching excellence, financial endowment and facility improvements, according to Director of Development and External Affairs Kathy Limmer.

When senior Madison Kaminski heard about the plans for a renovation of the fine arts facilities at Hockaday, she was inspired to action. As a member of several Hockaday choir ensembles and a performer in Hockaday musicals, she felt the personal importance of the developments. She recognized that students like her should be able to voice their opinions on the

subject, especially to help raise money for the new facilities, and as such she is chairing the Spotlight on the Arts showcase.

She’ll use this opportunity to represent the student body and give them voice in the capital campaign. “The people most affected by the new building will be the students and they haven’t been able to give their own opinion about the importance of it,” Kaminski said.

The event provides an opportunity to learn about of all the Fine Arts at Hockaday: choir, dance, photography, debate, visual arts, ceramics, drama, and even the improvisation troupe.

Dance instructor Beth

WORK OF ART Juniors Sydney Thomas and Jessica Savage examine a sculpture by Ashley Payne Bahun ‘05 made of steel, yarn and light.

ty to eat lunch with them afterwards.

But this year the visiting alumnae will visit classes after the panel discussion. Bilhartz will visit Thursday and Friday and will hold workshops for activities such as drawing and printmaking. She said she looks forward to interacting with Hockaday students and being able to see and help them work.

Due to a prior commitment, Smith will return to Hockaday in the spring to visit classes and hold a workshop with photography students.

Sticking to the all-inclusive theme for this year’s event, an exhibition of artwork featuring over 50 alumnae is currently displayed in Purnell Gallery. The exhibition is a compilation of paintings, sculptures and photography. As part of the centennial celebrations, the exhibit will continue until Monday.

In the past, parents or fellow alumnae were invited to a discussion at night, but this year the focus is on the students’ assembly.

“I think it is important,” Smith said, “for young students to see a working professional in a business that maybe they inspire to be one day.”

Wortley compares this event to an arts fair. “There will be a coffee house kind of deal in the auditorium, improv troupe in the black box and choir performances in the choir room,” Wortley said.

The event will start off with introductions by each fine arts department chair. Then performances and presentations by these departments will follow. Once the performances finish, attendees will have the opportunity to ask the department chairs questions about their programs.

Aside from showing the student support for the fine arts, Spotlight on Fine Arts will

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showcase the new and current fine arts facilities.

According to Limmer, “This event will help get the word out about Hockaday’s initiative, thanks to the generous support of our community.”

The event will take place in several parts of the fine arts building including Hoblitzelle Auditorium, the Black Box Theater, the choir room and Purnell Gallery. The fundraiser starts Thursday night at 6 p.m.. For more information about the event, email Madison Kaminski at mkaminski@hockaday.org.

Claire Fletcher Staff Writer

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The Fourcast’s most frequent question received from readers is “What does ‘The Fourcast’ mean?”

To answer the question, our newspaper derives its name from the four cornerstones of Hockaday: character, courtesy, scholarship and athletics. It is also a pun on the weather “forecast.”

Laura Day Rocks Out Director of Service Learning Laura Day realizes her dream of playing in a band

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raveling across the roads of Mississippi, Laura Day, Director of Service Learning, took a break from filming a postracial relations documentary in civil rights towns and strolled into a small music shop in Clarksdale.

After playing almost every guitar in the shop, she came across one that sounded better than the rest.

The owner of the shop accepted Day’s old guitar along with a small sum of money in return for this new guitar. So, pulling out of Clarksdale, known as “Home of the Blues,” with the special guitar in its hard case, her music career continued.

Growing up, Day was always inspired by music but was hindered by her inability to play an instrument.

While living in New York

in 2008, she taught herself how to play the acoustic guitar using Mel Bay’s Guitar Book. That’s when she started playing for hours everyday, trying different chords and writing music.

She moved home to Arlington for a month and took time to master playing her guitar before heading off to Boston, Mass. for a new job opportunity. Once in Boston, she became a part of a three man Indie Rock band.

The band was not successful and only lasted a few months but her love of playing with a group was sparked.

In April of this year, Day decided to pursue her musical interests by joining a band in Dallas. After speaking to some friends about this desire, she was introduced to Kinnan Roberts and Jason Smith, who share her passion for music.

Roberts and Smith had recent- ily something I’m great at,” Day ly moved from Los Angeles, Ca- remarked. “I have no experience lif., leaving their band there. in being in a band and I taught The threesome quickly myself to play the guitar, and became friends, joined forces out of nowhere I find two people and began playing together. and [we] want to go play in front They play a number of cov- of other people.” ers from bands like Day’s participaRadiohead, Deer Tick tion in the band was and Modest Mouse. unknown to most The band practices Hockaday students on Monday nights in a and faculty. recording studio in a Sophomore Emma band member’s house.

Winson, Community Day and Roberts sing It’s just fun Service Board Member, and play the guitar. said she “wouldn’t have and we Smith plays the base. expected [Day being in She said that go- like music. an Indie Rock Band].” ing out and forming DIrector of Service “I think it is rethis band was a “brave Learning Laura Day ally cool that she has a move” but speaks of bunch of different sides it as a very rewarding to herself that she takes experience. into consideration for “I am sitting here just like a community service and her job strange little teacher at Hocka- at Hockaday,” Winson said. day and music is not necessarWhile this Indie Rock

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band is still young, Day and the rest of her group hope to master enough covers in order to play for an hour, as this is the shortest time slot for most performances.

They are hoping to perform in October but have not booked a location or date at this time.

The band is also still looking for a name to capture the essence of the music they represent. They have played around with a few possibilities, including The Old Fashions, but nothing so far has stuck.

With or without a name for her band, Day still enjoys just playing for fun.

Day explained, “I think it is important as a human being to do things that make you uncomfortable, but make you grow.”

Austria Arnold Staff Writer

DEBATE

Students Tackle the “45-Minute Joust” Hockaday debaters senior Chloe Naguib and junior Annie-Marie Hwang compete in “round robins” across the U.S.

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ebaters like junior Anne-Marie Hwang sacrifice a lot for debate—they miss classes and spend time catching up; they lose sleep trying to prepare for their case the next day; and they go to multiple summer camps to improve their skills.

These sacrifices have earned many Hockaday debaters national recognition.

On Sept. 7-8, Hwang attended a round robin, a small tour-

nament where each competitor debates against the others, held at the Collegiate School in Upper West Side of New York.

Eric Melin, Director of Debate, said that Hwang was “recognized as one of the top rising juniors in the country for debate.”

At the Collegiate Round Robin, Hwang placed fifth overall. However, she was the only competitor to win a round against the winner, Adam Tomasi from Sacred

Heart Academy in Mass.

Senior Chloe Naguib went to the Greenhill Round Robin on Sept. 19 and Valley Round Robin in Iowa on Sept. 20. Last year, Hwang and junior Lakshmi Uppalapati attended the Valley Round Robin as well as alumna Kathy Qui ‘13.

A round robin usually consists of 12-16 debaters. The group is divided into two pods and each participant will debate every person in their pod.

One can either drop a balPHOTO BY ERIC MELIN

A NATIONAL REPUTATION Senior Chloe Naguib and junior Anne-Marie Hwang earned recognition for their work in a Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament.

lot (lose a round) or pick up a ballot (win a round) depending on the amount of votes they get from the judges. Whoever picks up the most ballots moves onto the finals.

This differs from a tournament in that it is less formal and a lot smaller.

