The Horace Mann Record, Issue 28

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HM Al-Noor Partnership packs Timkó and Hubschman recognized for Muslim families in with honorary chairs in theatre, math meals preparation for Ramadan

Sadie Schwartz Staff Writer

Noah Phillips Staff Writer

The Schweizer Chair in Theatre, Dance, and Film Studies will rotate from Faculty Technical Director Joel Sherry to theatre teacher Joe Timkó, and the Chase Chair in Mathematics will rotate from mathematics teacher Chris Jones to mathematics teacher Dr. Linda. Timkó and Hubschman will be honored at a celebration this evening where they will receive a plaque, a miniature chair, and have the opportunity to make remarks.

The honorary faculty chairs were established by families, parents, or alumni who wanted to celebrate and commemorate a beloved teacher they or their children had and make it possible to salute an exceptional teacher with the gift of the honorary chair. The chair rotates every few years and it is selected by the Department Chair in consultation with the Division Head and Head of School, Director of Alumni Relations Kristin Lax said.

The alumnus or family who wishes to donate a chair endows a fund so that the department can continually honor an exceptional teacher in this department. Over the years, this lump sum accumulates interest, which is then used to gift a stipend to the teacher who receives the chair, Lax said.

“The Chair award is a reminder to me that I’m exactly where I want to be professionally--that I’m in the right place and surrounded by people who value the same things I value. It’s a humbling recognition because I’m reminded of things I want to do better as a teacher but

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it’s also a nice way of encouraging me to keep working hard,” she said. “[Dr. Hubschman] establishes a good balance of learning the material and being able to have fun and relax every once in a while.

She teaches the material really well, and I feel like I have a really good understanding of it. She [also] really cares about our well-being,” Alison Li (12) said.

During Timkó’s short speech, he plans to talk about the idea of a chair as a physical object: the chair is what stays but the people who sit in it change, just as the title of honorary chair remains but the person who holds the title rotates, he said.

“Mr. Timkó has been here for over 35 years and he is just a steady, upright, good teacher, and that exemplifies all the qualities that a chairholder should have. He is such a wealth of knowledge. Anything

we ask, he is our library,” Theatre, Dance, & Film Studies Department Chair Alison Kolinski said. “[Mr. Timkó’s] Art of Film class was very enlightening. We did a unit where we looked at films that exploited stereotypical African-American culture, which I thought was really interesting,” Sam Puckowitz (11) said. “I think his laid-back teaching style is very effective. On a lot of occasions, people learn and perform better without stress, and he really cultivated my interests in films with this environment.”

“I don’t think [this honor] was particularly directed at me, but it basically honors teaching.

Sometimes in a competitive environment, people feel the need to say ‘me, me, me,’” Timkó said.

“In a collaborative environment, we work as a group and not as an individual.”

Members of the school community teamed up with students from the Al-Noor school in Brooklyn to pack almost 12,000 meals for Muslim families observing Ramadan who otherwise might not have been able to break the fast.

The event, Ramadan Pack-athon, was hosted by the Muslim Community Network (MCN), a New York based organization that works to serve the local Muslim community and took place at the Judson Memorial Church in lower Manhattan last Saturday. According to MCN, the meals will be distributed to food banks and pantries in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.

“Since food insecurity is a major issue in New York City, we wanted to get involved in this important cause,” Jack Eagan (10) said.

The event is one component of a much larger relationship between the two schools that began in the fall of 2016. “The Horace Mann AlNoor Partnership is an alliance that was created to build stronger ties between our two schools and our broader communities in New York.

Together we participate in regular dialogue sessions about our shared

interests and concerns and other activities including service projects,” co-President Daniel Posner (12) said.

In addition to high school students from Horace Mann and Al-Noor, several other volunteers and families participated in the event, including Zain Lakhaney, a sixth grader at HM, and his family.

Gloria Khafif (10), who also attended the Pack-a-thon, was pleased by the turnout of the event.

“I think in retrospect the event was successful because it brought together two disparate groups to bond over a meaningful service activity,” co-President Amir Moazami (12) said. “We ended up packing thousands of meals and look forward to future partnerships with our brothers and sisters at Al-Noor.”

