The Arts Department at Horace Mann permits students to participate in the arts beyond the level demanded by coursework. Opportunities abound in all areas of the arts. The theatre department mounts three major productions per year. There are numerous concerts and recitals. Students who wish to make a commitment to the arts beyond what is required by coursework should consider this when planning their schedules for coming years.
Students at Horace Mann can play on any of a great number of teams. Interscholastic athletics is a significant commitment. Students who plan to play on teams should include this commitment when planning their schedules for coming years. Teams fielded by the Horace Mann Athletics Department include:
Fall Winter Spring
Boys’ Cross-Country (JV,V) Boys’ Basketball (JV, V) Boys’ Baseball (JV,V)
Girls’ Cross-Country (JV,V) Girls’ Basketball (JV,V) Coed Golf (V)
Boys’ Football (JV,V) Boys’ Fencing (JV,V) Girls’ Golf (V)
Boys’ Soccer (JV,V) Girls’ Fencing (JV,V) Girls’ Softball (JV,V)
Girls’ Soccer (JV,V) Girls’ Gymnastics (JV,V) Boys’ Tennis (JV,V)
Girls’ Tennis (JV,V) Coed Swimming (JV,V) Boys’ Lacrosse (JV,V)
Girls’ Volleyball (JV,V) Coed Winter Track (JV,V) Girls’ Lacrosse (JV,V)
Girls’ Field Hockey (JV,V) Boys’ Wrestling (JV,V) Boys’ Track (JV,V)
Coed Water Polo (JV,V) Girls’ Swimming (V) Girls’ Track (JV,V)
Coed Ultimate Frisbee (V)
Horace Mann offers a vast array of clubs for students who wish to pursue interests not addressed by course offerings. Each club is advised by a member of the Horace Mann faculty and is supported by all available school resources. Students are encouraged to join a club that meets their needs and interests. When planning a schedule, club membership should be taken into consideration. It is best to make a significant commitment to one or two clubs that are of great interest than it is to join an array of clubs and be active in none of them. The roster of clubs is as follows.
Aids Awareness Amer. Music Amnesty Int'l Animal Rights
Architecture Astronomy Auto Enthusiasts Biking
Book Club Cancer Awareness Chamber Music Chess
City of Hope Computer Contemp. Music Cross-Cultural Awareness Culinary Eastwind-Westwind 80's Culture Environmental Action
Extreme Wilderness Film Making Francophile Future Entrepreneurs
Gay Straight Alliance German Go Habitat for Humanity
HM Democrats HM Radio Indian Culture Investment
Italian Japanese Jewish Culture Junior Statesmen
Korean-Amer. Culture Math Team Mock Trial Model Congress
Model U.N. Mystery Book Outing Pep Rally
Poetry Psychology Radio Station Russian
Shakespeare Ski Spanish S.A.D.D.
Student Relief Drive Table Tennis Theatre Touched by an Angel Wishing Star Women's Issues Yoga Young Republicans
Community service is a requirement of all students at Horace Mann. Students must complete 40 hours of service during grades nine and ten and another 40 hours of service during grades eleven and twelve. The community service office, located on the second floor of the Davis House, on the lower school campus, has a great many opportunities for students, and can help arrange for students to do community service using a particular expertise, expanding on any interest or skills they may have, or to do something altogether new. Students also have the option of creating their own opportunities for community service. Such students are expected to work with the Office of Community Service in designing their activities.
In developing a plan for their time at Horace Mann, students should consider Community Service as an integral part of their program, and include the demands made by these activities in their consideration of their total workload.
Publications are a prominent part of life at Horace Mann. More than half of our students write for one or more publications at some time during their time here. Many publications have won national awards given by the Columbia School of Journalism. Publications include:
Business Mann Cinnemann Drum Images Insight
Legal Fiction Mannikin Mantissa Manuscript Mental Boom
Spectrum The Record The Review Thespian From a Different Shore
Students should not overlook the summer as a time when their needs and interests can be served. The weeks of planning academic schedules for the coming years can be an especially constructive time to think about summer opportunities. Recreation can be included in a summer program that includes travel, service, or research, or work experience.
The summer between the Junior and Senior year can be an especially important time for combining recreational needs with learning and growth that can lead to independent study or third trimester senior projects.