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The '''Horace Mann School''' is an ] ] in ]. Founded in ], Horace Mann spans from nursery school to the twelfth grade and is a member of the ]. Its Upper, Middle, and Lower Divisions are located in ], a neighborhood of the ], and the Nursery School is located in ]. In addition, the school has a 168 acre campus in ], that is visited by students throughout the year as a bonding experience or a retreat for its clubs and athletics teams. Horace Mann is known for its rigorous academic program, and is ranked as one of the best high schools in the United States.<ref name=wsj-collegebound>College Bound News. "Admissions Watch." Vol. 18 No. 9, citing the April 2, 2004 ]. May, 2004. See http://www.collegeboundnews.com/03-04issues/may04.html#anchor514965 or http://webreprints.djreprints.com/wsj_tuition_040104.pdf for the full WSJ rankings reprint.</ref>
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'''Horace Mann School''' (also known as '''Horace Mann''' or '''HM''') is an American private, independent ] in ], founded in 1887. Horace Mann is a member of the ], educating students from the ] from nursery school to the ]. The Upper, Middle, and Lower Divisions are located in ], a neighborhood of ], while the Nursery School is located in ]. The John Dorr Nature Laboratory, a {{convert|275|acre|ha}} campus in ], serves as the school's outdoor and community education center.<ref name="dorr">{{cite news |title=Walking Tour of John Dorr Nature Laboratory |url=https://www.courant.com/community/hc-ugc-article-walking-tour-of-john-dorr-nature-laboratory-2015-06-01-story.html |access-date=June 12, 2020 |work=] |date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
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The school was founded in ] by ] as a co-educational experimental and developmental unit of ] at ]. Its first location was a building at 9 University Place in ], but it was moved in 1901 to 120th Street in ]. Columbia University followed suit soon afterwards, moving northwards to its present campus. The name of the school can still be seen on the western-most building at the Columbia campus, named Horace Mann Hall. However, Horace Mann was becoming a school in its own right instead of just a teaching laboratory, and it became more independent of the University and Teachers College. The Teachers College therefore created the Lincoln School to continue its experiments in teaching.
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===19th century===
The school was founded in 1887 by ] as a co-educational experimental and developmental unit of ] at ].<ref name="Provenzo">{{cite book |last1=Provenzo |first1=Eugene F. |last2=Renaud |first2=John P. |last3=Provenzo |first3=Asterie Baker |title=Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBwX-YsnvEUC&pg=PT465 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |date=October 29, 2008|isbn=9781412906784 }}</ref><ref name="History">{{cite web|url=https://www.horacemann.org/our-school/a-long-tradition|title=A Long Tradition|publisher= Horace Mann School|access-date=June 12, 2020}}</ref> Its first location was 9&nbsp;] in ]'s ]. The school moved in 1901 to 120th Street in ].<ref name="History" /> Horace Mann became independent of the Columbia University and Teachers College in 1940.


===20th century===
Shedding its co-educational roots, the school split into separate all-male and all-female schools. In 1912, the Boys' School moved to 246th Street in the ] section of the ], and during the 1940's it severed formal ties with Columbia University and became Horace Mann School. The Girls' School merged with the Lincoln School in 1940, and then finally closed in 1946.
The school split into separate all-male and all-female schools and in 1914, the Boys' School moved to 246th Street in ], and during the 1940s it severed formal ties with Columbia University and became Horace Mann School.<ref name="History" /> The Horace Mann School for Girls remained at Teachers College, and then merged with the ] in 1940, and finally closed in 1946.<ref name="History" />


The New York School for Nursery Years (founded in 1954 on 90th Street) became the Horace Mann School for Nursery Years in 1968. In 1972, Horace Mann merged with the nearby Barnard School to form the Horace Mann-Barnard Lower School for ] through ], located on the former Barnard School campus. In 1975, the Horace Mann School returned to its roots as a co-educational learning environment and began admitting women to the Upper School. In 1999, the sixth grade moved from the Horace Mann-Barnard campus to the main 246th Street campus and formed a distinct Middle School along with the ] and ]s. The New York School for Nursery Years (founded in 1954 on 90th Street in Manhattan) became the Horace Mann School for Nursery Years in 1968, and was co-ed.<ref name="History" /> In 1972, Horace Mann merged with the ], next door in Riverdale, to form the Horace Mann-Barnard Lower School for ] through ], located on the former Barnard School campus. At that point, only the lower school was mixed.<ref name="History" /> In 1975, the Horace Mann School returned to its roots as a co-educational learning environment and began admitting girls to the Upper School.<ref name="History" /> The Class of 1976 is Horace Mann School's last all-male class. In 1999, the sixth grade moved from the Horace Mann-Barnard campus to the main 246th Street campus and formed a distinct Middle Division along with the ] and ]s.

