Seven tips from a junior year survivor
June 3, 2020
Being a junior is really tough – from college nights to applying for club positions, there’s a lot of new challenges that arise as you become an upperclassman. I’m no expert on surviving Horace Mann, but I have learned a lot of lessons over this past year that I really wish I knew beforehand. Take...
I love sports, don’t bring them back in the fall
Alison Markman
June 3, 2020
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic looming over our country, questions regarding whether students will be able to return to our Bronx home for school next year have begun to surface. With the start of the next school year approaching, the question of whether students can and should be participating...
A letter from the HM Online Olympics organizers
Adam Frommer and Yana Gitelman
June 3, 2020
Now that no one is asking about your grades in the hallway, or kissing up to upperclass- men in club meetings, how’s a Horace Mann student to compete? Obviously, through our challenges. Moreover, how does one (namely us) get attention without scampering around Katz Library? Clearly, mass emails. Daily....
Now is the time for religion to adapt
June 3, 2020
On Easter Sunday, I took part in a ritual that crops up each year: attending an Easter church service with my extended family. But this year, it had a once-unimaginable twist: I was joining my family in London by computer and listen- ing to my cousins sing across a ve-hour time di erence. is peculiar...
My virtual debut: Using virtual theater for good
June 3, 2020
I took a deep breath as my green camera light flicked on, signifying my debut in the world of virtual theater. When I came back from the Mountain School (TMS) in January, I was excited to dive back into life not just at Horace Mann, but also my out of school theater program. Since I was nine years old,...
No justice, no peace
June 3, 2020
Disappointed. at’s the first word that comes to mind when people ask me how I feel about this situation. Over the past 10 years of my life, I’ve done a lot of growing. I’ve grown to grasp a better understanding of racial injustices. From the time that Trayvon Martin was shot and killed when I...
Finding benefits in the unforeseen: My family in a pandemic
June 3, 2020
One thing that I believe has been severely warped for every single person in the United States is the concept of time. Hours pass like days which turn to weeks that suddenly become months. Today is the first day of June. We have now been away from school for 53 days, or over a quarter of the school year,...
Dorr-(no)’mores: Was the cancellation of Dorr premature?
Carmel Peer
May 14, 2020
I went on my first backpacking trip ever at John Dorr Nature Lab (Dorr) during the winter of freshman year, not knowing what I was getting myself into. Throughout the whole weekend, the temperatures were below freezing. Because all twelve of us on the trip were all hiking through the same conditions,...
Period @ HM reflects on heightened menstrual inequities
Ericka Familia, Alexis Fry, Jordan Ferdman
May 14, 2020
Alexis Fry: Riding the B-train, a homeless woman boarded the car I was in. She asked if anyone could give her a pad or tampon, and, luckily, I had a Kotex pad in my backpack. I handed it to her. She thanked me, placed the pad in her pocket, and continued to walk down the train car. That simple interaction...
How to confront climate change in a post COVID-19 world
Ava Merker
May 14, 2020
Over the past two months, many of us have encountered news articles, Snapchat videos, and Twitter posts about COVID-19’s effects on global climate change. Even during the first few weeks of the pandemic, I took note of media headlines about the decline of carbon emissions and videos of goats running...
Dr. Leeds reflects on crisis and contingency
Dr. Jeremy Leeds
May 8, 2020
As many of you know, I am stepping down as Director of the Center for Community Values and Action (CCVA) at the end of this academic year, and assuming a new role in the school as I move toward retirement. We welcome Dr. Joyce-Bernard as the next CCVA Director in the coming academic year...
De lingua mortua: Why I love latin
May 8, 2020
When I tell people I’m currently taking Latin, most people respond with a question: Why? They have a point—I won’t be speaking it with anyone any time soon, and while there are songs and a couple of good podcasts out there, it’s only ever really used in one country (or, more accurate...