Tournaments can have up to 120 people and an invitation is not required. Because of this, tournaments usually have competitors that are less experienced while round robins have the top debaters in the area.

Hwang said that leading up to the tournament, she worked one to two hours per night just on debate. The night before, she stayed up until midnight preparing and running through drills.

Naguib has very similar experiences leading up to tournaments and round robins.

The majority of students who attended the Collegiate Round Robin Hwang went to were juniors and seniors.

Similarly, Melin described the participants for both of Naguib’s round robins as “very accomplished underclassmen and the top seniors.”

Naguib said that other than sleep, her social life is something she has to sacrifice the most. But as Melin said, “their social lives are just transferred to debate.”

They develop relationships

with kids from other schools across the U.S. and see them throughout the year at tournaments and round robins.

“I talk to debaters about everything. We meet up whenever we’re in town to have lunch and dinner and even go and visit them sometimes,” Hwang said.

Naguib and Hwang agreed that they do enjoy debating.

“Debate is fun and I wouldn’t be doing it and making these sacrifices if I didn’t like it,” Naguib said.

Melin explained how proud he was of Hwang and Naguib for coming this far and working as hard as they do to get where they are.

He said there is a constant need for hard work because it is a privilege and recognition to be invited to round robins everywhere in the country.

In general, round robins are good for Hockaday’s reputation.

Melin said that Hockaday has a strong national reputation among debaters as a dedicated and hard-working team.

Invitations to round robins, he said, help strengthen that reputation even more.

“Round robins are an awesome opportunity,” Melin said. “It’s a great way to pave the way to a really successful senior year.”

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Film Studies Makes a Comeback nine years PHOTO PROVIDED BY HOCKADAY’S ARCHIVES

nd roll the film! After a nine-year hiatus, the Hockaday Fine Arts Department is offering a film studies course as an elective for students this year.

The film studies course re-enters the Hockaday Visual Arts Program after Glenys Quick, Middle and Upper School Fine Arts teacher, is in charge of the class, which try,” according to Long. takes place in a new computer The class remained in seslab decked out with seventeen sion for 33 years, ending in 2004.

Apple Macintosh desktop comThough he did not mean puters in the Liza Lee Academic for the class to end, Long attriResearch Center. butes the temporary leave of Quick teaches four film filmmaking to orchestra. “The classes, including Photoshop class just couldn’t sustain itAnimation and Visual Story- self without more faculty supTelling to seventh and eighth- port,” he said. grade students and Beginning Once the class ended, any and Advanced Film Studies in girl looking into film studies Upper School. In addition, Quick had to look elsewhere, spealso teaches the Intro to Journal- cifically to Hockaday’s brother ism class in Upper School and school, St. Mark’s. a filmmaking class, Shorts!, as Sadie Lidji, a sophomore part of the new Middle School taking Advanced Film Studafter-school program. ies, took the film course at St. Each film class will work Mark’s last year. on projects such as action seWhile she enjoyed the quences short films, and class, Lidji admitted documentaries. there were inconveQuick is using the niences to taking an advanced ProCutX prooff-campus class. “I gram for all of the classdidn’t have a single es’ editing purposes.

Y-period last year due Handheld camcorders to the class,” she said. and cameras are used It just There are signifiby the beginners and cant difference befor smaller projects, wasn’t tween the Hockaday but Quick said that they right that and St. Mark’s film have access to more adcourses. vanced cameras like girls had Firstly, Hockaprofessional Sony and to go to St. day’s longer class Panasonic video camtimes allow for a eras and three digital- Mark’s. more relaxed pace Middle/Upper lense reflex cameras. than that of St. Mark’s According to Fine School Fine Arts program. Secondly, Arts Department Chair Teacher at St. Mark’s the class Ed Long, Hockaday be- Glenys Quick followed a book, Ungan offering the class derstanding Movies by when he first started working Louis Giannetti. at the school in 1971, and he “I did not require a specific taught the class. textbook because I think one Over 40 years ago, Long’s textbook does not suit all stufilm class published Montage, dents,” Quick said.

THE ORIGINAL Lisa Pearson ‘83 films a scene during Hockaday’s film class in the “one of the first video magaInstead, the girls are given 1981-1982 school year. The class has not been offered since 2004. Now, after nine zines of any school in the coun- access to a number of books years, the program has returned to the Fine Arts curriculum.

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with subjects ranging from the history of film to the theory and practice of cinematography.

Lidji said that not using a textbook at Hockaday changes the outline of the class. “It’s more casual and we spend a lot more time watching and discussing short films in class.”

But what suddenly brought the course back to the Hockaday campus?

Quick explained that the course was revived at Hockaday because “it just wasn’t right that girls had to go to St. Mark’s for [the class].”

Quick also added how the film industry is “booming” amongst younger people because it is so easy to make films now and “it just seemed to be the time.”

Quick also said that in 7th and 8th grade photography, the girls’ ideas were leading to moving images, but they just never covered that, so in a way it was “cramping their style.”

She thought that it was too restrictive not to let the girls work with moving images.

Overall, the class has been anticipated by both teacher and students.

Lidji has been hoping Hockaday would revive its film program for quite some time.

“Actually learning about the craft that I want to pursue as an adult is the highlight of my school day,” Lidji said. “I feel really lucky that I get to take this class for the majority of my high school experience.”

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From Hall to House Science building renovations force location change of Coffeehouse events

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onstruction in the science building has rendered Clements Lecture Hall unusable. This has posed a problem for the Fine Arts Board as Coffeehouse events can no longer take place there.

The board has decided to move this year’s Coffeehouses, performances for Hockaday and St. Mark’s students talents’, to Hoblitzelle Auditorium.

“Other than the auditorium,” senior Mariah Camper, Fine Arts Board Chair, said, “there’s no place big enough to hold everyone.”

The change to host Coffeehouse events in the auditorium

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has several benefits. Not only are there more than 500 seats, but the stage creates a theaterlike experience. The increase in space will allow larger groups to perform a variety of routines, especially dances.

Because of the limited space in Clements Hall, Coffeehouse events could only host an average of 20 acts and hold 200 guests at a time.

“We’ve had trouble turning people away in the past. This will be good for anyone who wants to come,” Camper said.

The significantly larger room space could affect performers’ anxieties.

“They’ll feel like they’re

actually performing,” Camper said. “But it’s up to us to make [performing] as comfortable as it possibly can be so people don’t feel like they’re putting on a show, it’s more of a talent.”

Sophomore Greer Christie, a past Coffeehouse performer, is “excited about the new change,” and is not terribly concerned about anxiety while performing.

“When I performed on stage in the past...all the lights are in your face, so you’re not really focused on people watching you,” Christie commented.

While the auditorium appears to be a suitable place for Coffeehouse events, “we are

also exploring other possibilities,” Beth Wortley, Head of the Performing Arts Department and sponsor of the Fine Arts Board, said.

As a second option, the Fine Arts Board and administration considered Graduation Terrace.

“It provides for a more cozy and comfortable atmosphere, having it outside also makes it feel like a concert,” Camper said.

While Graduation Terrace can accommodate just as many guests as in the auditorium, other complications come into effect, such as weather issues, seating arrangements, crowd control, decorations and being able to

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provide the right equipment.

Regardless of the location, Coffeehouse is still about “doing what you want to do and showing everyone your skills,” Camper said.

The first Coffeehouse event will be held on Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

If approval is not granted for Graduation Terrace, it will be held in Hoblitzelle Auditorium. St. Mark’s and Cistercian are invited.

