Lily Sussman , Contributing Writer
• November 10, 2022
As someone who has been at Horace Mann for most of their life, I know how high the expectations are. For all my years here, I have to succeed as that “ideal student” — high grades and lots of extracurriculars....
This summer, I traveled to South Korea for six weeks through the Lembo-Sperling (LS) Grant. The foundation believes that summer travel experiences open students to new ways of seeing the world and funds...
The school’s decision to remove the Zoom school option has had a negative impact on our community.
At the height of the pandemic, any student who tested positive was mandated to attend classes on...
On February 14, 2018, 19-year old Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people and injured 17 more at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. It was the deadliest shooting at a high school in U.S....
Theo Gingras, Contributing Writer
• October 21, 2022
Last Friday, two young activists under the organization Just Stop Oil threw a can of tomato soup on Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting at London’s National Gallery.
They performed this stunt to...
Avi Kumar (12)
The Eagles are the best football team. No question.
Ana Aguilar (12)
Dance is a sport that requires more skill than most other popular sports
Divya Ponda (12)
We should be able to pick...
Horace Mann athletics are vastly underappreciated.
Each day, after hours of solving calculus problem sets, analyzing Toni Morrison readings, and transcribing chemical formulas, student athletes persevere...
Aden Soroca, Contributing Writer
• October 7, 2022
Imagine this: it’s the night before the biggest game of your team’s season, and you don't have a place to practice.
The Boys Varsity Basketball team didn’t have to imagine this scenario. It happened...
Divya Ponda (12) and Andrew Ogundimu (12)
Tendy Tuesdays NEED to be abolished. Chicken tenders should not be consumed on a weekly basis: they are bad for your health, and should not be an entree.
Peter...
Eliminating plastic water bottles in the cafeteria is essential to make the school more eco-friendly.
Prior to eliminating plastic bottles, the cafeteria produced an immense amount of plastic waste....
For the last seven weeks, residents in Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, have not had access to clean water. In late August, severe thunderstorms and flooding overwhelmed the city’s poorly maintained...
If you didn’t hear it at the opening assembly, your grade meeting, or senior college night, here’s the deal: Horace Mann has a culture problem. A competitive, cutthroat, “what did you get on the...