This was the first major service project that the two schools participated in together and they hope to continue working with MCN on similar iniatives in the future.

“As 49 million Americans are food insecure, any opportunity we have to help serve our community is a privilege. Students from both Horace Mann and Al-Noor understand our responsibility to our fellow New Yorkers, most importantly to those in need,” Posner said.

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FASTING & FEASTING HM Al-Noor Partnership works with students from Alnoor school to pack meals for Ramadan on Saturday.

Third Relay for Life to be held next Wednesday in support of cancer research Abigail Salzhauer Staff Writer

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Next Wednesday, the school will host Relay for Life, which will kick off with a speech by a leading breast cancer doctor and feature a six hour walk around a track to raise money for cancer research.

The event, which was originally supposed to take place this Saturday, was moved because of the weather.

The event, hosted by the Cancer Awareness Club, honors cancer survivors, remembers those lost to cancer. Participants walk or run around a track on the field and at least one member of each team remains on the track for the duration of the event.

“Just last week, the HM community lost a long-time member, Ms. Camille Miller, to cancer. This loss should serve as a reminder to us all that cancer effects all of our lives and the most effective steps we can take are coming together and finding comfort in togetherness while encouraging proactive change and awareness,” Co-Vice President

of the Cancer Awareness Club Chloe Bown (12) said.

One of the new additions to the event this year is the featured speaker, Chief of Breast Cancer Surgery at Mount Sinai hospital Dr. Elisa Port P’16 P’19, Head of the Entertainment Committee Luke Weber (10) said. As the first speaker to talk at the school’s Relay for Life, Port will talk about the importance of funding cancer research, Weber said.

“One of the reasons Relay is so important is because it really brings the Horace Mann community

The value of self-care

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Emma Jones (12) discusses what it means to care for yourself.

together,” Co-President of the Cancer Awareness Club Emma Kelly (12) said. Even those who do not have a direct connection to cancer come out to support the community at relay, she said.

After three years of Relay for Life being held at Fieldston, Ander Legaspi ’16 brought it to the school three years ago as a senior project, Associate Athletic Director, and Spring Athletics Coordinator Ray Barile said.

Barile, who has run the Coaches vs. Cancer Basketball Classic for the past twenty years, initially became

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USA? Not Today!

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Students discuss their experiences, past and present, studying abroad.

involved as Legaspi’s advisor. The event is completely student driven however Barile advises the student leadership and helps coordinate some logistics.

The Cancer Awareness Club has worked with a representative from the American Cancer Society who helped with the planning, CoPresident of the Cancer Awareness Club Billy Lehrman (12) said.

There are staples of each relay event including an opening ceremony and the Luminara Ceremony, a closing ceremony where paper bags filled with glow sticks surround the track to honor those you walk for, Kelly said.

“In past years we have had to do this when it is still light out, but since the event goes until 8:30 pm we are able to have the candles in the bags after the sun sets, so it should be a really pretty, memorable and important part of the event,” Co Vice President of the Cancer Awareness Club Anna Yarosh (12) said.

Each of the nine planning committees has its own coordinator planning certain aspects of the event,

Team victories

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Look over the scores of this week’s athletic games.

Lehrman said. This year, there will be different games and performances, such as bungee jumping, he said. “’I’m going because it represents something very close to me as I lost my grandfather to cancer about a year ago. I want to go to raise awareness and help raise money for research,” Andrew Cassino (10) said.

“It’s important that we help the cause as a school community.”

“Unfortunately, the reach of this insidious disease is so wide that it is likely to affect most members of our school community at some point or another. I’ll be there on the 23rd to show my support for survivors and to walk in memory of my father,” Head of the Upper Division Dr. Jessica Levenstein said.

“Cancer has probably touched everyone’s life and Relay for Life is a really simple way for us to come together as a community to remember those who we lost, celebrate those who have survived and thank those who were caregivers to help along the way,” Barile said.

