Hockaday Magazine, Spring 2020

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HOCKADAY EMBARKS ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

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All students enjoyed working together during the One Hockaday: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration and Day of Service.

Believing in the inherent worth and dignity of all people, The Hockaday School is committed, within the context of its educational mission, to build and maintain an inclusive community that respects the diversity of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, family composition, socioeconomic status, and talents of its members. This commitment to diversity and inclusion is vital to educating and inspiring Hockaday students to lead lives of purpose and impact as resilient, confident women.

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Hockaday @MBL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Learning for the Joy of Learning, Anika Bandarpalle, Form IV My Week at The MBL, Helena Magee, Form IV My MBL Experience of a Lifetime, Alyssa Taylor, Form III

Hockaday Responds to Devastating Tornados. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 How Hockaday has Rebounded After the Tornado, Kate Woodhouse, Form IV Middle School Holiday Bazaar Supports Impacted DISC School,

Avery Jackson, 8th Grade Shelter After the Storm, Gina Miele, Form IV Lending a Hand, Remy Finn, Form II

Hockaday Announces Land Use Plan for Athletics and Wellness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Hockaday Hosts NCGS 2020 Symposium, Leading Schools, Leading Girls: Preparing for the Future.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lessons from India.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Kirsten Lindsay-Hudak, Upper School Science Teacher

Introducing Self-Defense in Lower School.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Meagan Rowe and Meg Hinkley, Physical Education Faculty

Social Impact in Middle School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Jenni Stout, Middle School Math Teacher

Girls Who Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Trish Ashish, Form III

Hope Outside the Comfort Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

By Gina Miele and Abby O’Brien, Form IV

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Hockaday Varsity Soccer SPC Champions

Hockaday Magazine A Publication of The Hockaday School More than a century of individuals involved with the Hockaday community – students, faculty, staff, alumnae, parents, grandparents, and friends – have a positive impact on one another and the world in which we live. Hockaday Magazine, published biannually by the School’s Communications Office, strives to articulate that impact – in the past, in the present, and in planning for the future. The magazine also seeks to highlight the activities of the School and its alumnae, as well as to help define and analyze topics facing our entire community.

EDITOR

Susan Earhart Brower ’92 Director of Communications ART DIRECTION & PHOTOGRAPHY

Elizabeth Enloe Malakoff ’86 Creative Director

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Dr. Coleman recognized first-grade student Moira O’Brien who showed courage and confidence to suggest an all-school free dress day after the Varsity Soccer Team won SPC! The first graders beamed knowing that their classmate had made an impact on the entire school!

PERSPECTIVES Dear Friends, This spring has brought us challenges unlike any other in our lifetimes—the disruptions that accompanied the coronavirus pandemic affected all of us and our loved ones in ways we are still coming to understand. In times like this, I am even more grateful for this extraordinarily caring and connected community, whose bonds span generations, countries, and continents. These are the qualities that have helped us to rally in the past few weeks. And they are the qualities that will ensure Hockaday emerges from this crisis stronger than ever, fulfilling our mission in ever more effective ways.

Two stories in this issue of the Hockaday Magazine embody the extraordinary level of commitment, compassion, and resilience that I see every day in our faculty, staff, students, and families.

Last fall, when Dallas was struck by tornadoes, the Hockaday community’s response was immediate: adjusting school schedules and workloads, caring for staff and students whose lives were upended, and generously opening our campus to other schools and students who were less fortunate.

The School’s tornado response turned out to be a preview of the strengths we would call upon during COVID-19. This issue also shines a spotlight on how our faculty and students pivoted to deliver Hockaday-quality education via digital technology. We are still learning from our experiences, but I am unbelievably proud of our community and especially of our faculty, who continue to focus on our students’ learning experience and well-being, even as they pioneer new techniques and care for their own families. We know this unusual situation has placed an additional burden on parents, too, and we are immensely grateful to them for being our partners.

The pages of this magazine are also full of reminders of “normal” life at Hockaday. I hope they serve as a joyful celebration of why our School is so special. I find it reassuring to focus on all we have accomplished this year and the ways in which our important work continues to move forward.

This spring, we announced two projects that will beautify and modernize our campus. The restoration of Hockaday’s historic Horseshoe Entrance was announced in March. Since we opened our doors at 11600 Welch Road nearly 60 years ago, the Horseshoe has been the first impression of Hockaday. The sense of nostalgia that the Horseshoe evokes from alumnae and past families makes it one of the School’s most beloved places. With the growth of our community over the years, Hockaday needs a grand entrance that prioritizes safety, and is commensurate with the Hockaday experience. Improvements to the Horseshoe Entrance will allow us to reopen the School’s

main entrance in time for the 2020–2021 school year. Once completed, the updated Horseshoe entrance will once again give everyone who comes to Hockaday a sense that they have been welcomed into an extraordinary community.

At their meeting in March, the Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new Land Use Plan focused on Athletics and Wellness. When Miss Hockaday founded her School and established the Four Cornerstones, she identified Athletics as an essential part of a Hockaday education – a visionary and aspirational goal that was ahead of its time. Through Athletics, wellness, physical education, and recreation, students learn perseverance, resilience, teamwork, collaboration, how to face adversity, and how to compete with grace. The long-range plan approved by the Board will enable us to integrate Athletics and Wellness across the School – in the classroom, in competition and in co-curricular activities – in ways that more fully realize Miss Hockaday’s vision and make our School a leader among its peers.

We continue to expand experiential learning opportunities for students, and I was thrilled when we launched a new strategic partnership with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. While at the MBL this past November, students and faculty collaborated with expert field researchers who are committed to the fundamentals of scientific discovery in the areas of biodiversity, the environment, physiology, embryology, neurobiology, microbiology, imaging, and computation integrated with biological research. Hockaday@ MBL provided juniors and seniors an opportunity of a lifetime.

In this issue of the Hockaday Magazine, several students share their experiences from their week at the MBL. As a School, we strive to embody the same values of learning and self-reflection that we ask of our students. This year, we undertook a research project, Hockaday 360, to better understand how Hockaday is regarded by peers, partners, and educational experts. Through a series of interviews and surveys with students, faculty, parents, alumnae, past parents, and community leaders, we will gain insight about the value Hockaday provides to students and families and how we can best preserve and enhance that value. We will share our discoveries with you once the analysis is complete in Fall 2020.

This extraordinary year has allowed us to see Hockaday in ways we never imagined. Even amid the uncertainties I am humbled by your wholehearted commitment to one another’s wellbeing. And I am deeply thankful for your support of our special School. At a time when our city, our nation, and the world need reminders of what brings us together, your spirit of caring shines brightly.

Gratefully,

Dr. Karen Warren Coleman Eugene McDermott Head of School

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HOCKADAY VARSITY SOCCER WINS SPC Hockaday had a successful Winter SPC – The Varsity Swim Team won Second Place in SPC and Varsity Soccer won the SPC Championship!

UPPER SCHOOL ROBOTICS STUDENTS PLACE FIRST IN ROBOTICS FIRST COMPETITION Ten Upper School students participated in the FIRST Robotics District Event in Greenville, Texas. Their team, BBQ, mentored by REV Robotics, finished in First Place and won the district competition. Congratulations to: Megan Shimer (Class of 2020), Ann Segismundo (Class of 2020), Anoushka Singhania (Class of 2020), Katie Ladue (Class of 2020), Lynn Jung (Class of 2022), Riya Guttigoli (Class of 2020), Tukwa Ahsan (Class of 2020), and Sydney Slay (Class of 2023), Nina Dave (Class of 2023), and Jayna Dave (Class of 2023).

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FORM III STUDENT’S FILM SCREENS AT SXSW Film Student Barbara Lou's (Class of 2021) short film, ":)" was selected to screen at SXSW in the Texas High School Shorts Competition. The formal announcement of the films selected for the SXSW Texas High School Shorts called the showcase "a preview of the next filmmaking generation.”

FORM I STUDENT RECEIVES ART AWARDS Julia Paek (Class of 2023) won several art awards including: the Gold Key 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Award for her Finding Myself...It’s Ongoing; Finalist in the 2020 YAT Competition for The Smile I Want to Keep, and Second Place for The Silence Before the Storm in a 2019 Youth Wildlife Art Contest.

TEXAS REGIONAL BRAIN BEE COMPETITION The 6th annual Regional Brain Bee competition was held in January at Hockaday, and the competition tested students’ knowledge of the human brain, including topics such as: memory, language, sleep, vision, movement, sensations, general neuroanatomy, and diseases of the central nervous system.

Twenty-seven students participated from nine different local public and independent high schools. Three Hockaday students participated, and Naz Soysal (Class of 2022) came in second place overall.

SEVENTEEN HOCKADAY STUDENTS SELECTED FOR TPSMEA ALL-STATE ENSEMBLES This year, 17 Hockaday students were selected and invited to perform with the All-State Choir, Orchestra, and Band as part of the Texas Private School Music Educators Association (TPSMEA) All-State Festival. The students rehearsed with renowned clinicians and performed a concert of beautiful, advanced repertoire for guests on Saturday evening. Congratulations to the following Hockaday Upper School students: Kathryn Bowers (2021), Charlene Brzesowsky (2020), Liya Chen (2023), Faith Choi (2021), Madeline Chun (2023), Dora Cosic (2022), Sienna Ellis (2022), Lynn Jung (2021), Sarah Beth Kelton (2020), Kyulee Kim (2022), Kirsten Kirk (2020), Sidney Kronbach (2022), Anoushka Singhania (2020), Madeline Sumrow (2022), Sidney Wang (2020), Mia Xia (2021), and Riley Yuan (2023).

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LEADING SCHOOLS, LEADING GIRLS: PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE SYMPOSIUM SENIORS COMMIT TO PLAY COLLEGE SPORTS Ten Seniors have committed to play a sport at their college or university next year: Noelle Diamond, Stanford University for Rowing; Mary Gum, Amherst College for Lacrosse; Alexandra Hart, Southern Methodist University for Rowing; Evan Johnston, Syracuse University for Lacrosse; Alyssa Manganello, Southern Methodist University for Rowing; Leilah Smith, Stanford University for Volleyball; Madison Stringfield, Rhodes College for Softball; Abby Tchoukaleff, Providence College for Swimming; Julie Valois, University of Pennsylvania for Rowing; and Margaret Woodberry, Brown University for Lacrosse.

DEBATE TEAMS DISCUSS CHARTER SCHOOLS The Hockaday debate team performed in a demonstration debate for the public on the topic of charter schools. Nazli Soysal (Class of 2022), Cassie Liu (Class of 2022), Sarah Crow (Class of 2021), and Mia Xia (Class of 2021) performed with students from The Greenhill School.

The debate touched on topics regarding school choice, school accountability, and education standards throughout the hour-long performance.

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Hockaday was selected to host the national symposium, Leading Schools, Leading Girls: Preparing for the Future, organized by the National Coalition of Girls' Schools. The conference brought together more than 400 educators from across the nation to share experiences and best practices for teaching girls in today’s educational environment.

Teachers from over 70 schools nationwide joined Hockaday’s faculty and staff to explore key questions facing girls’ schools today and to collaborate through educational sessions, peer-led breakout discussions, and keynote presentations by experts in all-girls education.

MATHCOUNTS TEAM COMPETES The Hockaday MathCounts team competed in the Chapter MathCounts competition.

Nine eighth graders (Elise Cho, Christina Ding, Defne Gurun, Kaelyn Lee, Lily McKenna, Anisha Sharma, Yoyo Yuan, and Kimberly Zhang) and two seventh graders (Rayna Li and Sunnie Wang) represented Hockaday. Four girls advanced to the exciting Countdown Round with outstanding individual scores including: Elise Cho, Christina Ding, Kaelyn Lee, and Yoyo Yuan. Kaelyn Lee placed fourth overall.

Hockaday’s four-person team consisting of Elise Cho, Christina Ding, Lily McKenna, and Yoyo Yuan placed third in the team competition. In addition, Kaelyn Lee and Yoyo Yuan were selected to advance to the state competition based on high individual scores on the written test.

Kemper Lowry (Class of 2021)

JUNIOR KEMPER LOWRY RECOGNIZED BY VOGEL ALCOVE Kemper Lowry (Class of 2021) received a "Kids Helping Kids Award" from Vogel Alcove, a nonprofit organization to help young children overcome the lasting and traumatic effects of homelessness.

Kemper worked more than 200 hours as an intern working on fundraising and marketing campaigns, as well as leading tours and writing articles for the Vogel Alcove blog.

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS NAMED TO NFHCA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL ACADEMIC SQUAD Nine Juniors and Seniors were named to the 2019 Optimal Performance Associates (OPA) Winning Teams/ NFHCA High School National Academic Squad for Field Hockey: Ava Berger (Class of 2021); Emilia Callahan (Class of 2021); Maddy Charest (Class of 2021); Kate Clark (Class of 2021); Mary Gum (Class of 2020); Bella Heintges (Class of 2021); Anna Schindel (Class of 2021); Gigi Spicer (Class of 2020) and Margaret Woodberry (Class of 2020).

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Metroplex Math Competition

METROPLEX MATH COMPETITION The annual Metroplex Math Competition took place at Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth where 14 members of the Hockaday Math Club competed. The following students were honored: Karen Huang (3rd place Calculus Closed); Lynn Jung (3rd place Geometry Open); Kyulee Kim (2nd place Algebra I Open and 3rd place Algebra II Open); Shinjini Mukherjee (2nd place Algebra I Open; Peggy Wang (3rd place Precalculus Closed); Angela Wu (2nd place Algebra II Open); and Angela Yuan (1st place Algebra I Open and 3rd place Geometry Open).

SENIOR LILY FORBES COMPETES IN POETRY OUT LOUD COMPETITION Lily Forbes represented Hockaday at the Poetry Out Loud state competition in Austin and Annie Hurley was the alternate. Other finalists included Ann Segismundo and Neha Gottimukkala. Poetry Out Loud is the National Recitation Contest sponsored each year by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.

THIRTY-SIX HOCKADAY SENIORS NAMED COMMENDED STUDENTS IN THE 2020 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Thirty-six seniors received Letters of Commendation in the National Merit Scholarship Program. This honor signifies that these students placed among the top five percent of Listed alphabetically: Seniors Halle Blend, Jenny Choi, Natasha Chuka, Sohee Chung, Riyana Daulat, Shea Duffy, Gabriella Evans, Fiona Fearon, Sabrina Fearon, Lily Forbes, Sophia Friguletto, Xinyi Fu, Sydney Geist, Celese Gierhart, Katherine Hancock, Madeleine Hum, Richa Kapoor, Nirvana Khan, Anusha Mehta, Gina Miele, Cindy Pan, Katherine Petersen, Madeline Petrikas, Isabella Quinones, Alice Roberts, Emma Ross, Phoebe Sanders, Isabel Schaffer, Alexandra Scherz, Catherine Sigurdsson, Leilah Smith, Margaret Thompson, Claire Trochu, Daniela Vallejo, Jordan Walker, and Tatiana Zinn

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more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2020 competition.

Megan Manning (Class of 2023)

LATIN STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE JUNIOR CLASSICAL LEAGUE AREA COMPETITION Thirteen Middle School Latin students placed in the top ten in their respective levels including: Anna Bolden (Class of 2025) 5th Place Grammar; Gabby Gaona (Class of 2025) 1st Place Roman Life, 4th Place Mythology; Sophie Karthik (Class of 2025) 4th Place Mythology, 3rd Place Decathlon; Madison McClellan (Class of 2025) 4th Place Latin Derivatives; Daniela Perez (Class of 2025) 2nd Place Mythology, 1st Place Decathlon;

FORM I STUDENT RECOGNIZED

BY DALLAS MAYOR Megan Manning (Class of 2023) was recognized by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and Dallas Council District 4 Representative Carolyn King Arnold for winning Ms. Congeniality and for her leadership.

Jane Taten (Class of 2025) 2nd Place Vocabulary, 1st Place Latin Mottoes; Julia Emery (Class of 2024) 3rd Place Mythology; Eva Spak (Class of 2024) 2nd Place Grammar, 4th Place Latin Derivatives; Lahari Thati (Class of 2021) 5th Place Reading Comprehension – Advanced Poetry; Lily Fu (Class of 2022) 2nd Place Grammar, 4th Place Vocabulary; Kyulee Kim (Class of 2022) 3rd Place Latin Derivatives and 5th Place Greek Derivatives; Liya Chen (Class of 2023) 7th Place Roman History and 8th Place Reading Comprehension; and Angelina Wu (Class of 2021) 3rd Place Latin Derivatives.

SENIORS HOST BRAIN FAIR Hockaday Neuroscience Seniors hosted a Brain Fair at Burnet Elementary and shared their neuroscience knowledge with over 200 students and faculty! The fourth and fifth grade students learned about neuroanatomy, memory, emotions, movement, vision, attention, neuromyths, and brain health with fun, hands-on experiences.

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GEO BEE COMPETITION Two finalists from fourth through eighth grade competed in the School Bee of the National Geographic GEO Bee. Congratulations to first place winner Lily McKenna (Class of 2024) and runner-up Aadhya Yanamadala (Class of 2026).

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Leilah Smith (Class of 2020)

SENIOR LEILAH SMITH NAMED FINALIST BY USA TODAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AWARDS Leilah Smith (Class of 2020) was named one of nine Dallas-area Volleyball finalists for USA Today’s High School Sports Awards.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS COMPETES AT NORTH TEXAS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP The Hockabuilders, Designer Daisies, and Daisies of the Future

CELESE GIERHART RECEIVES RECOGNITION AWARD

were three of the 68 teams who won spots at the North Texas

Senior Celese Gierhart (Class of 2020) received a special recognition award from Dallas for her role last year as Chair of the Dallas Youth Commission.

This year she is serving as an advisor to the commission for Mayor Eric Johnson’s Office.

Project Presentation award for their lead pipe detector and finished

Robotics Regional Championship. The Hockabuilders (Anya Ahuja, Yanet Bisrat, Ai-Vy Ho, Anisha Puri, Stella Wrubel) finished in 19th place in game; The Daisies of the Future (Sanika Agarwalla, Sena Asom, Angelina Dong, Christina Dong, Maddy Oyakawa) won the 9th place overall in game. The Designer Daisies (Georgia Fuller, Grey Golman, Shifa Irfan, Tarini Gupta, Ashna Tambe) won the Core Values Gracious Professionalism award which recognizes a team whose members show each other and other teams respect at all times. They also won a Global Innovation Nomination. The Global Innovation Award showcases the real-world, innovative solutions created by FIRST LEGO League teams from around the world as part of their annually themed Challenge. There are approximately 100 nominations given in the world. The Designer Daisies will submit a proposal for their Innovative Parking Lot app, and if chosen as one of the 20 semi-finalists, they will travel to Florida to present their project.

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UPPER SCHOOL ROBOTICS TEAM PLACES FIRST

Sophia Yung (Class of 2022), Abrea LaGrone (Class of 2022), Sanjana Koratala (Class of 2022), Airu Weng (Class of 2022), Juliana Lu (Class of 2022), Grace Dorward (Class of 2022), Tianxin Xie (Class of 2023), Wendy Cao (Class of 2022), Sarah Youngberg (Class of 2022), Caroline Rich (Class of 2022), and Rachel Jan (Class of 2022)

UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS FILM SCREENINGS Bait by Sophie Gilmour ’19, The Blessed Burden by Joy Gao (Class of 2020), Tigerlillies by Alexa May ’19, and Shaadi by Anoushka Singhania (Class of 2020) screened at The All American High School Film Festival in New York City in October.

In addition, KERA-TV in Frame of Mind screened Bait by Sophie Gilmour ’19, Comfort Food by Anoushka Singhania (Class of 2020), Meet Metal: Bangover by Sari Wyssbrod ’19, and I Need Space by Phoebe Knag (Class of 2020). In the Pegasus Film Festival, Bait won Best Narrative, Comfort Food won Best Documentary, and Meet Metal: Bangover was runner-up in Documentary.

At the Women in Film Dallas Topaz Film Festival Awards Brunch, Alexa May '19 received the Suzanne Dooley Scholarship. Alexa's award is based upon her work in filmmaking while in Upper School at Hockaday.

Competing against former world finalists, the Upper School Robotics Team placed first in the First Tech Challenge competition. The team worked together to design and troubleshoot their robot while building solid team rapport. Embracing the cornerstones of Character and Courtesy, they assisted other teams at the competition to program their robots.

EIGHTH GRADER CHARLOTTE TOMLIN PUBLISHED IN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED KIDS Charlotte Tomlin’s (Class of 2024) article “Dirk Nowitzski’s Charity Tennis Event Draws Big Names” was published in Sports Illustrated Kids.

THIRTEEN HOCKADAY STUDENTS SELECTED FOR TPSMEA ALL-REGION CHOIR Thirteen Hockaday students were selected and invited to sing with the Treble and Mixed All-Region choirs of the Texas Private School Music Educators Association. The students rehearsed with renowned choral clinicians and performed a concert of beautiful, advanced repertoire for guests.

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ANNUAL ONE HOCKADAY: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATION Unity. Community. Purpose. These inspirational messages were

STUDENTS AND FACULTY ATTEND NAIS PEOPLE OF COLOR AND STUDENT DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES Hockaday participated in the NAIS People of Color Conference and the NAIS Student Diversity Leadership Conference held in Seattle, Washington.

More than 7,000 educators and students from nine countries were represented.

Educators explored the theme of Amplifying Our Intelligence to Liberate, Co-create, and Thrive. Upper School students focused on self-reflection, forming allies, and building community with the focus of Integrating Schools, Minds, and Hearts with the Fierce Urgency of Now.

Upper School students attend People of Color Conference

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heard at the fourth annual One Hockaday: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. The morning included a community breakfast, faculty and student performances, and moments of reflection. The students, faculty, and staff were joined by distinguished guests: Janiece EvansPage, Vice President of Global Philanthropy and Sustainability for Fossil Group; Dr. Raymond Wise, Director, African American Choral Ensemble at Indiana University; Paul Quinn College Choral Performers; and the Ursuline Academy of Dallas Choir.

HOCKADAY HOSTS ISAS DIVERSITY CONFERENCE Hockaday hosted the inaugural Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) Diversity Professionals Conference dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference included over 80 educators from 30 independent schools in 14 cities and four states.

Attendees enjoyed a variety of programming highlighting the latest research and trends for creating successful independent schools in the Southwest regions.

ART IN MOTION The Upper School Dance Department, in collaboration with the Advanced Studio Art Class, presented ART In MOTION. The inspiration for this concert is artists who used dancers for their subject matter while living in Paris, France between the late 1880s and the start of World War II.

ENGLISH SENIOR SEMINAR CLASS WELCOMES BREAK BREAD, BREAK BORDERS The English Senior Seminar Class, Culinary Experiences in Literature, welcomed Break Bread, Break Borders to class. BBBB is catering with a cause that empowers refugee women by providing access to training and certifications and licenses.

The refugee and immigrant women from the organization shared recipes, food, and information about their cultural heritage, helping students to consider food as a language and connector of communities. The class is analyzing literature with a particular focus on the interconnectedness of food with various aspects of human existence beyond mere sustenance.

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ALUMNAE NEWS Blake Lown Beers ’03 was spotlighted

by Ayesha Curry on a recent episode of “Fempire” for her business Little Renegades’ Mindful Kids Cards, which teach mindfulness to young children through whimsical illustrations and playful exercises. Ellen DeGeneres is also featuring the cards in her “Be Kind” subscription box.

Erika Kurt ’98, President & CEO of Small World Initiative and IfThenSheCan ambassador, talked with fifth grade students about superbugs and the importance of finding new antibiotics to kill infections. “The Small World Initiative® (SWI) is an innovative program that encourages students to pursue careers in science while addressing a worldwide health threat – superbugs and the diminishing supply of effective antibiotics. Since its inception, SWI has grown rapidly to include more than 330 undergraduate institutions and high schools across 45 US states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 15 countries.”

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AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER YOUNG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Fifteen Juniors and Seniors were selected for an innovative and multicultural learning opportunity when they attended the AT&T Performing Arts Center Young Women’s Leadership Conference and Special Evening with Former First Lady Michelle Obama. During the event, they participated in a Women Leaders of the Dallas Art World panel discussion and sessions.

Erika Kurt '98, President & CEO of Small World Initiative and IfThenSheCan ambassador pictured with Middle School Students

FACULTY NEWS

DIRECTOR OF ALUMNAE RELATIONS RECEIVES ELA HOCKADAY DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD

Candace Campbell Swango '82, Amy Spence '87, and Eugene McDermott Head of School Dr. Karen Warren Coleman

Hockaday Alumnae celebrated friendships at the 14th annual Fall Alumnae Dinner in October. The evening honored retired and current faculty members who have served the School for 20 or more years. Amy Spence ’87, Director of Alumnae Relations, was celebrated as the Ela Hockaday Distinguished Alumna Award recipient, and the featured faculty speaker was Head of Middle School Linda Kramer.