There will be a fee of $1 to gain admission; the proceeds will be donated to a community service project.

Erin Thomas Staff Writer

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f you’re craving a homemade, mouth-watering taco, Velvet Taco is a must-try. The taco joint on Lower Greenville, perched precariously on a peninsula fronting North Central Expressway, has tacos that are selfdescribed as “fresh Mex with a twist.”

The interior décor is garage-rustic and environmentally conscious.

This hip taco joint, which opened in late 2011, recycles and even levies a ‘green tax’ of 10 percent on togo orders. The restaurant, a former Church’s Chicken location, has one room with an open kitchen. Seating is communal and limited, with two silver tables only feet from the register, and stools lining the windows. The outside hosts additional seating and includes a misting system to mitigate the Texas heat.

There is always a queue at the counter, but it moves quickly. While they wait, customers can read the life-size menus on the wall or choose from a dazzling variety of beverages including locally-crafted boutique sodas.

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his rags to riches drama starts off by delving into Red Stevens’ (Drew Waters, “The Hit List”) journey of seeking employment across the United States in the hopes of becoming a billionaire.

But this isn’t your typical Cinderella story. Red’s life brings something special to the table.

What are the aspects of an ultimate life?

A Feel-Good Film While fame, money and power may be at the top of the list for many, the answer lies in something much deeper.

I felt pretty skeptical at the beginning of the movie--and somewhat sleepy--the plot seemed like it was headed in only one direction: down. The scripting was off and the transitions were choppy.

But as the movie progressed, I gained a clear sense of the narrative arc, as well as Red’s character development; he became more appealing, and his personality matured.

The director does a good

job of portraying the realism of the story. It was believable and contributed greatly to the message of the movie: money isn’t everything.

The acting, however, was inconsistent and misleading at times. There were uncoordinated lines and conflicting emotions between characters, causing confusion.

The movie is a sequel to “The Ultimate Gift,” released in 2006, where Red’s grandson, Jason Stevens (Drew Fuller, “Army Wives”), faces a problem on the flipside of the coin: going from riches to rags.

While both movies displayed an important message, “The Ultimate Life” is ranked higher on my list because I can relate to Red’s dream of wanting to succeed.

So what defines an ultimate life?

Living in a society that revolves around high expectations, sometimes we lose our definition of living. “The Ultimate Life” is a perfect example of how to find it again.

I highly recommend it to anyone looking for some inspiration or a feel-good movie.

The movie was released on

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sponsible for Velvet Taco’s amazingly CROWD FAVORITE street food, chefs dash some queso The Rotisserie fresco, asadero, Valentina, crema global menu, which offers six types of Chicken meal is and lime atop their perfectly cooked tacos: chicken, vegetarian, pork, beef, a popular item. corn. The result is a delicious, albeit fish and egg. Each option is created These particular with house-made, locally sourced in- tacos are covered caloric, concoction.The potatoes are gredients that faithfully represent in corn pico, a impeccably roasted and topped with the cuisines of the U.S., Mexico, India, great finish to any an elegant balance of lemon, garlic, Greece and Thailand. taco. cream and fresh parsley.

The food is worth the short wait.

And for dessert, the heavenly I tried one of the most popular red velvet cake contributes to half of menu items: the Rotisserie Chicken Velvet Taco’s name. It is dense, moist, taco. It was delectable. The white queand homemade. so, roasted corn pico and smoky pobDespite the mouth-watering food, lano melded with the succulent chicka word of advice: carpool. Parking is en inside the pillow-soft corn tortilla. cramped and crowded.

I also sampled my friend’s Tikka Nevertheless, Velvet Taco delivers Chicken taco. Its two crispy strips of high-end dining at a low-price point. chicken covered in spicy pepper sauce, Whether you are looking for a quick cooled just enough by the cilantrobite or a taco feast, this restaurant flecked basmati rice. won’t disappoint.

The Wild Mushroom Taco surprised me: the tortilla was replaced Vivian Armitage with a lettuce leaf. This single ellipStaff Writer tical lettuce leaf cradled the fungi, creamy herbed goat cheese, tangy onion chutney and purple potatoes.

Velvet Taco’s additional menu choices are slim, offering only two $ Inexpensive sides--rotisserie corn and roasted 214.823.8358 potatoes--and one dessert option, Open Monday-Wednesday 11 a.m.-midnight red velvet cake.

The corn is “elote-style.” Elote, Thurdsay 11 a.m.-3 a.m. which means corn in Spanish, is Friday 11 a.m.-4 a.m. boiled in the husk, then shucked.

Saturday 9 a.m.-4 a.m.

The kernels, once shaved from the Sunday 9 a.m.-midnight cob, are then anointed with a range Order online at velvettaco.com of condiments from chili powder to mayonnaise. Striving to create their version of this traditional Mexican

ap titans Kanye West and Jay-Z left something to be desired with their summer-release albums, but the lesser-known J. Cole managed to fill the void with his new album “Born Sinner.”

The two kings of hip-hop were surprisingly outdone by the less prominent rapper whose lyrics leave you wondering how anyone could rhyme Machiavelli with anything (“C4 in your belly.”)

Even though J. Cole isn’t a complete unknown thanks to his popular single, “Work Out,” he’s hardly a rap icon; he raps like he is, however.

The rapper takes risks like a gospel choir hook in his song “Trouble,” a refreshing change from the repetitive beat that West and Jay-Z have been shoving down our throats lately.

Other hits on the album include “Power Trip,” the catchiest single which features Miguel, and “Crooked Smile,” a track that reveals how he thinks “God already put his paintbrush down” on everyone.

Originally J. Cole’s album was set to release a week before West’s summer album “Yeezus” dropped on June 18, so Cole pushed the release back to the same date, out of fear that his album might be lost in the anticipation of the titan’s. This decision has paid off: Cole’s sales rival those of West’s and only fall short by about 30,000 purchases.

Even though the album is pieced together with little continuity, it’s clear that with J. Cole’s lyricism and desire to make it to the top, West’s and Jay-Z’s famous lyrics might come true. They had better watch the throne.

The album was was released June 18.

Sept. 6 in theaters nationwide.

It is based on the best-selling book by Jim Stovall.

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Varsity field hockey won their season opener against All Saints on Aug. 30. Senior Meredith Mihalopoulos scored two goals during the game.

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The amount of money contributed by an anonymous donor to purchase two boats and six pairs of oars for Hockaday’s crew team. The boats and oars are currently being built and will be available for use by the end of October.

22:04 Time ran by Sophomore Tala Vaughan at the Prosper Invitational on Sept. 7. She now holds the record for the fastest 5K time on the Hockaday cross country team.

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The number of girls on both the junior varsity and varsity fencing teams. This year marks the first season the team was split into two teams with 14 girls on varsity and nine on junior varsity.

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s a prospective primer student 14 years ago, now-senior Channing Tucker spotted a photo of a pair of girls, long sleek swords clashing together, in a brochure. That’s when she decided she wanted to fence.

However, she did not start fencing until Upper School when she joined the Hockaday Fencing Team.

“I found my niche,” said Tucker, who is now the team’s co-captain. She joined an outof-school fencing club the winter of her sophomore year

to further her skills and allow her to fence during the winter and spring.

This summer, she competed in the Summer North American Cup in Columbus, Ohio.

“It’s like a final exam. You train and train and then when it’s finally there, you’re just have to be ready.” Tucker said.

She said it is the biggest tournament for all fencers from a variety of styles and ages.