The Horace Mann School was named after ], who was a lawyer who served in the ] and was the first secretary of the ] from 1837 and 1848, a member of the ], and the first ] of ]. He used each of his positions to proclaim that every person, regardless of their background, should receive a public education based on the principles and practices of a free society. Mann played a leading role in establishing the U.S. elementary school system.


==Institution== ==Institution==
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The school is a private "nonprofit organization under the Education Law of New York State and holds a charter from the ] a ] organization authorized by the ]".<ref name="facts"/>

===Divisions=== ===Divisions===
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There are four divisions of the school, all co-educational: a Nursery Division (three year olds through kindergarten) located on 90th Street in Manhattan, a Lower Division (kindergarten through fifth grades) on the Horace Mann campus on Tibbett Avenue in Riverdale, a Middle Division (sixth through eighth grades) on the 246th Street campus in Riverdale, and an Upper Division (ninth through twelfth grades) also on the 246th Street campus. There is also the John Dorr Nature Laboratory, located on 168 acres of land in Washington Depot, Connecticut, used for extended field trips for classes of students starting in second grade and an orientation program for new students entering the Middle or Upper Divisions. There are four divisions of Horace Mann, all co-educational: a Nursery Division (three-year-olds through kindergarten) located on 90th Street in Manhattan, a Lower Division (kindergarten through fifth grades) on the Horace Mann campus on Tibbett Avenue in Riverdale, a Middle Division (sixth through eighth grades) on the 246th Street campus in Riverdale, and an Upper Division (ninth through twelfth grades) also on the 246th Street campus. There is also the John Dorr Nature Laboratory, located on {{convert|275|acres|ha}} of land in Washington Depot, Connecticut, used for extended field trips for classes of students starting in second grade and an orientation program for new students entering the Middle or Upper Divisions. The Dorr facility was recently renovated and is currently ] by the ].


Current tuition for students in the Lower Division through the Upper Division is $61,900 a year.<ref name="Tuition">{{cite web |title=Horace Mann School: Tuition & Financial Aid |url=http://www.horacemann.org/page.cfm?p=261 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=www.horacemann.org}}</ref> Financial aid at the school is solely based on need. For the 2023–24 academic year, 15% of the students received more than $14 million in aid.<ref name="Tuition"/>
Each division of the school has its own Division Head. The Middle and Upper Divisions have separate student government organizations. The entire school is overseen by a Head of School. The current Head is Dr. Thomas M. Kelly, who, as the ninth Head of School, succeeded Dr. Eileen Mullady, on July 1, 2005. Formerly of ] and the ], Dr. Mullady was the namesake of one of the new buildings erected under her term. Prior to Dr. Mullady, the long-standing Head was the late ], previously Dean of Admissions at ]. Dr. Kelly previously served as ] of Schools in Valhalla, NY. The current Horace Mann Nursery Division Head is Patricia Zuroski, the current Lower Division Head is Dr. Steven B. Tobolsky, the current Middle Division Head is Robin Ann Ingram, and the current Upper Division Interim Head is Dr. Barbara Tischler. Glenn Sherratt is the current Director of the John Dorr Nature Laboratory.


===Academics=== ===Academics===
Horace Mann is known for its academic rigor. The school offers 20 Advanced Placement courses and 10 foreign languages. Its 220 faculty members hold 210 master's degrees and 25 doctoral degrees. HM offers twenty-six Honors courses and seven foreign languages.<ref name="facts"/>


