Random COVID-19 screening yields all negative results
Mia Calzolaio, Staff Writer
September 25, 2020
The school’s random COVID-19 screening testing produced all negative results, Head of School Dr. Tom Kelly wrote in an email to parents on Sunday. The screening was the first round of the bi-weekly testing program. This program entails 125 to 175 randomly selected students and faculty...
Professional Development Day features White Fragility discussion
Liliana Greyf, Staff Writer
September 25, 2020
Faculty attended Professional Development Day, a virtual event that featured keynote speaker Dr. Robin DiAngelo, this past Tuesday. Head of Upper Division Dr. Jessica Levenstein and Associate Director of the Office for Identity, Culture, and Institutional Equity (ICIE) Ronald Taylor designed the even...
Students, faculty communicate despite barriers
Liliana Greyf, Staff Writer
September 18, 2020
Large circular tables have been converted into rows of desks with plexiglass barriers, and students no longer gather in groups in the library — and as result, students and faculty are finding new ways to communicate and collaborate both inside and outside of the classroom. Hannah Lipskar (12) now has fewer group disc...
Remote learners face struggles from home
Emma Colacino, Staff Writer
September 18, 2020
While many students have returned to the school's campus, approximately 27 students, or four percent of the Upper Division, remains online. Despite the efforts made to adapt classrooms for these online learners, they still face difficulties hearing, seeing, and participating in the class, online learner Sc...
History speaker series explores BLM through webinar
Devin Allard-Neptune and Vidhatrie Keetha
September 18, 2020
Professors Dr. Crystal Feimster and Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor contextualized the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement yesterday on a Google Meet webinar. The speakers also answered questions submitted by students before and during the event, which was moderated by history teachers Dr. Emily Straus an...
Students confront new testing options
Purvi Jonnalagadda and Clio Rao
September 18, 2020
Beginning in March and continuing through the summer, the College Board and ACT closed test centers across the country due to safety concerns surrounding COVID-19, leaving many students stressed and unable to take a test. Usually, colleges require applicants to submit either an SAT or ...
Public Safety Officer Mike Rooney passes away
September 11, 2020
For 31 years, beloved public safety officer Mike Rooney was the first face to greet students and faculty walking onto campus. To the deep sorrow of the school community, Rooney, who retired in 2017, passed away of heart failure on June 3 at the age of 66. The school community remembers Rooney as a c...
Black students demand change at HM
Arushi Talwar, Staff Writer
September 11, 2020
Over the summer, nearly 40 students from 12 schools in the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) formed Black Students Demanding Change (BSDC), an organization that advocates for racially equitable reform in private schools. In June, Horace Mann approved BSDC’s list of demands, which co...
Upper Division Orientation welcomes students
September 11, 2020
The annual Upper Division Orientation (UDO) occurred over Zoom on September 4, replacing the three-day Dorr campus experience. This year, 54 new students and 63 returning students at UDO were divided into 10 groups, Director of Dorr Glenn Sherratt said. Each group was led by a faculty member from ...
Flik adjusts lunch options
Claire Goldberg and Hanna Hornfeld
September 11, 2020
All food and drinks will be free this September to limit crowding around the cashier — one of the many changes to school policy implemented to ensure students’ and faculty members’ safety while eating on campus, Head of School Dr. Tom Kelly wrote in an email. The school’s food service company, FLIK, h...
SuperTrans adds safety regulations
Liliana Greyf, Staff Writer
September 11, 2020
For the safety of the hundreds of students who take school-provided transportation every day, Head of School Dr. Tom Kelly, Director of Transportation Robert Forcelli, and SuperTrans Bus Company Owner Nick Vallone have created new guidelines that enforce limited contact, mask-wearing, and daily sanitiz...
School takes precautionary measures against coronavirus
Claire Goldberg, Staff Writer
September 11, 2020
After six months apart, all faculty and students will return for in-person schooling until Thanksgiving break, Head of School Dr. Tom Kelly wrote in an email. “Any time we can spend together — employees and students — physically on campus, dramatically enhances our collectively shared outcomes fo...
