2020–2021 Profile College Counseling
About Hockaday
Direct 214.360.6559 High School CEEB Code: 441750
The Hockaday School is an independent, college-preparatory day and boarding school for girls from prekindergarten through twelfth grades. Founded in 1913, the School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest. Hockaday is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, One Schoolhouse, The College Board, the National and Texas Associations for College Admission Counseling, and the Cum Laude Society.
Staff Dr. Karen Warren Coleman Eugene McDermott Head of School kwcoleman@hockaday.org Lisa Culbertson ’96 Head of Upper School lculbertson@hockaday.org Libby Conder Registrar lconder@hockaday.org
Student Body
Admission
Enrollment
Selection of students is based on previous
Upper School: Grades 9 – 12
502
academic performance and on entrance tests.
Elizabeth Jones Director of College Counseling esjones@hockaday.org
Middle School: Grades 5 – 8
328
Requirements of admission include an application,
Lower School: Grades Pre-K – 4
277
transcript, teacher recommendations, personal
Micah Lyles Senior Associate Director of College Counseling mlyles@hockaday.org
Total Enrollment
Kim Pondrom Associate Director of College Counseling kpondrom@hockaday.org Charlie Runyan Associate Director of College Counseling crunyan@hockaday.org
1107
Boarding Students (Grades 8 – 12)
80
The Residence Department includes students from 10 states, one U.S. territory, and 9 foreign countries: China, Germany, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Vietnam. Students of Color (self identified)
45%
Students Receiving Financial Aid
12.9%
interview, parent statement, and student questionnaire as well as parent interviews for the Lower School applicants and boarding students. Applicants for 2020–2021 New Students for 2020–2021
916
171
Faculty Full-time Teachers Part-time Teachers
123 5
Teachers with Master’s Degrees
65
Teachers with Doctoral/J.D. Degree
19
Allison Camp College Counseling Associate acamp@hockaday.org
www.hockaday.org
The Hockaday School | 11600 Welch Road, Dallas, TX 75229–2999 | 214.363.6311 tel
The Academic Community of the Upper School The academic calendar is divided into semesters. Classes are 75 minutes and meet three times during each six-day rotation, 36 weeks per school year.
Graduation Requirements The required course load is four, full-credit academic courses per year, and the maximum course load is five full-credit academic courses. In addition, 60 hours of community service is required.
Semester Courses Semester courses are widely available to students in their junior and senior years. Many of these courses are among the most demanding classes available. Semester courses are designed to align with the college model that allows students to develop a concentration while maintaining breadth of study.
SUBJECT
REQUIRED CREDITS
English I, II, III, Two Senior Semesters
English
12.0 credits
Mathematics
9.0 credits
Science
9.0 credits
Physics, Chemistry, Biology
History
7.5 credits
World History, US Government, US History
World Languages
9.0 credits or through Level III
Minimum of two years in the same language
Fine Arts
3.0 credits
History of Art and Music
Academic Rigor All courses at Hockaday 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. Most advanced courses become available to students in the Form III year.
Ranking and GPA It is Hockaday’s policy not to rank students. Grade point average is cumulative, unweighted, calculated on a four-point scale, and includes all Hockaday classes. Honors and advanced placement courses are not weighted.
Grading and GPA Scale NUMBER GRADE
LETTER GRADE
G.P.A
97-100
A+
4.3
93-96
A
4.0
90-92
A-
3.7
87-89
B+
3.3
83-86
B
3.0
80-82
B-
2.7
77-79
C+
2.3
73-76
C
2.0
70-72
C-
1.7
67-69
D+
1.3
63-66
D
1.0
60-62
D-
0.7
0-59
F
0.0
REQUIRED COURSES
Courses to Note Social Impact Courses: Courses with the Social Impact designation are connected to the Institute for Social Impact. To have the Social Impact designation, courses must meet the goals of three of the four pillars (community service, service learning, community engagement, and social entrepreneurship) and actively create opportunities for students to experience outcomes such as increased advocacy skills, real world interactions, and practice designing solutions, exploring purpose, and building empathy. Honors Biology Semester Courses: Hockaday students have three options to study biology: Biology as a year-long course, AP Biology, or topical honors semester courses which are designated to incorporate a common set of biology fundamentals, a model usually seen at the college level. The variety of courses allow the girls to study biology in a format that best fits their interests and curiosities. 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 academic subject area from their schedules.
