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HM Lions Reflect Upon 2022-23

As the 2022-23 school year winds to a close, HM’s Lions look back at the year’s athletic seasons – fall, winter and spring. While each sport season saw new and returning athletes, challenges, disappointments and victories, the Lions had much to celebrate this year. This fall, the Varsity Football team was Metropolitan Independent Football League Bowl Champions, the Water Polo Sea Lions were 3-Peat Ivy League Champions, and Varsity Girls’ Tennis cheered for NYSAISAA Doubles Champions Emily Grant ‘24 and Allison Markman ‘23.

 

In the winter, HM celebrated a win for the Boys Basketball Team at the annual Buzzell game, the Table Tennis members were 3-Peat Regular Season and Invitational Tournament Champions, Boys Squash were NYSAISAA Runner Ups, and the Girls Squash team brought home a US Squash Nationals Division VI Championship.

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Horace Mann Through the Ages: Longest-serving faculty members reflect on how the school has changed

Excerpts below reprinted and adapted from The Record, Volume 120, Issue 25, published on May 6, 2023, written by Diya Chawla ‘25 and Blake Bennett ’25.

“Whenever alumni come to campus, they are always amazed by what we have accomplished in the transition of the campus,” Director of Athletics, Health, & Physical Education Robert Annunziata said.

Across all departments, currently 20 teachers have worked at the school for more than 20 years. During those decades, they have witnessed changes to the curriculum, the campus, and the student body.

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Horace Mann School Appoints New Director of Athletics, Health & Physical Education

With Robert Annunziata preparing for retirement after 35 years of exceptional service to Horace Mann School, Head of School Tom Kelly shared news with the community that he has asked Matthew Russo to serve as HM’s next Director of Athletics, Health and Physical Education, effective July 1, 2023. As the Director, Matthew will assume primary responsibility for HM's Nursery through 12th Grade physical education program, including aquatics, and one of the largest 7th through 12th Grade athletic programs on the East Coast. In addition, Matthew will coordinate HM's ongoing efforts to improve existing initiatives and implement novel approaches within its health and wellness programs for students and employees. Click to read the full May 3rd announcement to the HM community.

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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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