HORACE MANN SCHOOL SCHOOL PROFILE 2015–16

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 on 18 acres in neighborhood of Riverdale, which is 30 718-432-4160 FAX 718-432-3624 minutes by subway from midtown . Since its founding, 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: FACULTY & ADMINISTRATION: Head of School ## Highly selective admissions ## 112 teaching faculty ## 746 students in the Upper Division ## 88 with advanced degrees (up to master’s) David Schiller ## 49% girls, 51% boys ## 28 with doctorates Head of Upper Division ## 40% Students of Color ## Average class size: 15 ## From 127 different ZIP Codes in the NY, NJ and CT region ## 20% on need-based financial aid Canh Oxelson Director of College Counseling ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS: 718-432-3871 ## Trimester system ## Students are required to complete a minimum of 80 hours of [email protected] ## Over 400 courses offered in nine disciplines community service ## Governed by an honor code ## Study abroad opportunities Chris Farmer ## 20 Advanced Placement courses and 17 Honors courses ## Independent Study Program and Senior Initiative Projects Associate Director ## Students limited to five full credit courses per year granted upon departmental approval 718-432-3886 ## Students limited to three AP courses per year [email protected] ## To enroll in an AP, departmental approval is required and students must earn a prerequisite grade Amber N. Long Associate Director 718-432-3875 HORACE MANN SCHOOL AT A GLANCE [email protected] TRANSCRIPT: GRADES—CLASS OF 2016 Toni Miranda As a matter of school policy, students are not ranked, nor is a GPA All grades, including those earned in Advanced Placement or Associate Director calculated. Any courses listed on the transcript for grade 8 are full- Honors courses are unweighted. Although Horace Mann does not 718-432-3897 credit, high school level courses taken at Horace Mann. An “x” rank, we do publish a grade distribution based on classes taken in [email protected] next to a grade signifies a Horace Mann Summer School course. full-credit courses for grades 9 through 11. The following table of statistics applies to the 189 members of the Class of 2016. Elizabeth Pili REQUIRED GRADUATION CREDITS: Associate Director Honors (at 4.3) A+ 0% of class English 4 718-432-3885 Honors (4.29–4.0) A 5% of class Foreign Language 3 [email protected] Honors (3.99–3.67) A- 31% of class Mathematics 3 Very Good to Good (3.66–3.33) B+ 32% of class History 2 Barbara Billies Very Good to Good (3.32–3.0) B 22% of class Science 2 Administrative Assistant Very Good to Good (2.99–2.67) B- 8% of class Physical Education 4 718-432-4160 Satisfactory (2.66–2.33) C+ 2% of class Computing & Communications 2 [email protected] Satisfactory (2.32–2.0) C 0% of class Counseling & Guidance 2 Satisfactory (1.9–1.0) C- 0% of class Arts 1½ Passing but marginal D 0% of class ADVANCED PLACEMENT: Failing F 0% of class Departmental approval and strong academic standing are required for all students who wish to enroll in an AP class. SAT SUMMARY—CLASS OF 2016: In the spring trimester of 2015, 331 students took one or more SECTION MIDDLE 50% RANGE MEAN AP exams for a total of 822 exams. There were 588 (72%) with Critical Reading 650–760 703 scores of four or higher. Most AP courses are taken by juniors Math 670–770 716 and seniors, and a student may take no more than three per year. Writing 680–790 725 Students are permitted to take AP exams without having taken a corresponding AP course. ACT SUMMARY—CLASS OF 2016: SECTION MIDDLE 50% MEAN English 31–35 33 Math 30–34 31 Reading 31–34 32 Science Reasoning 26–35 31 Composite 30–34 32 COURSES OF STUDY

ENGLISH Advanced Topics in Biology Latin B, C, D MUSIC Dance in Historical and COUNSELING AND English 9, 10, 11 Experiments in Physics and AP Latin AP Music Theory Cultural Perspective GUIDANCE English 12 Electives Chemistry *Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Music Performance Seminar Dance Workshop 1, 2, 3 Horace Mann Orientation (HMO) AP English *Physics Hispanic Film Topics in Music History The Art of Film Quest Selected Topics in Physics AP Spanish Language Great Music of the 20th Century Introduction to Psychology MATHEMATICS Science Research Seminar of the Hispanic World History of Jazz HISTORY OF ART AP Psychology Algebra 1 and Problem Solving History of Opera AP Art History—The Modern Ethics in School and Society *Geometry COMPUTING & HISTORY Music and Technology World *Algebra 2 and Trigonometry COMMUNICATION Atlantic World History Music Theory 1 The Ancient World PHYSICAL EDUCATION Precalculus Introduction to Computer Science United States History Orchestra History of Contemporary Art Physical Fitness/Lifesports Precalculus AB Computer Science 2 AP United States History String Sinfonietta Studies in Art History Dance Workshop Precalculus BC Honors Digital Publishing AP Modern European History Glee Club History of Photography Varsity Physical Education Contemporary Calculus Web 2.0 AP World History Concert Glee The Renaissance Adult CPR/AED and First Aid AP Calculus AB Media and Culture Classical World Civilizations Jazz Combo Health Education AP Calculus BC Honors AP Computer Science A Comparative Race and Ethnicity Steel Drum Ensemble STUDIO ART Introduction to Statistics and Microcontrollers & Robotics Contemporary U.S. History, Wind Ensemble Ceramics 1, 2 SPECIAL POLICY ON Probability 1960–2007 Advanced Ceramics 1, 2 DISCIPLINE AP Statistics FOREIGN LANGUAGE East Asian History THEATRE ARTS Honors Ceramics All matters of discipline are Math Seminar Ancient Greek A, B United States Legal History Seminar in Acting *Drawing and Painting 1, 2, 3, 4 handled by the Discipline Com- Chinese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Global Conflict Introduction to Classical Theatre AP Studio Art mittee which is overseen by the SCIENCE *French 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Political Philosophy Acting and Directing *Photography 1, 2, 3, 4 Head of the Upper School and Biology AP French Language Economics Playwriting and Production Honors Photography Dean of Student Life. All issues Chemistry French Seminar AP Economics Introduction to Modern European *Printmaking 1, 2, 3, 4 pertaining to discipline will be AP Biology Advanced French Literature History Research Seminar and American Theatre Introduction to Sculpture reported to colleges accordingly. AP Chemistry *Italian 1, 2, 3, 4 Voices of Protest Performance in Major Productions Sculpture 2, 3 AP Environmental Science *Japanese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 History of Islamic World Stagecraft Video Production AP Physics with Calculus AP Japanese History through the Lens Theatre Design and Production Biotechnology *Latin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Decolonization & Post-Colonialism Production Seminar in Asia and Africa * = Course available at honors level

