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news of the school<br />
important thing is th<strong>at</strong> we all have the capability to be gre<strong>at</strong>. I know<br />
it because I’ve seen it.<br />
I’ve seen it from all ends of the <strong>Horace</strong> <strong>Mann</strong> community. Firstly<br />
from the teachers: When I was elected valedictorian, I got a letter<br />
from Mrs. Larkey, my seventh grade history teacher congr<strong>at</strong>ul<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
me. One of my other middle school history teachers, Mr. Taylor, left<br />
the school in order to be the headmaster of the Maru a Pula school<br />
in Botswana, thus bringing the Confucian ideal of “teaching by example”<br />
which he taught us to a whole new level. Tennis coach, Mr.<br />
Lacopo, practiced with me personally so th<strong>at</strong> I could be a member<br />
of a team despite my shortcomings as an <strong>at</strong>hlete.<br />
It would be unfair to limit this n<strong>at</strong>ural good-heartedness to the<br />
students and the teachers. The cafeteria, security, and maintenance<br />
staff members all embody the same traits I have already mentioned.<br />
When Hilda is helping you clean the mess you’ve just made or Maria<br />
is completing an intric<strong>at</strong>e-yet-organized sandwich, you know the <strong>Horace</strong><br />
<strong>Mann</strong> community is much larger than the teacher-student circle.<br />
It even extends past the people who are here on a day-to-day<br />
basis. Parents and friends are easily incorpor<strong>at</strong>ed into the mix<br />
because they exhibit the same qualities found in the rest of the<br />
circuit. On one of the first days of middle school, the terrible events<br />
of September 11 th occurred. On th<strong>at</strong> day, my parents couldn’t<br />
make it to Riverdale, so the Rutters and the Eranis brought me<br />
and ten other students to a rel<strong>at</strong>ive’s house in Westchester. I will<br />
never forget their unmitig<strong>at</strong>ed kindness th<strong>at</strong> day and consider it a<br />
prime example of how people in this community take care of one<br />
another. We are undoubtedly linked to each other.<br />
<strong>Horace</strong> <strong>Mann</strong>ers are passion<strong>at</strong>e and compassion<strong>at</strong>e; no one<br />
brought this fact to life more than Michael Fisher. In middle school,<br />
Michael kept a pad in his locker and would grade the day from A+<br />
to F based on his classes, encounters, and meals. He always tried<br />
to give the day as high a r<strong>at</strong>ing as possible. He looked <strong>at</strong> this School<br />
through a very optimistic lens. In sixth grade he bought all of his<br />
best friends <strong>Horace</strong> <strong>Mann</strong> shirts and swe<strong>at</strong>shirts. Michael believed<br />
in this school. He believed in the endless potential of every one of<br />
its members. He was right. I leave here today with full confidence<br />
th<strong>at</strong> each person on this stage can and will accomplish any major<br />
goal they mark for themselves; th<strong>at</strong> they will continue to live a life<br />
centered on passion and compassion. It has been my privilege and<br />
my pleasure to be a member of this community for the past fifteen<br />
years. Thank you fellow gradu<strong>at</strong>es, for this incredible honor. $<br />
Class of 2008 Honors and Awards<br />
Cum Laude Society<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Busch<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Cagen<br />
C<strong>at</strong>herine Crowley<br />
Mark Dalessandro<br />
Austin Davis<br />
Malcolm-Wiley Floyd<br />
Emma Frankel<br />
Joshua Friedman<br />
Lindsay Gellman<br />
Sloane Heller<br />