Students in the Upper Division are required to study English, Atlantic World History, United States History, Biology, Chemistry and/or Physics, Geometry, Algebra II and Trigonometry, and meet various requirements in the Arts, Computer Science, Health & Counseling, and Physical Education. Students must go beyond these basic requirements in at least some, if not all, subjects. They are also required to take at least three years of either French, German, Japanese, Latin, or Spanish. Additional classes in Greek, Italian, and Russian are offered. Mandarin is now also an option. Students in the Upper Division are required to study English, United States history, biology, chemistry, or physics or both, ], ], and ], and also meet various requirements in the arts, computer science, health and counseling, and physical education. Students must go beyond these basic requirements in at least some, if not all, subjects. They are also required to take at least through the levels-three courses of either Chinese, French, Japanese, or Spanish. Half credit foreign language classes are also offered for Greek and Latin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Program of Studies - Horace Mann School |url=https://www.horacemann.org/academic-life/upper-division/program-of-studies |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.horacemann.org |language=en-US}}</ref>


Starting in eleventh grade, students have more flexibility with their requirements and can choose from courses in Economics, Psychology, Classical History, Political Philosophy, United States Legal History, Calculus, Statistics, Science and Public Policy, and many other elective classes. Starting in eleventh grade, students have more flexibility with their requirements and can choose from courses in biotechnology, calculus, economics, ethics, psychology, religion, political philosophy, United States legal history, art history, and statistics, among other elective classes.<ref name = "Studies">{{Cite web |title=Program of Studies - Horace Mann School |url=https://www.horacemann.org/academic-life/upper-division/program-of-studies |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.horacemann.org |language=en-US}}</ref>


===Non-academic requirements===
Independent Study and Senior Projects, where students create their own coursework and present their findings in weekly meetings, are also common. Additionally, many students develop original research projects with faculty at Columbia University, Cornell University Medical Center, NYU, and Rockefeller University.
All students are required to take a swim test and ] ] ] in order to graduate.


] is required throughout the curriculum. During high school students are required to attend grade-wide "Service-Learning Days". The school additionally offers extracurricular additional "service-learning" to high school students as participants in its "Service-Learning Team" or "HM 246".<ref name="Studies"/> In eighth grade, one out-of-school project or three in-school projects are necessary for graduation to the ninth grade; in sixth and seventh grades a homeroom project is done cooperatively. In the Lower and Nursery Divisions, there is an annual "Caring-in-Action" day dedicated to community service that students and their families can attend.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
===Arts===
Horace Mann has an extensive arts program, offering a variety of courses in the fields of Performing and Visual arts. At least 1.5 arts credits are required for graduation, with at least one half-credit course in performance/studio arts and one half-credit course in art history/appreciation.

Horace Mann has two major instrumental ensembles: The Horace Mann ] and the Horace Mann ]. Both ensembles perform at least two to three concerts per year along with performing all over the United States and Europe. Horace Mann also has an established ], which performs several concerts each year, including past performances at ], Symphony Space, and ] of ].


===Admission=== ===Admission===
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Admission to Horace Mann is highly selective. Decisions are based on an applicant's recent grades, an interview, and the candidate's score on either the ] or ] test.
Admission is selective with decisions based on recent grades, an interview, an essay, and the candidate's score on either the ] or ] test. The largest point of entry is in sixth grade, with between 50 and 55 places available each year. In the ninth grade, 40 to 45 new students are traditionally enrolled.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131182727/http://www.horacemann.org/page.cfm?p=256 |date=January 31, 2013 }} Retrieved 2012-10-24.</ref>


===Rankings===
Sixth grade is Horace Mann's largest entry point, with between 50 and 55 places available each year. In the ninth grade, Horace Mann traditionally enrolls between 35 and 45 new students. A smaller number of students are accepted in other grades, although there are no admissions to the twelfth grade. The admissions office maintains a substantial waiting list.
In 2017, ] ranked HM the best private K-12 school in the United States. Three years later, in 2020, Niche ranked HM the third-best best K–12 private school in the country and the 12th-best private high school in the country.<ref name="niche.com">{{Cite web |title=2022 Horace Mann School Rankings |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/horace-mann-school-bronx-ny/rankings/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225002124/https://www.niche.com/k12/horace-mann-school-bronx-ny/rankings/ |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=August 22, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, the Niche survey ranked Horace Mann the fifth-best private high school in the country. <ref name="niche.com2024">{{Cite web |title=2024 Horace Mann School Rankings|url=https://www.niche.com/k12/horace-mann-school-bronx-ny/rankings/}}</ref>


== Sexual abuse scandal ==
In modern times in Western cultures, anal sex has been popularly associated with homosexual or bisexual men. The occurence of the practice, however, has varied widely. In the 1950s in the United Kingdom, it was thought that only about fifteen percent of male homosexuals practiced the method, a number believed to be lower than that among heterosexuals. Other studies, however, claim that, in the United States, greater proportions of homosexual men engage in anal sex.


