Horace Mann - Winter 2012 - (Page 36)

news of the school Horace Mann School Graduates 176 in the Class of 2011 a s the members of each class at Horace Mann School grow together over the four, six, twelve, or fifteen years they study and participate in activities with one another, the class as a whole seems to take on a defining characteristic. The Horace Mann School graduating class of 2011 provided a prime example of this phenomenon, as HM Head of School Dr. Tom Kelly pointed out in his address to the graduates at their commencement ceremony last spring, when he thanked them for “being among the most active, energetic, engaged and inventive classes” he had come to know in his years as Head of School. The class’ Grade Dean, alicia Hines, affirmed that description in her words to the students she had come to know so well in the four years she served as their advisor. The Dean thanked her Upper Division faculty colleagues for their “accepting and attentive support 36 Horace mann magazine Winter 2012 for this class of poets and mathematicians, research scientists and sculptors, great debaters and peacemakers.” She also thanked the students’ parents, families and friends for supporting and encouraging them, and “most of all for maintaining our partnership to send out into the world passionate and engaged citizens with the strength of character to master themselves and the challenges they will undoubtedly face.” congratulations and words of encouragement were also offered by board chair Steve friedman ’72, by Upper Division Head Dr. David Schiller, and by the class’ valedictorian, eric Singerman ’11 on that blisteringly hot but beautiful June 7th day when the class of 2011, their teachers, families and friends gathered under the tent on clark field to bid one another farewell. The members of the class of 2011 are, by now, well situated in their coursework and extra-curricular activities at colleges and universities across the country, or in gap-year experiences. but, Horace Mann School remembers its most recent graduates as their efforts on behalf of the school continue, largely because of the foundation they laid. Fad magazine, a creation of the class of ’11, was published early in the 2011-2012 school year by an editorial board of students who were part of the magazine’s invention, and now carry on the excitement it generated. The 2010-2011 Review contained content of unprecedented depth, and its current editorial board is following this tradition. While 2011’s athlete and theater standouts have moved on, a new crop of talent, inspired by their predecessors, emerges from the wings. Thus, in tribute to the Horace Mann School class of 2011, and to the history of Horace Mann on its 125th anniversary, here are the words addressed to its members by Dr. Kelly and by valedictorian eric Singerman upon the class’ graduation. photo by Jasmin Ortiz

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Horace Mann - Winter 2012

Horace Mann - Winter 2012
Contents
Letters
Greetings from Dr. Tom Kelly
Greetings from Melissa Parento ’90
Horace Mann School’s 125th Anniversary Observances Begin
Strategic Thinking
New Initiatives in Institutional Research and Admissions
HM's New Director of College Counseling
Timothy HO and Monica Merlo are 2011 Tina and Dave Bellet Teaching Excellence Award Winners
Langfan Oratorical Contest, 2011
Horace Mann School Graduates 178 in June, 2011
Alumni Council Corner
Bookshelf
Class Notes
Memorials
Philanthropy and You

Horace Mann - Winter 2012