Samuel Himel<br />
William Kalb<br />
Jeffrey Kandel<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han K<strong>at</strong>iraei<br />
Sophie Kramer<br />
Shira Laucharoen<br />
Sarah Lux<br />
Nicholas Makarov<br />
Nicole Marsh<br />
Rebecca Moses<br />
Miles Penn<br />
Maria Quincy<br />
Naomi Riemer<br />
Rachel Ruskin<br />
Krishanu Sankar<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han Sarnoff<br />
Jenny Schiff<br />
Erica Seidel<br />
Tal Shachar<br />
Brittany Shaw<br />
Rachel Siegel<br />
Jake Sloane<br />
Daniel Sotsky<br />
Theodore Sumers<br />
Benjamin van Buren<br />
Anoushka Vaswani<br />
HONORS<br />
Computing &<br />
Communic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Busch<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Cagen<br />
David Chu<br />
Tyger Howell<br />
William Kalb<br />
Neal Poole<br />
Dexter Richard<br />
Lucas Whitestone<br />
Max Wittek<br />
English<br />
Lena Bell<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Busch<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Cagen<br />
Jesse Caro<br />
Anna Choi<br />
C<strong>at</strong>herine Crowley<br />
Austin Davis<br />
Emma Frankel<br />
Jennifer Friedman<br />
Joshua Friedman<br />
Lindsay Gellman<br />
Melissa Goldstein<br />
Danielle Greenberg<br />
Sloane Heller<br />
Harris Heyer<br />
Samuel Himel<br />
Emily Ho<br />
Jeffrey Kandel<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han K<strong>at</strong>iraei<br />
Thomas K<strong>at</strong>zenbach<br />
Benjamin Kirschenbaum<br />
Sophie Kramer<br />
Shira Laucharoen<br />
Binchan Luo<br />
Sarah Lux<br />
Kunal Malkani<br />
Nicole Marsh<br />
Rebecca Moses<br />
Miles Penn<br />
Neale Poole<br />
Maria Quincy<br />
Naomi Riemer<br />
Peter Robertson<br />
Amanda Romero<br />
Rachel Ruskin<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han Sarnoff<br />
Jenny Schiff<br />
Jessica Schleider<br />
Erica Seidel<br />
Tal Shachar<br />
Brittany Shaw<br />
Rachel Siegel<br />
Jake Sloane<br />
Sachi Sobti<br />
Daniel Sotsky<br />
Elyssa Spitzer<br />
Charles Stam<br />
Theodore Sumers<br />
Benjamin van Buren<br />
Anoushka Vaswani<br />
Elizabeth Wintle<br />
Paul Block Award for<br />
Cre<strong>at</strong>ive Writing<br />
Jesse Caro<br />
Edward H. Simpson Essay<br />
Award<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han Sarnoff<br />
Runner up:<br />
Thomas Hwang ’09<br />
Alan Breckenridge Prize<br />
Alexander Aciman<br />
Runner up:<br />
William Dubbs ’10<br />
English Department Prize<br />
Laura Castleman<br />
Renee McDougall<br />
FOREIGN<br />
LANGUAGE<br />
Chinese<br />
Samson Feldman<br />
Naomi Riemer<br />
French<br />
Joshua Friedman<br />
Lindsay Gellman<br />
Elizabeth Goodman<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han K<strong>at</strong>iraei<br />
Sophie Kramer<br />
Shira Laucharoen<br />
Nicholas Makarov<br />
Leah Mishkin<br />
Peter Richman<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han Sarnoff<br />
Jenny Schiff<br />
Erica Seidel<br />
Brittany Shaw<br />
Italian<br />
Alyssa Leavy<br />
Japanese<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Cagen<br />
Anna Choi<br />
Mark Dalessandro<br />
Austin Davis<br />
Tyger Howell<br />
Thomas K<strong>at</strong>zenbach<br />
Maxwell Levine<br />
David Messenger<br />
Naomi Riemer<br />
Krishanu Sankar<br />
Jessica Schleider<br />
Jake Sloane<br />
Theodore Sumers<br />
Pierre Viola<br />
Maxim Wittek<br />
L<strong>at</strong>in<br />
Samuel Himel<br />
Jack Marshall<br />
Daniel Perlin<br />
Rachel Siegel<br />
Anoushka Vaswani<br />
Russian<br />
Rebecca Hirschfeld<br />
Spanish<br />
Samson Feldman<br />
Sloane Heller<br />
Jeffrey Kandel<br />
38 <strong>Horace</strong> <strong>Mann</strong> Magazine Fall 2008
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