Tucker fenced three events - Division IA, II, and III - going in as the 63rd seed and

DUELING OVER THE BALL Senior twins Cate and Gretchen O’Brien play against each other in practice.

Friendly Competition

The twins have grown up with a best friend since day one. They act like one another, speak like one another and finish each other’s sentences. But, there are some days where it’s not rainbows and butterflies. Every now and then, the Astons argue over who gets to drive the car to school, while the McGeochs fight over the last packet of Goldfish sitting in the pantry.

During practice, the rivalry doesn’t cease. “I think I get a little more competitive with Caroline because she’s my twin,” Alexandra McGeoch said. “I’m not nervous about roughing her up.”

When it’s game time, however, the Astons and the McGeochs put aside all their disputes and focus on contributing to the bigger picture.

“When you’re on the field, you’re in game mode; everyone there is a teammate,” Augusta Aston said.

“My middle school lacrosse thought in sync, the Astons, McGeochs and O’Briens head coach Alexandra and I telepathy behome after another satisfying day of practice. For had cause sometimes we would pass to the first time in Hockaday’s history, three sets of each other without looking,” Cartwins dominate the varsity field hockey team. oline McGeoch said. “I don’t know Sophomores Alexandra and how we knew that the other one Caroline McGeoch, as well as their was there.” elder sister senior Catherine McThe three families bring all sisGeoch, seniors Ali and Augusta As- terly aspects to the field: irrelevant ton, and seniors Cate and Gretchen arguments, yelling and screaming, O’Brien, all bring something truly joy from success and tears from special to the team: a bond of sister- loss. But most importantly, the sishood. ters carry a strong support system for one another, which reflects onto the rest of the field hockey family.

Like a Family Junior Morgan Allen has no sisters on the team, but she feels the inWith so many sisters on the fluence that the twins bring. “When team, the girls are closer than ever the going gets tough, we will still be before, which is something that there for each other,” she said. varsity field hockey coach Jennifer Johnson believes that a sister Johnson greatly appreciates. and a teammate go hand in hand; “Having someone there that in many ways, one completes the knows your style of play right off other, creating the family aspect. the bat helps a lot,” Johnson said. “As Both sisters and teammates offer we add new players in, we’re trying constructive criticism. to learn each other’s tendencies, but “We’re teaching the girls to rely the sisters already know all that.” on each other and support each othFrom the little league soccer er,” Johnson said. “We want them to fields to the Hockaday fields, the be there to offer constructive feedMcGeoch sisters know each other back, but also be there to celebrate better than anyone else--and not the good things that happen.” just as sisters, but as skilled teammates.

Jerseys stained green, sticks in hand and steps

Support System On and off the field, the McGeoch twins look up to their older sister for support and encouragement. Playing the role model that any elder sister should, team captain Catherine McGeoch provides advice and encouragement to her sisters.

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coming out 62nd in IA, which was extremely difficult.

Tucker described the sport as physical chess; it is as much of a mental sport as a physical one.

“It’s all about control. Selfcontrol and controlling your opponent,” she said. “The only way to win is to either force your opponent to make a mistake or to manipulate them into a carefully-laid circumstance.”

Her coach, Brenda Waddoups, who has been working with her for two years at the

Fencing Institute, commented on her dedication.

“In order to prepare for Nationals and hone her skills, Tucker started training two months before and participated in a rigorous 6 a.m to 9 p.m. camp.” said Waddoups.

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Pockets Full of Sunshine Senior Ashton Gillespie created an athletic clothing line for women

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ike most fair-skinned girls, senior Ashton Gillespie was not a fan of the unflattering swim shirts she wore to shield her pale skin from harmful ultraviolet rays. However, in 2011, Ashton Gillespie and her mother, Amity Gillespie, came up with a solution. They founded a sun-protective athletic clothing line for girls and women: SunKissed Girl.

The clothing line carries UV resistant shirts, skirts, pants and jackets that are fashionable alternatives to those unflattering swim shirts that seem to “stick to all the wrong places,” Ashton Gillespie described.

The idea for SunKissed Girl first came to Ashton Gillespie in June of 2011. After realizing they wanted to move forward that same year, Amity Gillespie acted as co-founder.

Together they designed eight shirts: the Ibiza, St. Tropez, Phuket, Bali, Formentera, St. Barths, and Hamptons. SunKissed Girl also later offered the Palazzo Pant and Mini Skirt.

All of the shirts are inspired and named by the Gillespie’s previous travels. For example, Ashton Gillespie describes the Hampton shirt as classic and timeless like East Hampton. The ruffles on the Ibiza and Formentera are inspired by the Spanish culture, and the mandarin collars on the Phuket and the Bali shirts are trends seen on the beaches of Asia.

The specific fabric used for the SunKissed Girl shirts has an Ultraviolet Protection Factor of 50; the UPF measures the UV protection provided by the fabric. This fabric blocks 98 percent of the sun’s rays.

SunKissed Girl’s first year was not an easy one. It had planned to go public in March of 2012, but disaster struck: the SunKissed logos, which were heat-transferred onto the fabric, bled through, and nearly a thousand shirts were ruined. Ashton Gillespie, however, did not let the shirts go to waste; SunKissed Girl donated the shirts to a women’s shelter in Chicago. Since then, the SunKissed logo is embroidered onto the fabric.

Like any new start-up, SunKissed had to think of promoting the brand. They asked Senior Avery Haugen, a close friend of Ashton’s, to be a model for SunKissed Girl . Haugen said she thought it was a great idea.

“It caters to normal people,” Haugen said. “It’s for all the women who don’t want to wear bikinis on the beach, but who still want to feel good [about themselves]. I think it’s really empowering.”

On March 6, 2013, SunKissed Girl had its first sale of five shirts: the St. Barths, Hamptons, St. Tropez and Ibiza . Their original shipment of 1,800 shirts soon sold out. The Gillespies placed a second order from her manufacturers in Chicago again that March; however, it did not arrive until

late August. “It’s a much longer process than we expected,” Ashton Gillespie admitted.

The Gillespies travel to Chicago about six times a year to check on the progress of the embroidery, the patternmakers at V. Mora, a Chicagobased pattern service, and the two separate manufacturers.

The clothes are made in Chicago, and the higher cost of American labor is factored into the pricing of the clothing. The Gillespies never considered sweatshop labor.

“We’ve visited many of the countries where [sweatshop labor] is a significant problem for young children,” said Ashton Gillespie. “We didn’t want to contribute to that.”

Ashton Gillespie has often traveled alone to Chicago and New York. “We want [our partners] to have a face with [Ashton Gillespie],” Amity Gillespie said.

“She is the SunKissed Girl, and we want them to have that connection with her.”

Neither of the Gillespies have any background in the fashion industry, but Ashton Gillespie describes it as “a learning experience for the both of [them].” Although her mother is the artist behind the sketches, Ashton Gillespie said she sees herself as the “math mind” in the business. She manages the budget and she acts as its public relations representative, advertising for SunKissed Girl on social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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FASHION FORWARD Senior Avery Haugen models athletic wear for SunKissed Girl’s clothing line.

Some girls know firsthand the benefits of wearing SunKissed Girl’s UV protective clothing. After experiencing a minor case of melanoma, Senior Janie Martin said her concern for skin health grew exponentially. “I’m quite pale,” Martin said, “so I’m wary of both sunburning and suntanning. I really do use [SunKissed Girl] shirts to help protect my skin.”

This past summer, Martin’s job required her to be in the sun for most of the day.