The Institute for Social Impact The Hockaday School’s Institute for Social Impact uses the power of engaged, hands-on learning to prepare our students for leadership in their communities, workplaces, and society. Anchored in Hockaday’s mission and building on our longstanding community partnerships in Dallas and beyond, the Institute allows students to engage with diverse partners, learn from civic leaders, tackle projects with community impact, and put their creative ideas into action for long lasting social benefit.
2020-2021 Courses *Social Impact Courses
AP Spanish Language and Culture
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Honors Spanish Semesters
AP Computer Science
Latin American Perspectives and Art
ENGLISH
Spanish and Latin American Short Fiction
English I: The Dangers of a Single Story
*Spanish in the Community
English II: Experiences in British Literature
Spanish Poetry and Pop Music
English III: The American Experience
FINE ARTS History of Art & Music *Chamber Orchestra Studio Art I, II, Advanced Studio Art
HISTORY
AP Studio Art
World History
Ceramics & Sculpture: Clay, Advanced Ceramics
*U.S. Government
U.S. History
Hockaday Theater Company: Technical Theater
AP U.S. History
*Hockaday Theater Company: Drama
AP Economics
Hockaday Theater Company: Adv. Drama
AP World History
Concert Choir, Madrigal Ensemble
Senior History Semesters
Beginning Photography, Advanced Photography
*Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Economics
Introduction to Debate, Advanced Debate:
and Social Entrepreneurship
MATHEMATICS
Global Issues of the 21st Century (Honors)
Dance Extension, Workshop II and I, Lab,
Integrated Math II/III, III, IIIB
Philosophy for the 21st Century
*Integrated Math III Enriched
Postwar American Films
Beginning Filmmaking, Advanced Filmmaking
Functions and Trigonometry
The Ghosts of the Romanovs (Honors)
Honors English Semesters
*Before #MeToo: Protest Literature
Biblical Allusions
Contemporary Literature
Creative Writing
Gothic Literature & Culture
Literature & Philosophy
Literature of Minorities
Shakespeare in Literature & Drama
Precalculus or *Precalculus Enriched Statistics Calculus AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC Multivariable Calculus & Differential
Equations (Honors)
AP Statistics
MASS COMMUNICATION Introduction to Journalism Newspaper/Fourcast
AP Physics C
Yearbook/Cornerstones
Chemistry
Literary Magazine/Vibrato
AP Chemistry *Anatomy, Evolution, and the Zoo: Intersection
of Biology, Design, and Community Impact
(Honors)
Mandarin Chinese I, II, III
Honors Biology Semesters
AP Mandarin Chinese
Advanced Genetics
Advanced Chinese Language and
Classical Genetics
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
French I, II, III, IV
AP Biology
AP French Language and Culture
*AP Environmental Science
Business French (Honors)
Honors Science Semesters
Latin I, II, III
Astronomy
Latin Literature (Honors)
Engineering Design
AP Latin (Caesar & Vergil)
*Infectious Diseases: Microbiology
Spanish I, II, II/III, III, III/IV
of Public Health
Neuroscience
There are additional education options available to Hockaday students, including directed independent study projects, CITYterm at The Master’s School, High Mountain Institute in Colorado, The Island School, SEGL in Washington D.C., Swiss Semester in Zermatt, to name a few. Additionally, One Schoolhouse, the first accredited online independent school, is a consortium of 83 independent schools. The courses are taught at the highest level of rigor by faculty members at consortium schools. Hockaday considers these courses to be an equivalent educational experience to a course taken in a traditional classroom setting.
and Theater
Physics
Biology
Additional Education Options
World Schools Debate
SCIENCE
WORLD LANGUAGES
Culture (Honors)
& Sculpture
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Health 101: Understanding the Basics Health 201: Looking Ahead PE I and PE II
College Admission 100% of Hockaday graduates enroll in post-secondary institutions.
