The Hockaday School

A little rain and mud couldn’t stop Green and White Day! One of Hockaday’s most beloved Middle School traditions, Green and White is a yearlong competition through PE, and culminates with a Day complete with a pep rally, dance-off, water games, and tug-of-war competition. In addition, each team can earn points for spirit and sportsmanship. Congratulations to members of the Green team, whose flag will be flown outside of Penson Gym for the next school year!

Congratulations to the Class of 2030! We celebrated their Middle School years and next steps into Upper School at last week’s Eighth Grade Graduation. “In times when stress overcomes your excitement, remember that we have already conquered daunting obstacles in the past,” said Sophie Moya, Class of 2030 Speaker. “Face the wonderful opportunities head on, and make failure fear you.”

We are so proud of the Class of 2034 for all their hard work in Lower School! Welcome to Midd School, Daisies!

Even though weather changed our plans, we celebrated the end of the school year with popsicles and One Hockaday activities! Lower School, Middle School, and Upper School homerooms and advisories came together for fun activities and sisterly bonding before heading out for summer!

✅ White Blazers
✅ Hockaday Rings

Class of 2027 ready to lead the way…CHECK!

The Hockaday chapter of the student business organization DECA had a record 46 students compete in the Texas State CDC. Texas DECA is the largest charter in the organization, and over 7,000 students competed in the state competition in hopes of qualifying for the international competition (ICDC).

Congratulations to the students who qualified for ICDC!

Jessica B. & Isabella L. - Hospitality Services Team Decision Making
Ariel Y. & Katherine M. - Financial Services Team Decision Making
Victoria D. & Prisha A. - Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Aria K. - Principles of Marketing
Yihan S. - Principles of Marketing
Maya P. and Maddie D.— Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making

An EXTRA BIG congratulations to Aria who advanced to the finals round Tuesday morning and competed in a second round that afternoon against 22 other finalists. She successfully earned FIRST PLACE in her competition, securing Hockaday DECA's first ever win at ICDC!!!

Fourth Graders used all the skills they learned this year as they took on four design challenges at the annual Fourth Grade STEAM Day!

“Right now, sitting in those white dresses, every single one of you has a person on this stage in your mind. Maybe more than one. A person whose shoulder you have cried on. A person who you yelled at, and then profusely apologized to. A person who sat with you in a bathroom stall when you needed to fall apart. A person who texted you at midnight before the test you were sure you were going to fail. A person who knew the version of you that existed before you had any idea where you were going.

These are the people who know the real story. Not the single story. The whole one.
And it is because of the people that changed me for good that there are things I am not ready to leave behind. I will miss walking into a classroom and finding the brilliant women from Dr. Cranfill’s creative writing class already there. Or the persevering women from Dr. Hulbert’s BC class. I will miss knowing that no matter what classroom I walk into, it will never again be filled with the same incredible women I grew up with.”

Thank you to our amazing student speaker Cortney Buford ’26!

“There is a subtle implication in many commencement speeches that the torch is being passed. That my generation is done and it is now up to you, but I’m absolutely declining to fall into that trope. I hope I have another 30 years of learning and great work in front of me. Instead of “good luck out there” what I want to say is “Welcome. Welcome to out here. We need you as collaborators.”

Thank you to Kate Burch Canales ’96, our incredible Commencement speaker!