Hockaday Trustee Shonn Brown, Jennifer Stimpson, and Eugene McDermott Head of School Dr. Karen Warren Coleman

FACULTY NEWS

JENNIFER STIMPSON RECOGNIZED AS STEM ROCK STAR AT IF/THEN SUMMIT

ALUMNAE NEWS

As part of the Hungry Scientist Lecture Series, Hockaday

Leading educational innovation in the classroom, Fifth Grade Science Teacher Jennifer Stimpson participated in the threeday IF/THEN Summit as one of the top 10 “STEM rock stars” and participated in training sessions about communication, media and public relations, social media, and storytelling for STEM educators. Created by Lyda Hill Philanthropies, the IF/ THEN initiative is committed to supporting women in STEM so that they can change the world. This innovative group will work to support the IF/THEN campaign by creating a cultural shift of the perception of women in STEM. In addition, Jennifer has been named one of Texas Women’s Foundation's recipients of its 2020 Maura Women Helping Women and Young Leader Awards, which recognize leaders who have positively impacted the lives of women and girls.

alumna Margaret Rote ’11 shared with students how she has incorporated her love of science into a nontraditional STEM career working in the Healthcare & Life Sciences group of a law firm in Washington, D.C. She is using her neuroscience background in her Food and Drug Administration (FDA) legal work.

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SCOOP PODCAST PIONEER: FOURCAST ALUM SHARES EVOLUTION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAM

By Kelsey Chen, Form III, Copy Editor Photo provided by Catherine Jiang, Form III A pioneer in machine-readable duct tape that can store information, the CEO of a biotech company, and a YouTube celebrity with over 1.2 million subscribers—these are just three of the entrepreneurs Catherine Jiang ’16 and Chelsea Watanabe ’17 have interviewed on their podcast, “Founder’s Couch.”

In the winter quarter of her junior year at Stanford, Jiang started the radio show featuring student founders and their journeys from ideation to implementation.

“I was thinking, ‘What am I super passionate about? What are some of the interests that I could combine to form something special?’” Jiang said. “I’m interested in media, entrepreneurship, storytelling, and promoting community on campus and making it a better place.”

After a Stanford consulting session, Jiang wrote down the format, listened to other podcasts, and researched software she could use to put together and record the podcast.

“It was the moment when I thought I actually want to make this happen and that I’m serious about this,” Jiang said.

In one of her earliest episodes, Jiang interviewed Evan Michelle Miller ’16, who founded her own music publishing company and released an EP her sophomore year at Hockaday.

“It was a nice reminder of some of the things that I’ve done over the past several years,” Miller said. “It was a really cool opportunity, so I’m glad Catherine reached out to me for that.”

Though the first couple of interviews were with friends in her personal network, Jiang began to meet new people through the podcast. She asks her interviewees for references and keeps a list of people she can interview.

“I’ve gotten to meet some really cool, really driven people,” Jiang said. “I also like the aspect of storytelling, so not just talking to people, but trying to draw out those really interesting stories that build who they become today.”

Miller said Jiang is encouraging Stanford students to speak about what they’re doing while they’re doing it, which is uncommon.

“Stanford’s always been a place where things are created, but we don’t really talk about it with our peers,” Miller said. “That’s good, but it can also work against you because you don’t know where there might be opportunities to collaborate, so I think this is a cool way to talk about these things.”

While Jiang recorded and edited the episodes by herself in the first couple of months, Watanabe, who attends MIT, reached out in the summer of 2019 to show her support. The simple comment ended up launching the podcast on the MIT campus.

“I’ve always loved listening to classmates who are really into entrepreneurship,” Watanabe said. “It was more of a side comment like, ‘Oh, it would be cool if MIT had something like this,’ but it ended up becoming a reality.”

Now, Watanabe records her episodes at the MIT radio station.

She clips and processes her files before sending them to Jiang, who pieces them together with music.

Like Jiang, Watanabe said she enjoys learning about different people through the radio show. In fact, by interviewing a freshman who lives only two doors down from her, Watanabe was able to learn something new about her.

“I knew who she was since the beginning of the semester, but I never knew that she had this really cool side project that she was building up as an entrepreneur,” Watanabe said. “You realize so much more about people that you’re living next to.”

However, without Hockaday and the support of former publications adviser Ana Rosenthal, the podcast may not have been born.

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Chelsea Watanabe and Catherine Jiang collaborate on the entrepreneurial podcast “Founder’s Couch,” which Jiang created at Stanford.

“Being on The Fourcast made me appreciate media and storytelling,” Jiang said. “Mrs. Rosenthal would always be like, ‘Where’s the story?’ and that definitely shaped my approach to this. If I didn’t do Fourcast, I don’t think I would’ve started this, actually.”

Similarly, Watanabe’s experience with Laura Day on the Wesley Rankin Teen Board taught her to appreciate giving back to the community.

“Ms. Day was always a super great advocate for community involvement, and that has always stuck with me,” Watanabe said. “What I love about talking to entrepreneurial students or people in general is that it’s just so inspirational to see a different perspective, and I think it’s cool that I get to use this platform to share how inspiring they are to everyone in this community. Watanabe was especially touched when listeners in Boston donated to WMBR, the MIT student radio station that played “Founder’s Couch,” and thanked the show.

“It’s been nice to have that community engagement aspect, especially because it’s very easy to get swept away with my classes, my job search and my research here,” Watanabe said.

“It’s just so important to stay grounded and remember that there are people around you who support you, and that there’s value in giving back and creating something that’s going to help the community.”

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ZOOM Lower School students analyze their plants in the Lower School garden.

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COVID-19

HOCKADAY LAUNCHES DISTANCE LEARNING As the world responded to the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic this spring, Hockaday made the difficult decision to close campus and shift to distance learning to maintain the well-being of our community. Division Heads and technology teams developed a robust virtual learning platform to ensure continuity of student learning during the closure, and the curriculum continued to be taught on familiar platforms like OnCampus, OneNote, and Seesaw that students already used every day. Throughout the process, distance learning was both synchronous and asynchronous to allow for interactions between teachers and students as well as time for self-study. Even though students, teachers, and parents were understanding and flexible with this unprecedented situation, everyone was eager to return to 11600 Welch Road as quickly as possible!

Upper School Advisory Meeting

During distance learning, Dr. Coleman stayed connected with Lower School faculty to remind them everyone was thinking about them.

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HOCKADAY@MBL MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY • WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS

Hockaday is committed to expanding project-based and experiential learning opportunities through new partnerships with organizations in support of the unique student experience, and in the fall, the School announced a partnership with the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Nineteen juniors and seniors as well as six teachers participated in this unprecedented opportunity on Cape Cod, and when they returned, they eagerly shared their experiences.

Ever since I was a small child, I would collect books, toys, and movies about sea life, and when I heard about the MBL, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to continue exploring my fascination with the subject. My favorite part about the trip was getting to participate in an amazing experience with some of my closest friends. There’s something about being surrounded by others who are just as enthusiastic about a topic as you are.

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The Ann Graves Child Development Center Faculty and Staff

LEARNING FOR THE JOY OF LEARNING

By Anika Bandarpalle, Form IV Marine biology was my first passion. I distinctly remember sitting on the floor of Ms. Hogan’s kindergarten class reading my favorite book to check out from the library. Aptly titled Shark, it was an encyclopedic book all about sharks and what threatens the species. Despite being scared by the images of sharks, week after week I would check out the book, completely captivated by their beauty.

As a senior, I’ve begun deciding what I want to study in college and pursue as a career. I’m planning to study international affairs on a pre-law track at George Washington University, and elected not to take any science classes this year, to focus on history classes. This surprised a lot of my peers on the trip and was something we laughed about—I was taking a week off from normal school to study marine biology, something I’m not sure if I’ll even pursue in college, in contrast to the many science-focused students on the trip. But, my reasoning for wanting to go to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) was simple: I really love biology. After taking Ms. Finazzo’s and Ms. Day’s Anatomy, Evolution, and the Zoo (AEZ) class last year, my love for biology was reawakened. AEZ was a unique class because of the social impact aspect as well as the nontraditional way we were assessed. This allowed for a low-stress learning environment, where we got to focus on learning for the joy of learning, instead of learning just to get a good grade on a test. Furthermore, we were learning for the purpose of reallife application: solving environmental problems in the world around us. This was my favorite aspect of AEZ, and something that I felt the scientists at the MBL emphasized in their work.

At the MBL, we learned marine biology but from a completely different perspective. One of the focuses of their research is how marine biology can be used to answer questions about

the things around us, as well as looking at unique solutions to problems that might at first seem unrelated to the nervous system of squids or zebra fish embryos. Woods Hole was a great place to be, a small town where everything was in walking distance, and you could always catch a glimpse of the beach. I know I was hesitant about being in Cape Cod in November, but seeing the sunsets at the beach every evening made having to bundle up in sweaters and coats completely worth it. The facilities at the MBL were absolutely amazing.

We were working with top-of-the-line equipment, and had the opportunity to dissect organisms that most high schoolers might not even see in real life. Throughout the week, all of us felt more than welcome at the MBL, as they gave us access to labs across their campus. We spent our days alternating between lectures presented by scientists renowned in their fields, and in doing labs led by them. The scientists we worked with were more than willing to help us, but also let us struggle through things and learn through practice. They were gracious in answering our questions, always taking them seriously, and willing to answer even some of the most basic questions.

Dr. Nipam Patel, the director of the MBL, was truly one of the most interesting people I think any of us had ever met.

With a background in embryology, he led labs and lectures throughout the week focused on embryos and what they tell us about ourselves. He also did a lecture about the pigments on butterfly wings, which was something many of us had never even thought about. Later in the week he showed us part of his butterfly collection, containing tens of thousands of butterflies, and known around the world. When I signed up for the MBL trip, I never expected to be standing in a closet of a library looking at cases of butterflies at 10 p.m. at night, but it was one of the most profound and unique parts of the trip.

As I wrap up my fourteenth and final year at Hockaday, I feel confident in saying the MBL will always be one of the most special and valuable parts of my time here.

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MY WEEK AT THE MBL

By Helena Magee, Form IV The Hawaiian Bobtail Squid is a two-inch-long cephalopod that lives in shallow waters near Hawaii. Despite its tiny size, this marine animal is a nocturnal predator that must sneak up on shrimp, its prey, while avoiding numerous larger predators which could easily catch them. The key to survival: a symbiotic relationship with a bioluminescent bacterium called Vibrio Fischeri. The cephalopod has a special “light organ� that works with the bacteria and its own chromatophores, small points that expand and contract to control the color of the animal, to counter-shade with the moon above and the ocean floor below. This allows the creature to not only change its color with incredible precision, but also to erase any shadow its body could cast below. This camouflaging behavior is extremely interesting because the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid uses the technique largely for offense, rather than defense, as many other cephalopods do.

This incredible phenomenon was a significant topic at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA back in November of 2019 when 19 Hockaday Form III and Form IV students and six faculty mentors embarked on a week-long laboratory immersion program at the campus.

The course, Hockaday@MBL, focused on the anatomy and development of vertebrates and invertebrates and enabled the group to engage with numerous topics including biodiversity, developmental biology, fluorescent confocal microscopy,

cephalopod culture, and even anesthesia. Students and faculty learned first-hand through lectures given by field researchers and professionals and through hands-on laboratory work conducted in official MBL facilities. In between lectures and laboratory modules, students even tended to their own aquarium tanks that housed hermit crabs, fish, and sea urchins, and completed water quality tests daily. The most exciting part of each day, however, was the laboratory work which included dissections of fin fish, elasmobranches, sea stars, and cephalopods; a coral microscopic examination conducted using microscopes complete with cameras paired with iPad tablets; a demonstration of cephalopod camouflage; a practical exam; and even the anesthetizing of toad fish for routine clinical examination.

One of the highlights of the program was that students and faculty learned how to image embryos using fluorescent confocal microscopy. Together with the director of the MBL, Dr. Nipam Patel, the students constructed digital 3-D models of zebra fish embryos, fruit fly embryos, and even a cuttlefish embryo using an incredibly powerful microscope. To construct the model, the microscope began by lighting up a tiny point on the specimen, and then scanned through every point on the embryo in that x-y plane. Then, it increased the z-value by one and repeated the same scanning process, but up one point higher. This process continued until the entire specimen had been scanned. Students then consolidated these scans to create a 3-D model of the embryo called a z-stack. The most amazing part, however, came during the preparation.

Before scanning, the students first prepared the specimens in the lab by adding donkey and rabbit antibodies to the embryos so that certain specified parts would fluoresce, or reflect light, when hit with various colored lights under the microscope during scanning.

Through this technique, the z-stacks the students created are comprised of multiple layers that can be toggled off and on, which display in bright colors the muscle, cell nuclei, central nervous system, peripheral nervous system of the embryos, and any combination of each.

This inaugural trip was the experience of a lifetime, and this group of students and faculty will never forget it.

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The MBL not only gave us a general overview of biology, but let us dive deeper into how biological research is done. We learned how marine life is connected to making important discoveries in human medicine and how humans develop, which has aided in the research of stem cells and the study of spinal cord regeneration.

Avery Mitts, Form III

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MY MBL EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME

By Alyssa Taylor, Form III This November, I was blessed with the opportunity to go to the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

It was indeed an experience of a lifetime, a jam-packed seven days full of lectures, labs, and laughs. The MBL and Woods Hole was a treasure trove of adventures. There were whole rooms dedicated to housing and raising different marine life.

Touring their rare books and archives was an extraordinary experience. In 30 minutes, I held a Nobel prize and a copy of The Origin of Species signed by Charles Darwin himself. There was also a little treasure, like a shop with fantastic pies that my friends and I went to three times that week.

During my time at the MBL, I got to participate in various science activities I could not get anywhere else. The staff was very inviting and incredibly knowledgeable. It was an honor to work with these prominent members of the science community and learn from their lectures. Our lecture topics ranged from anesthesia for fish to the science of butterfly scales. We started the week with a tour of the MBL’s vast facilities. Woods Hole is so different from Dallas that being at MBL was an immersive experience. Although it was quite cold, I loved every moment walking around the campus. They have state-of-the-art equipment and, due to its location, a wide variety of marine life that we could see on the shore. At the end of our tour, we

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picked out animals such as small fish, hermit crabs, and sea urchins to add to our fish tanks to take care of for the week.

So, every morning and every night, we took care of our humorously named fish.

Each day in the lab was new, except for one overarching project. We dissected many types of marine life, such as skate fish, octopuses, and sea urchins. At the beginning of the trip, I had never done a dissection, but by the end, I was an expert.

In the lab, we also got to examine various specimens under the microscope. We use special microscopes for our project.

My group got to stain a cuttlefish embryo with antibodies and image them with the MBL’s innovative technology. We created 3D images of the cuttlefish’s neurons, muscle cells, and nuclei.

After the image came together, it looked like a work of art.

Knowing that in the image you are looking at all the tiny cells within an embryo is almost mind-blowing.

My favorite activity was learning about anesthesia for animals.

As someone who plans on pursuing a career in the medical field, learning about such an overlooked topic was enthralling.

I was genuinely surprised to find out that fish are not anesthetized by putting a little mask around their face.

Although I was left exhausted by the end of the week, my time at the MBL was one of the best times of my life. I gained knowledge that I would not get anywhere else, and the experience of a lifetime. I am so glad Hockaday allowed me to attend the MBL.

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STORM IMPACT

In October 2019, several devastating tornadoes struck Dallas leaving a path of destruction that impacted everyone in the community. The following stories by Middle and Upper School students provide insight into how the students responded to help those who were directly affected in the days that immediately followed this unprecedented tragedy.

HOW HOCKADAY HAS REBOUNDED AFTER THE TORNADO

By Kate Woodhouse, Form IV October 20, 2019 will forever be a day to go down in Dallas history, however not in the way it may originally seem. Despite the $2 billion in damage, concentrated especially on the Hockaday and St. Mark’s communities, I view this night not through a lens of terror but one of hope and pride.

While many people lost their houses, there were more who sent messages of encouragement, offered up spare bedrooms until victims could find more permanent housing, and planned to clean up affected friends’ houses the next morning. Students filled our senior class GroupMe with calls to action to help the community. Before administration had announced that there would be no school the next day, the senior class sent an email asking for the day off not to work on college applications or homework but rather to help those affected.

Once we returned to school the next day, the Upper School’s decision to suspend homework for the week, allow students to choose whether or not to wear the school uniform, and to not count late arrivals or absences provided the perfect way to transition from the shock back into a normal school routine.

Someone in the senior GroupMe even wanted to get Mrs. Culbertson an Edible Arrangement for the work she did to accommodate everyone during the weeks after the tornado.

On the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday following the devastation, Hockaday sent volunteers into the community to help the students in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) whose schools were damaged. The first day we volunteered at Loos Field House, which served as a temporary learning space for schools without power. Almost 3,000 students from Burnet, Cigarroa, and Pershing elementaries packed into the hallways, stands, and basketball court at the field house, which made it hard for teachers to educate their students in a way similar to their home school. Some Hockaday Upper Schoolers copied worksheets for the teachers, others read to students, and I played at recess with some 4th graders.

The next two days Hockaday students and teachers traveled to Burnet Elementary, which lost access to its gym during the tornado, to play soccer with students who now had to take P.E. in a traditional classroom, create an office for a P.E. teacher whose previous one was destroyed, and help the school in other small tasks. Our presence brought hope to the students and teachers and brightened their days with our help.

Hockaday’s quick call to action enabled Upper Schoolers and elementary students to relax after the trauma, and inspired gratitude among all involved.

The tornado caused a newsworthy change in the structure of life at Hockaday and beyond, so The Fourcast decided to create our centerspread about the aftermath of the tragic event. Every member of the staff took on different responsibilities to turn the story around on a tight deadline. Three girls went into the community to take photos for our story; other journalists paired up to write a section of the 2,000 word story. Without the hard work from everyone on the staff, the student newspaper would have not been able to accurately and justly report a story so vital to the community.

Looking back on the tragedy three months later, I am amazed at and humbled by the sacrifices made by everyone in the community to ensure the safety and security of their Dallas neighbors, whether they attend Hockaday, St. Mark’s, or a DISD school. The tornado did not splinter the community; it only brought us closer together.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLIDAY BAZAAR SUPPORTS IMPACTED DISD SCHOOL

By Avery Jackson, 8th Grade My experience with the Holiday Bazaar has been a great one ever since fifth grade. It’s a time that shows us giving back to our community and raising money can be fun and exciting. I enjoy working on the products with my advisory and bonding with them while we create posters and a catchy name. It gives us a chance to just talk and make something fun, and it brings out crafty skills you did not even know you had.

The day of the Bazaar is always the best because you do not have homework or classes to worry about, you get to wear festive shirts, and you can get some holiday shopping done.

Girls have lots of fun walking and talking with friends and buying gifts for their family, and the best part is that everything is handmade. I also love that there is a wide range of products from bath salts to jewelry, and even root beer floats. And the fact that the limited time you have to shop is so chaotic makes it more fun because everyone is running around, and holiday music is playing. The Bazaar really gets everyone into the holiday spirit and ready for a break. And in those 45 minutes of shopping and selling we make around $6,000 to donate to charity.

In light of the horrible tornadoes that impacted our community in the fall, the Middle School Student Council decided that the proceeds from 2019’s Holiday Bazaar would be donated to Thomas Jefferson High School. Normally, Student Council chooses a local charity to donate to, but because of the tornado that damaged the school and our community, almost 2,000 students have been forced to cram into a much smaller middle school 30 minutes away. The new school, Thomas A. Edison Middle Learning Center, had only recently been used as a storage unit and had to be quickly turned around to accommodate the students. Because of this, the walls in the school and around the courtyard are completely bare. Also, the courtyard, the only outside space to hang out during recess, did not have anything in it and the grass had started to die.

So, the Middle School Student Council decided to use the money to help the students beautify their courtyard by planting new plants, installing flowerbeds, and bringing new and colorful benches. Also, the one thing the students have asked for were birdhouses that are painted with bright and fun colors to brighten and bring the space to life, so we will be helping them paint and decorate these new birdhouses.

This year, a Thomas Jefferson High School representative came and watched the Holiday Bazaar in action, and from what he told us, he thought it was a great and exciting way to raise money. The Holiday Bazaar is one of our favorite events in Middle School, and we were excited to donate the proceeds for this important purpose.

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SHELTER AFTER THE STORM

By Gina Miele, Form IV When unspeakable tragedy strikes, the strength of a community becomes apparent. When the tornado hit Dallas in October, my Hockaday peers and I sensed our community would be forever changed. While we were tremendously grateful that our own campus was not damaged, we recognized that others had not been so fortunate. With their schools unsafe from damage, more than 1,700 students from our DISD partner schools were housed in the Loos Field House during the school day.

To facilitate such large numbers, a large volunteer effort was needed. Laura Day, the Head of the Institute for Social Impact, and I worked together to coordinate the volunteer program.

Since many of my classmates had expressed a desire to become involved, I sent an email to the Upper School, offering volunteer spots for the remainder of the week. Instantly, my email was flooded with requests from students in all grades reaching out to help. I was overwhelmed by the passionate response. Twenty students traveled to Loos Field House each day to help teachers in whatever capacity needed. My fellow volunteers and I greatly admired how the teachers remained positive and worked to create an inviting learning environment for their students. Hockaday students read to third graders, interacted with Pre-K students, distributed worksheets, and performed many other helpful tasks. During a form meeting, seniors unable to volunteer wrote cards of encouragement and gratitude for the teachers and students displaced by the tornado.

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Toward the end of the week following the tornado, many of the affected students were able to return to their schools. Although the children were back in school, there was still much work to do. Hockaday students and faculty members traveled to Burnet Elementary for the remainder of the week. On our first day, some volunteers played with students outside during their gym class while others helped re-assemble classrooms. During the second volunteer shift, we helped the gym teacher move her supplies into a space that was converted to serve as her office, as her previous gym workspace was now structurally compromised. What impacted me most was the pure joy on the children’s faces when we arrived to volunteer. Many of my classmates brought fun stickers for the kids. When I handed two young girls a pack of stickers and told them they could keep the whole stack for themselves, their faces broke into huge smiles. As I pushed these two girls on the swings, I surveyed the landscape, observing the wreckage in the adjacent neighborhoods. It seemed impossible that people could survive such destruction. The melodic laughter of the two girls pulled me back to the present. The stark contrast between the physical devastation surrounding us and the joyous laughter of these sweet girls brought into focus how fortunate we are that no lives were lost. To this day, the recollection of the children’s jubilant faces remains with me, serving as a reminder of the immeasurable strength of a community when its members collaborate and support each other.

By Remy Finn, Form II It’s not hard to see the wreckage from the October 28, 2019 tornado. If you drive west on Royal, or even pass St. Mark’s or the Preston Royal intersection, you see the dilapidated structures and debris strewn around the roads and businesses. However, it is not just the middle- and upper-class neighborhoods that have been devastated by this event.

When I joined the United to Lead Community Service group in early October of 2019, led by Executive Director for the Institute for Social Impact Laura Day, the plan was to meet at Thomas Jefferson High School with 9 other Hockaday students, 10 Jesuit students, and 10 Thomas Jefferson students. Mrs. Day’s goal for the program was to help us create change in local public schools and make new connections with area high school students.

Following the tornado, Thomas Jefferson High School was forced to relocate to an abandoned middle school, Thomas A. Edison Middle Learning Center.

This relocation hugely impacted both students and faculty involved in the workings of this school. Students who could previously walk to school now had to take buses to the new building. Educators had to bring in tables, chairs, and supplies into classrooms within 24 hours of the event. The damage at the old Thomas Jefferson campus is expected to prevent a return for at least a year, and it could extend two or three more.

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LENDING A HAND

Our goal, still to forge valuable relationships with other high schools, became even more important after the tornado ravaged the Dallas schools. We visited the new Thomas Jefferson building, now at Thomas A. Edison Middle Learning Center, and worked to devise creative and exciting ways to add color to the faded grey hallways. The students who attended Thomas Jefferson were concerned about the low student morale in the foreign environment, and we all collaborated on ways to create excitement and school pride in the students during such a difficult time.

Furthermore, we traveled to Tom Field Elementary, the formerly abandoned school that Walnut Hill Elementary has relocated to.

There, the teachers educated us on the importance of student mental health before they are taught crucial subjects. Many of the elementary students have troubled or difficult home lives, which causes their amygdala to send signals producing unnecessary stress that hinders their focus on classwork. As a team, we are working on spreading the access for stressrelieving activities because it allows students to reach their full potential and work with peace of mind.

In the aftermath of the tornado, it became even more significant to strengthen the strong relationships we have with those impacted around us. It is through our connections that we are able to lean on others during our times of need, and support them during their own hard times. This tornado, although devastating to many, impacted entire Dallas communities.

However, it also made us realize how intrinsic community is – the value in our relationships with other people doesn’t lie in what we can get out of them, but in how they make us better and more caring people.