=== Initial reports ===
The Gay Urban Men's Study (P.I. Stall, UCSF) and the Young Men's Study (YMS, PI Osmond/Catania, UCSF), indicate that 50% of men surveyed engage in anal sex. The Laumann study claims that 80% of homosexual men practice it, while the remaining 20% never engage in it at all. Furthermore, the numbers in sexual surveys tend to reflect whether those surveyed have ever had anal sex or have had anal sex in the last year, instead of distinguishing between men who have simply tried it and men who regularly engage in it.
On June 6, 2012, '']'' published an article by a former student, alleging multiple instances of sexual abuse of students by teachers at the school. The incidents occurred during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The article also addressed how school administrators dealt with the incidents over time, both within the school community and, in the case of one teacher, in a post-employment reference. The victims were identified by partial name or letter. The New York State ] in most or all of the incidents ran out when the former students turned 23. Several of the central figures were dead, at least two by suicide—one of the accused, and one of the students.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/magazine/the-horace-mann-schools-secret-history-of-sexual-abuse.html|title=Prep-School Predators: The Horace Mann School's Secret History of Sexual Abuse|last=Kamil|first=Amos|date=June 6, 2012|magazine=]}}</ref> One of the accused, music teacher Johannes Somary, died in 2011.<ref name="NYer01">{{Cite magazine | first = Marc | last = Fisher | author-link = Marc Fisher | url = https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/04/01/the-master-2 | title = The Master: A charismatic teacher enthralled his students. Was he abusing them? | magazine = ] | date = March 25, 2013 | access-date = June 25, 2019}}</ref> On June 23, 2012, '']'' reported that Tek Young Lin, Horace Mann's former chaplain who also served as an English teacher and track coach, admitted that he had had sexual relations with several male students.<ref name="jenny">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/nyregion/tek-young-lin-ex-horace-mann-teacher-says-he-had-sex-with-students.html | title = Retired Horace Mann Teacher Admits to Sex With Students | last = Anderson | first = Jenny | date = June 23, 2012 | newspaper = ] | access-date = June 25, 2019}}</ref>


=== Hilltop Cares Foundation ===
Of those who do have anal sex, some male couples comprise an "active" partner and a "receptive" or "passive" partner. This is not always the case: many men in such couples have anal sex as both "active" and "receptive" at different times, also known as "versatile" or "switch."
As a result of the sexual abuse and resulting controversy, the Hilltop Cares Foundation was formed in the summer of 2012 by members of the Horace Mann community, including alumni, to help victims from the school and to promote healing.<ref name="The Horace Mann Record">{{cite web|url=http://record.horacemann.org/articles/hilltop-cares-foundation-brings-school-community-together/ |title=Hilltop Cares Foundation brings school community together |work=The Horace Mann Record |access-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230115209/http://record.horacemann.org/articles/hilltop-cares-foundation-brings-school-community-together/ |archive-date=December 30, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The charitable organization helps alumni with their therapy costs and addresses related issues in the broader community.<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/04/nyregion/horace-mann-victims-of-abuse-to-receive-aid-from-nonprofit-group.html |title=Nonprofit Group to Aid Horace Mann Alumni Who Say They Were Victims of Abuse|newspaper=] |last1=Anderson |first1=Jenny |date=August 4, 2012 |access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> It is a nonprofit and independent of the school’s administration and board of trustees.<ref name="Org Council">{{cite web |url=http://www.orgcouncil.com/ny/new-york/hilltop-cares-foundation-208.php |title=Hilltop Cares Foundation |publisher=Org Council|access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> The Chair for Hilltop Cares said they strive to bring healing to the Horace Mann community.<ref name="The Horace Mann Record" />