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THE RECORD OPINIONS MAY 18TH, 2018

“Use your resources,” self care and mental health after high school

Emma Jones Anyone who went on the Dorr trip in eighth grade will remember the slogan “Use your resources.” It was probably shouted up to you while you dangled from the Dorr rock wall or exclaimed by the leader of your hike as your line of sweaty eighth graders crested a hill in the Connecticut woods. As an irritable and apathetic middle schooler, I brushed off the advice as forgettable, but now, graduating high school and entering college, I keep Glenn Sherratt’s words in my mind.

This Saturday’s New York

Times covered the death of Graham Burton, a student at Hamilton College who tragically took his own life.

Burton had spiraled into depression after feeling like he had lost control. When I read the article on Graham Burton, I couldn’t help thinking about my own forthcoming college experience, and the peers at Horace Mann I will leave.

Student culture at Horace Mann and most other elite high schools prides itself on stress culture. Jokes about sleep deprivation and flippant comments such as “kill myself ” run rampant in our school’s and our generation’s vernacular. But as seniors, we are soon going to be living on our own. Next year in college, we are going to have to be able to take care of ourselves and understand what selfcare means to us.

To me, taking care of myself doesn’t mean avocado toast

and Korean face masks every day. Taking care of myself has sometimes felt awful.

Believing in self-care hasn’t meant that I am happy every single day, nor has it meant that I prioritize myself over others. Developing a healthy

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I wish I could give some specific tell-all solution to a happy adult life, but I don’t have that.

I’m eighteen, too.

sense of self is a journey, and it also means being aware of your role in the lives of others and being more equipped to deal with your own social life.

There’s a huge misconception that practicing self-care means you don’t need anyone.

Self-care often means being able to reach out and ask for help.

It’s hard not to speak in

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clichés when talking about the idea of self-care. I wish I could give some specific tellall solution to a happy adult life, but I don’t have that. I’m eighteen, too. But having a strong support network you’re not ashamed to reach out to and developing resilience through healthy relationships and living habits is certainly a start. Spending time in nature, taking time for yourself, exercising, getting full nights of sleep, and engaging in creative projects are ways to develop the foundation to be resilient. No matter how hopeless things seem, human beings are engineered to be able to survive. Just as your body will fight disease, the human mind and the human heart fight through hard times.

Being attuned to mental health and practicing self-care is instrumental to growing into our adult lives. I urge my fellow graduating seniors and soon-to-be college freshmen to know their own limits and ask for help when we need it.

I remember being thirteen at Dorr, a kid with a scruffy pixie cut at the top of Mount Washington in Connecticut.

The woods cleared away to make way for white rock and scraggly pine trees. I was exhausted, and as a middle schooler I was deeply lonely and felt that isolation most painfully at the peak of a mountain in the middle of nowhere. I looked down at the tops of the trees down below the mountain, which had only halfway turned orange. “Use

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But being attune to mental health and practicing self-care is instrumental to growing into our adult lives.

your resources,” somebody said to me on the way down, and I must have rolled my eyes. If I could tell myself in eighth grade anything, it would be that everyone at Dorr was right, your life is full of people who love you, and despite the bumps in the road you will grow into someone you can be proud of, you are stronger than you know and so much awaits you.

Editorial

As the year winds down...

Supporting the community

Cartoon by Juli Moreira

Winner: “Acknowledgement from a higher power.”

Damali O’Keefe (12)

At the end of the year, it is easy to become self-focused, concerned only with meeting deadlines, completing final papers, and coasting through the last few weeks. Especially for seniors, as this week marks the end of AP exams, it is even more important to remain (or become!) and active community member. Due to the number of events in the last few weeks of school, they tend to be less well-attended, so support your peers in their endeavors.

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Honorable Mentions: “Person: Lol, ur the sun. Sun: Lol, ur gunna get cataracts.”

Grant Kaufman (12)

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“The Creation of Adam, Michaelangelo, c. 1508-1512 CE, Fresco.”

Alexandra Crotty (11)

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“I’m cutting class! If anyone asks, I didn’t come into school till B period.” “No worries, I got your back sis.”