“I tried to incorporate at least one SunKissed Girl item in nearly every outfit to protect my skin from the sun,” Mar-

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tin said. In her opinion, the fabric is “breathable” and prevents her from overheating.

So far, SunKissed Girl has sold hundreds of shirts within its first months of sales. The shirts are available at prices ranging from $90 to $125. Ashton Gillespie is confident for SunKissed Girl’s future, and she attributes this to her experience at Hockaday. “Hockaday gives you a love for learning instead of a fear of learning,” Ashton Gillespie said. “With SunKissed Girl, I will always keep wanting to learn.”

Faith Isbell Staff Writer

Field Hockey Travels to Spain Twelve members of the Upper School Field Hockey Team travelled to Spain this summer to train and perfect skills

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magine dribbling the ball with your field hockey stick, but instead of practicing in Texas’s hot, dry terrain, you’re surrounded by electric-blue turf, sub100-degree weather and Spanish boys.

That’s what 12 members of the Hockaday field hockey program did this summer, taking a two-week trip to Spain to not only practice their sport but also explore the streets of the foreign country.

Senior Evie Peña discovered the field hockey program e4you in a field hockey magazine during her sophomore year. After participating in the program on her own last summer, Peña enjoyed the trip so much that her parents decid-

ed to introduce the program to Hockaday.

Because varsity field hockey coach Jennifer Johnson was unable to travel due to her pregnancy, coach Jenny Francuski chaperoned the girls.

The girls that went on the trip included: seniors Catherine McGeoch, Meredith Mihalopoulos, Cate O’Brien and Peña; juniors Morgan Allen, Niha Choudhury, Madelene Danklef, Courtney Le and Cameron Malakoff; and sophomores Frances Burton, Alexandra McGeoch and Caroline McGeoch.

During the trip, the girls visited Valencia, Zaragoza and Barcelona. On the field hockey field, the Hockaday athletes faced both girl’s and boy’s

teams. Caroline McGeoch said, “even though we were faster and more athletic than the Spanish teams, they ended up being better because of their stick skills.”

In Valencia, the team got an opportunity to play a boy’s team. “Since we were playing the boy’s team, the games were more unofficial and the guys ended up being more lenient and friendly,” Choudhury said. However, while playing the girl’s teams in Zaragoza, the games were much more competitive.

Choudhury also described how different it was playing on the Astroturf, a blue artificial turf field, compared to a grass field. “With turf it’s harder because if you

hit a ball on the turf field you have to stop it before you keep going whereas in the grass you can sort of turn and pull it along with you. The ball just flies everywhere [on the turf].”

Astroturf differs from the field turf commonly found on football fields. Astroturf lacks the black beads, normally found on on artificial fields, and has a greater number of individual blades.

Due to the different features of the turf field, the girls focused more on pulls and fakes in order to improve their game. Although the Hockaday girls couldn’t perfect these skills in the two week duration of the trip, they have something to work on until their next visit to Spain.

While in Zaragoza, the team visited the local spa after every practice, taking turns getting massages before heading back to the hotel to take a siesta. After practices in Valencia, they cooled off at the beach El Saler’s aquamarine waters. They spent evenings exploring the streets and tasting exotic foods like paella, a Valencian rice dish cooked in saffron with simmered chicken or seafood.

“I really enjoyed playing and seeing everything,” Peña said, “but what I really loved was being with everyone. That was probably my favorite part.”

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Sept. 27, 5:45 p.m.

HVFH vs. St. John’s

Sept. 27, 6:00 p.m.

HVVB vs. Frisco Lone Star

Sept. 28, TBD Ken Garland

Sept. 28-29, TBD Lone Star Open @ St. Marks

Oct. 1, 4:30 p.m.

HFVH vs. Fort Worth Country Day

Oct. 8, 6:00 p.m.

HVVB vs. Trinity Valley

Oct. 5-6, TBD Head of the OkhlahomaOklahoma City

Oct. 5, TBD Jesuit Classic @ Norbuck Park

Oct. 8, 4:30 p.m HVFH vs. Trinity Valley

Oct. 23, 4:15 p.m HVVB vs. St. Marks

Oct. 5-6, TBD Rockwall Fall Sabre Classic @ Rockwall Fencing

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Oct. 29, 4:30 p.m HVFH vs. Greenhill

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away competitions

Oct. 26, TBD Head of the Colorado- Austin, TX @ Festival Beach Park (Lady Bird Lake Austin)

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Oct. 19, TBD Race for the Cure Oct. 26, TBD North/South Zone

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Oct. 26-27, TBD North Texas Grand Prix @ Telos Fitness Center

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n the modern world with game scores, synopses, even play-by-play updates constantly vibrating in their pockets, busy Hockadaisies are supporting their friends’ athletic endeavors with their physical presence less and less.

Indeed, as daisies’ grow more wired, it seems that minutiae like Hockaday sports teams are getting lost and forgotten. However, the Athletic Department has noticed and made its new-school-year’s resolution to reach out to members of the Hockaday community through social media.

Assistant to the Director of Athletics Teressa Thomas is spearheading the effort. She is planning to use many of the same social media venues daisies and their parents frequent to encourage them to attend Hockaday sports games.

“The big push for the beginning of this school year was ‘Let’s push everyone towards the website,’” Thomas said. “Then, we also wanted to do something that was fun, so Twitter!”

The Athletics Department has set new goals for its website (find it through hockaday. org), including posting updates on the homepage and allowing parents to sign up

“During the gauntlet last year, Catherine was running with me and encouraging me by saying ‘you can do it’ and ‘don’t give up,’” Alexandra McGeoch said. “It’s really helpful.”

If the sisters were to take their rivalries to the field, it would throw off everyone’s game, since the siblings build the foundation to this field hockey family.

“We’re always supporting each other and competing together,” Augusta Aston said.

During games, the O’Briens rely on one another and work together to hold the defensive line. “I count on Gretchen a lot on the field,” Cate O’Brien said. “Sometimes I’ll be defending a girl and Gretchen will come up.

We do a double team and I think that’s cool because she’s my twin.”

Caroline McGeoch believes that playing and practicing field hockey with her sisters is a good bonding experience.

“We try to help each other improve individually first, and then by doing that, the team as a whole can be better,” Caroline McGeoch said.

With the November Southwest Preparatory Conference tournament approaching, the girls are hoping to use their relationship

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SISTERS IN SPORTS Junior varsity field hockey: Barrett (III) and Isabel (II) Smith, Mary Claire (I) and Eleanor (I) Wilson Varsity volleyball: Samantha (III) and Charlotte (I) Toomey Varsity cross country: Charlsea (III) and Ellea (I) Lamb, Phoebe (III) and Charlotte (I) Smith

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to build their skills, improve their game and finish the season in first place.

“I think we’ll be closer together as a team and even more comfortable with each other,” Cate O’Brien said. “We support each other as a group to rise up to that challenge of getting first place.”

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we’re trying to reach more students and parents for the Hockaday athletics ‘hockadaisies’ [Athletics Department’s] Twitter account.”

Upper School history teacher Tracy Walder, who has a Twitter account for her Spycraft: Espionage and Diplomatic Policy course, said that she would follow the Athletic Board or Athletics Department on Twitter to hear about more games.

“I don’t think teachers will follow it on their personal accounts,” Walder said.

“But yeah, I think a Twitter account should get more people out to games.”

Other promotional efforts include a section in the weekly DaisyMail (an email newsletter sent to parents, faculty, staff, and board members), several booths at the Centennial Kick-Off Parade and Concert Saturday Sept. 28 and a series of Centennial Games.