=== Negotiations ===
In certain contexts male-male anal intercourse among males who otherwise identify as heterosexual is seen as a temporary behaviour to which they resort when confined in single-sex environments. Currently, such a situation is likely to be found only in prisons (see: Situational sexual behavior) Some men have sex with men without categorizing themselves as homosexual or bisexual. (See Pansexuality‎)
In March 2013, the school was reportedly in negotiation with more than thirty students for compensation related to the abuse claims.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Anderson | first = Jenny | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/nyregion/compensation-talks-in-horace-mann-sexual-abuse-cases.html | title = Compensation Talks in Horace Mann Abuse Cases | newspaper = ] | date = March 21, 2013 | access-date = March 21, 2013}}</ref> Eighteen different faculty members had been accused, and events spanning the four decades prior to 2000 identified.<ref name="NYer01" /> In March 2013, '']'' published an article discussing sexual abuse allegations against former Horace Mann English teacher Robert Berman.<ref name="NYer01" /> In April, '']'' reported the school had reached a settlement with about 27 of the 37 students identified as having been abused. The school formally apologized on May 24 to the community for the events that had occurred and published the actions the school has taken and protocols which were put in place to protect current and future students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/24/horace-mann-school-sex-abuse/2359995/|title=Elite NYC school apologizes for past sexual abuse|website=usatoday.com|access-date=April 6, 2018}}</ref>

==Co-Curricular Activities==
Co-curricular activities, or "clubs", are an integral part of Horace Mann. These clubs give students the opportunity to produce publications, hone their debating skills, participate in activism and much more.

===Student clubs and organizations===
The school has a considerable number of clubs, especially in the Upper Division. Prominent clubs include:
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*Ping-Pong Club
*Rubik's Cube Club
*Science Team
*Shakespeare Club
*Ski Club
*Students Promoting Awareness (SPA)
*Theatre Company
*The Union
*Women's Issues Club
*Young Entrepreneurs
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===Student Publications===
====The Record====
''The Record'', established in ], is the weekly, student-run newspaper of the Horace Mann School. Throughout its history, ''The Record'' has won national journalism awards and has been staffed by students who went on to become distinguished journalists and authors, including Pulitzer Prize winners ] (class of 1944), ] (class of 1952) and ] (class of 1953).

In ], Horace Mann made national headlines for translating a copy of ''The Record'' into ] and distributing it in the ]. The purpose of the exercise was to show Russian schoolchildren what life in America was like. The staff purposely kept in an article about the Horace Mann soccer team's losing one of its games to demonstrate the operation of an independent ].<ref>http://www.horacemann.pvt.k12.ny.us/general/history/history_the_record.html</ref><ref>]. "A Student Paper Savors Its Past, and Its Stars." by Seth Kugel. October 13, 2002. http://www.highschooljournalism.org/Content.cfm?mode=1&newsid=107&id=65</ref>

The ] twice honored ''The Record'' as the "Best High School Weekly Newspaper" for 2001-2002 (Volume 99) and 2003-2004 (Volume 101). It was also named a National Pacemaker in 2004 (Volume 101) and in 2006 was a ] Gold Medalist (Volume 103). ''The Record'' is published every Friday during the academic year.<ref>, ''The Record''</ref>

====The Review====
''The Horace Mann Review'', now in its sixteenth volume, is a quarterly journal of opinion on current events, politics, public policy, and culture. The Review strives to cover issues from unique and otherwise unexamined perspectives. The publication has paying subscribers throughout the nation and abroad and has been the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in journalism. In April 2001, the ] honored the Review with its award for Best Magazine. The Review's 2005-2006 volume was honored with a first place finish in the American Scholastic Press Awards critique.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asan.com/asa/aspa1.htm|title=American Scholastic Press Association|publisher=American Scholastic Press Association|accessdate=2006-12-19}}</ref>

===Student Athletics===
====Interscholastic leagues====
Horace Mann School is a part of the ].
], ], and Horace Mann together are known as the "hilltop schools," as all three are located within two miles of each other in the ] section of the Bronx, on a hilly area above ]. The three also share perhaps the greatest amount of inter-school sports rivalry; Horace Mann's annual charity basketball game, the Buzzell Game, is almost always against either Fieldston or Riverdale.

====Sports teams====
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| V, JV, MD || Fall || Boys', Girls', Coed (MD Only)
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| V, JV, MD || Fall || Girls'
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| V, JV || Winter || Boys', Girls'
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| V, JV, MD || Fall || Boys'
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| V, JV || Winter || Girls'
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|V, JV, MD || Fall || Coed
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* V = ], JV = ], MD = Middle Division

====Athletic accomplishments====
Horace Mann's Boys Varsity Tennis team has won the New York City Mayor's Cup Team Competition four times since 1994; its most recent victory was in 2005.<ref>{{cite news
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|title =St. Francis Prep Captures Girls Mayor's Cup Tennis Crown
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}}</ref> In 2006, the Boys Varsity Tennis team placed 5th in the All-American Invitational Boys Team Tennis Tournament beating the defending champions Santa Barbara High School.<ref>{{cite news
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Pedro Alvarez (class of 2005) was drafted as the 438th overall pick of the ] by the ].<ref>{{cite news
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Charles Altchek (class of 2003), of the ] Varsity Mens' Soccer Team, was named Ivy League Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006.

