Upper School students participate in annual Brain Bee. Pictured left to right, front row: Claire Marucci (Form III), Victoria Bennett (Form IV), Neha Dronamraju (Form III), Kaleigh Beacham (Form III), Erin Blotcky (Form IV), Sophia Lin ( from TAMS). Left to right, back row: Dr. Haley Speed from UTSW, Teja Devanaboyina ( from Coppell HS), Sarah Siddiqui (Form IV), Christine Ji (Form III), Chaucer Langbert (Form II), and Dr. Katie Croft
Hockaday Shines at Brain Bee Congratulations to Christine Ji (Form III) for winning the third annual DFW Regional Brain Bee. Christine (once again!) faced tough competition, with participants from Hockaday, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS), and Coppell High School. Second place went to Sophia Lin from TAMS and third place went to Chaucer Langbert (Form II) from Hockaday.
Association (NFHCA) High School National Academic Squad. The National Academic Squad program recognizes those high school seniors and juniors who have achieved a minimum cumulative, unweighted GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 or the equivalent through the first quarter of the 2016–17 school year. There were a total of 2,522 honorees on this year’s
squad coming from the 328 schools. Seniors and juniors who have achieved a minimum cumulative, unweighted GPA of 3.9 out of 4.0 or the equivalent through the first quarter of the 2016–17 school year have been recognized as Scholars of Distinction. A total of 714 students received the Scholars of Distinction designation.
Field Hockey Players Recognized for Top GPAs Congratulations to Kiersten Blinn, Rory Finn, Melanie Kerber, Audrey Magnuson, Eleanor Wilson, and Martha Winslow who were among more than 2,500 student-athletes from 328 schools who were named to the Keith Waldman – Optimal Performance Associates/ National Field Hockey Coaches
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Field Hockey players pictured for exceptional academic performance left to right: Rory Finn (Class of 2018), Eleanor Wilson (Class of 2017), Martha Winslow (Class of 2017), Melanie Kerber (Class of 2017), Kiersten Blinn (Class of 2017), and Audrey Magnuson (Class of 2018).