“We do too well in athletics,” said Thomas. “It’s too much a part of so many girls here to not be at the forefront of Hockaday.”

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for notifications to their mobile devices. In addition, the department plans to link its new Twitter account (@hockadaisies) to the website.

Thomas hopes to tweet updates throughout the day - “You know, ‘Game today!’ or ‘Volleyball just won!’” - that will allow the Hockaday community to be more involved and in the know about athletics.

“Basically I kind of went around to people at school and then I asked some people on Facebook like why they don’t come to games,” junior Staci Shelby, the Athletic Board representative who runs the Twitter account (@ daisy_nation) said. “I even asked St. Mark’s guys and parents and most of them were like ‘we just never know when they are.”

Shelby thinks the outreach to the community has made a difference.

“I go to a lot of games and I see more students there than I did last year so I’m thinking its starting to be effective, but we’ll see,” Shelby said.

The Athletic Board differentiates its Twitter account from the Athletics Department’s in its content.

“The Athletic Board’s Twitter is more studentbased,” Thomas said, “and

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eenage girls are innately dramatic, but we Hockadaisies take it to a whole new level. We feel victimized when called into an impromptu advisory assembly or form meeting, distraught when our senior privileges are delayed and irate if we think something like the sandwich bar would run much smoother if we were running it. Consider the rationale behind your feelings: does the absence of vanilla and chocolate yogurt really merit an audible groan of displeasure?

If you personally identify with the song “Primadonna Girl”

by Marina and the Diamonds, like many of us do, think about how much drama you allow into your life and into the lives of others for things that frankly, are nbd (no big deal). If you feel that these scenarios apply to you, you’ve got a case of the Hocka-hysterics.

This condition drains the fun out of just about everything.

The naysayers and the negative nellies can be heard at just about every event. Every year at the first student council mixer in September, the words “lame” and “boring” were tossed around. Get over it, move on and have fun.

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has been a catalyst for aggravated symptoms of this infectious disease. We knew the Centennial would cost us a modified carpool line, altered senior parking and a few walks from overflow when running late.

Let’s not even address the unnecessary outrage at advisory assemblies. It’s twenty minutes, you’re going to be okay.

Take a chill pill and breathe. Instead of considering the changes as events inconveniently “happening to

us, why God why,” think about the opportunity we have to witness and commemorate the progress of school.

As a group of type-A teenage girls, we’re hypocritical on this matter. Often, brainstorming sessions for story ideas turn into a long-winded, therapeutic litany of complaints. But what happened to the adage if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all?

Negative energy is one of the most contagious things

in the Hockaday community, second only to bedbugs and a distaste for letting out our skirts.

As a student body, we need to have patience with matters out of our control and know that some things take precedence over our trivial concerns.

Let’s enjoy the last year of Hockaday’s first century, and let’s end it on a positive note. It’s time to appreciate the festivities and remind ourselves of the reasons we have to celebrate. It’s time to take a chill pill.

THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID What little I know about Rihanna is that she’s not exactly a Puritan.

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When kraft powdered cheese absorbs milk, it doesn’t change color or texture.

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Dial It Back MacAdams asks if technology is taking over our lives

Junior Elie MacAdams

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don’t have enough fingers to count the number of times I’ve seen people, distracted by their cellphones, walk into objects.

It’s as if reality has become second in importance to us.

In a society filled by phones and instant technology, who needs the real world?

I know I’m not the only one who’s intrigued by this issue of technology overrunning our lives. Albert Einstein predicted this issue before it even became apparent

when he said, “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.”

Maybe this day has already arrived.

It’s interesting how as technology becomes smarter, human intelligence seems to decline more. Near the end of August, I read an article from the New Yorker written by Gary Shteyngart about a product called Google Glass. From pictures I’d seen, the Google product is essentially a wearable computer in the form of glasses, which look more like wrap-around-sunglasses than optic lenses. The glasses are connected to Google, so users can also host a “hangout,” or a live video call, while walking down the street.

What intrigued me about the article, rather than the new-fangled technology itself, was the glasses’ effect on Shteyngart, the article’s author. He wrote how the more

he used the glasses, the more dependent he felt on technology and the more he felt himself slipping farther and farther away from reality. After about a week with the glasses, he felt bored with day-to-day life and found it hard to hold face-to-face conversations.

Visits to museums wouldn’t be complete without a videochat via the glasses, but even at the museum he was more interested in the videochat than the artwork in front of him. Soon enough, the glasses began to give him a headache; however, he couldn’t stop using them—he had become addicted to the stimulation. Will the Google Glass become the universal signal for “I’m busy”?

One of the problems that became apparent through Shteyngart was the technological dependency. However, this isn’t just a problem for him—dependency on phones and social media has permeated most of the population.

Preoccupied with all our new iPads and iPhones, good oldfashioned human interaction is beginning to become second in importance.

We all know proper email, phone and text etiquette. But I think most of us have forgotten about regular face-to-face, human interaction etiquette.

We’ve forgotten how rude it is to be on our phones while with another person. So used to constant stimulation from technology, we can’t stand the idea of being in one place without doing two or more things at the same time.

Google Glass might make the American public’s dependence on technology and social media even worse.

The Google Glass is set to become available to the public at the end of the year, at the earliest. I’m interested to see how the public will react. Einstein’s musings might just become reality--if they haven’t already.

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THE FOURCAST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

WE LOVE IT, WE LOVE IT NOT

STAFFSTANDOFF

The New Late Start: Great or Hate?

OO Avita Anand Sports & Wellness Editor

Emily Wechsler Copy Editor

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The WESTERN MIXER was a huge success and not just because of the weather.

The melodious chords of a harp eased me slowly out of my sleep. I hit the snooze button on my iPhone alarm, still groggy, and glanced at the clock. It was 7:15 a.m. That’s when it really hit me: I had 30 more minutes to sleep than I did last year.

That’s great for a lot of reasons, many of them scientific.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, teenagers need between 8 ½ and 9 ¼ hours of sleep each night. However, the biological sleep patterns of adolescents shift toward later times for both sleeping and waking, meaning it’s natural for teens not to fall asleep before 11 p.m. Do the math. Adolescents really shouldn’t be waking up before 7:30 a.m., and an 8:30 a.m. start time makes this possible for many Upper School students. But why does sleep matter?

Lack of sleep contributes to illness, limits your cognitive ability and leads to impatience, aggressiveness and inappropriate behavior, reports the NSF. Worst of all, lack of sleep contributes to acne. Pimples, guys.

Girls with long commutes have moaned that the later start time only puts them in the middle of the late-morning rush hour traffic. They say they don’t get any extra sleep as a result. Not so.

Before the new start time, lower schoolers and upper schoolers together created a carpool line so long that, as Head of Upper School John Ashton put it, “You could have been ordering a caramel macchiato in the Starbucks drive-thru and still have been in the carpool line.”

Now, when these students arrive at 7:35 a.m. as they always did, it takes them half as long to get into school because they aren’t stuck behind any other Upper School students, just as no Lower School students get in my way even when I’m running late at 8:20 or 8:25 a.m. I don’t miss the days of pulling up at 7:45 and still sprinting into the building at 8:02.

Yes, our days end 15 minutes later, but they’re also 15 minutes shorter, and you probably don’t notice, except maybe when you forget and think class is supposed to end at 3:45 p.m. only to be elated that you can lay your head back on the comfy library chair and sleep for 15 more minutes.

