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Horace Mann School Celebrated Homecoming 2021, On and Off Campus

With fall's colors spreading across Horace Mann School's campuses, and classrooms alive with learning, HM celebrated by hosting Homecoming 2021 on October 9, 2021. Homecoming 2021 focused on the return to on-campus athletic competitions and the opportunity for parents, other guardians and family members of student athletes to come to campus, some for the first time in 18 months. Homecoming activities started on Friday, October 8th, with varsity team captains visiting the Lower Division during morning announcements, and an afternoon Middle & Upper Division pep rally on Alumni Field featuring the Maroon Monsoon, the Spirit Squad, and the introduction of the fall athletic teams. Students at all grade levels sported 'Mann Made' T-shirts in honor of this year's Homecoming theme.

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Horace Mann School's Ella Anthony '20 Shares NYS "Player of the Year" Title

The Horace Mann School Girls Varsity Basketball team's Ella Anthony '20 was named co-Player of the Year in the Class B (small school) category by the New York State Sportswriters Association (NYSSWA) on May 7, 2020. The NYSSWA also named Julia Robbins '20 to the Class B 13th Team All State. Anthony shared her title with Jackie Piddock, a sophomore at South Jefferson High School, in Adams, N.Y. Antony and Robbins were tri-captains, along with Halley Robbins '20, of HM's 2019-2020 championship-winning Lions team. Halley Robbins was named the winner of this year's Coach's Award at HM's winter sports banquet on March 9, 2020.

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Derek Jeter Honors Horace Mann School Alum and Lions Football Team Physician Dr. Melissa Leber '00

These days of repeated hand washing and face mask wearing have also given rise to another, more fulfilling, ritual. It's that moment, each evening, when New Yorkers emerge from their homes and open their windows to applaud the healthcare professionals and others at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. This past Mothers' Day saw a new category added to the "healthcare heroes" we regularly salute: the moms who are also at the center of this crucial effort. Horace Mann School alum Dr. Melissa Leber '00, an emergency medicine physician at NYC's Mt. Sinai Hospital, is one. The mother of two young children, on May 9, 2020 Dr. Leber was recognized on ESPN's Sports Center as a "Mother on the Frontlines." Zooming into the broadcast to thank Dr. Leber for her dedicated and heroic service was none other than the physician's own personal hero—New York Yankee legend Derek Jeter. Click to read more about Dr. Leber.

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Horace Mann School's Girls Varsity Basketball Team Wins it All, Capturing NYSAIS Title

One week after winning its second Ivy League title in a row the Horace Mann School Girls Varsity Basketball team captured the New York State Association of Independent Schools championship. The top seed going into the game against Masters School on Monday night, February 24, 2020, the Lions led from the start, winning with a score of 55-33. The win marked the first NYSAIS for HM's Girls Basketball team since 2000.

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Horace Mann School's Girls Basketball Team Claims Ivy League Title; Heads to NYSAIS Championship Ranked Number One by NY State Sportswriters Association

The Horace Mann School Girls Lions Basketball team claimed the 2020 Ivy League title following a decisive win over Riverdale Country Day School in the annual Buzzell Games on Friday, February 14, 2020. The win brought the team its second consecutive Ivy League Championship, with a 12-0 record in the league. The team's 2019 championship brought HM its first Girls Basketball title in 21 years.The Girls Varsity Lions Basketball team has been ranked number one in New York State in its Class B category by the New York State Sportswriters Association (NYSSWA) since Feb. 11, 2019, topping a list of 25 teams from around N.Y. State in their category (AIS/Association of Independent Schools). The team faces its final challenge—the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) championship game against Masters School on Feb. 24, 2020, at 7 p.m. at Fieldston High School.

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Horace Mann School Homecoming and Reunions Draw Thousands

Horace Mann School's annual Homecoming, on Saturday, October 12, 2019, drew over 5,000 members of the HM community to the school's Bronx campus for athletic games, activities, a barbecue and family fun fair for the students, families, HM friends, and alumni attending the festivities. Later that Saturday night, over 400 HM alumni attended class reunions in Manhattan.

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Horace Mann School Alum Chichi Ikwuazom '16, Now a Columbia University Volleyball Star, is Named National Player of the Week

Horace Mann School alum Chibuzo (Chichi) Ikwuazom, a former HM varsity volleyball team star who now plays at Columbia University, was named National Player of the Week for the week of September 24, 2019, by Sports Import/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). The honor marked the first time in the history of Columbia University's volleyball program that a player was recognized nationally.

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Horace Mann School Community Cheers on HM Alum and St. Louis Cardinals Centerfielder Harrison Bader '12 at Citi Field Stadium

The Horace Mann School community shared an evening of baseball together when some 170 alumni, teachers, coaches, staff and administrators headed out to Citi Field in Queens, N.Y. on Thursday night, June 13, 2019. While they gathered together at the home of the local New York Mets, it was the team's match-up with the visiting St. Louis Cardinals that drew the HM crowd. Starting for the Cardinals in Center Field was HM alum Harrison Bader '12.

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Horace Mann School Marathoners Raise Funds for Grab the Torch/HM Scholarships

For generations Horace Mann School students have committed themselves to serving others, through community service and, over the last decade, through HM's Center for Community Values and Action (CCVA) and its Service Learning program. However, as HM acknowledges, there are always ways for the School and its students to do more. One way is through HM's partnership with Grab the Torch (GTT), an organization that works to develop a "common sense" approach toward giving, volunteering, and philanthropy in young people with the potential to become leaders today and in the future. This partnership resulted in the Grab the Torch/Horace Mann School Summer Institutes. Held in New York and Colorado the GTT/HM Summer Institutes provide girls from Bronx public, charter and independent schools opportunities to learn about ethics, purpose and philanthropic action, and develop related skills. Many GTT/HM Summer Institute participants are only able to attend through scholarship assistance. For the past two years raising money for these scholarships has been the fundraising focus of HM community members who participate in the Boston Marathon. This effort kicked off on April 3, 2019 with a celebratory event at HM attended by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., in whose honor the funds would be raised. Click to read more.

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Horace Mann School's Athletes Celebrate a Stellar Season

Horace Mann School's Athletics Department wrapped up its winter sports schedule on March 7, 2019 with a dinner honoring all of the student athletes who participated on the season's HM Lions teams. The season just past had been a stellar one for HM Athletics, with the Department, a host of teams, and individual athletes recording historic first, several coaches told the students gathered in HM's Cohen Dining Commons enjoying tailgate type treats together at the annual Winter Athletics Banquet. All of HM's coaches, including HM Director of Athletics, Health and Physical Education Robert Annunziata, were on hand to show the athletes their support.

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