2013-2014 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 Sharon L. Wright swright@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.............................................................481 Middle School: Grades 5-8..............................................................328 Lower School: Grades Pre-K-4.........................................................278
Director of College Counseling Carol E. Wasden cwasden@hockaday.org
Total Enrollment..........................................................................1,087
Associate Director of College Counseling Courtney M. Skerritt cskerritt@hockaday.org Associate Director of College Counseling Elizabeth Jones esjones@hockaday.org College Counseling Administrative Assistant Kerrie Smith ksmith@hockaday.org
Boarding Students Grades 8-12......................................................................................72 The Residence Department includes students from six states and from ten foreign countries: China, Germany, Jamaca, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan. Students of Color........................................................................................................................................37% Students Receiving Financial Aid...............................................................................................................18%
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 2013-2014.................................................773 New Students for 2013-2014...........................................149
FACULTY
Full-time Teachers..............................................................121 Part-time Teachers................................................................7 Teachers with Master’s Degrees.........................................70 Teachers with Doctoral Degrees.........................................10 Teachers with J.D. Degrees...................................................1
2013-2014 PROFILE 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. Because Hockaday students are independent learners, many will elect seminar courses that allow them to explore their individual interests over AP English. 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.
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; a maximum of four 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
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. In most instances, students electing AP Studio Art must eliminate a class in another subject area from their schedules.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION OPTIONS
There are additional education options available to Hockaday students, including directed independent study projects, Hockaday Summer Session classes, CITYterm at The Master’s School, Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado, and Swiss Semester in Zermatt. In recent years, Hockaday has worked with students who placed in year or semester-long placements in France, China and Thailand, and at Oxbow in California. Hockaday also has a one-year International Program for foreign students that includes ESOL training.
ONLINE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
The Online School for Girls (OSG), the first accredited online independent school, is a consortium of over 70 independent girls’ 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.
2013-2014 COURSES ENGLISH
English I English II English III AP English Senior Seminars
MATHEMATICS
Integrated Math II/III, III, or Enriched III Geometry/Trigonometry Algebra II Precalculus Precalculus (Honors) Functions and Trigonometry Calculus & Analytic Geometry (Honors) AP Calculus AB AP Calculus BC AP Statistics
WORLD LANGUAGES
Mandarin Chinese I, II, III AP Mandarin Chinese French I, II, III AP French Language Business French (Honors) Latin I, II, III Latin Literature AP Latin (Caesar & Vergil) Spanish I, II, Advanced II, III, Advanced III, IV AP Spanish Language AP Spanish Literature Advanced Spanish Communication & Culture
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
SCIENCE
Physics AP Physics B 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) Investigations of Fundamental Neuroscience (Honors) Organic Chemistry (Honors) Science and Pseudoscience (Honors)
COMPUTER SCIENCE AP Computer Science
FINE ARTS
History of Art & Music History of 20th Century Arts 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 Photography, Advanced Photography Introduction to Debate, Advanced Debate Dance Workshop I & II, Extension, Lab, and Theater Beginning Filmmaking Advanced Filmmaking
MASS COMMUNICATION Introduction to Journalism Newspaper/Fourcast Yearbook/Cornerstones Literary Magazine/Vibrato
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Health I: Intro to Wellness First Aid & CPR Health III: Ethics in America
Self Defense
SCHOLARSHIP RECOGNITION PROGRAMS CLASS OF 2013 National Merit Scholars Finalists .......................................................23 Semifinalists.................................................24 Commendees...............................................29 National Achievement Scholars Finalists .........................................................1 Semifinalists...................................................1 Outstanding Participants................................1 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars..........................................................3 Honorable Mention Finalists..........................1
STANDARDIZED TESTING Advanced Placement Testing May 2013 Tests Administered.....................................699 Students Tested .......................................266 Percent of Senior Class Tested......................93 Percent of Junior Class Tested......................87 Percent Who Scored 5..................................60 Percent Who Scored 4 or 5...........................79 Percent Who Scored 3, 4, or 5......................95 SAT Testing - Class of 2013 Range of Middle 50% Critical Reading.................................640 - 760 Mathematics.....................................640 - 760 Writing..............................................670 - 780 SAT Subject Tests - Class of 2013 Range of Middle 50% Biology...............................................630 - 780 Chemistry..........................................680 - 770 Chinese with Listening......................600 - 730 English Literature..............................630 - 730 French...............................................660 - 740 Mathematics Level 2.........................660 - 770 Physics...............................................630 - 710 U.S. History........................................630 - 760 ACT Testing - Class of 2013 Range of Middle 50% English...................................................30 - 34 Math......................................................28 - 34 Reading.................................................29 - 33 Science Reasoning.................................25 - 31 Composite.............................................28 - 33
College Admission Class of 2013
Abilene Christian University The University of Alabama Allegheny College American University Amherst College University of Arkansas Auburn University Bard College Barnard College Bates College Baylor University Belmont University Boston College Boston Conservatory Boston University Bowdoin College Bowling Green State University Brandeis University Brigham Young University Brown University Bucknell University University at Buffalo The State University of New York University of Calgary California College of the Arts (San Francisco) 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 San Diego University of California at Santa Barbara Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Centre College Chapman University University of Chicago Claremont McKenna College Clemson University Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary Colorado College Colorado State University University of Colorado at Boulder Columbia University University of Connecticut Cornell University Dartmouth College Davidson College University of Delaware University of Denver Dickinson College
Duke University Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester Eckerd College Elon University Emerson College Emory University The Evergreen State College Florida State University Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College Furman University Georgetown University The George Washington University The University of Georgia Goucher College Grinnell College Hampshire College Harvard College Hendrix College Indiana University at Bloomington The University of Iowa Johns Hopkins University University of Kansas Lafayette College Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Louisiana State University Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Macalester College Mannes College of Music Mary Baldwin College University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami University of Michigan Middlebury College Millsaps College University of Mississippi University of Missouri Columbia New York University New York University - Shanghai The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Northeastern University Northwestern University University of Notre Dame Oberlin College Occidental College University of Oklahoma University of Oregon Oxford College of Emory University University of the Pacific University of Pennsylvania
Traditionally, 100% of Hockaday graduates attend four-year colleges or universities. The 116 members of the Class of 2013 were admitted to 173 different institutions, listed below. The University of Tampa Pepperdine University Temple University University of Pittsburgh University of Tennessee, Knoxville Princeton University Texas A&M University University of Puget Sound Purchase College State University of New Texas Christian University Texas Woman’s University York The University of Texas, Arlington Purdue University The University of Texas, Austin University of Redlands The University of Texas, Dallas Reed College The University of Texas, El Paso University of Rhode Island The University of Texas, San Antonio Rhodes College Trinity College Rice University Trinity University University of Richmond Tufts University University of Rochester Tulane University Rochester Institute of Technology University of Tulsa Rollins College Vanderbilt University Saint Mary’s College Vassar College University of San Diego University of Vermont Santa Clara University Villanova University Savannah College of Art and Design University of Virginia Scripps College Wake Forest University Sewanee: The University of the South University of Washington Skidmore College Washington and Lee University Smith College Washington University in St. Louis University of South Carolina Wesleyan University University of Southern California University of Wisconsin, Madison Southern Methodist University Wheaton College IL Southwestern University Wheaton College MA University of St. Andrews Whitman College St. Edward’s University Wofford College St. Mary’s University of San Antonio Yale University Stanford University Yonsei University- Underwood Susquehanna University International College Swarthmore College Syracuse University