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HOCKADAY ANNOUNCES LAND USE PLAN FOR ATHLETICS AND WELLNESS

During their meeting in March, the Board of Trustees approved a new campus Land Use Plan focused on Athletics and Wellness. Miss Hockaday had a bold vision for her School when she named Athletics as one of the School’s Four Cornerstones more than 100 years ago, and, it is timely that we revisit this Cornerstone to ensure we are providing an exemplary student experience and exceeding expectations for our Athletics and Wellness facilities and programs.

Hockaday’s Athletics and Wellness programs include Physical Education, Health, and Recreation and support and cultivate many of the core tenets of the Hockaday student experience, including perseverance, resilience, teamwork, collaboration, facing adversity, and learning how to compete with grace – both in winning and in losing. Our Athletics and Wellness programs are extraordinary in their own right, and we have begun the work to ensure that our physical spaces and facilities are commensurate in quality to the activities and competitions they host.

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Historically, Hockaday has reviewed its Land Use Plan approximately every 10 years, and the majority of the needs that were identified in the existing plan from 2008–2009 have been addressed, aside from those related to Athletics. In the spring of 2019, the School announced a new master planning effort and engaged the Hockaday community in meetings, open houses, planning sessions, community events, and surveys to gather input. All of this information provided an essential foundation for the land use planning process.

Hockaday's Land Use Plan for Athletics and Wellness

Several highlights of the Land Use Plan include a new competition track, reconfigured competition and practice fields oriented in a North-South configuration, which will include four synthetic turf fields, two new grass fields, and two new softball skinned diamonds. Also, a walking/jogging path will circumnavigate the entire campus and will allow for competitive Cross Country meets. Additionally, the Land Use Plan contemplates outdoor classrooms, spectator-friendly event access, the future development of a natatorium, enhanced fitness and wellness facilities, and easy-access parking to enhance the full experience for students, parents, and families.

Hockaday’s Athletics and Wellness programs help students to develop a sense of confidence, self-esteem, sportsmanship, teamwork, leadership, and cooperation that prepares them to meet challenges both on and off the field. The School’s vision for this Land Use Plan was based on several objectives including: galvanizing all constituents across all divisions around an athletics culture; offering unique and innovative programs and opportunities that foster healthy lifestyles and bolster physical and mental health and wellness; encouraging each student to discover her inner athlete; providing a more engaging campus experience by building spirit, enthusiasm, and pride in all our athletics endeavors; developing programs in creative and sustainable athletics facilities that meet the needs of all our students and the community; and building athletics facilities that meet and exceed the national standards for function, performance, aesthetic, and environmental responsibility.

The Land Use Plan defines spaces where our Athletics and Wellness programs can support and enhance each student’s physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being.

Likewise, it provides spaces that allow for greater crossdivisional interactions during classes, competitions, and free time. Hockaday is committed to providing the best possible student experience inside and outside of the classroom, and this new Land Use Plan will allow the School to elevate programs and inspire our girls to explore their limitless potential and pursue their purpose through Hockaday’s Athletics and Wellness programs.

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

HOCKADAY HOSTS NCGS 2020 SYMPOSIUM, LEADING SCHOOLS, LEADING GIRLS: PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE In alignment with the goals outlined in the strategic plan, The Hockaday Difference, we are dedicated to creating a teaching environment that supports faculty excellence and cultivates innovative pedagogies, interdisciplinary learning, effective use of new technologies, integration between curricular and co-curricular learning, and that provides exceptional professional development opportunities.

To this end, Hockaday was honored to have been selected to host a national symposium on January 27, 2020, Leading Schools, Leading Girls: Preparing for the Future, which was organized in tandem with the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools. This year’s conference brought together more than 400 educators from across the nation to share experiences and best practices for teaching girls in today’s educational environment. Teachers from nearly 80 schools nationwide joined Hockaday’s faculty and staff to explore key questions facing girls’ schools today and to collaborate through educational sessions, peer-led breakout discussions, and keynote presentations by experts in all-girls education.

It was exciting to welcome our wide network of independent school colleagues for this important event, and to bring this opportunity to our faculty and staff so that they can continue to provide an exceptional student experience both inside and outside of the classroom.

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Eugene McDermott Head of School Dr. Karen Warren Coleman with NCGS Executive Director Megan Murphy and Keynote Speaker Michelle Kinder

TEACHERS FROM NEARLY 80 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE JOINED HOCKADAY’S FACULTY AND STAFF EXPLORED KEY QUESTIONS FACING GIRLS’ SCHOOLS TODAY

Teachers demonstrate techniques used in self defense classes

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LESSONS FROM INDIA

By Kirsten Lindsay-Hudak, Upper School Science Teacher For the past 15 years, India has been an important case study in two of my classes, so I jumped at the chance to spend a few weeks on a cultural immersion trip exploring firsthand everything I teach. Having studied the environmental and population issues, I had an image in my mind of crowded streets and hazy views. While I did see all the things I anticipated, what I took away from the experience was far more than I ever expected.

One day in August, my aunt called to ask if I wanted to go on a women’s pilgrimage to India with her. Of course, knowing it was in January, she prefaced the invitation with, “I know you are going to say no, but ….” I immediately sat down and wrote out all the reasons it would be in everyone’s best interest for me to take two weeks out of the school year to travel halfway around the world. I talked about seeing the culture through the eyes of the families I would spend time with and exploring how modern lifestyles are affecting India’s environmental future. I wrote about how excited I would be to share these stories with my students and to have deeper conversations with them about the role of women in Indian society. I spoke of my personal connection, that my grandfather lived in India for several years when he was younger, and how traveling in his footsteps with my aunt would be priceless for me. I rehearsed my speech and set up meetings with Head of Upper School Lisa Culbertson and Assistant Head of School and Provost Blair Lowry. I didn’t even get through the second sentence when each of them gave a resounding yes. Without their incredible support, this transformative journey would not have been possible.

The trip consisted of three parts. The first week was an exploration of life in modern India touring Varanasi in the north and Kolkata on the east coast. We did all the usual tourist things: eating delicious food, visiting landmarks, admiring temples, and browsing in the markets. One highlight was spending Makar Sankranti, the Vedic new year, on the Ganges, watching the bathers celebrate and kites soar through the air. While all of this was amazing, it was the quieter times spent with new friends that had the most impact. We visited with the ladies of Sarai Mohana to hear about life in the tiny fishing village. They spoke of the struggles of being mothers and striving to provide the best for their children, struggles my fellow travelers and I could readily understand. We grieved with them as they told us of the rapidly approaching day when their daughters, for now always at their sides, would leave to become

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part of their husbands’ families. We cried and laughed and danced together into the evening, and even though we needed an interpreter to share our stories, our deepfelt connection needed no translation. And there are goats in the village who wear sweaters.

The second leg of the journey took us to Rishikesh in the foothills of the Himalayas where the Ganges runs fast through the valley, a beautiful ribbon of cold green amidst pink rocks and sparkling sand. This part of the trip was designed to allow us to slow down and reflect on everything we had witnessed.

We still visited important sites and continued to explore life, but we had time to gather our thoughts and process our experiences. While I spent much of this time taking notes on what I wanted to share with my classes and how I could use these moments to enhance my curriculum, it was also a time to sort through my own feelings about the trip so far. While I did have some idea of what the trip would be like, I wasn’t sure how I would feel about what I had seen. India is vibrant, beautiful, and chaotic. It is life unfiltered in a way we do not experience here at home. For instance, I would regularly see a breathtakingly beautiful sight, and within a few minutes, something heartbreakingly tragic. It was this emotional yo-yo that created the most wonderful surprise. The intense experiences the other women and I shared generated intense responses that needed to be dealt with, and as we talked through these emotions with each other, equally intense bonds formed. Although we have now gone to homes across the country, I know those bonds will last for the rest of our lives.

And there are delightfully adorable, tiny cows everywhere in Rishikesh.

At this point, half of our group headed back to Delhi, and the rest of us drove off in a Delux Jeep for an historical tour of Agra.

My time there was another excellent opportunity to see modern life in India, although in a slightly different way. Being a tourist

city, life runs at a more frantic pace, and the streets are considerably more dangerous. Here we learned about the period under Moghul rule and met artisans whose families had passed down their trades for generations, including a 17th-generation stone mason whose ancestor inlaid the beautiful mosaics on the walls of the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. And yes, the Taj Mahal really is that spectacular.

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We left immediately for Delhi after the Taj Mahal so we could make our 11:45 p.m. flight. As I settled down in my seat getting ready for the 15-hour trek back to Newark, I thought about everything I had seen and done. I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my family and friends about the trip. I wanted them to thrill at the beauty of the bright colors and intricate architecture.

I wanted them to laugh at the time the tiny cow tried to push us into the river when we didn’t have any food. I wanted their hearts to open to the orphan children wandering barefoot on the platform begging for money at the train station. As for what I wanted to share with my classes, it was easy to pick out any number of examples to illustrate the many issues we discuss throughout the year. The fact that a face mask was necessary most of the time to prevent us coughing constantly from the smoke-filled air spoke to the extreme air pollution. Not being able to drink the water or even being able to eat things washed in it reflected the water pollution nightmare. I felt 100% ready to fulfill the last part of my journey: to teach others what I had learned. And then I thought about what I would say to the person who asked, “What was your one takeaway from the trip?” How could I boil what seemed like a lifetime of experiences down to a simple idea? I still haven’t really been able to do that, but I shared the following lessons with my students:

Happiness truly comes from within. Nothing you buy can give it to you, and when you find it, no one can take it away unless you let them.

There is an inherent beauty in understanding who you are.

Each of the women I met in the village was stunning, not just in the beautiful sarees and kurtis she wore or in the bracelets and anklets that created a soft tune wherever she went, but in the quiet confidence she had in knowing herself.

We are all different and the same. Although we may look different, share different meals, or believe different things, we share common goals underneath. Our joys and sorrows may be different, but they often stem from common experiences. Maybe we can better understand each other if we listen to each other and try to find those commonalities rather than focusing on our differences.

My time in India was a true adventure, and I have come through it changed in ways I never imagined. I know I will not only be a better teacher, I am also certain I will be a better human, too.

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INTRODUCING SELF-DEFENSE IN LOWER SCHOOL A CONVERSATION WITH MEAGAN ROWE AND MEG HINKLEY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACULTY Aligned with Hockaday’s strategic plan, The Hockaday Difference, faculty consistently work to develop programs to support and enhance each student’s physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being, and intentionally address factors that threaten this well-being. Realizing the need for third and fourth graders to learn how to protect themselves and be aware of their surroundings, teachers Meagan Rowe and Meg Hinkley have introduced a new Self Defense class specifically for Lower School.

Q. HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE CLASS? A. As the coordinator for third and fourth grade P.E., I’m always looking to find new fun activities for the girls to try. At the beginning of the school year, I was thinking about how we introduce our Lower School students to all of the sports offered here at Hockaday except Fencing and Crew. So my goal was to introduce the students to those sports. Then, at our back to school meeting in the fall, I thought how great it would be for Meg to work with our younger students and not wait until their senior year to introduce a topic as important as Self Defense.

I discussed the idea with Meg, we introduced the girls to Self Defense, and Meg was exceptional in teaching these concepts at the Lower School level.

Q. WHAT IS THE CLASS ABOUT? A. The goal in teaching basic self-defense skills to third and fourth grade students is to raise their awareness of potentially dangerous people or situations, and simple things they can do to avoid or escape potential danger. The information is communicated at an age-appropriate level and is designed to raise their awareness, not scare them. The basic messages taught the students about owning and protecting their bodies, being aware of strangers and requests they make; paying attention to uncomfortable feelings; and using self-defense skills to protect themselves.

Also, the girls used role-playing with teachers to help them understand potential situations and how to handle these.

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Q. HOW HAS IT BEEN TEACHING LOWER SCHOOL GIRLS COMPARED TO UPPER SCHOOL GIRLS? A. It’s a very different experience! In Lower School, we want to instill basic personal safety concepts appropriate for their age. I hope the girls talked about what they learned with their parents and prompted some thoughtful family conversations. Lower School students treat the self-defense skills practice as more of a game and have a lot of fun hitting the pads and yelling loud. This is great because they are learning some important skills in a safe and fun environment. I will say that Lower School students are great at hitting hard and yelling loud because they have not yet internalized societal messages about some behaviors historically deemed unladylike. Upper School students are sometimes concerned about how they appear or believe that they are incapable of effectively resisting, and we have to undo incorrect messages they have internalized.

Q. HOW DO YOU TEACH THIS COURSE SO THAT IT HAS A LASTING IMPACT ON THE GIRLS? A. Personal safety skills are like other life preparation skills. You should start teaching children when they are young, with simple messages, and it should be an on-going, regular conversation that deepens as they grow older.

Q. WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THE GIRLS BY TEACHING THIS CLASS? A. I learned that some girls had learned some things from their families while others have not, so there was a wide range of knowledge. Personally, I loved that most of them saw themselves as strong and capable and that they knew it was OK to say “No!”

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SOCIAL IMPACT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

By Jenni Stout, Middle School Math Teacher Where do you keep yours? Mine is in the drawer under my dryer. My sister keeps hers in the garage, and my mom’s is in a cabinet in the kitchen. We all have a place to store our bag of bags – you know, your plastic bag filled with other plastic bags.

It is estimated that shoppers use approximately 500 billion single-use plastic bags each year. Unfortunately, once they have served their one-time purpose, they have nowhere to go but a landfill.

Did you know that these plastic bags can be linked together to form plarn – a plastic yarn? The Repurposed Plastic elective is weaving mats using plarn made from the plastic bags being donated by the Hockaday community. The 3-foot by 6-foot sleeping mats provide protection from the cold, wet concrete and are easily portable. They will make sleeping a little more comfortable for our homeless residents in Dallas and help keep these plastic bags out of our landfills and oceans. Plastic bag debris is often mistaken by marine wildlife as food, which has life-threatening consequences.

Repurposed Plastic is a Middle School social impact elective made up of students in seventh and eighth grades. The students begin the mat making process by preparing the bags for weaving. Each bag is carefully flattened, and the handles and the bottom seam are removed, creating a large plastic loop.

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We are very excited to begin this work and make use of the bags hidden in the tight spaces of our homes. However, we would be doing an even better service to the community by encouraging the use of reusable bags whenever possible. In addition to weaving the mats, girls in the Repurposed Plastic elective will use a variety of media to create public service announcements for the community about the importance of using recyclable bags, and reducing the number of single-use bags created each year.

By Trish Ashish, Form III This past summer, I interned at Bank of America through a program called Girls Who Code, where I gained not only skills ranging from app development to mastery of the Arduino, but most importantly, self-growth. I learned how to foster a mentoring relationship, how to appreciate small victories, how to count my blessings, and how to build up myself and those around me.

This experience inspired me to bring a new passion for computer science to Hockaday middle schoolers, empowering them as women in STEM. Every girl that walks across Graduation Terrace on that last day must leave as not just a girl who understands STEM, but a girl who is ambitious, curious, and fearless because of the influential Girls Who Code curriculum. With the guidance and generous support of Middle School Math and Science Teacher Laura Baker, I started a before-school Girls Who Code program. I currently teach 10 girls on Wednesday mornings, and I hope to expand my knowledge to even more middle schoolers eventually.

Through this program, Hockaday girls join the Girls Who Code sisterhood of supportive peers and role models by using computer science foundational skills to change the world.

When this program first began, I had three goals for it to be

deemed successful: Sisterhood, Code, and Impact. Sisterhood – I want my girls to join a safe and supportive environment of peers and role models where they learn to see themselves as computer scientists. Code – I planned to teach them the concepts of loops, variables, conditionals, and functions that form the basis for all programming languages. And finally, Impact – I want my girls to work in teams to engage and experiment with various computer science activities that can encourage them to solve real-world problems in the future. I aim to create a program that values diversity, equity, and inclusion as essential to the success of being a computer scientist.

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Furthermore, the curriculum I use is designed for students with a wide range of computer science experience. I plan activities for girls with zero computer science experience, all the way to activities for those ready for college-level concepts.

I strongly believe that it is essential that I also teach my girls a broad set of soft skills, including teamwork, confidence, time management, and communication. Overall, this experience thus far has been a challenging yet rewarding opportunity for me and the Hockaday middle schoolers, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us as a program and the girls as individuals.

Middle School students in the first Girls Who Code class.

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HOPE OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE

By Gina Miele and Abby O’Brien, Form IV One of the greatest humanitarian inequities is the disparity in access to health care. In remote areas of Peru, 1 in 100 mothers die per live birth.

In Huancavelica, the fetal death rate is 1 in 11 births.

This profound injustice

Gina recalls, “Before traveling to Peru, I was hesitant, given my age and limited prior medical experience. Similarly, despite seven years of school Spanish, I had doubts about my abilities to communicate medical terms. During our interactions with the locals, these doubts were extinguished as there simply was no room for fear. All that mattered was that we could listen to the experiences of others and work together to design a solution.”

anguishes me: something as arbitrary as place of birth can determine an individual’s access to fundamental care. Moved to action, Form IV student Gina Miele dedicated last summer to learning anatomical volume scan imaging (VSI) ultrasound protocols for thyroid, gallbladder, kidney, abdomen, and OB/GYN scans, training with an organization that brings VSI ultrasound technology to poor and underserved areas in Central and South America. VSI protocols allow for non-medical people to gain ultrasound triage capabilities in a few days, making them ideal for remote, low-income communities with limited access to trained medical personnel. Images from scans are recorded on a tablet or phone and data are sent via teleradiology for interpretation by a physician anywhere in the world. After studying and practicing the protocols with Brian Garra, MD, a radiologist and founder of Medical Imaging Ministries of the Americas (MIMAs), Gina was prepared to serve as the head trainer in Peru for non-medical volunteers.

a visit to a remote clinic in the Andes mountains (a drive that took them up narrow mountain passes at 16,000 feet elevation).

It was here that they met Gloria, the warmhearted clinic manager. She described mine workers arriving at the clinic at 3:00 am before their shift in the mountains, women dying from birth complications because of limited access to elementary equipment, and family members lost to what we would consider routine procedures. Tears streaming, she confided that she would be grateful for any assistance we could offer; her clinic serves over 17 counties, with the nearest hospital an hour away.

Moved by her testimony, Gina and Abby were determined to help in any way possible, now and in the future. When asked if she would like to participate in the VSI study she emphatically agreed. As they showed her the technology, they could see her mind churning with hope; with access to this technology, she could save many lives.

Traveling with Gina was Abby O’Brien, also Form IV, and she notes, “Being in Peru with the team was an exercise in living outside of my comfort zone in the best way possible. I was able to push boundaries I had prematurely set with myself regarding interactions with strangers, medical expertise, and my communication with the Spanish language. I had to trust the team, Gina especially, to keep me accountable as an educator, communicator, and videographer.”

Abby’s work behind the camera was one of the best possible windows into some of the rural, underprivileged places we visited while working. Rather than feeling removed or disconnected from the countless moments she captured, she found herself immersed in different worlds, filled with rich culture, lively people, and, in select cases, a need for change that could only be communicated through visual storytelling.

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They recall that one of the most meaningful experiences was

“Since the summer trip to Peru, work continues with Dr. Garra to refine the VSI protocols and prepare for additional studies in Peru as well as a multi-clinic project in Malaysia this summer,” Gina says. When she returned, she wrote an article which details the historical perspective of ultrasound leading to the advent of VSI and the impact of providing diagnostic ultrasound to low-resourced areas. Gina is the lead author along with coauthors Brian Garra, MD and Benjamin Castaneda, PhD. The article has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed medical journal Ultrasound Quarterly, the official journal of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound. The entry will appear in a special issue on Ultrasound and Global Health.

Abby and Gina agree, “We are grateful to Hockaday for fostering our combined passions of science, Spanish, film-making, and service. This support greatly contributed to this project becoming a reality.”

For more information on MIMAs, you can view a short video at https://youtu.be/akYGmLT-3WE

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CLASS NOTES THE HOCKADAY SCHOOL ALUMNAE OFFICE Amy Spence ’87 Director of Alumnae Relations aspence@hockaday.org 214.360.6531 To submit information for Class Notes, please contact the Class Agent listed with your class. If your Class Agent is not listed, please send information to The Hockaday School Alumnae Office, classnotes@hockaday.org.

1944 Martha McDaniel Ellsberry marthaellsberry@sbcglobal.net

1948 Margot Holt Gill margotgill@aol.com Marilyn Draper Brown’s training as a physical therapist was put to the test in 2019!

First, Bill’s fall on the stairs left him with a broken back with months and months of therapy and along the way, he had a trans-aortic valve replacement, hypertensive heart disease, and a pacemaker! I will have to say, however, that the picture she sent at Christmas of the two of them was just as handsome and beautiful as ever. They never seem to age! Sadly, Laura Hillhouse Cadwallader lost her husband of 67 years, Bobby, on January 19, 2020. Bobby had struggled with skeletal and internal issues for several years but was feeling good when he celebrated his 90th on New Year’s Day. Their children came from the Northeast and Laura had her usual drop-by gathering for black-eyed

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peas, cornbread, and birthday cake, so many of their friends in San Antonio were there as well. Anne Toole Cottingham says that all is well at PVN (Presbyterian Village North). She enjoys her duplex-living there and walking to the dining room for lunch most days.

Surprise, surprise! A Christmas card and note from Marilyn Files Webb! Several years have passed since I have heard a word from my former roommate. My mail to her was never returned, so I was fairly certain that she was still at the address in a retirement home in Tulsa. I look forward to a more informative letter when she receives my reply. Her precise and beautiful handwriting is still intact! As for me, Margot Holt Gill, I am having the unique experience of having my grandson, his wife, and two-year-old live with me while they were selling their Kansas City house and now while they search for the “perfect spot” (whatever that is) to buy in North Dallas! The spacious “barn” that Doug and I and three children lived in for 36 years would come in handy for this interim, as my “houseguests” are in somewhat cramped quarters. They are at work all day with Grace in daycare (she calls it school) and the rest of the time we just have fun. I will surely miss all their good cooking when they are gone but having them and a very busy little girl is such a special opportunity. Stay vertical, do not fall, and please send an update on yourself.

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1949 Darleene White DeLee darleenedelee@gmail.com Mary Ann Hyde mahyde415@gmail.com

1949JC Mildred Alexander Greenstreet mgstreet@aol.com

1952 Drane Kendall Haw dkhwaco@grandecom.net This Class Agent has had lots of fun reconnecting with members of the illustrious Class of 1952! Having read the last edition of the Hockaday magazine, in which I vicariously traveled the world over, I fear these notes may fall short, but everyone I was able to reach was in good spirits and happy to hear from one of their own! It is with sadness that I first must report the passing of classmate Patsy Huey Weiler on January 24, 2020.

We will all miss her terribly. Barbara Burghen Alden is sadly having memory problems. The flippant side of me wanted to reply, “Who isn't?,” but I gathered hers are in a league apart.

Betsy Cullum Bolin seems her wonderful old self. Her fun Galveston beach house is still intact, and they all love to go! The Cullums have recently had a four-generation reunion which she reports was fabulous. Jean Irwin Crow is still at The Edgemere in Dallas where she sings in the choir and is busy knitting little things for charity. Kay Carter Fortson sounds just like her old self, as does everyone I talked to – so comforting! She is chairman of the board of the Kimbell Museum of which daughter Kimbell Wynne is president. No wonder it continues to be such a stand-out in the museum world! Kay McIlyar Kennard has been blessed with her first great-grandson, Jake! Edith Allen Wheless, aka “Sugar Pie,” sounds just like herself (you can’t deny that Calvert accent!) but simply cannot see well as a result of macular degeneration.

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Lynne Bailey Carl ’55, Schatzie Henderson Lee ’55, and Tina Weichsel McBee ’55 at Tina’s South Padre Island home, November 2019

As for me, Drane Kendall Haw, all is well. I’ve had such fun reconnecting with all our old friends, and when I get this in, I want to go back and call the others whom I was unable to reach. I’m living in Austin now at a super senior living place where I’ve met so many great people, including a special gentleman. I do of course miss Waco, with my fivegeneration background, but Hannah Haw Weldon ’86 is here (though in Cambodia at the moment!). Please let me hear from each of you, so we may stay connected.

1952JC Betty Taylor Cox bjtwhcsb@aol.com

1953 Cynthia Lavender Weichsel bobweichsel@gmail.com

1944 Joan Mulcahy Thompson joancthompson7817@yahoo.com

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1955 REUNION CLASS Schatzie Henderson Lee natalee7@aol.com Jo Tuck dennistuck@sbcglobal.net Wildfires in California!

Tornadoes in Texas! And the inevitable vicissitudes that accompany these “golden years” of ours!

In spite of the extraordinary challenges that some of our classmates have faced recently (and our hearts go out to all who have), there’s also happy news to share.