The Girls' Varsity Gymnastics Team has won the AAIS Championships 7 times since its first win in 1999. In 2000, the team placed second by a margin on 0.025 points. The following year, the girls regained their title and have had 6 consecutive wins since then.

In 2005-2006, the Boys' Varsity Swimming Team completed their first undefeated season in the history of the Ivy League with a 6-0 league record (6-1 overall, including a loss to St Benedict's). They have now won the league championship three consecutive years (04-06), also for the first time in the history of the league.

Horace Mann's Girls' Cross-Country team has had an exceptional record since the appointment of Coach Kevin Nicholas. In their first year under his guidance, the girls were Ivy League champions and New York State Federation qualifiers. The year before, they won the NYSAIS championships. Last year, they took 2nd at the Ivy League Championships, 3rd at NYSAIS, and qualified for Federation yet again.

The Horace Mann Wrestling team has won the Mayor's Cup all three years of its existence. It has also won the New York Private School State Championships five of the last six years.

Horace Mann Girls' Indoor Track won the Ivy League Championships for 2006. Horace Mann Girls' Outdoor Track and Field won Ivy Championships as well as NYSAIS for 2006. They also placed 2nd at Croton Harmon relays.

===Student Government===
The main body of student government is the Governing Council (GC), made up of students and teachers. There are five full time 12th grade representatives, and one alternate, while in grades 9-11, there are five full time representatives and two alternates for each grade. Because there are significantly fewer faculty members, each voting faculty representative is granted two votes.<ref name=hm-constitution>{{cite paper | url=http://www.horacemann.org/files/Constitution.pdf | author=Horace Mann School Upper Division Governing Council | title=The Second Constitution of the Horace Mann School Government | date=2005 | accessdate=2006-05-19}}</ref> Over the years the Council has removed the once-strict dress code, instituted an honor code, begun a debit card system to pay for items at the cafeteria and bookstore, and revised the school's constitution.

There is also a student body president (SBP) and a student body vice-president (SBVP). These two students are elected to office after successfully receiving enough signatures for a petition and being voted through the preliminary rounds (all candidates) and then the runoff (2 candidates). The first SBP in 1973 was Dr. Jeremy Leeds, a current Horace Mann teacher.


==Notable alumni== ==Notable alumni==
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Famous graduates of Horace Mann include:
* ], class of 1989 - host of ]'s "Digging For the Truth"<ref>{{cite news|last = Lee|first = Felicia R|url =http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/arts/television/06dig.html?ex=1151294400&en=b6e8f20040dc875f&ei=5070|title =Chatty Host Who Makes Archaeology Glamorous|publisher =]|date = 2006-02-06|accessdate = 2006-06-24}}</ref>
* ], class of 1953 - author and two-time ]-winner
* ], composer
* ], lawyer in the ] Trial
* ], class of 1948 - author and ] historian
* ], class of 1953 - Art critic, curator, ] Cultural Affairs Commissioner, (1977 - 1982)
* ], class of 1933, pillar of the ], author and journalist
* ], class of 1952 - author and ]-winner
* ], a political satirist and math professor
* ], author of Rosemary's Baby and the Stepford Wives
* ], class of 1944 - journalist and two-time ]-winner
* ], Congressman
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* ], founder of the ] and ]
* ], film director, writer, and producer; one of the creators of ]
* ], class of 1952 (graduated as Richard Raskind) - Professional tennis player, author, opthalmologist, and well-known transsexual woman
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* ], class of 1967 - attorney and founder of the ]
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* ], class of 1977 – ] of the State of ]
* ], class of 1964 - author and ] fundraiser
* ], ]-winning and ]-winning songwriter
*], class of 1903, poet
* ] (Paul Zimmerman) - Senior football writer for ]


==See also==
Writer ] also attended Horace Mann for one year of high school as part of the class of 1940 and played on the football team. Hollywood agent and Broadway producer ] also attended the school for a time.
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The school's motto is "Magna est veritas et prævalet," meaning "Great is the truth, and it prevails." It comes from the King James version of the ], which is usually translated today as "Magna est veritas et ''prævalebit''," or ''will'' prevail. The school mascot is a lion, possibly a holdover from the days when the school was associated with Columbia University, whose mascot is also a lion. The Varsity Swim Team has adopted the Sealion as its unofficial mascot.