Between 2013–2015, Horace Mann students were accepted by the following colleges and universities. Colleges in bold indicate that at least one member of the Class of 2015 currently attends that school.

Adelphi University Claremont McKenna College Hampshire College University of North Carolina School of Visual Arts Wesleyan University The University of Alabama Clark University Harvard College at Chapel Hill Scripps College Wheaton College MA University at Albany (SUNY) Cleveland Institute of Music Harvey Mudd College University of North Carolina Seton Hall University Whitman College Allegheny College Colby College Haverford College at Wilmington Sewanee: The University of the South Whittier College American University Colgate University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Northeastern University Siena College College of William and Mary The American University of Paris University of Colorado at Boulder Hofstra University Northwestern University Simmons College Williams College Amherst College Colorado College Howard University University of Notre Dame Skidmore College University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Arizona Hunter College of the CUNY Oberlin College Smith College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Babson College Connecticut College University of Illinois Oberlin Conservatory of Music University of Southern California Yale University Bard College University of Connecticut at Urbana-Champaign Occidental College University of St. Andrews Barnard College Cornell University Indiana University at Bloomington The Ohio State University St. John’s College Baruch College of the CUNY Dartmouth College Ithaca College University of Oxford St. John’s University–Queens Bates College Davidson College Johns Hopkins University The Peabody Institute of The Johns St. Lawrence University Becker College University of Delaware The Juilliard School Hopkins University Stanford University Bennington College DePaul University Juniata College Pennsylvania Academy of the Stevens Institute of Technology Bentley University Dickinson College Kalamazoo College Fine Arts Stony Brook University (SUNY) Binghamton University (SUNY) Drew University Kenyon College Pennsylvania State University, SUNY Geneseo Boston College Drexel University Lafayette College University Park SUNY New Paltz Boston Conservatory Duke University Lawrence University University of Pennsylvania SUNY Oswego Boston University Eastman School of Music Lehigh University Pepperdine University SUNY Plattsburgh Bowdoin College of the U of Rochester of the CUNY University of Pittsburgh Susquehanna University Brandeis University Earlham College Loyola University Maryland Pitzer College Swarthmore College University of British Columbia Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne Macalester College Pomona College Syracuse University Brooklyn College of the CUNY University of Edinburgh Marist College Pratt Institute The University of Texas, Austin Brown University Elon University Marquette University Princeton University University of Toronto Bryant University Embry Riddle Aeronautical Maryland Institute College of Art Purchase College (SUNY) Trinity College Bryn Mawr College University–Daytona Beach University of Maryland, College Park Purdue University Trinity College Dublin Bucknell University Emerson College Massachusetts Institute of University of Redlands Tufts University University of California Emory University Technology Reed College Tulane University at Berkeley Eugene Lang College The New University of Massachusetts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Union College University of California School for Liberal Arts Amherst Rice University United States Naval Academy at Los Angeles Fairfield University McGill University University of Richmond Ursinus College University of California San Diego University of Miami Rider University Vanderbilt University University of California Santa Barbara Franklin and Marshall College Miami University, Ohio Rochester Institute of Technology Vassar College California Institute of Technology George Mason University University of Michigan University of Rochester University of Vermont Canisius College The George Washington University Middlebury College Rollins College Villanova University Carleton College Georgetown University Mount Holyoke College Rutgers, The State University of University of Virginia Carnegie Mellon University Georgia Institute of Technology Muhlenberg College New Jersey at New Brunswick Wake Forest University Case Western Reserve University Gettysburg College New England Conservatory of Music University of San Francisco University of Washington Catholic University of America Goucher College New Jersey Institute of Technology Santa Clara University Washington University University of Chicago Grinnell College New York Institute of Technology Savannah College of Art and Design in St. Louis City College of New York CUNY Hamilton College School of the Art Institute of Chicago Wellesley College