Ethan Matt: Inside the Studio
Julia Robbins, Staff Writer
July 5, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
Ethan Matt (12) is in the midst of creating his first album. His passion for music production began in eighth grade when he noticed that his music idols were both producers and vocalists for the music they created, Matt said. Matt ended up taking Music Production and Advanced Music Productio...
HMTC & HMDC Year in Review
Marina Kazarian and Gabby Kepnes
June 5, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Showcase
From Rappaccini Variations in the fall to Pippin in the spring and student choreographed dances throughout the year, both the Horace Mann Theatre Company (HMTC) and the Horace Mann Dance Company (HMDC) have had a year filled with diverse opportunities for students to get involved in performances....
The Final HM in Motion Update
Katie Goldenberg and Leonora Gogos
June 5, 2018
Filed under Features, News, Showcase
The HM in Motion project’s forecasted additions to the school campus will alter student life as community members adjust to a host of new classrooms and amenities next school year. According to Director of Facilities Management Gordon Jensen, construction on the new building will be completed ...
Book Day author presents at assembly
Megha Nelivigi, Staff Writer
April 27, 2018
Author Emily St. John Mandel spoke at this week’s assembly about her writing process and background, in advance of next Thursday’s Book Day, which will feature her award- winning novel Station Eleven. Mandel was unavailable to visit on Book Day, but Upper Division Librarian Caroline Bartels felt...
The Power of Student Government
Lynne Sipprelle and Sam Keimweiss
April 27, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Less than a decade ago, the Governing Council (GC), the school’s student government oversaw the allocation of funds to clubs and publications and drafted a new honor code for the school. Today, the Community Council (CC), which replaced the GC after it was abolished, proposes and oversees events and initiati...
Renowned historian speaks at assembly
Leonora Gogos, Staff Writer
April 27, 2018
This past Tuesday, Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed answered student and faculty questions in a moderated, interactive assembly. The following period, Dr. Gordon-Reed spoke in further detail during a catered lun...
From the NYC streets to Tillinghast Hall
Julia Robbins, Staff Writer
February 26, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
As a young police officer, Director of Security Mike McCaw was patrolling the 96th Street Lexington Avenue station when he saw a pregnant woman at the edge of the subway platform, a place where many people looking to commit suicide situate themselves. McCaw walked to the edge of the platform and e...
School hosts Sanctuary holiday party
December 10, 2017
Clients from Sanctuary for Families, an organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic and gender violence, created arts and crafts and were gifted book donations from the Book Fair at the school’s 25th annual Sanctuary for Families dinner party. Attendees at last Tuesday’s event participated...
Poet and former inmate visits school
December 10, 2017
Former prisoner Ian Manuel, once condemned to die in prison at the age of 13, shared his perspective on the injustice of the criminal justice system with students in the Recital Hall and in several Upper Division classes. Although Manuel is now a client of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), he was...
Varsity Squash battles the other hill schools early in the season
Jude Herwitz and Steve Borodkin
December 9, 2017
Filed under Lions' Den, Showcase
Coming off two big wins against Fieldston and Riverdale, the Varsity Squash team heads confidently into its match today against Dalton, co-Captain Siddharth Tripathi (12) said. The team hopes its success over Fieldston and Riverdale translates well into against Dalton, with whom it has had a roughly...
Li (11) and Caosun (11) place at Princeton math competition
December 3, 2017
On November 18, the school’s Mathematics team visited Princeton to compete in the Princeton University Mathematics Competition (PUMaC). The team ranked in Division B out of Divisions A and B, and member Matthew Li (11) won third place in combinatorics, third place in number theory, and second place...
Crotty (11) speaks about mental health at Child Mind Institute Summit
November 18, 2017
This Monday, Alex Crotty (11) spoke at the State of Child and Adolescent Mind Mental Health Summit before a panel about her experience with depression and being bullied. The panel was composed of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Dean of the Child Mind Institute Harold Koplewicz. The summit...