A new year and NO BELLS means we rarely know when class begins, but gives a great excuse for being two minutes late.

Coming home from the senior retreat with new memories, a letter to self and the very real threat of a BED BUG INFESTATION.

I was really excited for a later start. As a teenager more sleep is always welcome. But last year, when Mr. Ashton announced we would be starting at 8:30, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

With the initial rumor saying we would start at 9 a.m., 8:30 a.m. just seemed anti-climactic.

For those extra 30 minutes in the morning, it seems to me that we’ve lost more than we’ve gained.

First, with our new class schedule, we lost bells and that, along with the adjusted class times, just led to school-wide confusion. No one knows what time to be where and for how long. Teachers are now setting alarms, marking the start and end times of classes with their microwaves, desktop computers, cellphones and watches.

Hearing the bell at the end of a particularly long day or class also gives you a sense of accomplishment and relief, a feeling now greatly diminished when we are dismissed 15 minutes after the rest of the school to absolute silence.

Second, with the new start time came the new end time and, to me, ending at 4 p.m sets us back more than 15 minutes. 4 p.m. has the mindset of being late afternoon, almost evening. We also lose those 15 minutes to relax before our schedules start to pull us every which way.

Those 15 minutes, to me, acted like a well deserved break between school and extra curriculars and homework. Fifteen minutes to power nap, scarf down junk food or just complain to my friends about how the amount of homework I had was just unfathomable and how stressed I was.

Now I feel like I have to start homework right away, which only leads to longer, more frequent bouts of procrastination, which in turn pushes bedtime later and later into the night. I’m getting the same amount of sleep as last year, if not less.

And probably, most importantly with the new end time, there is no way for us to make it in time for Sonic Happy Hour. We must now pay full price for our afterschool sugar rush.

Boarders Move into Residence

Having the SAT AND HOMECOMING on the same day (Oct. 5.)

I’ll pick you up at 800.

Perfect, score!

The stringent new UNIFORM POLICY following the credit card rule is harder than it seems.

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Sophomore Vivian Armitage

he start of a new school year inspires a mixture of emotions in everyone: nerves, excitement and anticipation. As a sophomore boarder returning to Hockaday, I was subject to all these feelings, and then some. But I could not wait to see our newly renovated Residence Department, which started construction last March.

Visions of new furniture and gleaming bathroom fixtures danced in my head as I counted down the days until I could see my new living space.

Like Christmas, the long awaited move in day, August 17, finally arrived. As my parents and I pulled into the Welch Road parking lot, my eyes immediately landed on the resi-

dence building, lined with fences draped with black tarps, and construction tape, and I greedily searched the façade for clues of what would lie within.

When we arrived at Hockaday, I ran ahead of my family, left all of my belongings in the car and rushed up the path to Morgan Dormitory. We were early and Student Council representatives were hard at work hanging welcome signs and decorating every door with balloons.

Striding down the Lower Morgan “LoMo” hallway,. I looked at each door and noted the roommates, finally finding my name on the door of room 206. With bated breath, I swung open the door.

A feeling of déjà vu swept over me. I felt I had been here before, yet there was the sensation that I was visiting for the first time.

A sleek chrome light fixture over the shared chest illuminated the scene. On the walls, gone were the pastel tones that recalled the 1980s and varied from room to room. The elegant shade of umber paint facing me was modern, warm and—most important for room decorating — a neutral shade that would easily

match any duvet.

Gone was the 1960s-looking painted white wooden furniture. In its place was a pinecolored, modern combination of a bed and a bookshelf. All of the furniture was new, modern and boasted a large amount of storage space, and included a rolling desk that could slide over my bed.

With the added storage space, I found that I no longer had to stack everything in my closet. I actually had extra space to showcase pictures on my shelves. While the desks have wheels seemingly to allow for self-expression with furniture placement, that has not proved the case. Much to everyone’s dismay, the rooms must remain as they were found, thus eliminating one of everyone’s favorite weekend activities: rearranging the room. Nevertheless, I was still elated, and ready to see the infamous bathroom.

After a year of living with a bathroom that was designed and installed before my parents were born, I could hardly wait to see the boarders’ shared lavatory. So I scurried down the hall, grasped the door handle and pulled.

I might have walked into a spa-like oasis.

Soft blue tiles lined the walls. The bathroom stalls were no longer dilapidated and crumbling, instead lined with translucent sea-foam green subway tile. The metal lockers covered in chipped beige paint had vanished. In their place, stylish square wooden cubbies had arrived to house our personal toiletries.

The showers showcased the greatest improvement. Gone was the mold growing in corners and crevices, despite the relentless efforts of our housekeeping staff. They boasted sleek, clean tiles and a new shower head . As in the rooms, more storage space was available, including plenty of hooks to hang towels, shower caddies and clothes. The piece de resistance was the shaving ledge!

Seeing all of these improvements in residence alleviated my trepidation for the upcoming year. These amazing renovations reaffirmed that I had a home at Hockaday. I know that no matter what each day brings, each night I will come back to my little slice of paradise: my Hockaday Home.

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THE FOURCAST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Rethinking the Retreat PHOTO BY ANA ROSENTHAL

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Katie Payne

WEB EDITOR

Mary Clare Beytagh Anisha Anand

PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR

Molly Montgomery COPY EDITOR

Emily Wechsler NEWS EDITOR

Amy Tao

ASST. NEWS

Charlsea Lamb FEATURES EDITOR

LETTERS TO SELF Seniors open the letters they wrote to themselves their freshman year three years later at Allaso Ranch. Visit hockadayfourcast.org for the most memorable lines from their letters. “bonding” between an incredibly diverse group of 119 girls can get done in a day somewhere in the middle of Texas. I think they might be surprised.

At Mo Ranch, girls write a letter to themselves as a time capsule. This letter is to be read during their senior retreat, three years later. As a freshman, I reflected on my trivial, teenage problems and my lofty hopes for the future. After reading my letter at Allaso, I realize that I still have a strikingly similar personality to the one I had three years ago (which is perhaps something to be embarrassed about). Unlike our time at Mo Ranch, we didn’t get our phones taken away on the bus ride to Allaso, and our teachers didn’t check our bunks before bed. Our activities were loosely scheduled, and we were given a lot of freedom to spend our

single afternoon in the way we pleased. On the other hand, we still played “Never Have I Ever.”

Some things never change.

But the senior retreat brought a unique aspect my grade had never experienced before: the infamous campfire.

We had all discussed this part of the night thoroughly prior to participating. All of my classmates that I had talked to were fairly sure that they wouldn’t say anything during it, and for good reason. We had heard rumors that during previous senior retreat campfires, tense confrontations and dramaloaded fights had taken place.

But after our own campfire, to say that I was pleasantly surprised is an understatement. I was absolutely amazed.

We sat together in a circle for four whole hours, confessing deep thoughts that required in-

credible courage to voice. People shared their admiration for one another, and friends expressed their gratitude for each other.

Old friends reconnected, and I’d like to think that new friendships formed.

When the campfire was finally over at 1:30 a.m., everyone congregated in their respective cabins to cry, laugh and reminisce into the early morning hours.

I don’t want to reveal too much about the Class of 2014’s senior retreat, but I do want underclassmen to take note.

While you absolutely should focus on your academic classes, take the time to get to know the people that constitute them as well. Don’t wait until your senior retreat to bond with your classmates, or you’ll risk wishing you hadn’t wasted so much time waiting for them to bond with you.