All students are required to take American Red Cross CPR certification in order to graduate. Horace Mann students are also required to complete at least 80 hours of community service, with at least 40 hours in ninth and tenth grades and 40 hours in eleventh and twelfth. In eighth grade, one out-of-school project or three in-school projects are necessary for graduation to the ninth grade; in sixth and seventh grades a homeroom project is done cooperatively. In the Lower and Nursery Divisions, there is no community service requirement, although there is an annual "Caring-in-Action" day dedicated to community service that students and their families can attend.

Several films have been shot on the Horace Mann campus over the years, including '']'' and ''The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love''.

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Private school in The Bronx, New York, United States
Horace Mann School
Address
231 West 246th Street
The Bronx, New York 10471
United States
Coordinates40°53′36″N 73°53′52″W / 40.8933°N 73.8978°W / 40.8933; -73.8978
Information
TypePrivate school
MottoLatin: Magna est veritas et prævalet
(Great is the truth and it prevails)
Established1887; 138 years ago (1887)
Head of schoolThomas M. Kelly
Teaching staff210.0 (FTE) (2015–16)
GradesPK–12
Enrollment1,793 (2021–22)
Student to teacher ratio8.1 (2015–16)
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Maroon
  White
Athletics conferenceIvy Preparatory School League
NYSAISAA
MascotThe Lion
NicknameLions
NewspaperThe Record
YearbookThe Mannikin
AffiliationsNew York Interschool
Websitewww.horacemann.org

Horace Mann School (also known as Horace Mann or HM) is an American private, independent college-preparatory school in the Bronx, founded in 1887. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League, educating students from the New York metropolitan area from nursery school to the twelfth grade. The Upper, Middle, and Lower Divisions are located in Riverdale, a neighborhood of the Bronx, while the Nursery School is located in Manhattan. The John Dorr Nature Laboratory, a 275 acres (111 ha) campus in Washington Depot, Connecticut, serves as the school's outdoor and community education center.

History

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Teachers College, Columbia University
Main entrance

19th century

The school was founded in 1887 by Nicholas Murray Butler as a co-educational experimental and developmental unit of Teachers College at Columbia University. Its first location was 9 University Place in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. The school moved in 1901 to 120th Street in Morningside Heights. Horace Mann became independent of the Columbia University and Teachers College in 1940.

20th century

The school split into separate all-male and all-female schools and in 1914, the Boys' School moved to 246th Street in Riverdale, Bronx, and during the 1940s it severed formal ties with Columbia University and became Horace Mann School. The Horace Mann School for Girls remained at Teachers College, and then merged with the Lincoln School in 1940, and finally closed in 1946.

The New York School for Nursery Years (founded in 1954 on 90th Street in Manhattan) became the Horace Mann School for Nursery Years in 1968, and was co-ed. In 1972, Horace Mann merged with the Barnard School for Boys, next door in Riverdale, to form the Horace Mann-Barnard Lower School for kindergarten through grade six, located on the former Barnard School campus. At that point, only the lower school was mixed. In 1975, the Horace Mann School returned to its roots as a co-educational learning environment and began admitting girls to the Upper School. The Class of 1976 is Horace Mann School's last all-male class. In 1999, the sixth grade moved from the Horace Mann-Barnard campus to the main 246th Street campus and formed a distinct Middle Division along with the seventh and eighth grades.

The Horace Mann School was named after Horace Mann, who was a lawyer who served in the Massachusetts State Legislature and was the first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education from 1837 and 1848, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first president of Antioch College. He used each of his positions to proclaim that every person, regardless of their background, should receive a public education based on the principles and practices of a free society. Mann played a leading role in establishing the U.S. elementary school system.

Institution

Nursery school
Middle and Upper School

The school is a private "nonprofit organization under the Education Law of New York State and holds a charter from the New York State Board of Regents a 501(c) 3 organization authorized by the Internal Revenue Service".

