2014-2015 PROFILE 11600 Welch Road, Dallas, Texas 75229-2999
Tel 214.363.6311
Fax 214.363.0942
www.hockaday.org
COLLEGE COUNSELING Direct: 214.360.6559 Fax: 214.360.6558 HIGH SCHOOL CEEB CODE 441750 STAFF Eugene McDermott Headmistress Kim Wargo kwargo@hockaday.org Head of Upper School John Ashton jashton@hockaday.org Registrar Lyse Herrera lherrera@hockaday.org
THE SCHOOL
The Hockaday School is an independent, college-preparatory day and boarding school for girls from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The School, formed in 1913, is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest. The School is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, Online School for Girls, the College Board, the National and Texas Associations for College Admission Counseling, and the Cum Laude Society.
STUDENT BODY
Enrollment Upper School: Grades 9-12.............................................................483 Middle School: Grades 5-8..............................................................327 Lower School: Grades Pre-K-4.........................................................276
Director of College Counseling Carol E. Wasden cwasden@hockaday.org
Total Enrollment..........................................................................1,086
Associate Director of College Counseling Courtney M. Skerritt cskerritt@hockaday.org Associate Director of College Counseling Adriana Quintero White awhite@hockaday.org College Counseling Administrative Assistant Kerrie Smith ksmith@hockaday.org
Boarding Students Grades 8-12......................................................................................73 The Residence Department includes students from four states and from ten foreign countries: Canada, China, Germany, Jamaica, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and South Korea. Students of Color........................................................................................................................................38% Students Receiving Financial Aid...............................................................................................................17%
ADMISSION
Selection of students is based on previous academic performance and on entrance tests. Requirements of admission include an application, transcript, teacher recommendations, personal interviews, parent and student questionnaires, entrance tests, and parent interviews for the lower grades. Applicants for 2014-2015.................................................728 New Students for 2014-2015...........................................150
FACULTY
Full-time Teachers.............................................................119 Part-time Teachers..............................................................10 Teachers with Master’s Degrees.........................................66 Teachers with Doctoral Degrees.........................................11 Teachers with J.D. Degrees...................................................1
COURSES TO NOTE
Biology (Honors): Biology is not taught as a year-long course at Hockaday. Rather, in a model most usually seen at the college level, students may select from topical semester courses which are each designed to incorporate a common set of basic biology fundamentals. All courses are taught at the honors level. Business French (Honors): This course requires a mastery of French strong enough to succeed in the professional world of business, economics, and finance. The course culminates in the administration of the Certificat de Francais Professionnel and prepares students for study and work abroad. English IV – Senior Seminars: Senior English classes are offered as semester-long courses focusing on a variety of themes. AP English is not offered to the Class of 2015. Integrated Math: Integrated Math spirals concepts from Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II over a three-year period. All students will graduate with a firm foundation in these three subjects, having completed the equivalent of a year of study in each. In addition, concepts from statistics/probability, logical reasoning, and discrete mathematics are spiraled throughout the program. History of Art and Music: This required interdisciplinary course seeks to enrich a student’s historical understanding by providing instruction in the aesthetic and cultural parallels to the chronological periods that she has already studied in World History. AP Studio Art: Due to the great rigor and time requirements of this course, Hockaday counts AP Studio Art as one of the five possible academic solids a student may take in one year. Students electing AP Studio Art must eliminate a class in another subject area from their schedules.
THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY OF THE UPPER SCHOOL
All courses at The Hockaday School are taught at the highest possible level of rigor. Many courses that do not carry an honors or AP designation are considered among our most demanding. The required course load is four full-credit academic courses per year, and the maximum course load is five full-credit academic courses. It is not recommended that students pursue more than three advanced courses per year; additional advanced courses per year may be allowed by special petition. Most advanced courses become available to students in the junior year.
ACADEMIC SCHEDULE
The academic calendar is divided into semesters. Classes are 80 minutes and meet three times in a six-day rotation, 36 weeks per school year.
RANKING AND GPA
It is school policy not to rank Hockaday students. GPA is cumulative, unweighted, calculated on a four-point scale, and includes all Hockaday classes. Honors and Advanced Placement courses are not weighted.
GRADING SCALE A = 90 – 100 B = 80 – 89 C = 70 – 79 D = 60 – 69 F = Below 60
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION OPTIONS
There are additional education options available to Hockaday students, including directed independent study projects, Hockaday Summer Session classes, CITYterm at The Masters School, High Mountain Institute in Colorado, and Swiss Semester in Zermatt. In addition, Hockaday has worked with students who placed in year or semester-long placements in France, China and Thailand, and at Oxbow in California.
ONLINE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
The Online School for Girls (OSG), the first accredited online independent school, is a consortium of 83 independent girls’ and co-ed schools. The courses are taught at the highest level of rigor by faculty members at Hockaday and other consortium schools. Hockaday considers these courses to be an equivalent educational experience to a course taken in a traditional classroom setting.