Ricardo Pinnock (12)

Volume 115 Editorial Board Editor in Chief Gustie Owens

Managing Editor Eve Kazarian

Features Tiffany Liu Natasha Poster

News Sam Heller Yeeqin New

Opinions Seiji Murakami Rebecca Salzhauer

Design Editors Nikki Sheybani Lisa Shi

Lions’ Den Peter Borini Ricardo Pinnock

Photography Abigail Kraus Amrita Acharya Freya Lindvall

Middle Division Ella Feiner Sarah Shin

A&E Jonathan Katz Joanne Wang

Art Director Ariella Greenberg

Faculty Adviser David Berenson

Issues Editor Mahika Hari

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See all of the high school music ensembles perform at the Collage Concert tonight in Gross Theater at 7:30 p.m.

Visit the Senior Art Show in the Fisher Gallery Attend Relay For Life next Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

Go to one of the playwriting class’ staged readings of their original one act plays. See the Arts and Entertainment page for more information.

Pop into an Independent Study presentation that interests you Baseball, volleyball, track, lacrosse, and tennis all have games coming up. Go cheer for your lions!

Staff Writers Abigail Salzhauer, Betsey Bennett, Caroline Goldenberg, Charlie Silberstein,Connor Morris, Edwin Jin, Jeren Wei, Katie Goldenberg, Lynne Sipprelle, Megha Nelivigi, Noah Phillips, Sadie Schwartz, Sandhya Shyam, Solomon Katz, Surya Gowda, Tenzin Sherpa, Amelia Feiner, Jude Herwitz, Julia Robbins, Becca Siegel, Eliza Poster, Leonora Gogos, William Han, Benjamin Wang, Peri Brooks, Nishtha Sharma, Sam Keimweiss, Victor Dimitrov, Madison Li, Malhaar Agrawal, Robbie Werdiger, Simon Yang, Nelson Gaillard, Abigail Goldberg, Georgi Verdelis, Griffin Smith, Gabby Kepnes, Abigail Goldberg, Kiara Royer, Mayanka Dhingra, Spencer Kahn, Isabella Zhang, Natasha Stange, Brody McGuinn, Gabby Kepnes, Victor Dimitrov Staff Photographers Iliana Dezelic, Eva Fortunato, Miyu Imai, Abigail Kraus, Daniel Lee, Mimi Morris, Benjamin Parker, Tatiana Pavletich Staff Artists Elizabeth Fortunato, Sofia Gonzalez, Surya Gowda, Damali O’Keefe, Spyridoula Potamopoulou, Jackson Roberts, Zoe Vogelsang

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HORACE MANN FEATURES MAY 18TH, 2018

Students explore academic opportunities near and far Abigail Goldberg & Katie Goldenberg Staff Writers In her last four days studying abroad in Tel Aviv, Israel at Alexander Muss High School, Anabel Henick (12) embarked on a four-day hike across the country, carrying a small bottle of ocean water from the Mediterranean and then dumping it into the opposite coast.

“The idea that we bring something from the Mediterranean and pour it somewhere else, it always reminds me that I’m bringing part of what I learned from Israel back to America, and I’m teaching all my friends about my experiences,” Henick said.

Henick is one of a small group of students at the school who have opted to spend time away, during their four years within the Upper Division.

While away, students confront a range of unique social and academic experiences and adjustments, as well as the task of navigating the college process away from home.

abroad in Israel during her junior year, desired a new schooling atmosphere, especially prior to the start of the college process, as well as the opportunity to explore her Jewish identity, she said.

At first, Wertheimer experienced hesitation despite support from her parents. “I was a little scared, because I didn’t think I knew French well enough and I didn’t think I was independent enough to live in a different country with a random family, with kids I didn’t know. It was a big mystery to me,” she said.

Henick explored several different options before choosing Alexander Muss High School, a decision influenced by her parents’ high regard for the program, she said.

After embarking on the SYA program, Wertheimer’s hesitation faded, and she took advantage of the many cultural opportunities studying in France offered, she said.

While abroad, Wertheimer watched the 2016 U.S. Presidential

have something in common,” she said.

According to Hornstein, the small number of students at the Mountain School forced everyone in the program to develop closer relationships.

Henick had to adapt to a different social scene, as she entered the program not knowing anyone and spent the first few weeks developing new friendships, she said.

