HORACE MANN SCHOOL FAMILY HANDBOOK

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Co-Curricular OfferingsEvents that take place outside of school hours bring adults and children together for ashared experience. The Nursery Division holds an annual Caring and Sharing Book Fair and aCarnival with the Lower Division. Lower Division activities include school-wide events such asthe Arts Festival, Carnival, chorus, band, orchestra, after-school programs, Caring-in-Action, andBook Fair.Middle Division students may choose from among several publications and activities.Students create clubs that meet during the lunch period, supervised by a faculty member.Students also participate in Middle Mania, a series of multi-grade academic and field daycompetitive events. The entire Middle Division also holds regular assemblies and numerousgrade-level field trips.For Upper Division students, the last period of the day on Mondays and Thursdays is setaside for clubs, meetings and other activities. The clubs and activities program represents one ofthe many special dimensions of the Upper Division. More than 90 clubs, each with a facultyadvisor, are listed in the current directory. Student publications include the weekly newspaper,monthly magazines on international politics and contemporary film, several quarterly literarymagazines, a bi-monthly magazine on women’s issues and annual magazines of drawing,painting and photography, among other subjects. Students produce an annual yearbook and fieldsuccessful teams for such debate-related activities as Model United Nations, Junior Statesmen ofAmerica and Model Congress. Co-curricular involvement encourages leadership, cooperation,innovation, financial management, refinement of writing and editing, public speaking andstrategic planning skills.Field trips relating to curricular content are another important part of the UpperDivision’s co-curricular program. Upper Division teachers make use of New York City’s uniquecultural resources. Trips are clearly related to the subject being taught. Field trips are notscheduled during the month of May or in the final two weeks of the first and second trimesters.Physical EducationPhysical Education is an important part of each Division’s curriculum requirements.The Nursery Division program provides a positive, safe learning environment that contributes tothe acquisition and development of movement skills. The curriculum is based on the threefundamental movement skill categories: manipulative skills, non-manipulative skills and locomotorskills as well as the three movement concept categories: where the body moves, how thebody moves, and in what relationships the body moves. Two main goals for the Nursery Divisionmovement program are to connect classroom curriculum seamlessly to movement experiencesand to generate enthusiasm among the school community related to movement and healthychoices. These goals are highlighted in programs such as the “Step It Up” pedometer program,the Faculty and Staff Wellness Challenge and the Family Movement Showcase events.The Lower Division offers Physical Education three or four times per week at all gradelevels. Swimming instruction begins in grade one. The Department of Physical Educationcoordinates the Physical Education from kindergarten (in Riverdale) through the Upper Division.33
Middle Division students attend daily Physical Education classes. Grades seven and eight takePhysical Education together and grade six has Physical Education during another period of theschool day. Upper Division students take Physical Education for five periods in a ten-day cycle.Members of athletic teams are exempt from this requirement for the trimester coinciding with theteam season. Students receive a letter grade in Physical Education for each trimester. The gradeat the end of the year that appears on the student’s permanent record is P or F.Upper Division students who fail a trimester of Physical Education must attend twoPhysical Education classes in the next trimester. The department may choose to prohibitparticipation on athletic teams in the trimester following a failing grade in Physical Education.Seniors who fail Physical Education for the year may make up the failure in Summer School.AthleticsAthletics helps students to develop both a healthy self-concept and a healthy body.Athletic competition also encourages all students —spectators as well as participants—todevelop pride in their school. Horace Mann fields teams at the Varsity level, JV (junior varsity)level, and MS (Middle Division). Students or parents should contact the Director of Athleticsregarding the schedule of tryouts and practices for a particular team.Fall TrimesterBoys Cross Country V, MSGirls Cross Country V, MSGirls Field Hockey V, JV, MSBoys Football V, JV, MSBoys Soccer V, JV, MSGirls Soccer V, JV, MSGirls Tennis V, JV, MSGirls Volleyball V, JV, MSWater Polo V, JVWinter TrimesterBoys Basketball V, JV, MSGirls Basketball, V, JV, MSBoys Fencing V, JVGirls Fencing V, JVGymnastics VBoys Swimming V, MSGirls Swimming V, MSSquash VBoys Winter Track VGirls Winter Track VBoys Skiing VGirls Skiing VSpring TrimesterBoys Baseball V, JV, MSGolf VBoys Lacrosse V, JV, MSGirls Lacrosse V, JV, MSGirls Softball V, JV, MSGirls Spring Track VBoys Spring Track VBoys Tennis V, VB, MSUltimate Frisbee VBoys Crew VGirls Crew VBoys Volleyball V34
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Page 51 and 52: Disciplinary ResponsesWith the exce
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Page 59 and 60: DismissalNursery and Lower Division
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Student Threats to Self or Others/S
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Part IV: Health and SafetyPhysical
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Horace Mann School Concussion Manag
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permitted to leave the Lower Divisi
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Part V: Administrative ServicesAdmi
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Student Activities and InformationB
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Master CalendarHorace Mann provides
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Appendix 2: Whistleblower Protectio
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