PK-Kindergarten

List of 5 items.

• Complete the Online Application

  Apply Online
  
  The online application, $50 application fee, and a copy of your daughter's birth certificate must be submitted by December 15, 2025. The full application (including testing and teacher evaluation) must be scheduled or completed by January 30, 2026.
  
  *Application fee waivers are available for those who qualify. Please contact Kristen Laws at klwas@hockaday.org for information.

• Schedule Admission Testing

  CATS ASSESSMENT:

  This is a cognitive abilities assessment that is administered individually by Collaborative Academic Testing Services (CATS). You may register your child at www.catstexas.com. Test results may be shared with other schools where the student is applying. There is $325* registration fee. 

   

  PK-K OBSERVATION:
  Once your daughter’s application is submitted, please schedule (in the parent portal) a Developmental Age Observation. This observation will take place in person at The Hockaday School on a Saturday between November – February. This observation has both a group and a one-on-one component.

  
  *Testing fee assistance available for those who qualify.

• Submit School Records Form to your Daughter's Registrar

  After you have submitted the online application, please locate the School Records Release Form in the parent portal checklist and click on 'Edit this Request'. You will have the opportunity to enter the email address of the school administrator who is responsible for grades, school records, or progress reports at your daughter’s current school. This will allow the school to upload your daughter‘s school records directly to the student application file.
  
  Note: if your child is applying to prekindergarten or kindergarten and the school does not issue school records, the form will allow the official to indicate that. This checklist item will be marked complete once the records have been received by Hockaday.  The deadline for the receipt of your child’s school records (Fall 2025, 2024-2025, and 2023-2024), if available, is January 30, 2026.

• Return Teacher Evaluations by January 30, 2026

  Please provide your daughter's current teacher's name and email address on the Teacher Information Form on the online application. Hockaday will use this information to send an online confidential Teacher Evaluation to your daughter's current teacher. Teacher Evaluations should be received by January 30, 2026.

• Admission Decision

  Admission decision notifications will be emailed on March 13, 2026, to all applicants who have completed their applications by January 30, 2026.