Serving Others

Horace Mann has hosted many national and international visitors and conferences, including teachers from England visiting under the auspices of the United States Department of State and students and teachers from the High School Affiliated with Renmin University in Beijing.

Administrators and faculty members serve or have served on the boards of various educational and community organizations, including:

• Association of Independent School Admission Professionals
• The PEAKS Project
• Urban Assembly Schools
• Educational Records Bureau
• Friends of Van Cortlandt Park
• Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, formerly Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy
• Riverdale Senior Services, Inc.
• Consortium of Riverdale and Kingsbridge Schools
• Teachers Clearinghouse for Science, Technology, and Education
• Greenville Community Theater
• Action Coalition for Media Education
• New York Consortium of Independent School Technologists
• American Association of Teachers of French
• Friends of the Hastings-on-Hudson Library
• Englewood, New Jersey School Board
• NAIS Financial Aid Services Task Force
• National Councils of the American Historical Association
• American Studies Association
• De La Salle Academy
• Early Steps
• American Cancer Society Bronx Region
• Breakthrough New York
• Artworks for Youth
• New Jersey SEEDS
• Summer on the Hill
• Riverdale Neighborhood House
• Rehabilitation Through the Arts
• Riverdale Community Center

Horace Mann School has hosted meetings or extended the use of our facilities to the following organizations:

• Summer on the Hill at Horace Mann School¹
• Sanctuary for Families
• Association of Independent School Admissions Professionals
• NYSAIS (conference and workshops)
• College Board (AP Workshops)
• Community Board 8
• Fieldston Property Owners Association
• Riverdale Community Center
• Riverdale Children's Theater
• Riverdale Mental Health Association, Inc.
• Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
• Kids Chess Network
• KIPP Academy
• Mayor’s Cup Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
• Manhattan College
• St. Gabriel’s School
• High School Coaches vs Cancer Basketball Classic
• Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
• New York Knicks - Community Affairs Programs
• Court of Dreams Foundation
• De La Salle Academy

¹Summer on the Hill (SOH) is a year-round, supplemental enrichment program for promising, low-income public school students from the Bronx, Washington Heights, and Harlem. One of the most sought-after programs in New York City, SOH bridges the gap between public and private education in a nurturing setting. Founded in 1994 by Horace Mann School, SOH has now served 1,600 NYC students with accelerated academic classes, instruction in the arts and sports, test prep classes, and college trips, and has offered students and parents guidance on school and college choices. SOH is a 501(c)3 organization that receives support from generous private and corporate foundations, individual donors, and the NYS Department of Health. SOH has also received grants from former NYC Councilmen Koppell and Jackson. Housed on the campus of the Horace Mann School, SOH is deeply grateful for the School's gift-in-kind of its beautiful facilities and services valued in excess of $ 100,000 annually.

The School has supported the activities of:

• Bronx Arts Ensemble
• Riverdale Senior Services Benefit
• Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation Benefit
• Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF)
• Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
• Hill Top Relay For Life- American Cancer Society
• Family Services of Westchester
• PS 81 Parents Association Benefit
• Wave Hill Benefit
• Hebrew Home for the Aged
• Riverdale Press Holiday & Graduation Issues
• Riverdale Nursery School & Family Center
• Riverdale Mental Health Association, Inc.
• Riverdale Neighborhood House
• Focus for a Future
• TEDxNYED Conference
• New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children