HORACE MANN SCHOOL PROFILE 2019–20

231 W. 246TH STREET Horace Mann School was founded in 1887 as a coeducational division of Teachers College at Columbia BRONX, 10471 University. Our main campus is located in neighborhood of Riverdale, which is 30 minutes by 718-432-4160 FAX 718-432-3624 subway from midtown . As an independent school, Horace Mann has changed in many ways CEEB CODE: 333700 but remains steadfastly dedicated to five core values: The Life of the Mind, Mature Behavior, Mutual Respect, WWW.HORACEMANN.ORG A Secure and Healthful Environment, and A Balance Between Individual Achievement and A Caring Community.

Thomas M. Kelly STUDENTS: GRADES—CLASS OF 2020 Head of School # Highly selective admissions All grades, including those earned in Advanced Placement or # 733 students in the Upper Division Honors courses, are unweighted. Although Horace Mann does Jessica Levenstein # 48% girls, 52% boys not rank, we do publish a grade distribution based on full-credit Head of Upper Division # 42% Students of Color courses taken from grades 9 through 11. The following table of # From 147 different ZIP Codes in the NY, NJ and CT region statistics applies to the 178 members of the Class of 2020. # 14% on need-based financial aid Canh Oxelson Honors (at 4.3) A+ 0% of class Executive Director of College Counseling FACULTY & ADMINISTRATION: Honors (4.29–4.0) A 2% of class 718-432-3871 # 111 teaching faculty Honors (3.99–3.67) A- 35% of class [email protected] # 64 with advanced degrees (up to M.A.) Very Good to Good (3.66–3.33) B+ 35% of class # 27 with doctorates Alex Bates # Average class size: 13 Very Good to Good (3.32–3.0) B 20% of class Associate Director Very Good to Good (2.99–2.67) B- 6% of class 718-432-3875 ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS: Satisfactory (2.66–2.33) C+ 1% of class [email protected] # Semester system (formerly trimester) Satisfactory (2.32–2.0) C 1% of class # Students limited to three AP courses per year Satisfactory (1.9–1.0) C- 0% of class Frank Cabrera # To enroll in an AP, departmental approval is required and Associate Director students must earn a prerequisite grade Passing but marginal D 0% of class 718-432-3847 # 20 Advanced Placement courses and 20 Honors courses Failing F 0% of class [email protected] # Global Environmental History does not correspond to an AP Exam but is a course designed by Horace Mann faculty Chris Farmer that is considered to be at least as rigorous as an AP course ADVANCED PLACEMENT: Senior Associate Director # Students limited to five full credit courses per year Departmental approval and strong academic standing are 718-432-3886 # Independent Study Program granted upon required for all students who wish to enroll in an AP class. [email protected] departmental approval In the spring semester of 2019, 310 students took one or more # Governed by an honor code AP exam(s) for a total of 693 exams. There were 464 (66%) with Kaitlin Howrigan # Study abroad opportunities scores of four or higher. Most AP courses are taken by juniors Associate Director # Each year, students participate in service-learning. and seniors, and a student may take no more than three per year. 718-432-3846 The requirement consists of a combination of school- Students are permitted to take AP exams without having taken a [email protected] sponsored events, grade-wide activities, projects, and corresponding AP course. reflection opportunities. Toni Miranda SAT SUMMARY—CLASS OF 2020: Senior Associate Director TRANSCRIPT: SECTION MIDDLE 50% RANGE MEAN 718-432-3897 As a matter of school policy, students are not ranked, nor is a [email protected] GPA calculated. Evidence Based Reading & Writing 670–750 712 Math 690–790 731 Ashley Taylor REQUIRED GRADUATION CREDITS: Associate Director 718-432-3838 English 4 ACT SUMMARY—CLASS OF 2020: [email protected] Foreign Language 3 SECTION MIDDLE 50% MEAN Mathematics 3 Barbara Billies English 34–36 34 History 3 Administrative Assistant Math 30–35 32 718-432-4160 Science 2 Reading 32–36 33 [email protected] Arts 2 Science Reasoning 30–35 32 Physical Education 4 Composite 31–35 33 Computing & Communications ½ Counseling & Guidance ½ Identity, Culture & Institutional Equity ½ AVAILABLE COURSES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2019–2020