“It was a really difficult time,” Henick said. “It was really hard to talk to students, who I found out I had so much in common with, but it took a while because they weren’t from the tri-state area, they didn’t go to private schools, and they just had really different backgrounds.”

Over time, she formed close relationships with the other students, who became a “tight-knit group” that spent most of their time together, she said.

Wertheimer attended classes with only American students from the

WHY STUDY AWAY?

Julia Hornstein (11), who currently studies at the Mountain School, a boarding school and working farm in rural Vermont, decided to spend a semester away because she was ready for a change in scenery, she said.

“I have lived in the city my whole life, but I actually really like the outdoors and hiking so I thought that this would be a really great experience. I used to go to camp, which I loved so much, so I thought this could be an opportunity to reconnect with that side of myself,” Hornstein said.

Ruby Wertheimer (12), who spent her junior year with the School Year Abroad (SYA) program in Rennes, France, also wanted to spend time in a new environment having attended Horace Mann her whole life and thought studying abroad would be a unique experience. Wertheimer’s French roots and her knowledge of the language impacted her decision, she said.

Abby Kanter (11), who is also studying abroad in Rennes, France, explained that Wertheimer’s experience had inspired her to complete the same program.

Henick, who spent a semester

Courtesy of Ruby Wertheimer

BONJOUR Ruby Wertheimer during her time studying broad in Rennes, France.

Election and discussed the events with her host family and friends, she said.

SOCIAL EXPERIENCE

The social environments of semester or study away programs often vary greatly from social experiences at the school.

Kanter has become very close to everyone on her program through their shared love for French, she said.

“It is just nice being with people who

program but spent lunch periods at a local French school and had a mix of friendships, she said. She would spend her free time with friends exploring the town or taking weekend trips, she said.

Living with a host family allowed Wertheimer to not only learn the language but also to develop new relationships quickly, as her host sister introduced her to many of her school friends, she said.

“A family will expose you to things a college roommate might not, like culture and the lifestyle of the country; it’s a very different and probably a more valuable and richer experience,” he said.

For Henick, spending time abroad restricted contact with friends back home due to the time difference between Israel and the United States as well as the limits to data plan usage in a foreign country, she said.

Wertheimer also experienced this difficulty, as FaceTiming her friends required her to stay up late at night just to talk, she said.

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MOUNTAIN LIFE Julia Hornstein bonds with her classmates at the Mountain School in Vershire, Vermont.

However, colleges view high school credit in the context of the school, and thus readers look at grades abroad in their own context and separately from Horace Mann grades, he said.

Kanter felt that while the actual classes were less challenging, “what makes it hard is that it is in a different language,” she said.

Much of Wertheimer’s workload consisted of essay-writing and larger projects, as well as finals at the end of the year and a proficiency exam designed to measure her progress in the French language after the program, she said. Most students did not have access to or use tutors while attending the program, she said.

Henick did not experience a significant shift in academic rigor while in Israel, with the exception of having to take finals, she said.

She took many of the same classes as she would have at Horace Mann, substituting Hebrew for Spanish and taking a required Jewish history class, she said. “[In the class] we took field trips at least once a week, and it really taught me about Jewish history and pride instead of just memorizing prayers,” Henick said. “Even though Horace Mann has a lot of Jewish students, I learned so much about my identity there, and now I speak out about things that make me uncomfortable, like anti-semitic comments.”

For Hornstein, classes are often held as late as 6:00 p.m., and from 6:45 to 9:00 p.m. she must complete her work in the academic buildings because the dorms don’t have WiFi, she said. “This has taught me how to manage my time super well so that

while I have WiFi I can complete all of my homework,” she said.

In addition, being on a farm contributed to a more hands-on type of learning, Hornstein said.

For example, in her environmental science class, instead of having a test, students have to choose a place in the woods and study its history. For their final, they have to take their science teacher to the spot that they chose to study and explain what they learned about the land through their own observations, Hornstein said.

While the program has been amazing, it has also “been really hectic because every day you are expected to not only do all of the school work, which is really demanding, but also keep up with the work program,” she said.