In November 2019 Tina Weichsel McBee entertained Lynne Bailey Carl and Schatzie Henderson Lee and their husbands at her beautiful South Padre Island home. The group enjoyed Tina’s fabulous view of the Gulf of Mexico, walks on the beach, and splendid meals

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at the excellent restaurants nearby. The “girls” reminisced about Hockaday days, sharing some amazing stories. Were we ever that young and that daring? It was great to see Loraine, Lady Palmer (known fondly at Hockaday as Chi Chi McMurrey) at Hockaday’s Fall Alumnae Dinner. Lorraine now has a granddaughter at Hockaday, Caroline

Girard, who is a member of the Class of 2024 and is a talented field hockey player. Meanwhile, a grandchild of Grace Hill Gentry is getting a PhD in Artificial Intelligence (defined on the internet as the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages). We all remember that Gracie and her husband, Richard, were right on the cutting edge of the earliest phase of the computer era, so it seems appropriate that their grandchild should be on the cutting edge of today’s technological possibilities. Betty Simmons Regard acted as a very capable and articulate co-chair of the beautiful luncheon at Dallas’ Ritz Carlton, honoring the 2019 recipient of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities. A gift sent to Schatzie Lee

by Connie Constantin Cummins ’57 of the excellent book by Robert Matzen and Luca Dotti called Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, prompted Schatzie to ask Janet Pittman Henley what she remembered about our experience as Hockaday 4th graders of sending shoes to children in Holland

Jacqueline Carroll ’11 with her sister Skylar Carroll at her debut at The Pierre Hotel. They are the granddaughters of Gloria Craugh Carroll ’55.

nurse in Germany while Allied bombs rained down). It’s fun to share thoughts on favorite recent reads – or on all-time-favorite reads, for that matter!

Please, do let us know what yours are.

2020 brings our 65th Hockaday Reunion on April 24. Can you believe it? We very much hope you will be able to come!!

Our wonderful alma mater just grows ever more remarkable, ever more relevant, and ever more successful in “developing resilient, confident young women educated and inspired to lead lives of purpose and impact.” We have a right to be very proud.

Harper Carroll, granddaughter of Gloria Craugh Carroll ’55, is a graduate of Stanford University.

(children, who, like the young Audrey, suffered terrible privations during the Nazi occupation and were still in great need during the post-war period). Bright and insightful as ever, Jan recounted her very clear recollections of the experience (all the while wisely pointing out the tricky nature of remembering). Jan even provided photos of the types of shoes we sent. On the subject of books concerning the WWII era, Jane Taylor O’Toole recommended a splendid page-turner called To War With Whitaker: Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939–1945. This diary by his young wife records the experience of the 6th Earl of Ranfurly, who, when posted to the Middle East, takes his faithful butler, Whitaker, to war with him. The countess follows along until her husband is captured by soldiers of Rommel’s Afrika Korps and forced to spend the next two and a half years as a prisoner of war in Italy; she, meanwhile, travels alone from Cape Town to Cairo and Palestine, continuing to do war work and meeting such notable figures as Churchill and Eisenhower. The book is a perfect counterpoint to yet another terrific first-hand account, Berlin Diaries, 1940–1945, by Marie Vassiltchikov (a White Russian princess who worked in the German Foreign Office and then as a

1956 Madeline Utay Podorzer mpodorzer@earthlink.net Nancy Philen Thompson nancypthom@gmail.com Welcome to the new decade!

Seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the Millennium. I had hoped to have reams of news to pass on to you but since I heard from very few of you following my November appeal, I will have to be more creative with this report. Thanks to Betty Ann Beckett Wilkie for writing me that she had found a positive way to sort through the photos and records that survived a house fire and a major move.

She has put together scrapbooks for each of her five children including the photos, clippings, and genealogy she has collected. She was also prompted to include some family special sayings and customs. She wrote that she had maternal grandparents who sometimes spoke in a kind of family code. Example: inviting oneself to lunch at the home of a relative, eating and immediately departing was known as “doing a cousin Anna.” Betty said that as a child she met many relatives but had little information on how she was related to them. Certain individuals the family highly respected had already “gone on to their next

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assignment,” as one family member described death. She wondered if any of you had similar family expressions you would want your children to remember. I can guarantee her that we all have them and it is a great discussion to have at family reunions. I will start out by saying my family’s most frequently used expression is FAWA. The sanitized translation is “fussing around with automobiles.” It began years ago when my husband’s mother was constantly telling who to drive with whom when leaving the cocktail party to go to the next event. Since she was prone to organize more than just automobiles the expression was expanded to “fussing around with anything.” FAWA became used by 3 generations as a favorite email address, password, etc. Peter’s mother drove a Buick convertible until she was 90 with a personalized license plate – FAWA! My request to all of you is to send me or Madeline your favorite family expression and we will share them in the next class report. Taking the responsibility of being your class scribe seriously, I tried to rally a few of our classmates to gather after Thanksgiving in Northampton, Massachusetts. Holly Hill, Gail Galbraith Dougherty, and Ann Ritter Johnston live in the vicinity.

Unfortunately, a snowstorm was predicted, and we were unable to meet.

I’ll try again when weather conditions are more favorable. While in Northampton I walked through the campus of Smith College, which is preparing for the celebration of those who graduated in 1960. I realized that would be those who were in our class. If you Smithies have not visited the campus recently, I think you will find a few very nice additions.

The Engineering Building is most impressive as will be the new library, which will be completed this fall. It was designed by the architect Maya Lin, who as an undergrad at Yale submitted the winning design for the Vietnam Vets memorial in Washington, D.C. To those of you who plan to attend your 60th College Reunion, please report back to Madeline

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or me. I sent to each of you by separate email the sad news of the death of Wendy Marcus Raymont. Betty Weichsel Compton wrote that in November the Marcus family held a reception for Wendy at the Zodiac Room in the downtown Neiman-Marcus.

Wendy’s brother, Richard, spoke and Jerrie Marcus Smith ’53 read a letter from Holly Hill remembering Wendy in our school days. Alice Worsham Bass, Louise Phinney Caldwell, Nancy Murrell Neuhoff, Margaret Jonsson, Sue Barnes Wills, Geneva Caraway Lege, and Betty were in attendance as well as Schatzie Henderson Lee ’55. I recently received word that Sherry Neill Fowlkes died in Port Aransas on December 6, 2019. She had moved there to be close to her son and daughter-inlaw. We all remember Sherry coming to our 60th Reunion even though she was on oxygen and had to be rushed to the emergency room in the middle of the night. She didn’t want to miss anything!

In my last report, I mentioned that Peter and I had plans to visit the Marquesas Islands, land loved by the likes of Herman Melville, Paul Gauguin, and Jacques Brel. It truly was a special trip and we returned to California intending to spend the rest of the summer there escaping the Houston heat. A week after we returned to the United States from the islands Peter had a massive hemorrhagic stroke and died three days later. I now understand the grief that some of you have already gone through when losing a loved one. The support from family and friends has been invaluable for me. I share with you a quote which has also been most helpful during this difficult time.

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Grief never ends, But it changes.

It is a passage, Not a place to stay.

Grief is not a sign of weakness, Not a lack of faith; It is the price of love.

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Members from the Class of 1959 were treated to lunch by Allie Stemmons Simon. Pictured left to right are Janet Spencer Shaw, Sydney Reid-Hedge, Ellen Higginbotham Rogers, Allison Stemmons Simon, Nancy Kaplan Lubar, Nancy Fix Anderson, Susie McCrum Marshall, and Sallie Bell Jackson Loop. Nancy Fix Anderson flew in from San Antonio for the occasion!

1957 Barkley Adams Rice barkleyrice@gmail.com In the last Class Notes, I teased with a note saying I would reveal the current requirements for your Class Agent. Go by the following recommendations:

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Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy—it’s the occurring that’s hard.

– Stephen Leacock

And second,

If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing much would get done.

– Sage unknown

We have some real cultural aficionados.

Aficionado is defined as one with knowledge and enthusiasm. We make no boast about knowledge, but we have the enthusiasm cornered. Caro Alexander Stalcup, Marietta Scurry Johnson, Betty Weichsel Compton ’56, and Barkley Adams Rice join forces several times a year to break bread together and then stay for the Dallas Symphony. Caro, Marietta, and Barkley also join together for several performances by the Dallas Opera. We would love to have anyone interested join us next year. Just contact one of the Hockadaisies mentioned.

Caro and her family, Irene Stalcup Forero ’85, Leonardo, and Emilia are off to England this spring. We end with some sad news. Linda Ashby Crites and Sherry Neill Fowlkes ’56 died on the same evening in December. They had both moved to the Granbury area (for those of you not familiar with Texas geography, Granbury is southwest of Fort Worth) and subsequently, Sherry had moved to Port Aransas to be near her son, David. Linda and Sherry had such a wonderful joie de vivre. It was always fun to be with them.

1958 Nancy E. Greene hockaday58@gmail.com

1959 Allie Stemmons Simon asimontc@outlook.com A Happy New Year and new decade to the Class of ’59! A number of us in the Dallas area got together for a holiday lunch in early January: Janet Spencer Shaw,

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Sydney Reid-Hedge, Ellen Higginbotham Rogers, Allie Stemmons Simon, Nancy Kaplan Lubar, Nancy Fix Anderson (who flew up from San Antonio), Susie McCrum Marshall, and Sallie Bell Jackson Loop.

We missed Julie Boren Patrick who is recovering from a knee replacement.

Nancy Anderson, who continues to travel all over the world, had just returned from a winter visit to Venice, Italy with her granddaughter and reported that contrary to expectations it was delightful – not flooded and no tourists! A few days after our lunch, Nancy took off for New Zealand on a hiking trip. Susie Marshall shared the news that her grandson, Brayden Duncan, son of Kathy Kennedy Duncan ’86, will graduate from Westlake High School in Austin in May and has secured an appointment to West Point next year.

He will be playing lacrosse there. Pat Finley Fallin says when she moved to California from Colorado a few years ago she thought she would not get as involved with organizations as she did in Aspen, but Pat apparently can’t say no!

She is involved with Sister Cities at the national, state, and local levels, and chair of several important committees. She belongs to a number of other organizations doing good works in the community and has enjoyed the opportunity to make new friends. Her children and grandchildren all live nearby, and she keeps up with their sports and activities. Unfortunately, some of our news is sad. Our classmate Linda Turman Moore died on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2019, in Southern California where she had moved to be near her daughter Francie. After teaching and raising her children in Washington, D.C., Linda entered the Episcopal priesthood at the age of 50 and served churches in Maine and California. She was a beloved Pastor.

Susie Marshall, researching to find lost classmates, found the following death notice on legacy.com: “Jacquelyn Ann Morgan, Age 76, of Alpharetta, Georgia, passed away December 2, 2017.” And from Sue Ann Bryant Holland, “Very sadly I am informing my Hockaday friends that my husband, James Holland, the love of my life, passed away on July 26, 2019. Seven months earlier we had

celebrated our 57th wedding anniversary. When Jim retired from his Dallas radiology practice in 1997, we moved to Miramar Beach, Florida, but my heart will always be in Texas and I now plan to be spending more time in Dallas, hopefully reconnecting with my 1959 classmates.” Our sympathies go out to the families of all three. Sue Ann, we will look forward to seeing you in Dallas.

Let’s see if we can get a better response from more classmates in July when I next will be soliciting your news. Meanwhile, good luck and good health to all. Best, Allie

1960 REUNION CLASS Marilyn Mason Jensen mjensen602@comcast.net

1961 Becky Beasley bbeasley333@gmail.com Ann Addyman Lawrence annlawrence@live.com Happy 2020! It seems like it was not that long ago that we were celebrating the Millennium and now we are into the second decade of 2000. As the old saying goes, time flies when you’re having fun! Our classmates seem to find travel as one of the perks of getting older.

With more free time and fewer responsibilities at home the lure of travel often beckons. Rena Goodson Winfield traveled to Israel in March 2019. She was able to visit first-hand many of the remarkable sites in the Bible. Then in the fall she and a friend went to Spain and Portugal. They even planned their own trip and hauled their luggage on all the many trains and buses. She said she was grateful they had the energy for such exertion but probably will never

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undertake such an arduous endeavor again. They visited Santander, Pamplona, and San Sebastian. At this point they joined a cruise sponsored by the Texas Exes Association and sailed down the coast of Spain, where they completed their trip in Portugal. Rena also reported that her grandson Whit is a freshman at University of Oklahoma and loves his college experience. Meredith is in the 9th grade and William and Wesley are in the 7th grade. Rena shared, too, that “Time marches on for all of us and we need to use it for the good of all!” Becky Beasley and husband Roger have taken travel to a new level. In May, Roger sold his company and they have been on the move. When they were in London in September, they decided to rent a flat for two years. Their plan is to go as frequently as they can and from there on to other exciting destinations. They were there for about a month at Christmas and their daughter Jordan and her family joined them for 10 days. It was a fun time for all. Becky and Roger stayed awhile longer to recuperate. Becky commented that as she grows older fun can be exhausting. They will be going back to London in March and then on to India. In June they are off to a wedding in Italy via London. After the wedding they will meet up with everyone for their usual sojourn on Balboa Island. This new life of travel is a real test for Becky since she herself says that she is someone who over-plans everything. More good news from Becky is that her grandson, Knox, who was in a wheelchair for two years, is fully recovered. He is now playing 7 on 7 football, basketball, tennis, and he may start lacrosse. Their entire family is extremely grateful to Dr. Harry Kim and his Perthes disease team at Scottish Rite. Sam and Ann Addyman Lawrence took the Rocky Mountaineer train from Banff, Canada across to Vancouver, B.C. The Canadian Rocky Mountains are breathtaking and enjoying them in the comfort of this upscale train was a real delight. From Vancouver they took the ferry to Victoria for a glimpse of the

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Jane Stamper Godlove ’61, Betty Simmons Regard ’55, Judy Kadane Nix ’61, Linda Jones Reyes ’61, Becky Beasley ’61, Suzanne Simmons Bartolucci ’61

Jane Stamper Godlove ’61 and husband, Ernest, with daughter and son-in-law, Amanda and Keith Erwin, in Santa Fe

Jane Stamper Godlove ’61, her husband, Ernest, and son Chris and his husband, Julien Hartley, in Fornalutx, Mallorca

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iconic Empress Hotel and the 115-year-old Butchart Gardens. During January, John and Linda Brack McFarland enjoyed a wonderful cruise throughout Southeast Asia. Santa Fe, New Mexico is home to Jane Stamper Godlove and Judy Kadane Nix, and is the second home for Becky Beasley, Linda Jones Reyes, and Suzanne Simmons Bartolucci. We have often commented that a reunion for our class in this beautiful spot might be a fun idea.

They all gathered for lunch in May and were joined by Suzanne’s sister Betty Simmons Regard ’55. Jane also included a picture of a special dinner which included Ernest and their daughter Amanda and her husband Keith Erwin. Since Jane and Ernest have found Santa Fe to be so welcoming and interesting their daughter and son-in-law have also moved to Santa Fe. There must be something magical that draws so many to this amazing area. On a trip to Fornalutx, Mallorca, Jane and Ernest were joined by their son Chris and his husband Julien Hartley. Since Chris and Julien live abroad, Jane and Ernest make frequent trips to visit them, and always manage to find another special destination to explore. There is renewed interest in Dallas for the preservation of Fair Park. After The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, and later The Science Place, both moved away from Fair Park, the building that housed them has been an empty shell. Rick Brettell, distinguished Dallas art historian, is spearheading an effort to give the building a fresh incarnation as the Museum of Texas Art (MoTA). In 1986 Virginia Savage McAlester initiated the effort to have Fair Park declared a National Historic Landmark. She then founded the Friends of Fair Park and served as its first president. On January 26, 2020 Virginia was quoted in The Dallas Morning News regarding the possibility of repurposing this Fair Park building as MoTA. Virginia stated, “I think it would be fabulous for Fair Park. It would be another year-round everyday institution in the park … It takes

the building back to its original use, that it was built for and designed for. To me, Fair Park is a celebration of Texas and all aspects of it, and this would be a key aspect of it.” We are enormously grateful for Virginia’s continued efforts to champion our rich Texas history through her passionate approach to preservation.

As always, being able to share what is happening in your life helps keep us all connected. We look forward to your updates.

Becky and Ann

1962 Nan Ellen Dickinson East sporteast@aol.com Nan Ellen’s notes: For the Hockaday spring magazine, I asked classmates to write about their 75th birthday, special news, and/or about movies they enjoyed. For my 75th birthday, my birthday bunch of childhood friends stayed a few days at a friend’s home on Primrose Creek in Heber Springs, Arkansas. Cake and all the trimmings and laughs made for a great birthday. Since many of us were sent away from home at age 14, because of the 1957 Little Rock Integration Crisis (and our governor closed our high schools), I was sent to Hockaday and stayed until my 1962 graduation. Our friends had not seen one another through the years so we formed a birthday bunch with 12 of us … for about 40 years. One of us died, the others are in Louisiana, Texas, and around Arkansas. One of my friends, Betsy (Jacoway Watson) wrote a great book called, Turn Away Thy Son, Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the Nation (Free Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2007 by Elizabeth Jacoway). I am thankful for Hockaday, my lifelong Hockaday friends, and my childhood friends. Nancy Johnston Ferro wrote: “My beautiful family moved from Northern California to near Minneapolis,

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1962 classmates at the State Fair of Texas in the 1960s included Carrin Clark, Katz Wendy Wollard Redberg, Sallie Inabnett Thomas, Ann Sweeney Dunkin, and Jan Wisbrun Dreher

Minnetonka, Minnesota. They did this just in time for the children to begin school, which they love. I have been twice, once for my birthday and once for Christmas. It was beautiful, just enough snow to stay in one day and get around the next. This, my 75th year has had some travel. I went to Chicago also, and am going to Taos in the spring, all three cities in search of art. Think my favorite museum was The Walker, in Minnesota.

Still remembering my first art classes with Ruth Harrison in that Georgian attic of the first Hockaday. Happily, Ruth was still alive when I finished grad school, which I began at 40. I brought her to see my first ‘One Person’ exhibit at Conduit Gallery. It was an honor. What has happened to the years?” “My favorite movies were two Netflix movies, Two Popes and The Marriage. Also, I enjoyed Knives Out, and I did not like Parasite. It was well done but I thought he pandered to our times, in telling his story, way too much. By the way, I am the only person I know who thinks this.” Gail Elkan Goforth wrote: “I’m 75??? I guess I was so busy looking at the beautiful Tucson mountains and making a t-shirt quilt for my youngest granddaughter’s high school graduation, that I missed my birthday! Oh well, I’ll just celebrate by trying to go out to breakfast every

morning this year!! My most fun memories are of the friends I made at Hockaday ....” Holley Galland Haymaker said she has a new grand-girl, but too much about Holley last time. Happy New Year! (I told her we always are interested in her adventures.) Nancy Jensen-Case texted me that this was the first correspondence she has sent in since graduation, so welcome Nancy! She updated us as follows: “My 75th year has brought me a delight I had never expected, a first-time grandchild! Violet Elizabeth Brady was born to my younger

Carmen Lawrence Tucker ’62 and her husband Daniel in Moscow, Russia

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Violet Elizabeth Brady is the granddaughter of Nancy Jensen-Case ’62.

Gavin, Nancy Johnston Ferro ’62, and Lucy Ferro

Kay Quisenberry ’62 climbed Mt. Welcome near Mitta Mitta in Australia.

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Kay Quisenberry ’62 with her friend and colleague Jan and her mother Flora (age 92) at Wool Shed Falls in Australia

Nancy Jensen-Case’s ’62 granddaughter Violet Elizabeth Brady and her daughter Sarah Brady

Carmen Lawrence Tucker ’62 on Yangtze River, China, September 2019

The Class of 1962 Senior Party included Gail Elkan Goforth, Mary Galen Thomas, Carrin Clark Katz, Nan Ellen Dickinson East, Brooke Hervey Carter (behind Nan Ellen), Sallie Inabnett Thomas, Wendy Wollard Redberg, and Janet Langston.

daughter, Sarah, and her husband, Will, on November 13, 2019 in Howell, Michigan. Sarah, Will, and Violet will move to this area in early March! My older daughter, Anne, and her husband, Lee, live in Fort Worth and are equally delighted at becoming aunt and uncle, and are planning myriad ways to spoil Violet. I continue to work part-time as a hospital chaplain – retirement lasted about four months – as well as to operate my sanctuary, Dreamtime Animal Sanctuary, outside of Elgin, Texas. I am also very much involved with Calvary Episcopal Church in Bastrop, Texas, and was recently elected to the Vestry. My mother Ellen Hanson Case died on July 12, 2014, at her home in Dallas, Texas, at the age of 96. My father, Donald Leonard Case, died December 1992. I delight in the life I live and now that I have become grandmother to my beautiful Violet, I quite simply plan to live on into my hundreds, teaching her of horses and the natural world. Though the gray hairs are many, a rocking chair from which I watch the world go by does not fit into this plan. I have taken up Mother’s mantra, “I will let everyone know when I am ready to be old.” Carrin Clark Katz said, “I found photos in a box. The first one shows that we were at the Dallas

State Fair – there’s me, Wendy Wollard Redberg, Sallie Inabnett Thomas, Ann Sweeney Dunkin, and Jan Wisbrun Dreher. The second one was at our Senior party – Gail Elkan Goforth, Mary Galen Thomas, me, Nan Ellen Dickinson East, and Brooke Hervey Carter behind Nan Ellen Dickinson East, Sallie Inabnett Thomas, Wendy Wollard Redberg, and Janet Langston.

Sally, Mary Galen, Brooke, and Janet are no longer with us, but what fun we had. I can’t believe we were so young.” Jean Bateson Osher wrote, “I have spent the last year remodeling and landscaping a house in La Cañada Flintridge, California.

It turned out to be a very large job since this house hadn’t been touched since 1950. I had decided to move after my husband passed away but waited a few years to do it. Everything had to be redone. I basically rebuilt a house, inside and out. I continue to paint, and with a group of fellow artists I had a wonderful trip to the Amalfi Coast last September. I am glad I brought watercolors since trekking up and down the steep hills would have been too much with oils. This September I am going to Spain with the same group where we will follow in the steps of Sorolla and Sargent. We will be painting along the way. I have six

grandchildren from the ages of 29 to 8.

My eldest, Steve, is working at Google in Boulder. His brother Mark is studying engineering at University of Colorado, Boulder. They get to see my sister Ann Bateson ’63 who also lives in Boulder.

Their sister Ashly went to Syracuse then on to NY. Her first job was as an intern at NBC on The Today Show. For a while she worked at NBC, but decided to go into advertising still in NY. Jack is a freshman at The University of Alabama and absolutely loves it. Berit is a junior at Sacred Heart and is now looking at schools. One she’s thinking about is Tulane or maybe U of California, Santa Barbara. Ryan, who is 8, loves the arts and golf. Other than my wonderful little Havanese, that’s about it for now.”

Carmen Lawrence Tucker took a 75th birthday cruise with her husband Daniel on the Yangtze River, China in September 2019. Also, she and Daniel had a fabulous trip to Russia and rode the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express from west to east. Kay Quisenberry lives in Melbourne, Australia. She spent her 75th birthday climbing Mt. Welcome near Mitta Mitta and at Wool Shed Falls near Chiltern with friend and colleague Jan, and her mom, Flora, now 92. Until next time …

Nan Ellen

1963 Penny Yates Lary pattycakeranch@att.net Anne Jordan Logan anajlog@aol.com Anne Bateson writes that she and husband Frank are enjoying being with their two-year-old granddaughter Tillie, who lives in Boulder, Colorado, also. Carol Friedman Dressler writes that she is enjoying her new role as a part-time travel study leader for Stanford Travel Study and led two exciting trips in 2019.

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Elizabeth and Soleia are the daughter and granddaughter of Betty Walker Creech ’63.

Members from the Class of 1963 observed the Monet exhibit together at the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth last summer.

Class of 1963 friends gathered to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Kenney Dixon ’63 and John Pickens.

Carol Friedman Dressler ’63 at Utah Beach for the 75th Anniversary of D-Day

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Jody Williams Hagler ’63 and Herb Hagler

Susie Weber Munson ’63 with daughters Merry Munson Wyatt ’93, Kathryn Munson Beach ’94, and Meg Munson McGonigle ’96, and granddaughters

the coast of France to be in Normandy on the 75th anniversary of D-Day – a moving experience she says she will never forget, and one that her husband Bob would have loved. In late July, Carol took a group to Iceland to see the Blue Lagoon, glaciers, waterfalls, and geysers – a magical experience. Carol says she enjoys playing tennis and pickleball and keeps getting “tune ups” and “repairs” so she can continue. She also volunteers as part of the Stanford Medical Admission team. Her grandchildren continue to be a delight. Linda Deal Barrow spent time in Cozumel with daughter Laura and her family after Christmas when many in the family were certified to scuba dive. They all celebrated quite an exciting Mexican New Year’s Eve together. Kenney Dixon Pickens writes: “Theme: Hawaii, a return in time to their honeymoon destination.