2014-2015 PROFILE
2014-2015 COURSES ENGLISH
English I English II English III Senior Seminars AP ENGLISH NOT OFFERED 2014-2015
MATHEMATICS
Integrated Math II/III, III, or Enriched III Functions and Trigonometry Precalculus or Precalculus Enriched Calculus AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC Multivariable Calculus & Differential Equations (Honors)
WORLD LANGUAGES
Mandarin Chinese I, II, III AP Mandarin Chinese Chinese Language and Culture (Honors) French I, II, III AP French Language Business French (Honors) Latin I, II, III Latin Literature (Honors) AP Latin (Caesar & Vergil) Spanish I, II, Advanced II, III, Advanced III, IV AP Spanish Language AP Spanish Literature & Culture Latin American Perspectives (Honors)
SCIENCE
Physics AP Physics II AP Physics C Chemistry AP Chemistry AP Biology AP Environmental Science AP Human Geography Astronomy (Honors) Bio: Classical Genetics (Honors) Bio: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (Honors) Bio: Human Evolution (Honors) Bio: Macrobiology and Natural Dynamics (Honors) Microbiology and Human Diseases (Honors) Engineering Design (Honors) Investigations of Fundamental Neuroscience (Honors) Science and Pseudoscience (Honors)
COMPUTER SCIENCE AP Computer Science
FINE ARTS
History of Art & Music Monuments of Contemporary Culture Orchestra Studio Art I, II, Advanced Studio Art AP Studio Art Ceramics & Sculpture: Clay, Adv. Ceramics & Sculpture Hockaday Theater Company Concert Choir, Show Choir, Madrigal Ensemble Beginning Photography Advanced Photography Introduction to Debate, Advanced Debate (Lincoln-Douglas & Public Forum) Dance Extension, Workshop II & I, Lab, and Theater Beginning Filmmaking Advanced Filmmaking
HISTORY World History AP World History U.S. Government AP Comparative Government U.S. History AP U.S. History AP Modern European History AP Economics American Civil War Comparative Religion Philosophy21: Thinking for the 21st Century Spycraft: Espionage & Diplomatic Policy MASS COMMUNICATION Introduction to Journalism Newspaper/Fourcast Yearbook/Cornerstones Literary Magazine/Vibrato
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Health I: Intro to Wellness Health II: Understanding and Managing Fitness Health III: Protecting Your Health
Self Defense
First Aid & CPR
SCHOLARSHIP RECOGNITION PROGRAMS CLASS OF 2014 National Merit Scholars Finalists .......................................................21 Semifinalists.................................................22 Commendees...............................................29 National Achievement Scholars Finalists .........................................................3 Semifinalists...................................................4 Outstanding Participants................................4 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars..........................................................3 Honorable Mention Finalists..........................2
STANDARDIZED TESTING Advanced Placement Testing May 2014 Tests Administered.....................................680 Students Tested..........................................292 Percent of Senior Class Tested......................87 Percent of Junior Class Tested......................92 Percent Who Scored 5..................................56 Percent Who Scored 4 or 5...........................85 Percent Who Scored 3, 4, or 5......................96 SAT Testing - Class of 2014 Range of Middle 50% Critical Reading.................................640 - 760 Mathematics.....................................640 - 750 Writing..............................................650 - 760 SAT Subject Tests - Class of 2014 Range of Middle 50% Biology..............................................610 - 730 Chemistry..........................................670 - 770 Chinese with Listening......................790 - 800 English Literature..............................650 - 750 French...............................................620 - 690 Mathematics Level 2.........................660 - 770 Physics...............................................680 - 730 Spanish with Listening.......................680 - 770 U.S. History........................................620 - 720 ACT Testing - Class of 2014 Range of Middle 50% English..................................................30 - 35 Math.....................................................29 - 34 Reading.................................................26 - 33 Science Reasoning................................26 - 33 Composite.............................................28 - 33
College Admission Class of 2014
Abilene Christian University American University The American University of Paris The University of Alabama The University of Arizona Arizona State University Arkansas State University Auburn University Austin College Babson College Bard College Barnard College Baylor University Bentley University Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brown University Bucknell University University of California at Berkeley University of California at Davis University of California at Irvine University of California at Los Angeles University of California at Riverside University of California at San Diego University of California at Santa Barbara California Lutheran University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University University of Chicago Colby College Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado State University Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University University of Denver DePauw University Drexel University Duke University Elon University Emerson College Emory University The Evergreen State College Fairfield University University of Florida Florida State University
Fordham University Franklin College Switzerland Furman University Georgetown University The University of Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology The George Washington University Goucher College Guilford College Hampton University Harvard College Hendrix College Hofstra University University of Houston Howard University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Indiana University at Bloomington Johns Hopkins University University of Kansas Kansas State University Kenyon College Lawrence University Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Marquette University University of Maryland, College Park University of Massachusetts, Amherst Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Miami University of Michigan Michigan State University Middlebury College Millsaps College University of Mississippi Mississippi State University University of Missouri - Columbia Morgan State University New York University University of North Carolina at Asheville University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Northeastern University Northwestern University University of Notre Dame Occidental College The Ohio State University Ohio University University of Oklahoma Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio Oxford College of Emory University
Traditionally, 100% of Hockaday graduates attend four-year colleges or universities. The 120 members of the Class of 2014 were admitted to 164 different institutions, listed below. Pace University, New York City University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University, University Park Point Park University Pratt Institute Princeton University Providence College Purdue University University of Redlands Reed College Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College Rice University University of Richmond University of Rochester University of St. Andrews St. Edward’s University Saint Louis University University of San Francisco Sarah Lawrence College Scripps College Sewanee: The University of the South Skidmore College Smith College University of South Carolina University of Southern California Southern Methodist University Spelman College
Stanford University The University of Tampa The University of Texas, Arlington The University of Texas, Austin The University of Texas, Dallas The University of Texas, San Antonio University of North Texas Texas A&M University Texas Christian University Texas State University Texas Tech University Texas Woman’s University Trinity University Tufts University Tulane University Vanderbilt University University of Vermont Wesleyan University Villanova University University of Virginia Wake Forest University University of Washington Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis University of Wisconsin, Madison Wofford College The College of Wooster Xavier University of Louisiana Yale University