College Matriculation: 2018 – 2020 Acadia University
Oklahoma State University
University of Pennsylvania
American University
Olin College of Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Amherst College
Oxford College of Emory University
University of Redlands
Austin College
Pepperdine University
University of Richmond
Barnard College
Pitzer College
University of Rochester
Bates College
Pomona College
University of San Diego
Belmont University
Princeton University
University of South Carolina
Boston College
Providence College
University of Southern California
Boston University
Purdue University
University of St Andrews
Bowdoin College
Rhodes College
University of Toronto
Brown University
Rice University
University of Tulsa
Bryn Mawr College
Rutgers University
University of Washington
California Institute of Technology
Santa Clara University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
California Polytechnic State
Sewanee: The University
Vanderbilt University
University, San Luis Obispo
Villanova University
Carnegie Mellon University
Smith College
Wake Forest University
Case Western Reserve University
Southern Methodist University
Washington and Lee University
Chapman University
Southwestern University
Washington University in St Louis
Claremont McKenna College
St. Edward’s University
Wellesley College
Colgate University
St. John’s College
Wesleyan University
Colorado State University-
Stanford University
Wheaton College
of the South
Syracuse University
Williams College
Columbia University
Texas A&M University
Xavier University of Louisiana
Cornell University
Texas Christian University
Yale University
Dartmouth College
The American University of Paris
Davidson College
The College of Wooster
DePaul University
The New School
DePauw University
The University of Alabama
Duke University
The University of North Carolina
Eastfield College
Elon University
The University of Texas, Arlington
Emory University
The University of Texas, Austin
Endicott College
The University of Texas, Dallas
Fordham University
Trinity College
George Mason University
Trinity College Dublin
George Washington University
Trinity University
Georgetown University
Tufts University
Georgia College - Milledgeville
Tulane University
Harvard College
University of Arkansas
Hendrix College
University of California, Los Angeles
Holy Cross College
University of California, Santa Cruz
Indiana University-Bloomington
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
University of Colorado Boulder
Louisiana State University
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Loyola University Chicago
University of Houston
Massachusetts Institute of
University of Kansas
Technology
University of Miami
Middlebury College
University of Michigan
Mount Holyoke College
University of Missouri
New York University
University of North Texas
Northeastern University
University of Northern Iowa
Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame
Norwich University
University of Oregon
Fort Collins
at Chapel Hill
Class of 2020 Scholarship Recognition Programs National Merit Scholars Finalists 13 Semifinalists 13 Commendees 35 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars 4
Standardized Testing Advanced Placement Testing May 2020 Percent Who Scored 3, 4, or 5 91% SAT Testing Class of 2020 Range of Middle 50% Evidence Based Reading and Writing Mathematics
680 – 760 690 – 780
ACT Class of 2020 Range of Middle 50% English 35-36 Math 29-34 Reading 33-36 Science Reasoning 29-34 Composite 31-34
2019-2020 School Year
2020-2021 School Year
Distance Learning and Grading The Hockaday School initiated distance learning on March 23, 2020, which remained in place through the end of the 2019–2020 academic year. During this period, the Upper School retained letter grades for year-long courses and transitioned to Pass/No Grade for spring semester courses. Following are the modifications made as a result of this extended period of distance learning during the 2019–2020 academic year.
Distance Learning and Grading The Hockaday School began the 2020-2021 academic year in a distance learning program. The standard grading scale and method for calculating grade point average as outlined in the profile are being implemented.
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Spring semester courses are reported as Pass/No Grade for all students.
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Spring semester courses are not included in the calculation of the cumulative GPA.
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ear-long courses are reported on the standard Hockaday Y grading scale, but with modifications to the weighting of Quarter 3 grades, Quarter 4 grades and cumulative exams.
Boarding Department The Residence Halls were closed on March 13, 2020 and students participated in the distance learning program.
Boarding Department After consulting with health experts and carefully considering public health guidelines, The Board of Trustees reluctantly decided that it was not in the best interest of our students to house them in the Residence Hall during the 2020–21 academic year. Boarding students were given the following options for the current school year: •
Enroll as a Day student at Hockaday.
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nroll in a distance learning program coordinated by Hockaday E for the coming academic year that advances her progress toward a Hockaday degree.
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Enroll elsewhere with the support of Hockaday to identify another program that was better prepared to meet her particular needs