Joined by friends from South Africa, Canada, Connecticut, D.C., Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Kansas, and all over Texas.

DJ Lucy Wrubel kept the dance floor rocking; Hawaiian fire dancers entertained; leis for everyone upon arrival from Jan Strimple models. Sushi hors d’oeuvres served with mai tais & cocktails while green screen photos were available to all. Dinner was by food stations of huli huli pig & sides; salad with ahi tuna and mango shrimp; Hawaiian pizza (for grandsons of course); coconut ice cream served in coconut shells with macadamia nut cookies and cups of Kona coffee. And homage was paid, with champagne for all, to Kenney’s grandparents, parents, family brides and grooms, and all who have toasted each other with the gold, family heirloom, 50-year wedding goblet. (Names are engraved on the cup after 50 years of marriage.) On December 25, my three grandsons, son, daughter-in-law and I (Anne Jordan Logan) took a National Geographic trip to Morocco and Spain, which was a trip of a lifetime. We wandered through the Berber villages of the Atlas Mountains where we discovered dramatic cliffs and ravines, and walked with the donkey that carried

Anne Jordan Logan ’63 is pictured with her family in Morocco. Left to right are Anne, Josh, Ben, Luke, Stephanie, and Sam.

Mary Jane Ehricht Fally ’63, Beverly Brown Easterling ’63, Nan Brown Self ’63, Susie Weber Munson ’63, Liz Jaquette O’Brien ’63

Linda Deal Barrow ’63 spent the Christmas holidays in Cozumel, Mexico with her family.

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1965 REUNION CLASS Susan Pierce Wilson spwilson95@gmail.com We hope everyone is making plans to come to our 55th Class Reunion on April 23rd and 24th. On Thursday evening April 23, Nina Works will host an Open House in her home. Then on Friday evening, April 24, Elaine Flache Shiver will host our 55th Reunion Celebration Dinner in her home. We are so excited about seeing so many of our classmates once again. On a sadder note, we have lost dear classmate Nancy Martindale Cantwell.

She passed away on December 18, 2019 in Brainerd, Minnesota. Nancy was the daughter of the late Barbara and Bruce Martindale. After leaving Hockaday, she graduated from Hillcrest High School and from Centenary College in New Jersey. She married Conan Cantwell in 1970. Two daughters brought non-stop joy to their family: Amy Gitchell and Carolyn Cantwell. Nancy sold real estate for the Gerhauser Company and for Ebby Halliday for many years before retiring.

Besides her two daughters, she is survived by four grandchildren and her sister Jan Martindale Newsome who graduated from Hockaday in 1961.

Nancy’s memorial celebration will be held next spring in Dallas.

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John and Betsy Stephenson with Walker and Tessa are the son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren of Betty Walker Creech ’63. They are pictured in Greece.

our picnic lunch – tapas on a blanket.

participated. Driving next to explore

Exploring the Agafay Desert surroundings by camelback and then riding 4x4 dune buggies up and down the desert hills were both exhilarating.

We enjoyed a special lunch with local produce in a tent served by a Berber in his turban with full regalia. Marrakesh was a melting pot of Berber, African, Arab, and Mediterranean influences, and we all loved it, wandering through the famous markets and hidden neighborhoods with artisans and souks off the beaten path. We strolled through the Bahia Palace and then passed through the Bab Agnaou Gate, the entrance to the royal Kasbah. The Majorelle Gardens with its exotic plants and the YSL Museum were spectacular and I can easily see how YSL was so greatly influenced by the Moroccan culture. We headed to Barcelona and spent an exciting New Year’s Eve, celebrating at midnight atop a building with thousands of people on the streets below us viewing the most spectacular fireworks display imaginable. The

Montserrat there was a Benedictine Monastery nestled in the mountain and we particularly loved hiking the mountain up into the clouds. The creative genius of Gaudi we first saw at the Park Gruel called Gaudi’s playground. His Sagrada Familia we later visited and were stunned at this masterpiece inside and out. Then on to the famous soccer field, Camp Nou, Barcelona’s home stadium.

That evening a food journalist took us on a private tapas tour and we were delighted with the culinary experience in the barrios. Our last day we departed again from the city to wander through the medieval town of Girona where we biked through the tiny hamlets along cobbled alleys past farmhouses and then enjoyed a lunch on the hillside of Catalunya. The best of all was that our trip was family time creating memories that we will cherish forever. Joy and laughter with such varying experiences enriched our relationships for which we will always be thankful.

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1966 Barbara Burden Swanson barbara@nysais.org Becky Love Ingle writes: “My husband, Ray, has reached the two years and eight months mark post-heart transplant. He feels great, has so much more energy and looks wonderful! We are eternally grateful to the donor’s family for their generous, yet difficult decision, to donate

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Barbie Burden Swanson ’66

The family of Carolyn Smith Lorimer ’66. Top row: Hailey and Josh, Bill IV. Middle row: John, Allison, Clare, Wish. Bottom row: Bill III, Carolyn, Lanie (not pictured: Jake)

Pat Castleberry Everett ’66, Carolyn Smith Lorimer ’66, Jeanne Graham Miller ’66, Margaret Bundy Kahn ’66, Charla Peavy McCracken ’66, Barbie Burden Swanson ’66, Becky Love Ingle ’66

Pat Castleberry Everett ’66 and Carl Everett

Ruth Heiskell Summers ’66 with her grandchildren at the beach. Left to right: Madalyn Summers, Will Waits, Ruth Heiskell Summers, Ellyn Waits, Wesley Summers, Jay Waits, and Wesley Summers IV

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Janet Garvey Gerber ’66 and her family on vacation in Carlsbad, California, at Legoland. Front: Jaxson Sawyer and Joshua Stroud. Adults, left to right are David Sawyer & Amy, Rebecca Sawyer, Janet Garvey, and Walter Gerber.

The family of Lynne Jacobs Teinert ’66

Mason Disser is the grandson of Mary Petty Anderson ’66.

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their loved one’s organs. The result clearly saved Ray’s life and meant everything to our family. Ray and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary last September. It was a lovely celebration with family, neighbors, and friends. Our two children live close by.

Our daughter and family are in Cypress, Texas and have two children. Our granddaughter is a senior this year and will be attending The University of Oklahoma in the fall. Ray and I are both OU Alumni, so we are super-excited about her decision! Our first grandson is a freshman in high school, and continues to play at the league level, and will play on the high school team this year. Our son and family live in San Antonio, and they have a new son who just turned one year old in November. Our new grandson is happy, inquisitive, and loves being outside. It is so much fun to have a little one around again! Ray and I bought a ranch just north of Fredericksburg about a year ago, and love spending time here.

We loved hosting Barbie Burden Swanson, Carolyn Smith Lorimer, Charla Peavy McCracken, Jeanne Graham Miller, Margaret Bundy Kahn, and Pat Castleberry Everett last November for a weekend. As you can imagine there was much talking and laughing going on, but we all went to bed a LOT earlier than we used to!” Pat Castleberry Everett writes: “Carl and I celebrated our 51st wedding anniversary last summer. Where has all the time gone??? We still live in Breckenridge.

Three of our four daughters and their families live in Breckenridge also. We are so blessed to have them close. Number four daughter is in Houston. There are nine grandchildren with ages ranging from 2 to 27. Also, we have one great-granddaughter and another one due next week. Carl has slowed down some at ranching but will never retire. He loves it too much. I continue to be the typical ‘stay-at-home mom/wife.’

Everyone knows just what that entails! A special treat was to spend a weekend at Becky Love Ingle’s ranch outside of

The first location of my business, La Casita Mexican Grill, opened here on Cinco de Mayo 1986. Since then I have lived in Austin & Dallas, transitioning back to The Springs 2003–2005. There are now three locations of La Casita, which, I am pleased to say, have become something of an icon here. I have enjoyed developing the brand with the support of several dedicated professionals and many wonderful employees. Walter came into my life on Valentine’s Day 2007. We had attended classes in the same building while students at The University of Texas at

Julie Golman Melendi ’66 with her family at the NHL Winter Classic in Dallas on New Year’s Day. Left to right: Chad, Amy and Elizabeth (2) Eaton, Bob, Steve, Kristina, Julie, Grant (6), and Joe (10) Melendi. Not pictured: Mike, Megan, and baby Melendi

Fredericksburg. We had a great time.

Becky and her husband were the perfect hosts. I lost my sister, Judy Castleberry Miller ’61 last spring. She is missed.

Carl and I travel as much as we can. Our last trip was a Rhine River cruise for 10 days. Then we met a daughter in Rome for a week—I love Rome. Then we went to the North of Africa to visit friends who live there. These friends are medical missionaries. What an interesting time seeing a part of the world that is totally different from home. Right before Christmas, I had my right knee replaced.

That has certainly been an adventure for sure. The other knee needs help too so that will happen in April. Lots of rehab and relearning how to do things without limping—quite the challenge.” Julie Golman Melendi writes: “Bob and I are finally selling our home of 33 years and have bought a condo in a high rise in North Dallas. We still split our time between Dallas and mainly summers in Mendocino, California. We had a great time at the NHL Winter Classic at the

returned to Texas, teaching high school for a while along the way. I spent the last 27 years at Lamar University in Beaumont (near my Woodville roots).

There I taught English and worked in administration in charge of accreditation and planning. I specialized in Adolescent Literature and teacher education, and I worked hard with the Texas Council of Teachers of English on statewide issues.

My husband and I (hurricane battered) retired to Austin in 2013. Since then I have taught ESL at several places and continued to do freelance work as an editor. I have a small and, so far, manageable lung cancer, but chemo and I don’t always get along, so my activities wax and wane with treatment cycles. As a lifelong obsessive reader, I reflect often on the effect that Hockaday had on me. I was encouraged to try anything! (Mr. Aker directed me to read The Brothers Karamazov in the summer after junior year!) And the teaching I experienced there always influenced my own teaching. Our two children are in

Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day.” Steffi O’Brien Yearwood writes: “I retired in 2011 from a 40-year career as a teacher.

After earning my PhD in English at UT, I taught in upstate New York, then

Beaumont and Dallas, and Austin is a good meeting place, so we enjoy seeing them often. Though no grandchildren … yet.” Janet Garvey Gerber writes: “I am in Colorado Springs now – here to stay.

Austin in 1969 but did not meet until Valentine’s Day of 2007 in Colorado Springs. We hit it off immediately, marrying October 11, 2008. He has provided immeasurable support to me in running La Casita, along with everything else. We have traveled quite a bit, having completed our bucket list with a trip to South Africa in the spring of 2019; in fact, we were at the Cape of Good Hope on Easter Sunday. On a tour of Northern Italy in 2015 we met a couple from Canada with whom we have become great friends. They visited us here in the summer of 2016 for a week and we spent a week with them touring the Toronto area in the fall of 2018. We all just finished a Viking River Cruise on the Rhone from Marseilles to Lyon with an extension in Paris, the highlight of which was visiting Monet’s Garden in Giverny.

In 2021, the four of us are planning to travel in Ireland. While a boarding student at Hockaday, I developed an appreciation for art and culture. In 2017 Walter and I, along with La Casita, were privileged to be sponsors of the 90th anniversary celebration of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, featuring Yo-Yo Ma. This February Walter & I will be sponsors at an event featuring Itzhak Perlman. The Executive Director was kind enough to list me as a member of the Business Advisory Counsel of the Philharmonic. We are also involved with the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center and a few other arts organizations.

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Walter is serving as an usher at First Presbyterian Church. La Casita participates with several non-profit organizations through contributions of Fiesta Packs, caterings to support their fundraising efforts and such.

Homelessness is a major problem in Colorado Springs and we are looking for a path to make a difference in that regard … once we have made the transition to a smaller, single-level house, which we are in the process of doing now. Although we are sorry to be leaving our current home and neighborhood, we are having a great time planning for our move into Kissing Camels, very much looking forward to a more relaxed lifestyle – and a constant view of Pikes Peak! My children will soon be living roughly equidistant from me in opposite directions. Rebecca with her son Joshua (7) in Louisville, Kentucky, and David with his son Jaxon (8) and his mother Amy in Billings, Montana. I’m proud of both of them for striking out on their own. For the past several years, we have taken annual family vacations to Fort Worth, Disney World, Breckenridge, and Myrtle Beach. Last summer we went to Carlsbad, California to visit Legoland and the San Diego Zoo Safari. They have been great trips. Summer vacations may take a different direction going forward.

Meanwhile, Walter and I are very happy with busy days, spending our evenings primarily enjoying a nice meal and snuggling up with our four-year-old Westie puppy Matty!” Lacy Crain writes: “On January 1, 2020, I retired from the board of R. Lacy. I am the oldest employee. My son, James Whitehead, is taking my place on the board. I will continue to be on our foundations board, arranging all of the offices’ entertaining, and continuing as the head interior designer. My darling Joe and I keep our feet in the road. We want to go as long as we can. Two weeks ago, I ran into Susan Brelsford Chipman. She and her husband are living in Tyler.” Frances (Alford) Rolater writes: “My husband Rick and I have been in Denton

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permanently for 2 and one-half years now, returning here after 14 years in Colorado. We settled into a 55+ community called Robson Ranch, and we love it here! There is never a dull moment, as there is plenty here to keep us occupied, and we are close to family and old friends from prior days. It was a good decision. Rick has just finished closing up our retail business, By Nature Gallery, and so we both have more free time now. Travel is on the agenda, and last spring we went from London to Switzerland, then up the Rhine on a Viking cruise. We spent a couple of days in Amsterdam, then Rick went to southern Germany to see fossils, and I joined up with a friend from Robson Ranch. We gals then went through Belgium to Dijon, France and then to Lausanne, Switzerland, and stayed on Lake Geneva. It was gorgeous! Next spring, another friend and I are going to China with Viking, and then on to South Korea for another two weeks. I am really enjoying all this globetrotting. Here in Denton, I am a member of a group of women called Voices United, and we support a group, Ignite, that works around the nation to prepare young women to run for office. They often start out running for school positions, and then graduate up to college, local, state, and national positions. We are very proud of those young women! There is also a

great group of women who play golf, and although I was never very athletic, I really enjoy it, and love living on the first tee box! Some of you may be aware that Dallas was hit by major tornados, and Hockaday was spared, though St. Mark’s and Preston Royal were not. It is very sad to see such devastation in areas where we once spent a lot of time. I am a proud step-grandmom to four boys that belong to Rick’s sons. One family lives nearby in Plano, and the other is in Colorado Springs. My how time flies – the twin boys in Plano go to college next year!

Those two are also very involved in youth theater, so we go to see everything they are in, which really takes me back to my own high school theater experiences.”

Jan Hickey writes: “Frank and I have been traveling the world since we both retired – last trip in Oct 2019 was to Jordan and Egypt and we are off to Croatia, Bosnia, and Slovenia in April. In the last five years we’ve been to 15 countries and are quickly filling up our passports. We also travel to see our daughter Kathryn and her husband Sotiri Varvarigos, who live not far from us in Bothell. Our two grandsons Dionisi (age 14) and Georgio (age 12) are busy with school and football.” Susan Mead writes: “I am living in Sag Harbor and New York City with my husband, not too far from my daughter Katya Jestin ’87, her husband Kit, and three children. We

are happy, healthy, and love to travel together. I am still a partner at my law firm of Jackson Walker in Dallas, but I stepped back to a Senior Counsel position at mine while Katya stepped up to be Managing Partner of her firm Jenner Block in New York City.” Mary Petty Anderson writes: “My daughter Keeton, her husband Nate Disser, and the children live in the high Rockies— Ouray, Colorado—where they have San Juan Mountain Guides and Red Mountain Alpine Lodge. I now live in downtown Seattle, travel a good bit, am an associate priest at St. Luke’s, Ballard, and continue as a Jungian-oriented LPC.” Lillian Crosby Maurin writes: “My three daughters live in Atlanta with my seven grandchildren. My oldest is Caroline, who is a senior at LSU. What an exciting year for her! Geaux Tigers! My oldest grandson is a freshman at Washington & Lee and plays football. My other five grandsons age between 16 and 9. Big Saints and LSU fans. They love to play sports! Jimmy and I will celebrate our 50th anniversary this coming June. We have moved to New Orleans and live in a condo in the Warehouse District. We walk everywhere, to church, and to the best restaurants you can find anywhere.

Life has been good to us. God bless each and every one of you. Ruth

Addison Disser is the granddaughter of Mary Petty Anderson ’66.

Heiskell Summers writes: “Going on 22 years working for the same gentleman as his Girl Friday! He turned 90 in August but is still going strong. Wesley and I have five grandchildren. Daughter Lee and family live in Jackson, Mississippi, and have three children. Her twin boys graduated from Jackson Prep in May and surprised us all by splitting up – one went to Ole Miss and one to Mississippi State! Thanksgiving was interesting! Her youngest, a daughter, is 15 and very involved with theater and show choir at Prep. Lee teaches algebra to the seventh and eighth grade at Prep. My son, Bo, is a criminal defense attorney here in Memphis and has no shortage of clients since our crime rate is one of the highest in the country. Don’t everyone rush to move here. He and his wife have two children – a boy 6 and a girl 4. So we have the teenagers and the babies.

Wesley had open-heart bypass in early November, but he is recovering well. He still runs his contracting business putting slate and copper roofs on some of the most beautiful homes in the city. He is anxious to get back to work but it is going to be a while. We have been married for 51 years – we were infants when we wed!” Ann Harris McKelvie writes: “My husband, Lloyd Thayer, and I spend a fair amount of time traveling to see our combined five children in D.C., North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, and New York. We have six grandsons between ages 1 and 17, with another grandchild on the way (maybe our first granddaughter?). We also travel for ourselves, which we love, most recently in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. When we’re home, I’m a part-time guide at Hagley Museum, a historic site that features water-powered machinery, the original 19th century gunpowder works, and the first du Pont family home. After 10 years, it still fascinates me. We’re only minutes away from I-95, so if anyone is on the east coast, please stop by!”

Carolyn Smith Lorimer writes: “My husband of almost 49 years, Bill, and I have lived in Fort Worth since 1978. He is

Keeton Anderson Disser, daughter of Mary Petty Anderson ’66, creates custom beaded earrings.

a retired family practice physician who is also Medical Director of Asana Hospice as well as Mission Fort Worth, a free clinic. Since April, he has been back in the office two days a week, covering for his former partner so he can be with his seriously ill wife. We love to travel and have an extensive bucket list. Due to major home remodeling/repairs this year, our main trip was to the Grand Canyon and Sedona. Next year we plan to squeeze in as much travel as we can. Bill enjoys trips with his golfing buddies and weekly lunches with retired physicians. I love annual get-togethers with best friends from Camp Mystic, Hockaday, and UT Austin respectively. Still an avid reader, I’m in 3 book clubs. As a TCU Chi Omega advisor for 25 years, I'm grateful for their friendships and their inspiration.

Together Bill and I meet monthly with a group of long-time Catholic friends who’ve made and/or led Marriage Encounter weekends. Some we’ve known, or led weekends with, for 40+ years. We support each other in our lifelong journey of commitment to marriage, family, and our faith. For over 25 years, we’ve shared dinner monthly with a group of Bill's old high school friends and their wives. Sadly, we’ve friends this year than ever before, two very close friends. Life is short and life is fragile. We cherish our family. My sister

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(also a Hockaday alum), her three kids, spouses, and seven grandkids, are the remaining family on my side. I try to see them at least once a year. Bill has eight siblings and their spouses, plus 26 nieces and nephews and 15 great nieces and nephews. Our daughter Allison Henderson (45) lives in Greenville, SC with her husband Josh and children, Jake (18) and Hailey (16). Our oldest son Bill IV (43) lives here in Fort Worth with his wife Clare and their children Wish (Wishard Speer Lorimer V, 17) and Lanie (13). Our youngest son John (38), who has intellectual challenges, lives with us. He has a good job doing scanning and data entry and now has found the love of his life, Carolyn Kerns. Being a part of our kids’ and grandkids’ lives is a blessing.

They grow up so fast. It’s a joy and a privilege to share their theater and musical theater performances as well as dance recitals. Being with extended family at holidays and reunions brings us joy and laughter. We’re grateful for each new day. Life is a gift. Celebrate every day with joy.” Ceci Brunazzi writes: “After retiring some years ago after a long career as a graphic designer, I am dividing my time between San Francisco (where I have lived since the early 1970s) and Torino, Italy. My husband hails from Torino. No longer involved in graphic design, I am trying my hand at literary translation from Italian to English. I am lucky to have reconnected with Julie Coplon and Cathy O’Boyle, both of whom live in the Bay Area. I’ll always value my Hockaday education and even still have dreams about Latin and our Latin teacher Elaine Kimball, with some Latin conjugations even appearing in my dreams.” I (Barbie Burden Swanson) am still working as Director of Residential Professional Learning for the New York State Assoc. of Independent Schools (!), but probably retiring after next academic year. I have enjoyed my three kids and two granddaughters, all of whom visit pretty often to my home in the Catskills, NY. My sister Betsy and I have tried to travel as much as possible, most recently

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to Morocco in 2018 and Jordan in 2019.

Mongolia is on the calendar for 2020.

Trying to get to wild places while they – and we – are still wild!”

1967 Janie Castleman McNairy jjmcnairy@juno.com Bryn Ball Allen writes: “Bill and I are still in Tucson, Arizona, even though our wonderful home burned down October 2018. We are working through the challenges that come with dealing with such devastation and a very busy and full life. My husband, Bill, continues as CFO of Richmond American Homes in Tucson, and I continue managing our family’s activities and home life, and participating in the kids’ school’s booster functions and other activities. Whew – very busy!! (I just put on 35,000 miles in the first year of my new car – with only one trip to Vegas for the kids’ big chess tournament! – ouch!) All four of our kids are Commended Scholars in their 7th year at a Basis school mostly at Basis Tucson North – a very demanding charter school ranked 34th nationally by U.S. News for High Schools. My older son, William “Trey” Allen, turned 16 in May and excels both academically and in chess and plays many sports, especially basketball and tennis. The triplets turned 14 in July and share chess, music, art, and various sports. Annelise, planning to become a vet, is trying barrel racing with her horse, basketball, and jazz drumming. Spencer, the “math man,” continues to grow in his piano skills, both classically and in his Tucson Jazz Institute performances. And Gregory participates in many clubs (JCL, Science Bowl, Debate Club), is interested in building or robotics, and works hard at tennis. So – my family is my life! And I am fortunate to still enjoy visiting with my wonderful sister, Barbara Gibson, and my great parents – my 96-year-old mother,

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Edithanne, and my 107-year-old stepfather, Rev. Canon Harold Knight.

Enough said!”

1968 Angier Peavy angierpeavy@gmail.com In keeping with my plan to see the frozen parts of the earth before they melt away, I (Angier Peavy) went to Iceland, Greenland, and Patagonia. Glaciers, waterfalls, floes – all fabulous. I learned that musk oxen tend to somersault if they run downhill and that “no thank you” in Greenlandic is “qujaannarpunga.” Maria Carolina Rosas is working on her bucket list and is heading to Maine in February to see her daughter and family, then they are taking her two oldest daughters to NYC for their first visit to the city. In March and April, she will set out to see the greatest hits of South America with trips to Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Buenos Aires, Tierra del Fuego, and Ushuaia. Patricia Richardson has been in the thick of the politics of SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), and is now president of over half of the members. Pat is fighting on the side of right and is having an impact on the organization. Pat will be in a Lifetime movie, A Very Vintage Christmas, and in Cubby, which is rentable on Amazon.

She also got a fabulous supporting role as grandmother to Bobby (Robin George) Baker and is suitably besotted with the not-so-little lad. Peggy Wagner Zadina is enjoying her interior design business, and her phone is still ringing. She is proud of running a successful female-owned business for over 35 years. She has been married to husband Dick for 47 years and has a 10-year-old granddaughter who loves to go shopping with her grandmother. Peggy golfs, plays bridge, and reads. She has played all of the great courses in Scotland and Ireland

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Patricia Richardson ’68 is pictured with grandson Bobby (Robin George) Baker.

No visit to New Orleans would be complete without a visit to Café du Monde! Lori Jo Hansel ’69, Robbyn Yoffee ’69, Molly Hawkins Sharpe ’69, Merilyn Wood Crain ’69, Jim Wohlleb, Pam Harris Busbee ’69, and Mary Remmel Wohlleb ’69

The Class of 1969 celebrated their 50th Reunion in April 2019.

Molly Hawkins Sharpe ’69 in NOLA for the Cowboys/Saints football game

Carroll Jung Williamson ’69 hosted former Hockadaisies at dinner at Galatoire’s in New Orleans the evening before the Saints/Cowboys game at the Superdome. Left to right: Lori Jo Hansel ’69, Robbyn Yoffee ’69, Molly Hawkins Sharpe ’69, Mary Remmel Wohlleb ’69, Pam Harris Busbee ’69, Merilyn Wood Crain ’69, Tupper Lampton Allen ’67, and Carroll Jung Williamson ’69. A young woman at a nearby table named Katie Tart Kibler ’94 noted our tasteful paper and faux daisy tiaras and asked if we were from Hockaday. She joined us in this picture!