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Senior Amy Tao

enior year at Hockaday brings a lot to the table: off-campus privileges, cutting the lunch line and the best seats during assemblies, to name a few. But the annual overnight senior retreat to Allaso Ranch in September is a remarkable highlight. It’s meant to unify the senior class to plan for upcoming events, relax (with a no-homework weekend) and bond with each other as a way of setting a positive tone for the rest of the year.

Although the retreat focused on the future, I found myself thinking about the past.

Some people might say that you find yourself when you’re in high school. During these four years, you realize your best attributes, the flaws you’re reluctant to acknowledge and the distinguishable quirks that contribute to the person you carry on into the world, post-Hockaday. Upper School is a period focused on self-discovery. In the meantime, however, you lose touch with most of your class.

School becomes more stressful, cliques solidify and friendships fade when there aren’t many common interests to hold them together. Save for a few minutes in advisory or form meetings, people usually don’t set aside a time each day to be with their class. People might wonder how much so-called

Tiffany Le

or many in our community, Hockaday’s Centennial has meant exploring more of our school’s past 100 years. For me, it has meant delving into Hockaday’s history—literally. This fall semester I am taking English Department Chair Dr. Deborah Moreland’s senior semester course The Centennial Project, and I have been rummaging through Hockaday’s Archives.

I’ll admit: I did not simply wander into this littleknown, two-story room in the ARC building all on my own.

The exploration is part of my assignment to organize a corner of the Archives lined with file cabinets crammed with, yes, every single edition of The Fourcast, dating back from 1923 to this very September 2013 issue. I’ll bet that, as you read my note, a copy of this newspaper is already sitting in the “2013” folder in the cabinet, ready to collect dust for another century and more.

Riffling through previous issues of The Fourcast is undoubtedly an intriguing activity. I’ve seen Neiman Marcus ads for panties, love notes from boyfriends to their Hockadaisy lovers, cartoons dreading upcoming exams and memoirs of late teachers.

But on a recent Monday in the Archives, I stumbled upon a severely yellowed 1956 issue. One article at the top of the page caught my eye, titled “Staff Wants Student Opinion.” It read: “We of the FOUR-CAST staff put out a newspaper. In accomplishing this we work our heads off for nine months of the year. The venture sometimes brings us a measure of satisfaction, helps us maintain good grades, and, because we are active and interested, our good health. Besides these things, we feel newspaper work is its own best reward.

“You students and teachers discuss us and our work among yourselves—how about putting those discussions into a letter and sending it our way? Talking about us is one thing, but discussion with us is quite another. We have your interests at heart. Do you have ours? If so, write us that letter today!

“The FOUR-CAST staff needs to know your criticisms, praise or suggestions, and will do its best to better the paper by those standards. Then we could print a newspaper really worthy of Hockaday.

“We are eager to know whether you like or dislike our publication and why. Our objective is to please the Student Body. Let us hear from you soon!”

Courtney Le

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Alexis Espinosa

SPORTS & WELLNESS EDITOR

Avita Anand

PERSPECTIVES EDITOR

Molly Montgomery

PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Alaina Rodriguez

GRAPHICS EDITOR

Sydney Yonack

PROJECTS MANAGER

Gretchen O’Brien VIDEO EDITOR

Catherine Jiang STAFF WRITERS

Noor Adatia, Vivian Armitage, Austria Arnold, Kate Clement, Claire Fletcher, Faith Isbell, Elie MacAdams, Inaara Padani, Megan Philips, Manisha Ratakonda, Sunila Steephen, Erin Thomas STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS

Shelby Anderson, Miranda Helm, Audrey Kim, Dominique Sung, Emily Yeh, Grace Zacarias We as a staff certainly still “work our heads off” during the school year (please note the hyperbole), are rewarded by what we do and constantly seek ways to improve your newspaper. Respond to our articles, voice a concern about a community issue or praise someone you know.

With that, I encourage anyone from the Hockaday community—alumnae, parents, faculty, staff and students— to submit Letters to the Editor. Selected letters will be published each issue in regards to the previous issue. We regret we cannot acknowledge all submitted letters, but we sincerely appreciate them. Letters to the Editor must be signed. Please email letters to tle@hockaday.org or mail to The Hockaday School, attention: The Fourcast, 11600 Welch Road, Dallas, Texas 75229. All of the letters must be typed, double-spaced and must not exceed 200 words in length. The Fourcast will not alter the meaning or intention of any letter to the editor, but may edit for grammar, spelling and space.

We as a staff are proud to join our school in celebrating its centennial, and that is why we have created the Centennial Section on page 5 as part of this year’s redesign. It’s also why The Fourcast has increased its press run from 1,000 to 1,750 copies, now mailed directly to the doorsteps of the past six years of alumnae. For anyone wishing to subscribe to The Fourcast who has not yet, visit hockadayfourcast.org.

Meanwhile, commemorate the past, embrace the present and anticipate the future. I look forward to reading your Letters.

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Best,

Tiffany Le Editor-in-Chief

STAFF ARTISTS

Sarah Chan, Luda Grigoryeva, Anna Herbelin, Anne-Marie Hwang, Audrey Kim, Cathy Ma, Katherine Magee, Sofia Mira, Lily Sumrow, Mary Zhong ADVISER

Ana Rosenthal EDITORIAL POLICY The Fourcast is written primarily for students of the Hockaday Upper School, its faculty and staff. The Fourcast has a press run of 1,750 and is printed by Dallas Offset, Inc. It is distributed free of charge to the Hockaday community.

Businesses who wish to advertise in The Fourcast should contact Anisha Anand, Business Manager, at aanand@ hockaday. org. We reserve the right to refuse any advertising which is deemed inappropriate to the Hockaday community.

Opinions will be clearly marked and/or will appear in the perspectives section.

Commentaries are the expressed opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect that of The Fourcast staff, its adviser or any member of the Hockaday community. Unsigned editorials that appear on the opinions page will reflect the official position of The Fourcast, but not necessarily the position of the Hockaday community.

The Fourcast staff may cover student, staff, faculty or alumnae deaths as the staff is made aware.

We reserve the right not to cover a death based on relevance, timeliness and circumstance.

Corrections and clarifications from previous issues will be found as designated in the news section.

Any questions or concerns should be taken up with Tiffany Le, Editor-in-Chief, at tle@ hockaday.org.

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THE FOURCAST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Celebrity Look-Alikes: Upper School Faculty Edition The Fourcast staff has been doing double takes. Check out these teachers’ celebrity doppelgangers. Tell us what you think at hockadayfourcast.org.

English teacher Brian Hudson reminds us of Charlie Day.

History teacher Lucio Benedetto looks super similar to Christopher Reeves.

PHOTO COURTESY OF WENN

PHOTO COURTESY OF FANPOP AND SPIN ENTERTAINMENT

Chinese teacher Petra Lynch closely resembles Connie Chung.

We crown English teacher Dr. Jennifer Boulanger as Anne Hathaway’s double.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KEVORK DJANSEZIAN AND GETTY IMAGES

PHOTO COURTESY OF PRN/PR PHOTOS

Chief Financial Officer J.T. Coats could be Reese Witherspoon’s Delta Nu twin sister.

Science Department Chair Dr. Marshall Bartlett looks like Peter Sarsgaard.

PHOTO COURTESY OF INSIGHT NEWS AND FEATURES

PHOTO COURTESY OF JUST JARED, SPIN ENTERTAINMENT, SPINMEDIA