On Campus
Hockaday students place in DFW Regional Brain Bee.
Hockaday Students Place in DFW Regional Brain Bee Christine Ji (Class of 2018) won the second annual DFW Regional Brain Bee, which took place at Hockaday in early January. Christine faced tough competition, with participants from Hockaday, Cistercian, TAMS, and Jesuit. Claire Marucci (Class of 2018) won third place. Special thanks to Heather Xiao ’16, Cristina Chavez ’16, Suzette Kane ’16, and the Neuroscience Club officers for helping make the Brain Bee another very successful event.
Grace Cai Plays Carnegie Hall Grace Cai (Class of 2017) was chosen as a First Place Winner of the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition, Spring 2016. As a recipient of this esteemed honor, she was invited to perform at a recital in New York City this past summer at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.
Grace Cai (Class of 2017)
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H O C K A D AY M A G A Z I N E
Destanye Brooks ’16 Wins Award for Short Film “In the Driver’s Seat,” the short film by Destanye Brooks ’16, was awarded second place in the inaugural North Texas Alliance to Reduce Teen Pregnancy (NTARuPT) Student Film Contest on Sunday at the Angelika Film Center. Destanye’s short film was shared with the greater community to raise awareness and start a dialogue about teens and sex. NTARuPT is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that seeks to improve the quality of life for children, families, and communities by reducing teen pregnancies in North Texas. Its vision is for every young person in our community to have the opportunity to set goals, plan education and careers, and become self-sufficient before entering into parenthood.