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and most in the US. We were all relieved that Kathy Mack is out of the range of the terrible fires in Australia, and Lainy Luckadoo Abbott’s family from Oz was visiting her here during the worst of the blazes. The Class of ’68 is hurtling, stumbling, lurching toward our three score and ten, and we are planning a mass birthday in Vancouver this summer.

Jan Woodward Fox is a devoted Vancouverphile and is directing the invasion.

Hockadaisies were joined by some of Marilyn Wood Crain’s ’69 Louisiana friends as they took a limo to the Superdome to enjoy the Cowboys/Saints football game!

1969 Susan Skeeters Barnett susan.barnett@swbell.net Carole Bond Jordan xin2cu10@gmail.com Hello from Guatemala to all my wonderful classmates!

This past 2019 was busy, happy, and sad. I published and presented my second book, Dance with Me/Baila Conmigo, at the Guatemalan Annual Book Fair. My sister Carmen Herrerías ’67 illustrated this collection of 25 very short stories in English and Spanish related to dancing, my favorite pastime. On September 23, my second grandson, Diego Toriello was born. He and his older brother, Antonio (three years old) live down the road from me in Antigua, Guatemala with their parents José Antonio (my second son) and Silvanna Toriello. On Halloween, my third son, Carlos Rafael, became engaged to be married in 2020 to María Andrée Maegli. We are looking forward to that happy event. My oldest son Alejandro continues to live and work in Atlanta at Georgia Tech, where he is a tenured professor of industrial engineering, specializing in operations research. Our mother, Eugenia Bedard, passed away on December 1, 2019, at age 94. She lived a full and adventurous life. Carmen and I have her to thank for sending us to Hockaday. It was wonderful seeing so many of my classmates for our 50th

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The Class of 1969 celebrated their 50th Reunion at Alumnae Day 2019.

The Class of 1969 in Great Hall at Alumnae Day 2019

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Director of Alumnae Relations Amy Spence ’87 and Mary Broday Thompson ’70 at an Alumnae Association Board Meeting

Lisa Caldwell Murdock ’70, Janet Darner McCurry ’70, Kathy McKinney Friedman ’70, Lynn Tatum Moffat ’70, Mary Broday Thompson ’70, and Alex Ramsey ’70 at Mary's house for a Christmas party

Reunion last April. I hope we continue to keep up with these get-togethers every five years.

house in McKinney for a Christmas party.

Janet and Mary both modeled their matching Hockaday jackets. And for our next Class Notes, please send in your news and pictures in time for our July 31 deadline.

Anabel Herrerias

1970 REUNION CLASS Shirley Young Mendelson rmendelson@aol.com By the time you read this, our 50th Class Reunion will be in the books! Judging from all the pre-reunion excitement, I’m sure it was a huge success. Because of our publication deadlines, we don’t have a report yet. So stay tuned for our next issue for full coverage. In November, Mary Broday Thompson attended the Hockaday Alumnae Association Board of Directors meeting. Carolyn Estes Galloway is in love with her first grandchild, a girl. Reyna Lynne Wade was born on September 13, 2019, and in her picture is wearing a very fashionable winter knit hat designed and executed by Carolyn. And in December, Lisa Caldwell Murdock, Janet Darner McCurry, Kathy McKinney Freidman, Lynn Tatum Moffat, and Alex Ramsay gathered at Mary Broday Thompson’s

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1972 Penny Tower Cook pennytcook@sbcglobal.net Missy Gunn Falchi falchifalchi@aol.com Christie Kelton Leach mchristiekl@gmail.com Vicki Vandeveer Moore vmoore8582@aol.com We are calling this the Fine Arts edition of our Class Notes as we celebrate the accomplishments of two of our talented classmates. Trish Payne Parrish writes: “I’m now semi-retired and taking time to sing in my church choir, and I will be traveling to Mexico in March to participate in a mosaic workshop in San Miguel de Allende! I’m dedicating more time to my own art. Have been teaching art at Lumin Education for a while with Carroll Swenson-Roberts and Linda

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Sheldon (both alumnae!). But it’s very different to encourage others than it is to encourage myself! I’m truly loving it! My daughters and I just had an art show together downtown. We planned it for a year, and it was an absolute dream come true!” Our own Roberta Pearle Lamb has returned to her early love of music.

You can find more about her burgeoning music career from her website: robertalamb.com. “Strongly influenced by the vibrant music community in Boston, she started writing originals and rebranded herself as a singer-songwriter.

She just completed her first album and performs across New England at a variety of venues.” You can hear Roberta’s new album, Not Your Mama’s Blues, on Apple Music, Spotify, and iTunes. In other news, Pam Hudnall Quarterman writes that she has a new grandbaby, Cameron Ezra, who was born in October in San Francisco. She now has three grandchildren, Silke, Mila, and Cameron, all born to different children.

Connie Melrose, Janie Strauss McGarr, and Missy Gunn Falchi had lunch together in New York City recently.

Connie is a full-time resident of New York, and Janie and Missy are very frequent visitors thanks to their daughters who reside in the city.

Whenever any among our classmates

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Reyna Lynne Wade, granddaughter of Carolyn Estes Galloway ’50

Constance Melrose ’72, Janie Strauss McGarr ’72, and Missy Gunn Falchi ’72 at lunch in New York City

Trish Payne Parrish ’72 (center) with daughters Karen Dove Parrish (left) and Kaila Rose Parrish (right) at their art show

Jana West Hacker ’74 visited Kathy Holland Thomas’s ’74 new restaurant, Cabo Bob’s in San Antonio.

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Janet Darner McCurry ’70 and Mary Broday Thompson ’70 wearing matching Hockaday jackets

Gunnigar Bodiratnangkura Virojanavat ’74, Charmaine Denius McGill ’74, Jeanne Tower Cox ’74, and Kay Butler Howell ’74

are in the Dallas area please let one of your Class Agents know, because it gives us a great excuse for an impromptu get-together. Also, be sure to let classmates know about address and email changes. Our 50th Reunion is approaching in 2022, and we want everyone to come!

1973 Kathryn Eichenwald Duncan kduncan1023@gmail.com Gayle Embrey gnembrey@gmail.com

Brie Sabin Triplett ’74, Laura McCulloch Gibbs ’74, Carol Albano Coddou ’74

1973 Hockaday Classmates: Due to chronic health issues, I have been unable to fulfill my responsibilities as Gayle Embrey’s co-Class Agent. We really want to keep connections open between our classmates, so Gayle needs a new partner to work with her. This is not a difficult task. In fact, it is fun being the first with the “news!” Please email Gayle gembrey@gmail.com or Director of Alumnae Relations Amy Spence ’87 (aspence@hockaday.org) if you are interested.

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Lisa Fine ’75, Gunnigar Bodiratnangkura Virojanavat ’74 and husband Zan, and Berry Cox, husband of Jeanne Tower Cox ’74

Sabrina Sabin Triplett sabrina.triplett@gmail.com Forty-six years from our graduation! Hard to believe!

Hope you and your families are well. I am able to keep up with some of you through Facebook and emails, so I hope you don’t mind me sharing a few updates even though you didn’t send them in yourself. Jana West Hacker and husband, Gary, are living in Lubbock. She was able to get to San Antonio over the Christmas holidays and visited with Kathy Holland Thomas and her husband, Charlie. Charlie has opened a Cabo Bob’s franchise in San

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Jeanne Tower Cox ‘74, John Cox, Berry Cox, Molly Cox holding Carson, Justin, and in the front, James Cox

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1976 Amanda Miers McDowell amandamcdowell@me.com

1977 Angela Hedge Callaway acallaway@aol.com Cynthia Nix Savelli cnixsave@sbcglobal.net Monica Escobar Trevino ’83 and her family

Antonio, and he and Kathy have been busy getting that started up. Kathy and her daughter, Caroline, went to Israel on an educational pilgrimage with a group from Houston earlier this year. Peggy Darrah Adams and husband, John, also traveled to Israel last year. Carol Albano Coddou, Laura McCulloch Gibbs and I, with our husbands, went on a cruise together to Portugal, Spain, France, and Morocco. It was my first cruise, and we had a fabulous time exploring together.

Jeanne Tower Cox had a get-together with Gunnigar Bodiratnangkura Virojanavat, Charmaine Denius McGill, and Kay Butler Howell. I can tell Sally Wagoner Rosenthal is enjoying retirement a lot, and I hear Lou Ann Levering Monroe is as well.

Between seeing kids and grandkids and fly fishing in Alaska and Colorado, Mary Morgan Peltier is hard to keep up with.

Janet Balleisen Dray wrote, “I’m very active working on the board of Asian Elephant Support, a nonprofit for Asian elephants in their range countries and the people that support them and live with them. It involved many interesting trips last year including one to Thailand for the presentation of a mobile veterinary van, and another to Guwahati, India for a conference that included meeting the people whose work we support in Myanmar, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Never would have

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envisioned this as my retirement but it is very exciting and rewarding work. The year also included what’s becoming an annual trip to Africa as well as back to Dallas. Loved seeing my classmates at the reunion. Best wishes to all.” Please keep in contact. I’m not above making stuff up about you all just to have something printed here. You know how to reach me!

Brie

1975 REUNION CLASS Leslie Ann Crozier leslie@hotonhomes.com Sara Speer Selber sara@thepmteam.com

1978 Karen E. Helms kehunlimited7@gmail.com

1979 Gina L. Woods gina@tropicalsbygina.com Jennifer Nance Stagnaro jennifer@stagnaro.com

1980 REUNION CLASS Heather Purcell Leja hpleja@gmail.com

Watch for a double edition of 1975 Class Notes in the next issue ... including all the highlights from Class of 1975 40th Reunion Weekend!

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Leslie and Sara

Kama Boswell Koudelka kamakoudelka@sbcglobal.net

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1983 Eleanor Herndon Munson ehmunson@mac.com Emily Forman Jourdan emily.erna@yahoo.com Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts cerubarts@gmail.com Nell Fullenwider Bush says she and her husband, Shelby, are enjoying their empty nest even though they do spend a lot of time visiting their four kids! Their son, Joe (26), is working for a private equity firm in NYC. Eldest daughter, Hannah (24), graduated from Hockaday in 2013 and is in her first year of law school at The University of Texas at Austin. Ellie (21) is Hockaday Class of 2016 and will be graduating from The University of Richmond in May. Rounding out the Bush clan is Abby (19), Hockaday Class of 2018, who is a sophomore at Vanderbilt University. Based in Washington, D.C., Sharon Coggan McBride was recently awarded eBay Inc.’s Luminary Award for extraordinary service as a member of eBay’s Government Relations team. Sharon and her husband Sean, who heads his own

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Front row, left to right: Ellie Bush ’16, Hannah Bush ’13. Middle row: Nell Fullenwider Bush ’83, Abby Bush ’18. Back row: Joseph Bush and Shelby Bush

Sharon Coggan McBride ’83 with Conner, Maggie, and Sean

PR firm, live in Fairfax, Virginia. Their daughter Maggie is a senior at Flint Hill School. Their son Conner is a senior at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth and is a manager of the men’s basketball team and a member of Sigma Nu fraternity – like his father. Monica Escobar Trevino lived in California until 2008 when she and her family moved back to Texas to be closer to Monica’s parents. Though it was a big change, everyone has adjusted well. Her mom, Señora Muriel Escobar, who taught Spanish at Hockaday, passed away in 2014. Then, they lost her father in 2017 at the age of 94! Monica’s husband, Marcus, is a teacher at Fusion Academy, which provides a unique one-to-one teaching program. Monica has been with GameStop for the past eight years as the director of loss prevention operations.

When she is not working, Monica enjoys spending time with her three grandsons, watching her youngest daughter play varsity softball, binging on Alaska reality TV, cooking recipes from the Pioneer Woman, or sewing t-shirt blankets!

Regina Seaton started working at the Polo Store in Highland Park in 1990 and decided not long thereafter that she needed to move to New York City. It’s 30 years later, and she is still in New York and still working for Ralph Lauren but in a very different setting at the new Ralph Lauren corporate offices in the Hudson

Yards area of the City. Regina is in the home division which sells fabric, wallpaper, lighting, furniture, and rugs to architects, interior designers, and VIPs (Ralph’s friends, movie stars, etc.). She lives with her husband, Jim (think “King of Queens” type), a hilarious, supersmart IT guy, whom she met at Club Med Turks and Caicos 22 years ago. They have four rescue dogs and live about an hour north of the City in Pound Ridge, NY. When she is not working, Regina volunteers for My Friends Animal Rescue and loves taking trips to exotic places.

Jan Ablon Maher graduated in May from University of North Texas with her degree in business computer information systems. Recently, Jan’s older daughter was diagnosed with

Marcus and Monica Escobar Trevino ’83

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Beverly Brown Ladley ’84, Chesie Hortenstine Breen ’84, and Candace Campbell Swango ’84

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Lynn Lloyd Buxton ’84 with her sons Robert (24) and Christopher (26)

Candace Campbell Swango ’84 and Lisel Williams Porter ’84

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Chesie Hortenstine Breen ’84 and Jennifer Ostrow Hocking ’84 visiting their kids at The Westminster School in Simsbury, CT

John, Jill Robinowitz Clay ’84, Carli, and David Clay at Carli’s graduation from The University of Texas at Austin, where John is also a student

breast cancer while attending Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). To help her daughter get through treatment, Jan has temporarily moved to Savannah, Georgia, and is happy to say that the prognosis looks really good. Word to the wise from Jan is for everyone to encourage their daughters to do self-breast exams regardless of age as her daughter was only 29 when she was diagnosed. Jan’s younger daughter graduated from Clemson University with a master’s in automotive engineering and now works for Honda in Ohio. If anyone is traveling to Savannah, Jan would be happy to show you around the beautiful city.

1984 Chesie Hortenstine Breen chesie@chesiebreen.com Candace Campbell Swango candaceswango@yahoo.com The Hockaday Class of 1984 recently celebrated their 35th Reunion with the motto “Class of ’84: More in Store.” We kicked off the festivities at the Alumnae Luncheon where our very own Candace Campbell Swango presided as president of The Hockaday Alumnae Association.

Surprising Candace were her daughters Campbell Swango ’18 and KK Swango (Class of 2022). That evening Chesie Hortenstine Breen, Betsy Reed Eiseman, Candace Campbell Swango, Amanda Urschel Goldstein, and Karen Sheinberg Pollock hosted a Mexican fiesta at Karen’s beautiful home. We all gathered around the Mi Cocina Food Truck for tacos and margaritas. New faces not at lunch included Dottie Thomson Poston, Leslie Stoneman Cornog, and Anna Lively. The Hockaday Alumnae Association also went on the road this year with receptions in Houston, Los Angeles, Boston, and New York, which Candace attended alongside Hockaday’s Eugene

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The Class of 1984 celebrated their 35th Reunion in April 2019 with a party at the home of Karen Sheinberg Pollock ’84.

McDermott Head of School Dr. Karen Warren Coleman. In New York she was joined by Chesie Hortenstine Breen and Beverly Brown Ladley. Chesie’s communications firm NivenBreen is based in New York, and Beverly has been commuting to New York weekly from Charlotte, North Carolina, as a top consultant. Beverly’s daughter Allie is a senior at SMU where Chesie’s daughter, Virginia, is a freshman. Allie recently welcomed Virginia to Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority with Chesie and Candace waiting at the house to celebrate this great legacy on Bid Day. In other news: Jennifer Thoman Wisinski reports that she is still at Haynes & Boone after 29 years, practicing M&A securities law and serving as chair of the Business Transactions Department.

Karen Sheinberg Pollock and husband Richard are adjusting to being empty-nesters now that their children Katherine ’18 and Matthew Pollock are attending The University of Richmond.

Laurel Neuhoff Page is also adjusting to empty-nesting after her younger son, Benner, left for The University of Alabama in the fall. Older brother, Tres, is a junior at The University of Georgia so there is a lot of SEC football rivalry in their house. Over the holidays, Laurel was thrilled to get to catch up with Hockadaisies Courtnay Smith, Jennifer Ostrow Hocking, and Leslie Stoneman

Cornog. We were all looking forward to celebrating Chesie Hortenstine Breen, who was scheduled to be a panelist in the HAARTS 2020 program. Sadly, the program was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 public health situation.

Courtnay Smith Perevalova writes: “Sofie is a junior at Parsons School of Design, Nikita is a freshman at Hobart, and Vanya is a sophomore at Northfield Mount Herman. I live in Rockport, Maine.

I am working on several projects and travel about once a month for work. I am always happy to return to Maine and the peaceful life I have here.”

Candace Campbell Swango ’84 with her daughters KK (Class of 2022) and Campbell ’18 at Alumnae Day in April 2019

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Nikita Perevalova (19), Sofie Perevalova (21), Courtnay Smith Perevalova ’84, and Vargas Perevalova (16)

Front row, left to right, Shana Intille Wilcox ’88, Rebecca Kyle ’88. Back row, left to right, Stephanie Dammert Hoefken ’88 and Elizabeth Compton Smith ’88

Tres Page, Benner Page (sons of Laurel Neuhoff Page ’84), with Christian Clarke, Nicholas Clarke, and Mitchell Clarke (sons of Lynn Page Clarke ’84) with Tommy Page in the front

Class of 1987 friends enjoyed time together at Jose in Dallas during the 2019 holiday season.

Front row, Caroline Woodbury, Lisa Schiffman, Paula Ackerman Menendez, Cindy SwayzeSmith. Back row, Michelle Morgan Lockhart and Kristin Brown Flynn, who was in town from North Carolina

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Zoe Wilcox, Shana Intille Wilcox ’88, Amy Wilcox, Pam and Mike Intille

Quinn, the daughter of Leslie Stoneman Cornog ’84, recently committed to play soccer at Vanderbilt University, where she will start in Fall of 2021.

1985 REUNION CLASS Margaret Flanagan Solomon mfs@simbolcommercial.com

1986 Laura Kay Walker Berry lkwberry@bellsouth.net Adrienne S. Gruben agtortillas@gmail.com Julia Kovisars is happy to report that she’s relocated back to Los Angeles after 31 months in the Big Apple, where she continues to produce television series.

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Left to right: Mary Alice Kennedy Gregory ’87, Jill Heraty McKenna ’87, Beth Gayden Williams ’87, Sally Darden Hudspeth ’87, Maura Hubach Emery ’87, Emily Neuhoff Van Houtan ’87, Emily Springer ’87, and Ashley Akin Pearl ’87 at the Fall Alumnae Dinner in October 2019.

(Not pictured: Beth Brand Stromberg ’87, Cathy McEachern ’87, Jamie Porter Gaunt ’87, and Amy Spence ’87)

1987 Kathy McLane Gersch kmmgersch@aol.com

1988 Kimberly Haley-Coleman kimberly_haleycoleman@yahoo.com Greetings dear Killer Daisies!

It’s the half-century mark for a good chunk of us this year, and I was so delighted to have some Daisies on hand to celebrate my own.

Somehow, we missed quite a few of us in the Hockaphoto, but will do better on the 60th! By the time you read this, I suspect many of you will have seen Amy Talkington’s latest project, Little Fires Everywhere, starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, and which is scheduled for release on Hulu in March 2020. Amy is a co-EP and writer. Also, MGM’s musical remake of Valley Girl, for which Amy wrote the screenplay, will be coming out soon. Also hope you caught Denise Paul Shavandy on the Food

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Amy Spence ’87 received the Ela Hockaday Distinguished Alumna Award at the Fall Alumnae Dinner in October 2019. She is pictured here with (left to right) brother Steve Spence, nieces Sayda Brooke (9) and Aiden Faith Spence (12), Ray and Merrie Nell Spence McLeod ’95 (sister), parents Dolores and Mike Spence, and Eugene McDermott Head of School Dr. Karen Warren Coleman.

Network’s Chopped in January. Lynn Montgomery continues her work as president of the Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, addressing inflight sexual misconduct amongst other important issues. Julie Ann Sklaver writes: “Erika Bruce, Becky Miller Wartell, and I traveled to Chicago to celebrate my son Eli Kamins’ bar mitzvah in September 2019. The three of us met when we were 13 years old at Hockaday and it feels like we were just at each other’s bat mitzvahs. It was wonderful to

be able to celebrate together.” Shana Intille Wilcox writes “This fall, Stephanie Dammert Hoefken, Rebecca Kyle, Elizabeth Compton Smith, and I caught up on 30 years of life events. The consensus was, with the exception of needing reading glasses, none of us has changed much physically since Hockaday. However, we all had very interesting stories about both the sadness and joy that careers, friends, and family have given us through the years. We all hope to meet again for

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Erika Bruce ’88, Julie Ann Sklaver ’88, Becky Miller Wartell ’88

delicious Italian food in Austin soon.” It was a busy autumn calling great men to heaven. Shana’s father, Mike Intille, and Jennifer Gray Trent’s father, Haskell Gray, passed away in November, as did Chance Miller’s (St. Mark’s) father, Bob Miller. Shana wrote in that her father, Lt. Col. Michael Joseph Intille, PhD, was most proud of his service in the U.S. Air Force and the courageous work he did during those 20 years he worked as both a pilot and a trail-blazer in computer science while serving on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “My father would credit the U.S. military, together with the life-long support of my mother, for helping him emerge from a broken home in a working-class Italian neighborhood of South Philly to become a leader, scholar, and mentor to many people. Donations may be made in his honor to the National Daedalian Foundation, an organization that awards scholarships for the study of avionics to worthy ROTC.” Kimberly

1989 Allison Campfield Taten actaten@gmail.com Dylan, Jonah (2), Ava (3 months), and Katherine Bruce Tarnoff ’03, Zachary (13), Sarah (11), and Erika Bruce Moskowitz ’88 together for a visit to meet Katherine’s new baby Ava

1990 REUNION CLASS Jennifer Hazlewood Cronin jhc@cheerleading.com Dana Lawrence dana.a.lawrence@sbcglobal.net We are looking forward to our 30th Reunion! We can’t wait to see everyone! Nicole MacLean McCauley is still living in Frisco with her husband, Jimmy, and their two children, Olivia (15) and Jack (13). She enjoys working as a travel agent and playing tennis during her free time.

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Lisa Casey ’88, Debbie Loeb Keon ’89, Shannon Morse ’88, Stephanie Dammert Hoefken ’88, Margaret Herndon ’86, Kimberly Haley-Coleman ’88, Shana Intille Wilcox ’88, Haley Coleman (Class of 2022), Peggy Black Meyer ’81, Maggie Coleman (Class of 2024), Melinda Hartnett ’90, Landy Elliott Fox ’92

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1994 Amanda Keen Basler abasler@sheahancomm.com Dear ones, I hope 2020 is treating you well and that you have some fun adventures planned for the rest of the year.

Hopefully, you’ll get to sneak in a visit with your favorite Daisies. I had the pleasure of hearing from Michelle Midyette who shares, “Although I still cavort around Dallas frequently, I’ve decided to spend more time in my beloved Santa Fe. I am still creating custom fine jewelry but also designing and managing vacation rentals. I’m also starting to ramp up philanthropy work for various New Mexico nonprofits. Please come visit!” Anyone up for a road trip to Santa Fe? In celebratory news, Nakia Gray Scott, a pediatric psychiatrist who takes a holistic approach to children’s mental health, was selected to appear on the cover of the “Top Doctors” issue of Austin Monthly. Congratulations, Nakia!

Additionally, Tiernan Swenson Cavanna said, “In May 2019, I became the first female president of the American Platform Tennis Association (APTA), a nationwide nonprofit that governs and grows the sport of platform tennis. It’s not very popular in Dallas, but it’s played across the country, especially in the Chicago area in the Northeast.”

Congratulations, Tiernan! In heartbreaking news, Alison Toth unexpectedly lost her mom, Loretta, in September 2019, and her stepfather, Kyle, in January 2020, after a year-long battle with cancer. Please join me in extending our heartfelt sympathies to her. Be sure to hug your loved ones a little tighter this year and take time to enjoy this precious life. Wishing you all the best,

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Nicole MacLean McCauley ’90 with husband Jimmy and children Olivia and Jack

going on a trip to Alaska over the summer with the kids. Stephanie Zimmerman is currently residing in Plano with her two golden doodles, Blaise and Moose. She works as a senior solution delivery manager for Zuora implementing solutions for the up-and-coming subscription economy for Zuora’s largest strategic customers.

Recently, on a trip to New York, she had the pleasure of reconnecting with Mike Bloomberg, one of her father’s very good friends. I (Jennifer Hazlewood Cronin) enjoyed catching up with Elizabeth Anderson Wilson, Michelle HarveyMahlo, Leigh Allbritton, Rebecca

Eldredge, and Christi Thompson Dean at the Hockaday Fall Alumnae Dinner.

