providing support in athletic activities and inviting them to join in family activities. Campus facilitiesThe academic classrooms for the Middle and Upper Schools are held in two adjoining and parallel two-story buildings near the center of campus recently renovated in 2005. They house Hockaday Middle and Upper School Foreign Language, History, English, and Math classes in addition to two student commons and break-out study rooms.The Crow Science Building has chemistry, physics, and biology labs as well as a greenhouse and Clements Lecture Hall.The Horc how Fine Arts wing features a classroom for Hockaday art and music history courses; music and practice rooms; a black box theater and rehearsal space; a ceramics studio with kilns; photography labs; and an art studio. It is also home to Hoblitzelle Auditorium.Completed in 2002, the Liza Lee Academic Research Center, known as the ARC, is a facility that houses Hockaday libraries, technology hub, science exploration lab, audiovisual editing bays, and publications rooms.The Lower School Gym, known as the Small Gym, contains two basketball courts, Hockaday indoor pool, and a variety of equipment. Middle and Upper School physical education and wellness classes take place in the Penson Athletic Center.Adjoining the Penson Athletic Center, Hockaday's Wellness Center, completed in 2003, includes the 5,000-square-foot (460m2) Hill Family Fitness Center, a 1,800-square-foot (170m2) aerobics room with aerobic and resistance equipment, and athletic training facilities that are equipped for the treatment of sports-related injuries.Hockaday athletic fields are located east of Penson Athletic Center. They include five playing fields, a softball diamond and an all-weather six-lane track. The tennis center includes a covered gallery and 10 tennis courts, some of which are lit.The Ashley H. Priddy Lower School building adjoins the Liza Lee Academic Research Center. The artwork of Lower School students lines the hallways; and a large common room is the stage for special events, such as Pioneer Day and the Medieval Festival. The Lower School building also houses an art room and several music rooms as well as a French caf.The Lower School Addition, which houses pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and primer classrooms, opened in the fall of 2001. Each room features hand-painted tiles created by the Lower School girls themselves and child-height cooking and food preparation areas. The space is finished with a wall of windows that look out on Hockaday playground, the duc k pond, and the new Wellness Center. TuitionThe tuition averages $21,220 - $21,850 for each Upper School day student (not including books). For resident students, costs are approximately $39,311 - $39,995. Financial aid is granted on the basis of demonstrated family need and the school's availability of funds. In 2008-2009, 169 students received financial aid. AthleticsAthletics are another aspect of student life at Hockaday. The school participates in 14 interscholastic sports as a member of SPC (Southern Preparatory Conference). In the 2007-2008 school year, Hockaday varsity athletic teams captured championships in field hockey, basketball, soccer, swimming/diving, golf and lacrosse. The remaining spring sports teams finished in the top five in SPC with lacrosse in 2nd place, tennis winning 3rd, and track and field in 4th, the team's highest