Divisions

There are four divisions of Horace Mann, all co-educational: a Nursery Division (three-year-olds through kindergarten) located on 90th Street in Manhattan, a Lower Division (kindergarten through fifth grades) on the Horace Mann campus on Tibbett Avenue in Riverdale, a Middle Division (sixth through eighth grades) on the 246th Street campus in Riverdale, and an Upper Division (ninth through twelfth grades) also on the 246th Street campus. There is also the John Dorr Nature Laboratory, located on 275 acres (111 ha) of land in Washington Depot, Connecticut, used for extended field trips for classes of students starting in second grade and an orientation program for new students entering the Middle or Upper Divisions. The Dorr facility was recently renovated and is currently LEED-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Current tuition for students in the Lower Division through the Upper Division is $61,900 a year. Financial aid at the school is solely based on need. For the 2023–24 academic year, 15% of the students received more than $14 million in aid.

Academics

HM offers twenty-six Honors courses and seven foreign languages.

Students in the Upper Division are required to study English, United States history, biology, chemistry, or physics or both, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry, and also meet various requirements in the arts, computer science, health and counseling, and physical education. Students must go beyond these basic requirements in at least some, if not all, subjects. They are also required to take at least through the levels-three courses of either Chinese, French, Japanese, or Spanish. Half credit foreign language classes are also offered for Greek and Latin.

Starting in eleventh grade, students have more flexibility with their requirements and can choose from courses in biotechnology, calculus, economics, ethics, psychology, religion, political philosophy, United States legal history, art history, and statistics, among other elective classes.

Non-academic requirements

All students are required to take a swim test and American Red Cross CPR certification in order to graduate.

Community service is required throughout the curriculum. During high school students are required to attend grade-wide "Service-Learning Days". The school additionally offers extracurricular additional "service-learning" to high school students as participants in its "Service-Learning Team" or "HM 246". In eighth grade, one out-of-school project or three in-school projects are necessary for graduation to the ninth grade; in sixth and seventh grades a homeroom project is done cooperatively. In the Lower and Nursery Divisions, there is an annual "Caring-in-Action" day dedicated to community service that students and their families can attend.

Admission

Horace Mann

Admission is selective with decisions based on recent grades, an interview, an essay, and the candidate's score on either the ISEE or SSAT test. The largest point of entry is in sixth grade, with between 50 and 55 places available each year. In the ninth grade, 40 to 45 new students are traditionally enrolled.

Rankings

In 2017, Niche ranked HM the best private K-12 school in the United States. Three years later, in 2020, Niche ranked HM the third-best best K–12 private school in the country and the 12th-best private high school in the country. In 2024, the Niche survey ranked Horace Mann the fifth-best private high school in the country.

Sexual abuse scandal

Initial reports

On June 6, 2012, The New York Times Magazine published an article by a former student, alleging multiple instances of sexual abuse of students by teachers at the school. The incidents occurred during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The article also addressed how school administrators dealt with the incidents over time, both within the school community and, in the case of one teacher, in a post-employment reference. The victims were identified by partial name or letter. The New York State statute of limitations in most or all of the incidents ran out when the former students turned 23. Several of the central figures were dead, at least two by suicide—one of the accused, and one of the students. One of the accused, music teacher Johannes Somary, died in 2011. On June 23, 2012, The New York Times reported that Tek Young Lin, Horace Mann's former chaplain who also served as an English teacher and track coach, admitted that he had had sexual relations with several male students.

Hilltop Cares Foundation

As a result of the sexual abuse and resulting controversy, the Hilltop Cares Foundation was formed in the summer of 2012 by members of the Horace Mann community, including alumni, to help victims from the school and to promote healing. The charitable organization helps alumni with their therapy costs and addresses related issues in the broader community. It is a nonprofit and independent of the school’s administration and board of trustees. The Chair for Hilltop Cares said they strive to bring healing to the Horace Mann community.

Negotiations

In March 2013, the school was reportedly in negotiation with more than thirty students for compensation related to the abuse claims. Eighteen different faculty members had been accused, and events spanning the four decades prior to 2000 identified. In March 2013, The New Yorker published an article discussing sexual abuse allegations against former Horace Mann English teacher Robert Berman. In April, The New York Times reported the school had reached a settlement with about 27 of the 37 students identified as having been abused. The school formally apologized on May 24 to the community for the events that had occurred and published the actions the school has taken and protocols which were put in place to protect current and future students.

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Horace Mann School alumni

See also

References

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