Cheers to 30 Years!!

1991 Sarah Lowe Nathan slowen1020@gmail.com

1992 Julie Flamant Hamilton juliefhamilton@gmail.com

1993 Cindy Casey Brown cbrown@caseybrownlaw.com Mary Clare Jalonick Cahlink jalonick@gmail.com Rani Khamesra ranikhamesra@yahoo.com Merry Munson Wyatt merrymunson@yahoo.com

Stephanie Zimmerman ’90 is pictured with Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg.

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The McDowell Family on vacation in the Maldives: Jackson, Luckey, Julie Anne Montgomery McDowell ’95, and Ella-Clare McDowell (Class of 2029)

Elizabeth Duffy ’96 with children Max, Milo, and Elodie

Caroline Lee ’95 with her son Henry as he tries his first corn dog on their recent trip to Austin to visit Drue Wagner and her family

Laura Adams Young ’96 with her son James

Nancy Lira Bernardino ’97 was honored as Principal of the Year in 2019.

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Elizabeth Duffy ’96 with her daughter Elodie

1995 REUNION CLASS Adrienne Wilson Wagner adriennewagner99@gmail.com Katherine Morgan Breslin now lives in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. She recently joined B Lab Company, an educational nonprofit, as its general counsel. Also, she reports, “My husband and I just adopted two brother puppies! I don’t get a full night’s sleep anymore, but it’s worth it!” From Julie Anne Montgomery McDowell: “My daughter Ella-Clare is thrilled to be a new Hockadaisy in third grade this year and absolutely loves learning and going to an all-girls school. It is a treat for Ella-Clare to see her cousin, Jane Ellery (daughter of my sister Victoria Montgomery Cullum ’99) on campus.

Victoria and I were excited to have both our girls become Daisies the same year. I have also really enjoyed doing some substitute teaching in the Hockaday Lower School this year. My husband, Luckey, and I celebrated 20 years of marriage with a family trip to the Maldives this past May.” Katie Ahearn is in Farmington, Connecticut working at Miss Porter’s School in admissions. Her daughter Maddie is 12 and son Graham is 9, and as Katie says, they are “growing up way too fast!” Sarah Saalfield Stallings writes: “Looking forward to celebrating a fabulous 25-Year Reunion with the Class of 1995! It has been such a treat to be back on campus frequently now that my daughter Anne is in pre-kindergarten. It is a special place with special people, and it is so nice to see how it has evolved, but retained the traditions (hello, birthday chant!) we remember fondly. We hope everyone can make it to one or all of the events offered over the weekend!” Kate Aoki writes: “I was licensed as a professional architect at the tail end of 2017; my father died in January 2018, so I’m pleased he was able

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to see me reach a professional milestone before he passed. I was promoted in my firm, DSGN Associates, to the position of associate in June 2018; my new role has me responsible for project management and design, business development, and advocacy, which is my passion. I have been truly fortunate to work on affordable housing projects, including the re-design of some Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity prototypical homes (which could be seen in a recent Nissan commercial!), and a new Dallas branch library in the Vickery Meadow Neighborhood, scheduled to be completed in fall 2020. I also serve on the Board of Directors for the Dallas Architecture Forum, where I started an initiative for young professionals and design enthusiasts called the Design Society. I’ve been lucky in my work and outreach to cross paths with other Daisies, including Maggie Parker ’07!

My husband, Brent Mitchell, is now head of exhibition and collection management at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, so if you’re in the area, stop by for a tour! Our son, Holden, is 6 years old and in kindergarten, and is cute as a button. He seems to be developing a keen artistic sense, so he’s following closely in his familial footsteps.”

1996 Elizabeth Duffy duffyec@yahoo.com I (Elizabeth Duffy) am so happy to be serving as the new Class Agent for the Class of 1996! I am also happy to share a bit about myself. I am living in Dallas with my family, including my three kids, Max (10), Milo (7), and Elodie (2). The boys attend Lamplighter, and it is so fun to get to see friends from our class and other classes who have kiddos there too. I am also an attorney at Locke Lord. I have been there for almost 15 years now, practicing financial services litigation,

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and some art law and school law as well.

There are many other attorneys from our class working in Dallas and it is always nice to run into them in professional settings! I have exciting news to share about Maya Pillay Donnelly. She had a sweet baby girl in January and has named her Ava. I was able to celebrate with her at her baby shower last fall.

Other friends from our class in attendance included Heena Genti, Elise Selinger, and Peggy Espinel.

Congratulations to Maya! Laura Adams Young wrote me with an update, and she says, “I’m still living in the Bay Area and continue to work in marketing at Google SF. While some aspects of my life these days are objectively pretty unique (like my commute through a redwood grove and over the Golden Gate Bridge each day), in general my life is probably pretty typical for working moms with two small kids – i.e., lots of logistics, lots of exhaustion, and lots of Frozen. And speaking of young kids, even though he’s now 18 months (gulp!), I’m not sure I’d officially announced the birth of my second child. Our son, James, joined big sister Caroline (now 3.5) in August 2018, and word on the street is that his sweetness is unparalleled.”

Congratulations, Laura! I’m sure so many of us can relate to the working mom life, but I might just be jealous of her commute! I hope everyone has a wonderful spring and summer!

1997 Courtney Jones Johnson cljohnson928@gmail.com Nancy Lira Bernardino was honored as Principal of the Year in December 2019. She was also recognized as a Master Principal for the second year in a row.

This award goes to the top 10 percent of principals in the Dallas Independent School District. Nancy is principal at Solar Preparatory School for Girls in

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Alicia Carter Johnson ’97 and her sons, Carter and Wyatt Johnson

Katy Harris ’97 with her husband, and their children Alexandra and Felix

Paige Hunt Gialanella ’97 with her children Alice and Grant

Ren Leon Randall Stetson was born in July 2019 to his two delighted parents, Kathleen Stetson '99 and Chris Randall.

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Ashley Murphy ’98 (right) is pictured with jazz singer Tatiana “Lady May” Mayfield at Scat Jazz Lounge in Fort Worth.

Kimberly Kircher James ’98 and her family took a Disney cruise to Alaska to celebrate her father’s 70th birthday. They climbed glaciers, went panning for gold and caught 14 salmon with eagles flying above them.

Dallas. Alicia Carter Johnson said goodbye to life in the Big Apple in December, and she and her family moved up to Darien, Connecticut. Her two sons, Carter (5) and Wyatt (3), are loving the more relaxed mentality, space to run around, and relief from the noise of the city. Alicia is looking forward to getting involved with the local historical society as well as enjoying being outdoors more. After 10 years in Boston, Katy Harris and her family took the plunge and finally moved back to Texas to be closer to family. They are having a blast exploring their new hometown of Austin! (Not shoveling snow is nice, too.)

Katy is head of design for a fintech startup and mama to Alexandra (4) and Felix (1.5). Paige Hunt Gialanella is still living in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband, Chris, and 8-year-old twins, Alice and Grant. She really enjoys her work with the Humane Society of Charlotte doing marketing and graphic design. On 02.02.2020, in an effort to take full advantage of the rare palindrome date, Shirley Johnson Chambers married Christopher Lowe in a small private ceremony with her son Desmond Chambers (12) and their son Cole Lowe (age 4) in attendance. Shirley and Christopher are excited about spending this decade and all future decades together as husband and wife.

Shirley Johnson Chambers ’97 and her husband Christopher Lowe

Alicia Carter Johnson ’97 and her sons, Carter and Wyatt Johnson

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Elizabeth Cullum Helfrich elizabeth.helfrich@gmail.com

Meredith L. Stites meredithstites@gmail.com

Trude Goodman Tiesi trude.goodman@gmail.com

Valerie Parks Thomas valerieparks@gmail.com

Ashley Murphy writes: “I was accepted into the Executive MBA program at Southern Methodist University and received the Forté Scholarship for women in business. I also just celebrated my 40th birthday! This year was an important year to celebrate since I’m also a cancer survivor. I’m blessed to move into 2020 with new goals and a new year of opportunities.” Sarah Pearson Reidy, husband Tim, and daughter Annelise welcomed Bennett Edward Reidy on September 18, 2019. Annelise is enjoying her role as a big sister, and Bennett is well-loved by everyone he meets.

The Class of 1999 has more exciting baby news to share!

Kathleen Stetson and Chris Randall are the proud parents of Ren Leon Randall Stetson, who was born in July 2019. Kristin Tucker writes: “The past year has been a whirlwind professionally. In spring 2019, I landed a writing job on a new TV show starring comedian Jo Koy. I was over the moon.

Unfortunately, turnover at the network led to that show being put on hold a few weeks after the room started, which was heartbreaking to me at the time. But a few months later, another job came out of the blue: writing for season 2 of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done while also being the best thing. I’m grateful to be a part of such an incredibly unique, historymaking experience. And I get to crack jokes, tell stories, and work with talented women every day, so I feel very blessed.

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Mae Zakhour ’01 now lives in Los Angeles with her husband Brent, son Theo, and daughter Lucy.

Rebecca Harkinson LaRocco ’01 started her own business, Process Art Kids based in Woodlands, Texas. The program provides process-based art and sensory experiences for young kids in the outdoors.

Jennifer Cain Brown ’01 with her husband Eric and daughter Montana Rose, born October 2018

Priscilla Spencer ’03 directs her team on the set of the Dresden Files book trailer.

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Katherine Bruce Tarnoff ’03 with her daughter Ava Simone

Hillary Cornell ’03 married Austin Conner (St. Mark’s ’03). Her bridal party included Becky Madole Post '03, Amy Brundage Kinkade '03, Blake Lown Beers '03, Jourdan Pratt '03, Hilary Cornell Conner '03, Margaret McCullough Long '03, and friends Mallory Culbert and Margaret Thompson Turton '03.

I’m excited to see the show come together, and I’m really looking forward to when it airs later this year.”

2000 REUNION CLASS Sonya Mirbagheri Cheney sonya.mirbagheri@gmail.com

2001 Amy Meyer Stoneham amy.m.stoneham@gmail.com Kristin Thumlert kristinthumlert@gmail.com Stephanie Frankfurt Weinberg steph.f.weinberg@gmail.com

2002 Heather White Linburg hlinburg@gmail.com Chandler Rice Winslow chandlerwinslow@gmail.com We have several updates from the Class of 2002. Katie Ruggeri Nelson is in her 10th year teaching at Lamplighter and accepted a new position this year as academic technology coordinator. Katie teaches technology to grades 1–4, runs the fourth grade student broadcast, and oversees the technology curriculum for pre-k through fourth grade. Katie’s daughter, Gabriella, is also a student in T1 at Lamplighter. Nisha Kumar is getting married May 31st to Varun Batra in Fort Worth, Texas, and Leann Parey Durr will be a bridesmaid. Megan Titzer recently became the director of product development for a company called Homesite, which sells home insurance through companies like GEICO and Progressive. She continues to live in Boston where she gets together with

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Class of 2003: Jaime Crowley English, Margaret McCullough Long, Mallory Owen Muse, Austin Dennard Collins, Katherine Brooks Wood, Blake Lown Beers, Jourdan Pratt, Pilar MacDonald Oppedisano, and Margaret Thompson Turton reunited with their families in Fredericksburg, TX at Redstone Ranch, the home of Mary O'Boyle ’70, to celebrate Oktoberfest in true Texas fashion. Prost, y’all!

Caroline Stevenson Brownworth every once in a while. Megan is still playing violin and joined a baroque/period instrument group called Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra that recently did a live recording of Mozart and CPE Bach’s Magnificat, which can be found on YouTube. Kat Pederson is excited because she has just gone back to grad school to receive her master’s in counseling. Laura Ginsburg Pierson is celebrating five years sober this weekend and adores frequent outdoor adventures and regular visits to Mexico with her husband and son. Her son, Lloyd Oliver, is loving school in Hockaday’s backyard at Lamplighter.

Laura has been busy assisting with running her family businesses at Boardwalk Auto Group, and continues to produce a fine jewelry collection sold at Stanley Korshak. Callan Blount Fleming, along with her husband Ben and daughter Birdie, recently moved to a new home in Brooklyn. She continues to lead a business called Spark Collective, primarily focused on supporting working parents and their managers with leadership development during the early

years of working parenthood. We would love to receive more updates for the next submission so please contact us!

2003 Casey Potter caseyjaypotter@gmail.com Jaime Crowley writes, “Jaime Crowley English, Margaret McCullough Long, Mallory Owen Muse, Austin Dennard Collins, Katherine Brooks Wood, Blake Lown Beers, Jourdan Pratt, Pilar MacDonald Oppedisano, and Margaret Thompson Turton reunited with their families in Fredericksburg, Texas, at Redstone Ranch, the home of Mary O’Boyle ’70, to celebrate Oktoberfest in true Texas fashion. Prost, y’all!” Hilary Cornell married Austin Conner (St. Mark’s ’03) in Santa Fe in June 2019. Members of her bridal party included Becky Madole Post, Amy Brundage Kinkade, Blake Lown Beers, Jourdan Pratt, Margaret McCullough Long, and Margaret Thompson Turton. Amber Webb

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2004 Priya Sureddi Patel psureddi@gmail.com Rachel Conrad writes: “I am living in Boston a few blocks from my Hockaday best friend, Nabihah Kara. I am practicing as a physician at Boston Children’s Hospital and teaching ethics to medical students at Harvard Medical School.”

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Blake Lown Beers ’03, Austin Dennard ’03, and Austin’s daughter Ruby Collins

Booker joined AT&T in November 2019 as an assistant vice president, senior legal counsel in litigation. She’s enjoying working downtown and seeing classmates like Minoo Sobhani Blaesche over lunch! After serving as head of products for VC-backed floral start-up UrbanStems, Cameron Hardesty started her own tech-enabled floral start-up called Poppy that is based in Washington, D.C. The website is www. yourpoppy.com. Erin Finley married Al Watson on October 7, 2019 in the Texas Hill Country. They spent their honeymoon in Slovenia and Andalucía, Spain, where all of the tapas-related Spanish vocabulary that Erin learned at Hockaday came in handy. Erin and Al live in Austin, Texas, where Erin works as an in-house attorney and Al as an electrical engineer. Ruby Darling Collins (daughter of Austin Dennard and Linden Collins) made her first trip to the west coast to visit auntie Blake Lown Beers and family for a fantastic weekend trip! Currin Berdine recently celebrated six years working at Coursera, which provides affordable access to skill-building courses from world-class universities and companies. She was Coursera’s first marketing hire and is now a front-end web developer; she’s received multiple awards and recognitions for leading technical projects that support the site’s

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40 million learners. Last summer, Mallory Owen Muse and her husband, Tyler Muse (St. Mark’s ’03), had their second child, John (“Rocky”) Rockwell Muse II, and moved home to Dallas from New York City. Mallory works as the vice president of community development for The Muse Family Foundation. Jennifer Camillo continues to work for the Queens District Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Felony Bureau.

Additionally, she accepted a position as lecturer in law at Columbia Law School where she teaches the Domestic Violence Prosecution Externship Course.

Priscilla Spencer directed a live-action book trailer for an upcoming novel in the five-time #1 New York Times bestselling book series The Dresden Files. Priscilla also reports, on behalf of Sarah Chung, that Chungy suffered a major stroke in the days leading up to Christmas 2019, but she has since astounded her doctors with the remarkable pace of her recovery. She and her family welcome your thoughts and prayers for her continued healing. Those wishing to stay updated about her progress can contact Priscilla to be added to the “Chungy Support Squad” Facebook chat.

2005 REUNION CLASS Molly Bierman mollybierman@gmail.com Shuchi Talati was recently featured on “Getting Curious,” a podcast hosted by television star Jonathan Van Ness from the Netflix series Queer Eye. They discussed her work as a geoengineering research governance fellow at the Union of Concerned Scientists and efforts to increase public/voter awareness of the ongoing climate emergency. Stephanie Kiehnle married Joe Gorman (Jesuit ’05) on December 7, 2019 and was fortunate to have a number of Hockaday friends in

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Shuchi Talati ’05 appeared as a featured guest on the “Getting Curious” podcast hosted by Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness.

attendance. On the very same day, Alex Baker married Sam Kincaid, with Allison Richie serving as maid of honor, Audrey Decherd as a bridesmaid, and Catherine Cody ’96 as a reader. Allison Richie recently celebrated her fifth anniversary – and a promotion – as a recruiter with McKinsey. “I’ve had the pleasure of recruiting lots of Hockadaisies and Marksmen over the years and still get way too excited about bringing them to the firm!” Abby Hoak-Morton’s daughter Nancy Jayne was born in October 2019. She was delivered by two amazing female doctors including fellow Hockadaisy Austin Dennard ’03. Big brother Teddy loves her! Tori See married Yalin Firinci in October 2019. They met in the MBA program at George Washington University. They reside – and recently bought their first home – in Washington, D.C., where Tori works for the State Department. Carson Glasscock Castellaw, husband Kyle, and daughters Kate and Mary Margaret recently welcomed their third girl, Evie, to the family last fall. Rachelle Alpern and husband Bruke Mekonnen welcomed daughter Faven to the family in June.

“We’ve done a crazy amount of traveling with her – even internationally – and at seven months old she has now been on 18 plane flights!” Sarah Lorenzen Vitullo and husband Lou Vitullo welcomed son Philip Kelly in December 2019. Meredith “Mimi” Pasahow lives in Denton and is in her third year of a PhD program in rhetoric and composition at Texas Woman’s University, where she received her MA in English Literature. She also teaches freshman composition and “adores” her job! Carrinicole Pittman has been very busy leading retail strategy for Lucasfilm during an exciting renaissance period for the franchise; she says that “working on The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker has been exciting and rewarding.” Krystin Meidell works at Biogen and lives in South Boston while taking evening graduate school classes

Kathryn Lookadoo Wollaeger ’05, Hannah Flory ’05, Louise Stevenson ’05, Sasha Stewart ’05, Stephanie Kiehnle ’05, Liz Lintel ’05, Ginny McDowell Martinson ’05, Kristen Kane Donnell ’05, Colleen Downs Edge ’05

Audrey Decherd ’05 (far left), Allison Richie ’05 (3rd from left), and Alex Baker Kincaid ’05 (center) at Alex’s wedding to Sam Kincaid

Tori See ’05 and husband Yalin Firinci

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Jasmine Ainetchian ’05 (center), Sarah Nouri ‘06 (fourth from right), and Sasha Nouri ‘08 (third from right) at Jasmine’s wedding

Genevieve Weiss, daughter of Whitney Manson Weiss ’05

Lyla Goldstein is the daughter of Nicole Keller Goldstein ’05.

Sons of Mio Yanagisawa ’05

Abby Hoak-Morton ’05 is pictured with newborn daughter Nancy Jayne. One of Abby’s doctors who delivered Nancy Jayne was Austin Dennard ’03 (right).

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Chris Irwin (St. Mark’s ’04), Wesley Irwin, and Dianne Goode Irwin ’05

Jen Morris Wilson ’05 with husband Scott Wilson

at Tufts. She regularly sees fellow Hockadaisy Deborah Heines ’04. Sasha Stewart spent the first half of 2019 writing a six-part docuseries for Netflix about the 14th Amendment, and also somehow found time to attend Melissa Saldaña Crough’s gorgeous wedding in May. “Then, HARD PIVOT” – she spent the second half of 2019 curing cancer (literally), having been diagnosed with and now a survivor of diffuse large b-cell lymphoma. Nicole Keller Goldstein stays busy with toddler Lyla and as a freelance writer/editor. She’s currently at work on a novel about a seventh grader who discovers her family’s connection to an archive of Yiddish poetry that was buried beneath the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII. (“Sounds like a downer, but it’s not!”) Mio Yanagisawa finishes six years of general surgery residency at UC Davis in June 2020, with the next stop in Atlanta for a one-year breast surgery fellowship. She looks forward to connecting with more Daisies there.

Brielle Payne Plost recently began her first “big girl job” as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in pediatrics and complex hip surgery at Oschner Health System in New Orleans. Her son Hudson and niece Avery (daughter of Brielle’s sister Kendal Payne Kowal ’07) are now nearly one year old. Erika Hoops Gorodetsky and husband Alex

welcomed daughter Elisabeth last July, joining big brother Jake (3). Their family recently celebrated 10 years in New York City, where Erika works as a director of merchandise planning at Ross stores.

Abbie Ryan Mills is in her fourth year teaching algebra and engineering at Woodberry Forest, an all-boys school in central Virginia. She recently finished a research paper on the effects of goal-setting conferences on a boy’s ability to develop academic resilience, and will get to present her work at the International Boys’ Schools Coalition’s conference in Barcelona in July. Her favorite accomplishment this year, though, was that the JV football team she coaches put up five touchdowns on their rival in the final game of the season and secured Abbie’s first winning season as a head coach! Jasmine Ainetchian married Gregory Couvreur in Belgium last November; Sarah Nouri ’06 and Sasha Nouri ’08 were in the bridal party.

They live in Dallas where Jasmine works for Alcon, an ophthalmic medical device company. Dianne Goode Irwin and husband Chris Irwin (St. Mark’s ’04) keep busy in Dallas with their toddler Wesley. She works as an architect at Symmetry Architects, a residential design firm, and they enjoyed the opportunity to take several family trips last year. Whitney Manson Weiss,

husband Cameron, and toddler daughter Genevieve enjoyed traveling to Big Sur, Toronto, Dallas, Montana, and Idaho last year, and are still running Weiss Watch Company together. Laura Petersen recently celebrated her first anniversary as the director of staff experience at Camp Starfish in New Hampshire. She and husband Chris work remotely in Carolina Beach, North Carolina during the fall/winter/spring and at the camp in the summer season. Jen Morris Wilson recently relocated from Colorado to San Jose, California, for a new job in Google’s trust & safety team, and in her spare time she enjoys baking croissants! With Jen joining Google, the list of Hockaday ’05 “Googlers” is now four-strong (Whitney Lynn, Rebecca Payne, and yours truly Molly Bierman).

2006 Shuchi Lakhanpal shuchi88@gmail.com Christy Yip christyharmonyyip@gmail.com Rachel Hay Spradley married Jonathan Ben-Horin on November 16, 2019, in Dallas.

Following a safari honeymoon in Tanzania, they returned to their home in New York City, where Rachel works in development for The Brearley School.

Rachel’s bridesmaids included current and former Hockadaisies Farrell Rafkin Lacher, her niece Kathryn Epperson (Class of 2026), her sister Jessica Werner Epperson ’96, JoAnna Elmquist, Elizabeth Bruyere, and Jane Beaird.

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Sarah Harris ’07 and Jillian Switzer ’07

Rachel Spradley’s ’06 bridesmaids included current and former Hockadaisies, from left to right: Farrell Rafkin Lacher ’06, her niece Kathryn Epperson (Class of 2026), her sister Jessica W. Epperson ’96, JoAnna Elmquist ’06, Elizabeth Bruyere ’06, and Jane Beaird ’06.

Luyi Adesanya ’10 is pictured with her parents, her brother, and her sister-in-law.

Kellen Weigand ’14 graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in December 2019 with her Master's in Prosthetics and Orthotics.

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Anase Asom ’13, Lilly Lerer ’10, and Ava Ferguson Bryan ’05

Members of the Class of 2007 at the first birthday party of Mary Nell (daughter of Katie Morgan) in November 2019. Annie Black, Mary Bryan, Leslie McCombs Roussev (daughter Sloane), Ellie Sowanick (son James), Laurence Glasscock, Maggie Cowling, Katie Morgan (daughter Mary Nell), Carolyn Shinn Armbruster (son Henry), Amanda Spears (daughter Sarah)

2011 Sarah Alexander sarahluau47@aol.com Katelyn Hall kataubhall@gmail.com Erica Hsu ericaxhsu@gmail.com Michelle Marley michellewmarley@hotmail.com Maggie Phillips mhphillips26@gmail.com Abby Lichliter ’07 married Lonnie Hill (Jesuit ’05) on October 19, 2019, at the Lichliters' home in Lakewood. In attendance and in this photo: Laura Urso ’07, Laurence Glasscock ’07, Ellie Simpson Sowanick ’07, Caroline Barnett Reeve ’07, Caroline Penn ’07, Danielle O’Bannon ’07, Dannielle Oliver Zarinsefat ’07, Olivia Trevino ’07, Mary Bryan ’07, Merritt Conway ’07, Erica Schenk Herpers ’07, Kristen Cataldo Poer ’05, Tess English Ross ’06

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Anna Simon anna.simon@gmail.com

Betty Lai bettykitlai@gmail.com

Sarah Harris and Jillian Switzer are working together at AirMap in Santa Monica, CA, where they’ve rekindled their friendship, written about drone technology, and try to explain the Hockaday experience to their drone bro colleagues.