ENGLISH AP Japanese Language & Culture Experiments in Physics and Chemistry AP Studio Art: Photography Acting 1, 2 English 9, 10, 11 Chinese 1, 2, 3 , 4 , 5 Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Printmaking 1, 2 The Art of Mindfulness Yoga English 12 Electives *Latin 1, 2, 3, 4 AP Chemistry Sculpture 1, 2, 3 The New Community Project Latin A, B, C, D, E *Physics Glee Club COUNSELING AND AP English AP Latin Selected Topics in Physics Concert Glee GUIDANCE Seminar in Literary Studies *Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4 AP Physics C—Mechanics and EM Treble Choir Psychology AP Spanish Language Science Research Wind Ensemble AP Psychology HISTORY Seminar: The Hispanic World AP Environmental Science Jazz Combo Independent Study Atlantic World History Ancient Greek A, B Human Anatomy and Physiology Steel Drums Ensemble Ethics in School and Society AP European History Italian E Orchestra Horace Mann Orientation (HMO) – 9th U.S. History COMPUTING & COMPUTATION Sinfoneitta AP U.S. History MATH Introduction to Engineering and Robotics History of Music (Bach to Stravinsky) IDENTITY, CULTURE & AP Economics *Geometry Computer Science 1, 2 History of Jazz INSTITUTIONAL EQUITY Religion in History Geometry with Problem Solving AP Computer Science A Filmmaking 1, 2, 3 Seminar on Identity – 11th Classical World Civilization *Algebra II & Trigonometry Great Music of Modern Times Topics in Political Philosophy Precalculus HISTORY OF ART Recording Studio Technology PHYSICAL EDUCATION The Global Cold War Precalculus AB Intro to Art History – Contemporary Art Music Theory Health Comparative Race and Ethnicity Precalculus BC Honors Intro to Art History—The Renaissance Concepts of PE/Life Sports United States Legal History Contemporary Calculus Global Architecture THEATRE ARTS Dance Performance East Asian History AP Calculus AB Studies in Art History Advanced Studio Production Dance Workshop Contempory U.S. History AP Calculus BC Honors AP Art History Playwriting and Production History Through the Lens AP Statistics History of The American Musical SPECIAL POLICY ON Latin American History Math Seminar STUDIO ART The Art of Film DISCIPLINE Global Environmental History Senior Math Electives Ceramics 1, 2, 3, 4 Dance Workshop All matters of discipline are handled Honors in Ceramics Theatre Design & Production by the Honor Council which is overseen FOREIGN LANGUAGE SCIENCE Drawing and painting 1, 2, 3, 4 Musical Theatre Performance by the Head of the Upper School *French 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Biology Honors in Drawing & Painting Stagecraft in School and the Dean of Students. All issues AP French Language and Culture Biotechnology AP Studio Art: Drawing & Painting Theatre Performance Workshop pertaining to discipline will be reported French Seminar AP Biology Photography 1, 2, 3, 4 Design Production Workshop to colleges accordingly. *Japanese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Chemistry Honors Photography Acting for the Camera * = Course available at honors level

Horace Mann students from the Classes of 2018 and 2019 were accepted by the following colleges and universities. Colleges in bold indicate that at least one member of the Class of 2019 currently attends that school.

American University DigiPen Institute of Technology Marist College SUNY Albany University of Illinois at Chicago Amherst College Drexel University Massachusetts Institute of Technology SUNY Buffalo State College University of Illinois Arizona State University Duke University McGill University SUNY College at Geneseo at Urbana-Champaign Babson College Eckerd College Middlebury College SUNY College of Environmental University of Liverpool Bard College Edinburgh College Mount Holyoke College Science and Forestry University of Maryland, College Park Barnard College Elon University SUNY Maritime College University of Massachusetts, Amherst Baruch College of the CUNY Emerson College Northeastern University SUNY Oswego University of Miami Bates College Emory University Northumbria University SUNY Polytechnic Institute University of Michigan Belmont University Fairfield University Northwestern University Swarthmore College University of Mississippi Beloit College Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College Oberlin College Syracuse University University of Missouri, Columbia Bennington College of the CUNY Occidental College Temple University University of Notre Dame Bentley University Oxford College of Emory University Texas A&M University University of Oregon Berklee College of Music Franklin & Marshall College Pennsylvania State University The George Washington University University of Pennsylvania Binghamton University Furman University Pepperdine University The New School–All Divisions University of Pittsburgh Boston College Georgetown University Pitzer College The Ohio State University University of Rhode Island Boston University Georgia Institute of Technology Pomona College The University of Alabama University of Richmond Bowdoin College Gettysburg College Princeton University The University of Arizona University of Rochester Brandeis University Hamilton College Purchase College, SUNY The University of North Carolina University of San Francisco Brooklyn College of the CUNY Hampshire College Purdue University at Chapel Hill University of Southern California Brown University Harvard College Quinnipiac University The University of Texas, Austin University of St Andrews Bryn Mawr College Harvey Mudd College Reed College Trinity College University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Bucknell University Haverford College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tufts University University of Toronto California Institute of Technology Hobart and William Smith Colleges Rhode Island School of Design Tulane University University of Vermont California Polytechnic State University, Hofstra University Rice University Union College University of Virginia San Luis Obispo Howard University Richmond, The American International University at Buffalo The State University University of Washington Cambridge University Hunter College of the CUNY University in London of New York University of Wisconsin, Madison Carleton College Indiana University at Bloomington Rochester Institute of Technology University College Dublin Vanderbilt University Carnegie Mellon University Iona College Rutgers University–New Brunswick University College London Vassar College Case Western Reserve University Ithaca College San Francisco Art Institute University of California, Berkeley Villanova University Central Saint Martins College of Johns Hopkins University Sarah Lawrence College University of California, Davis Virginia Tech Art & Design Juniata College Savannah College of Art and Design University of California, Irvine Wake Forest University Chapman University Kenyon College School of the Art Institute of Chicago University of California, Los Angeles Washington University in St. Louis City College of New York CUNY King's College London Scripps College University of California, San Diego Wellesley College Clark University Lafayette College Seton Hall University University of California, Santa Barbara Wentworth Institute of Technology Colby College Lawrence University Skidmore College University of California, Santa Cruz Wesleyan University Colgate University Lehigh University Smith College University of Chicago Wheaton College MA of the CUNY Spelman College University of Colorado at Boulder William & Mary Cornell University Lewis & Clark College St. John's University University of Connecticut Williams College CUNY–Macaulay Honors College Loyola Marymount University Stanford University University of Delaware Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dartmouth College Loyola University Chicago State University of New York at New Paltz University of Florida Yale University Davidson College Macalester College Stevens Institute of Technology University of Georgia Yale–NUS College Dickinson College Manhattanville College Stony Brook University University of Hartford Yeshiva University