The official student newspaper of The Hockaday School

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The official student newspaper of The Hockaday School

The Fourcast

The official student newspaper of The Hockaday School

The Fourcast

Fragments of beauty
In Focus
Fragments of beauty
Larkin Clouston and Elle Myers February 29, 2024

Opinion
February Staff Standoff: Valentine's Day
Alexa Muñoz and Danya Risam-Chandi February 27, 2024

Let Cupid Live - by Alexa Muñoz I have Valentine’s Day plans this year. And this is not the beginning of another malicious anti-Valentine’s...

Junior Jordan Lacsamana utilizes one of MBLs confocal lens microscopes as she observes squid embryos after staining them.
Features
Mastering marine biology
February 27, 2024

From dissections to monitoring fish tanks, the juniors and seniors who spent seven days at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woodshole,...

The DEI Divide
The DEI Divide
February 27, 2024
Lipstick and Ledgers
January 25, 2024

Hockabriefs

Student Council Hosts Spin Class Fundraiser

The school’s annual Winter Formal can rack up a serious price tag if you take into account the venue, food, DJ and decorations. In order to raise money for the event, Student Council hosted a one-hour indoor cycling class at Terlingo Cycle in Oak Lawn on Sept. 17. led by seniors Molly Mahowald and Emma Paine.Twenty-three students and faculty members attended the class at a cost of $20 per person, ultimately raising around $500 that will go towards funding the annual dance.

Nautical-Themed Mixer Makes Waves

The Hockaday Student Council hosted its first annual mixer, “Drop it Like It’s Yacht,” for all Upper School students on Sept. 24. Freshmen and seniors alike, dressed in their wildest nautical themed clothing, enjoyed the live DJ and various food options, including Ruthie’s Food Truck and Steel City Pops. Fellow St. Mark’s lions, Cistercian hawks and Jesuit rangers also attend ed the large party in Penson Circle.

National Merit Semi Finalists Announced

One and a half million high schoolers across the country were took the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test last October. Now, almost a year later, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced that among the 16,000 National Merit Semifinalists, 15 Hockaday seniors qualified: Emma Deshpande, Sara Held, Natalia Henry, Helena Hind, Wendy Ho, Lauren Hoang, Amy Jia, Melanie Kerber, Erin Leblanc, Brenda Lee, Sarah Siddiqui, Chelsea Watanabe, Amanda Yang, Elizabeth Zhou and Jenny Zhu.

Talavera Ceramic Artist Visits Hockaday

Javier Espinosa Mo?mox, a Talavera artist from Puebla, Mexico, visited the Hockaday Ceramics studio on Sept. 21. Mo?mox helped approximately 40 Hockaday ceramics students create 4-by-4-inch tiles in the Talavera style. Mo?mox is currently in Dallas leading workshops, entitled “Homeschool Passport to Asia Program: Clay Connections with Uriarte Talavera Resident Artist Javier Espinosa Mo?mox,” at the Crow Collection of Asian Art from Sept. 17, 2016 to Febr. 12, 2017.

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