Katie Satinsky KNS34@cornell.edu

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2008 Shaye Martin shaye.martin@gmail.com Adrien May adriencemay@gmail.com Heather Wolf Tazalla heathertazalla@gmail.com Rosemary Parravano Maberry gave birth to Margaret Beatrice Maberry on April 25, 2019.

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Marianna See Williams and her husband Boone welcomed their first child, Madison Ann Williams, on August 9, 2019.

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2010 REUNION CLASS Maverick Lezar Hockadayclass2010@gmail.com Tori Rutherford has been admitted to practice law in Texas and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She currently lives in Galveston, Texas and works for the law firm of Greer, Herz & Adams.

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2012 Kay Dannenmaier kdannenmaier@gmail.com Katie Oliver kno0394@gmail.com Natalie Bulger married Ryan Mattingly on December 21, 2019, passed the NCLEX in June, and is currently a critical care registered nurse in Houston. Ellen Cohn, Nina Quirk, Tita Pena, Zoe Blumenthal, Everest Goldstein, JJ Hayes, Isabella So, Caitlin Smith, Karen Lee, Jennifer Qin, Michelle Tsai, and Dunni Ogundipe are in medical school. Aleks Fuller is in PA school. Rupsha Basu, Claire Banowsky, Marisa Thompson, Anna Brito, and Serena Heydari are in law school. Olivia Karahan is in business school and Maddy Mount Glunt will be starting business school in the fall. Caroline Dickens and Isis Chen are getting their doctoral degrees in clinical psychology. Elli el-Effendi is getting her master’s in acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine. Hannah Cyr is getting her master’s in international economics and finance and is working at Aurizon in their environment assurance team in Australia. Virginia Bentley is getting her master’s in education. Leila Safavi is

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Class of 2013 friends in New York City. Left to right: Michelle Shang, Renee Cai, Anase Asom, Mannhi Tran, Shirley Zhang

getting a PhD in agricultural economics.

Eugenia Padilla is getting her international master’s degree. Abigail Becker got her master’s in foreign service. Brittany Blakey passed the State of Texas Bar and will be working at a law firm in Dallas after completing her MBA in 2020. Chelsea Chaoyi Li earned her master’s and is working as a data scientist in New York City. Sarah Haemisegger graduated from Duke University with a master’s in business management studies and is working as a director of brand management at NorthPark Management Company.

Rachel Buddrus graduated from law school and passed the State of Texas Bar. Natalie Gow passed the New York Bar and is working at a law firm in New York City. Brianna Myers is a PA in neurosurgery. Fallon Bock graduated from GIA as a certified gemologist and is working in the Dallas area. Kay Dannenmaier passed the Connecticut Bar and is working for a federal judge in Hartford, Connecticut. Rachael Agwonobi is serving in the US Army and is stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Daly Montgomery is also serving in the armed forces and just received her pilot’s license, and she will be flying the MV22 Osprey. Nina Yanagisawa spent December completing veterinary services in the Dominican Republic (a

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long-time dream of hers); she is currently in veterinary school. Allie Heck participated in a surf challenge to raise money for the Jimmy Miller Foundation.

Maggie Fobare, Emily Horton, Kristin Lin, and Erin Turner finished half and full marathons. Emily Horton is also in the process of getting her pilot’s license.

Laura Roberts graduated Summa Cum Laude and with Highest Distinction from Duke University as a Rhodes Scholar, and she is pursuing a PhD in history at Oxford University. Lindsay OpokuAcheampong is directing/producing films. Kristin Lin currently works for the podcast “On Being” and has been nominated to attend a young leaders summit led by the Dalai Lama and a neuroscientist in Dharamsala.

Mackenzie Hall is an owner of Hall’s Honey Fried Chicken in the Dallas area.

Hunter Folsom Lacey started her own photography company in the Dallas area (hunterfolsom.org). Megan Gross is working as a manager at a farm outside of Denver, Colorado. Caroline Sydney recently traveled to Greece, where she worked and lived in an independent bookshop. She is now working at Penguin Publishing in New York City.

Regan Routman is working in book-to-film development at Sony Pictures in New York City. Fiona Yang and Meghan Neligan are working in

renewable energy at CIT and Kayne Anderson, respectively, in San Francisco.

Sarah Stites is a VP account executive at Perceptyx, Inc. in San Diego. Alexis Johnson Allen is a contractor at Chevron in Alabama. Blair Johnson is working at an environmental nonprofit in Boston. Holly O’Brien is working in the technology department for Southwest Airlines. Christin Urso is working for a startup, Kikoko, in San Francisco. Mollie Cowger continues to rise through the editorial ranks of the Public Library of Science. Annie Zhu is working in private equity at Onex in New York City. Jane Song works for American Airlines and will be moving to Tokyo from 2020–2022.

2013 Ali Purnell Koudelka apurnell95@gmail.com Callie Moroney Fort cmoroney2013@gmail.com

2014 Dominique Cooper ddcooper17@yahoo.com Alexis Jones alexis.jones104@gmail.com Emily Marucci emarucci124@gmail.com Kellen Weigand graduated from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in December 2019 with her master’s in prosthetics and orthotics. Kellen will be moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in summer 2020 to complete a two-year residency.

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2015 REUNION CLASS Avita Anand avita.anand@bc.edu Ariella Stromberg ariella.stromberg@gmail.com Snow Zhou zhounu@bc.edu

2016 Frances Burton frances.l.burton@vanderbilt.edu

Brianna Buford ’16 (second from left) played the role of Aunt Em and was in the ensemble of Duke University’s production of The Wiz.

Ellie Bush ellie.bush@richmond.edu Brianna Buford was cast as Aunt Em and as an ensemble member in the Hoof ’n Horn production of The Wiz at Duke University.

This was the first all-black musical production in Duke’s history.

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2017 Mary Claire Wilson mary.wilson@tcu.edu mcl.wilson@att.net Jenny Zhu jenny.zhu@columbia.edu mail.jenny.z@gmail.com

Maria Gonzalez ’17 and Emily Ma ’19 with Residence Counselor Jayne Shackleford during her recent trip to Boston, Massachusetts

2018 Isabelle Haemisegger izzy5006@me.com Kay Johnson kay.johnson@richmond.edu Kailajohnson10@gmail.com The Class of 2018 is settling into the second year of college well, with some of our members finding their homes at new

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Kay Johnson ’18 and Isabelle Nasher Haemissegger ’18 spending the weekend in New York City together to enjoy what they do best, Bravo TV and coincidentally, Dallas Mavericks basketball

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universities, and others settling into their institutions for the first time. We enjoy seeing each other as often as possible, whether in Dallas, meeting up in our college towns or big cities, or hanging out on many of the campuses where we find home in each other, no matter the graduation year. We remain grateful for the friendships made and bonds sustained, and want to wish the best of luck to one of our class favorites, Mrs. Tracy Walder, as she tackles her book tour and the road ahead. We will always appreciate the faculty, staff, and connections that molded us into the women we are today!

2019 Sarah Landry ’19, Natalie Jones ’19, Abby Bush ’18, Penelope Piccagli ’19, and Eliza Parker ’18 on Bid Day after they all found homes in Kappa Alpha Theta at Vanderbilt University, where Parker became the CEO shortly after Morgan Hurst ’15.

Clarissa Fuentes Claryfuen22@gmail.com Parker Waters Parker.waters@pepperdine.edu Alexa May received the Suzanne Dooley Scholarship at the Women in Film Dallas Topaz Film Festival Awards Brunch in January. The award is based upon her work as a filmmaking student while in Upper School at Hockaday.

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Lauren Puplampu ’18, Sarah Mathew ’18, Bridgette Herrera ’18, and Harper Lay ’18 rang in the New Year together in Austin, where Bridgette and Harper attend the University of Texas with their Episcopal School of Dallas friend, pictured.

Alexa May ’19 and Camille McElroy ’18 on Bid Day after they found homes in Alpha Chi Omega at Southern Methodist University

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Class of 2019 graduates with their alumnae mothers. Left to right: Maria Reyes ’88, Isabella Shadle ’19, Claire Hughes Lynch ’85, Allie Lynch ’19, Chandler Lindsley ’82, Swiler Boyd ’19, Elizabeth Cleveland Howard ’84, Catherine Howard ’19, Cary-Elisa Briggle Rubarts ’83, Sophie Rubarts ’19

ALUMNAE WEEKEND 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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OF THE HOCKADAY ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION It was with extremely heavy hearts that Hockaday announced the decision to cancel Alumnae Weekend 2020 out of an abundance of caution due to the coronavirus.

We look forward to celebrating the Reunion Classes of “0” and “5” on campus with the Reunion Classes of “1” and “6” during Alumnae Weekend 2021, Friday, April 23, 2021 – Saturday, April 24, 2021.

Alumnae can stay connected to classmates through the secure online Alumnae Community that is accessible through Hockaday’s website and through class reunion pages that you have set up on Facebook.

Hockaday treasures its relationship with the Alumnae Association and is deeply grateful to the Alumnae Association for its unending loyalty, understanding, and support.

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2019–2020

HOCKADAY ANNUAL FUND | DAISY VISION

OUR DAISY VISION IS CLEAR AND FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE

With your help and investment in the Annual Fund, there is no limit to what we can do to create exceptional experiences for our students today and prepare for their success tomorrow.

MAKE AN IMPACT TODAY What is the Annual Fund and what does it do?

The Hockaday Annual Fund covers the gap between tuition and the full cost of a Hockaday education, providing 5% of the School’s operating budget. Your gift makes an immediate impact on our girls and teachers and ensures a distinctive learning experience now and in the future.

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MAKE A GIFT TODAY You can make your gift in the following ways: Make a gift online: www.hockaday.org/makeagift Make a gift by phone: 214.360.6583 For additional information, contact: Mary Crain Roman ‘01 Director of Annual and Planned Giving mroman@hockaday.org 214.360.6583

HOCKADAY.ORG/MAKEAGIFT

MILESTONES

2002

Callan Blount Fleming Harold Cornelius Fleming March 30, 2020

MARRIAGES

2003

Mallory Owen Muse John Rockwell “Rocky” Muse III Summer 2019

1997

Shirley Johnson Chambers to Christopher Lowe February 2, 2020

2003

Hilary Cornell to Austin Conner June 1, 2019

Erin Finley to Al Watson October 7, 2019

2005

Tori See to Yalin Firinci October 26, 2019

Jasmine Ainetchian to Gregory Couvreur November 23, 2019

Alex Baker to Sam Kincaid December 7, 2019

Stephanie Kiehnle to Joe Gorman December 7, 2019

2006

Rachel Spradley to Jonathan Ben-Horin November 16, 2019

2007

Abigail Lichliter to Lonnie Hill October 19, 2019

2012

Natalie Bulger to Ryan Mattingly December 21, 2019

BIRTHS 1995

Sarah Stockton Beau LeClede Stockton November 17, 2019

1996 Laura Adams Young James

August 2018

Maya Pillay Donnelly Ava

January 2020 1998

Sarah Pearson Reidy Bennett Edward Reidy September 18, 2019

1999

Kathleen Stetson Ren Leon Randall Stetson July 2019

2005 Rachelle Alpern Faven

June 2019

Erika Hoops Gorodetsky Elisabeth

July 2019

Abby Hoak-Morton Nancy Jayne Morton October 2019

2008

Rosemary Parravano Maberry Margaret Beatrice Maberry April 25, 2019

2009

Marianna See Williams Madison Ann Williams August 9, 2019

IN MEMORIAM 1940JC

Katherine Carwile Fry November 4, 2019

1946JC

Nancy Kisten Sandland November 24, 2019

1948JC

Alene Morris Wallick July 19, 2019

1949

Diana Mills Blackburn August 15, 2019

1950JC Patricia Hamman Hutchison

mother of Alexa Hutchison Heck ’78;

grandmother of Cassandra Heck ’07 and Allie Heck ’11

November 27, 2019 1951

Peggy Sloan Hill July 2, 2019

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Harriet Levy Friedman April 1, 2018

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Barbara Philen Chase sister of Nancy Philen Thompson ’56 September 24, 2019

Patsy Huey Weiler January 24, 2020

1956

Jonelda Oakley Stone January 26, 2019

Wendy Marcus Raymont

sister of Jerrie Marcus Smith ’53;

aunt of Jennie Smith Wilson ’77,

Juliette Smith Moussa ’81,

Courtnay Smith Perevalova ’84, and Allison V. Smith ’88

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Sherry Neill Fowlkes December 6, 2019

Anne Windfohr Marion mother of Windi Phillips Grimes ’83 February 11, 2020

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Linda Ashby Crites December 6, 2019

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Jacquelyn Ann Morgan December 2, 2017

Linda Turman Moore sister of Frances Turman Tidey ’56 November 28, 2019

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Virginia Savage McAlester mother of Martine McAlester '87 and Amy Talkington '88 April 9, 2020

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Nancy Martindale Cantwell sister of Jan Martindale Newsome ’61 December 18, 2019

1989

Curran Clark Sympson October 10, 2019

2004

Rachel Hall Causey mother of Lily Causey ’29 December 12, 2019

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IN MEMORIAM – FAMILY AND FRIENDS Frederick Avery father of Cindy Avery Faulkner ’77 September 8, 2019 Peter Weldon Baldwin father of Blair Baldwin Hudson ’72 September 16, 2019 Eugenia Bedard mother of Carmen Herrerias ’67 and Anabel Herrerias ’69 December 1, 2019 Franklin Thomas Buell husband of Annis Singleton Buell ’52; father of Deborah Buell Coonts ’75 September 2019 Herman Burton husband of Helen Sears Burton ’62 October 27, 2019 Dan Busbee husband of Pam Harris Busbee '69; stepfather of Leigh Dealey DeMarco '92, Melissa Burkholder-Dealey Rawlins '93, and Beverly Dealey '02 April 13, 2020 Murray Cavin brother of Cynda Cavin ’80 October 21, 2019 Jo Neal Cleaver Doremus mother of Anne Cleaver Grabowski ’75 January 1, 2020 Haskell Gray father of Jennifer Gray Trent ’88 and Juliette Gray Flanagin ’89 November 20, 2019 William C. Gruben father of Adrienne Gruben ’86 and Anna Gruben Olivier ’93 March 17, 2020 James Arledge Holland husband of Sue Ann Bryant Holland ’59; father of Susan Holland Breed ’84 July 26, 2019

Kevin Hardage husband of Tania Regard Hardage '82; father of Margaret Hardage '13; son-in-law of Betty Simmons Regard '55; brother-in-law of Monique Regard '80 April 3, 20202 Mike Intille father of Shana Intille Wilcox ’88 November 2019 Jane Kidd mother of Liete Kidd Eichorn ’83 and LeDee Kidd Sachs ’87; grandmother of Raney Sachs ’16, Elinor Sachs ’17, and Alexandra Sachs (Class of 2021) January 28, 2020

T. Boone Pickens father of Liz Pickens Cordia ’78 September 11, 2019 Edward T. Pratt III husband of Lisa Treigle Pratt ’76, father of Erica Pratt ’98 and Jourdan Pratt ’03 February 21, 2020 Dr. Peter Kempner Thompson husband of Nancy Philen Thompson ’56 August 3, 2019 Betsy Booth Turner sister of Cissy Booth Goodson ’75 and Caroline Booth Norris ’84 November 24, 2019

R. Mary Louise Larson mother of Judy and John Donovan (Board of Trustees); grandmother of Julia Donovan (Class of 2021) January 29, 2020

William Scurry, Jr. brother of Marietta Scurry Johnson ’57 and Gano Scurry Ehlers ’66 October 23, 2019

Taylor King Marley son of Kathryn King Marley ’83 (Board of Trustees 2006–2012); grandson of Lauralea Peters Marley McCrea ’58; brother of Kate Marley ’08; nephew of Karolyn King Gillespie ’82; cousin of Elizabeth Marley Hollingsworth ’06, Margaret Marley Walter ’08, and Michelle Marley ’11 February 10, 2020

Mescal Hill “Mickie” Wilson mother-in-law of Susan Pierce Wilson ’65; grandmother of Adrienne Wilson Wagner ’95; and great-grandmother of Allison Wagner (Class of 2026) February 10, 2020 Dale Wright husband of Tina Wright (parent of alumna), father of Marymegan Wright (Class of 2021) December 21, 2019

Mary McManemin mother of Megan and Casey McManemin (past parents and Board of Trustees, 2012–2018); grandmother of Hayes McManemin ’15 and Audrey McManemin ’17 February 1, 2020 Robert S. Miller father of Lisa Miller ’83 and Bradley Miller (parent); grandfather of Virginia Miller (Class of 2026) November 30, 2019 Brian Patterson brother of Anne Marie Patterson ’89 January 26, 2020

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Rachel Hay Spradley ’06 married Jonathan Ben-Horin on November 16, 2019 in Dallas.

Erin Finley ’03 married Al Watson on October 7, 2019.

Laura Petersen ’05 with husband Chris Dumville

Katie Ackerman Rhamey ’02 and her family

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Emily Tubb Fuquay’s ’01 second child, Charlie, joined big sister Lily June 2019.

Annelise and Bennett Edward are the children of Sarah Pearson Reidy ’98.

Teddy and Nancy Jayne are the children of Abby Hoak-Morton ’05.

Cousins Hudson Plost (son of Brielle Payne Plost ’05) and Avery Kowal (daughter of Kendal Payne Kowal ’07)

Holden Mitchell is the six-year-old son of Kate Aoki ’95.

Beau LaClede Stockton, born November 17, 2019, is the son of Sarah Stockton ’95.

Ella-Clare McDowell (Class of 2029) and Jane Ellery Cullum (Class of 2033) are the daughters of Julie Ann Montgomery McDowell ’95 and Victoria Montgomery Cullum ’99.

Neeraja Lammata’s ’01 second daughter, Lila Carys, in July 2019

Madison Ann Williams is the daughter of Mariana See Williams ’09.

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SPOTLIGHT

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES OF BEING A STUDENT AT HOCKADAY? Fourteen years of Hockaday left me with too many amazing memories to count. I absolutely adore the women with whom I went to school. Many of these women I am in touch with to this day, and I am grateful for how quickly I can connect with women in the community because of our shared experience.

I loved the cornbread muffins; the various traditions that marked new moments in the journey (like the 4th grade Opera, 8th grade musical, Ring Day....); and Kief, of course.

I appreciate how all the adults at Hockaday seemed truly interested in what I had to say and encouraged me to use my voice. And I’m grateful for Hockaday’s commitment to service, which instilled a lifelong desire to leave my path a little bit better than how I found it.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES THAT ARE REFLECTED IN YOUR WORK TODAY.

CALLAN BLOUNT FLEMING '02

The opportunities to be on stage– from the preschool circus to Dance Theatre to musicals– prepared me for feeling at home in front of large groups, when speaking or facilitating. I was prepared to communicate effectively, especially through writing. My preschool teachers told my parents I was a natural leader before that was a widely accepted euphemism for “bossy,” but I've carried that identity with me my whole life, and it's given me reason to think I can apply for the “reach” job or start a company.

Being exposed to different parents and speakers and leaders who breathed confidence into me gives me the foundation to walk into any room and feel like I'm meant to be there. For an entrepreneur (perhaps even more so for a female), little is more important.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW? I’m the founder and CEO of a social enterprise called Spark Collective that provides executive coaches, trainers, and community builders to individuals and companies, and help them do excellent work.

I became a mother early in my company’s life, and I realized that the transition to working parenthood was a particularly challenging time for most professionals, women in particular. In fact, two percent of women say they plan to leave the workforce to care for family but then forty-three percent actually end up doing so, with more than two-thirds of those women telling you it's not because they wanted to, but because they felt either pushed or pulled out of the workforce. Research shows the “motherhood penalty” is inextricably linked to the gender pay gap and can be tied directly to why only three percent of America's largest companies have female CEOs.

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The companies of the future are catching on. They’re looking at how to best support working parents, and redesign how they work to actually work for everyone. At Spark Collective, we partner with companies to support working parents and their managers during the transition point to working parenthood.

So we provide coaching, training, and community-based support that helps companies invest in their leadership immediately and in the long-term, ultimately creating environments that not only work for their parent employees, but for the whole team. We know it will lead to more successful returns in any number of ways, including healthier and happier families and better company outcomes.

WHAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF YOUR WORK? Moving from our current reality to a new vision of the world (even one that is proven in research and totally possible with the technology we have now!) requires incremental steps and engaging a lot of people. I'm still having a lot of fundamental conversations about the problem we're trying to solve. In fact, some companies aren't even tracking retention numbers based on gender or parental status. It's taking time for people to see their place in the future of work, because when you've been doing something for 100 years, it's hard to change it, even if it doesn't work. But Hockaday gave me grit and taught me to stay resilient. And I know this is what the future has in store, because companies are trying to recruit and retain the most diverse talent they can, and their talent is saying a new, humancentered way of working is essential to them.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT YOUR WORK? I've had many different jobs, but the tie that binds them all is that I’m at my best when I'm supporting others to spark new learning that inspires a new direction. Those "lightbulb" moments we all have to set us in a new direction, and being a part of others' discoveries, are just the best.

Callan Blount Fleming ’02 with her husband Ben and their daughter Birdie

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR HOCKADAY STUDENTS? Please continue to use the Oxford comma– some people out there don’t do it, and I do not get it.

I encourage you to engage with this special community while you are in school. Know that it will be there for you long after the final tones of taps at graduation. Stay connected, reach out to people for support, and offer yourself as a resource. This community has been incredible to and for me, and it has played a vital role in supporting, encouraging, and advancing me.

These days, there is a lot of talk about finding your purpose, but please don’t make that a pressure point, and please don’t worry about being “perfect.” Take internships and jobs that pique your interest, learn from them, be ok with walking into a first day of work and realizing it was a massive mistake (like I did), because mistakes teach you a ton. You will find your intersection of passion, purpose, and strengths– all in your own time. All you need is intention and space to play.

Please use your voice and have confidence in your authenticity.

There has never been someone like you on the planet and never will be again. You are powerful, your experience is valid, and the world needs you to live into that purpose and voice.

I’m also thrilled that I've found work that, most days, doesn't feel like work. After some wins and losses in my career, I've found an intersection of my strengths, passion, and purpose. And my hope is that more people can find the same.

Dafna Salomon Kikuchi ’02 and her son Ezra, Sandy Barnett Haviland ’02 and her son Hank, and Callan and her daughter Birdie Mimi Lee Ellenberg ’02, Callan’s daughter Birdie, Performing Arts Chair Beth Wortley, and Callan Blount Fleming ’02

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LEADERSHIP TEAM Dr. Karen Warren Coleman Eugene McDermott Head of School Susan Earhart Brower ’92 Director of Communications J.T. Coats Chief Financial Officer Lisa Culbertson ’96 Head of Upper School Laura Day Dr. William B. Dean Director of Service Learning and Executive Director of the Institute for Social Impact Jessica W. Epperson ’96 Director of Development and Strategic Initiatives Dr. Barbara Fishel Dean of Studies; Science Teacher Jill Flinders Director of Residence Life Joan Guzman Chief Operations Officer Linda Kramer Head of Middle School Blair Lowry Assistant Head of School Maryanna Phipps Director of Admission & Enrollment Management Randal Rhodus ’97 Head of Lower School Deb Surgi Director of Athletics Tresa Wilson Director of Inclusion & Community

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS Kathryn Walker Francis ’94 Chair of the Board Shannon Saalfield Thompson ’89 Vice Chair of the Board Kathy Crow Executive Committee Chair Rick J. O’Brien Treasurer Neelesh Mehendale Secretary Barbara Glazer Rosenblatt ’75 Immediate Past Chair LIFE TRUSTEES Linda Custard Lyda Hill ’60 James M. Hoak, Jr. Natalie “Schatzie” Henderson Lee ’55 Janie Strauss McGarr ’72 Paula Mosle Edith Jones O’Donnell ’44 Margot Perot Ellen Higginbotham Rogers ’59 Richard S. Rogoff Barney T. Young

11600 Welch Road Dallas, Texas 75229 Telephone 214.363.6311

WWW.HOCKADAY.ORG

TRUSTEES Mary Anne Alhadeff Helen Allen Samantha Ackerman Asch ’91 Keith Benedict Shonn Brown Herbert W. Buford, Jr. Peggy Cagle David A. Campbell John Donovan Courtney Newman Flanagan ’91 Amanda Ginsberg ’88 Rosalind Redfern Grover ’59 Ellen Haynes ’81 Heather Hays Ariana Viroslav Held ’87 Elizabeth Cullum Helfrich ’98 Angelica Marin Hill ’93 Arnold Holtberg Rajani Kapu ’90 Jun Il Kwun Monty Montgomery Lupe Mora-Duarte Isabell Novakov Higginbotham ’98 Pam Hudnall Quarterman ’72 Carolyn Perot Rathjen ’86 David A. Roosevelt Jennifer Sampson Betty Schultz Michael Sorrell Nicole Ginsburg Small ’91 Candace Campbell Swango ’84 Jenna Brasch Woodberry ’82

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