The work program includes chores like cutting down trees, feeding rams, or cleaning the classrooms, Hornstein said.

COLLEGE

According to Oxelson, colleges look highly upon students who choose to study away in high school because many of the traits students develop during the programs will contribute to their college experience.

“It shows that they’re willing to try something different, that they have a level of independence that most high school students probably don’t have, and that they can quickly adapt to new surroundings that are really different,” he said. “In a way, you’re proving that you have all of this before college.”

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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

SHALOM Anabel Henick in Tel Aviv.

Courtesy of Ruby Wertheimer

The academic environment in various study away programs varies greatly from the environment of the school.

According to Oxelson, the weight of grades and credits received for courses in study abroad experiences varies depending on the program.

Staff Artist/Gabby Fishberg

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THE RECORD NEWS MAY 18, 2018

Students attend International Science and Engineering Fair Vivien Sweet Staff Writer This past week, Ella Feiner (12) and Brian Wu (10) attended in the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) for their accomplishments in science research, where Feiner won an all-expenses paid scholarship to a month-long research program at the Weizmann Institute in Israel.

1,792 high school students from over 75 countries participated in the competition, which took place in Pittsburgh, PA. To qualify, students were first required to be in the top five participants in the regional science fair, which was the New York Science and Engineering Fair (NYSEF) for Feiner and Wu. “The whole point of [ISEF] is to get these young, talented scientists together to meet each other, to hear about each others’ work, and to celebrate all the amazing stuff that they did,” Science Research Coordinator Dr. Christine Leo, who attended NYSEF, said.

Feiner was able to show that metastatic cancer cells are fundamentally different from normal cancer cells, and that

Courtesy of Ella Feiner

INTERNATIONAL Feiner (12) and Wu (10) attend the International Science fair and presented their individual projects .

they’re actually dependent on a state of cell cycle arrests, she said.

“I used a new developmental model that I established in zebrafish as well as a new cell cycle bio sensor that I developed to show that unique result

for the first time,” she said.

Receiving the scholarship was a “total surprise,” Feiner said. “I was very excited [about winning]! It seems like an incredible opportunity,” she said.

Wu worked with his partner

Bi Tian Yean to find nine giant planets, four binary stars, and the first ever circumbinary planet by using an existing technique and analyzing a data set that was collected previously,

for his project, he said.

The fair, which started on Monday, consisted of many special events for the week and “panels with Nobel Laureates,” Feiner said.

The second half of the week was more stressful, mainly because Wednesday was the judging day, in which each contestant had fifteen minutes to present their work to the judges, Wu said.

Wu thought that his presentation went well, he said. “Most of the judges were actually able to understand our project pretty well, and we were able to have some engaging discussions,” he said.

On Thursday, which was the public viewing day, anyone was welcome to come see the students’ projects, and on Friday, the grand awards, where contestants could win money, will be announced, Feiner said.

“It’s really hard to know how it went. All that matters is that you put your best foot forward and really try to do a good job to explain to the judges what you did,” she said.

Freshmen win Dalton Parliamentary Debate tournament Becca Siegel & Emily Shi Staff Writer & Contributing writer

Jack Klein (9) and Madhav Menon (9) won the Dalton Parliamentary debate tournament, resulting in the first freshmen victory in a competition of this caliber, vice-

president of the Parliamentary Debate club Govind Menon (12) said.

The New York Parliamentary Debate League, comprised of the school’s team, Dalton, Stuyvesant, and Trinity, organized the tournament. The competition, which

Courtesy Govind Menon

FOR THE WIN Govind Menon (12), who won first place speaker, poses with his brother Madhav Menon (9), who won the tournament.

took place last weekend, was open level, meaning that freshmen were debating with the older students.

Klein and Madhav Menon faced off against the top Dalton competitor and the captains of the Stuyvesant team and only lost one out of their five matches. The competition was the pair’s second competition together.

Govind Menon and his partner George Loewnson (12) also won 1st and 4th speaker, respectively.

“Parliamentary debate is a really fun style of debate and has driven us to do better and work harder as debaters. Because of this, Jack and I both will probably continue doing parliamentary debate,” Madhav Menon said.

“Overall, we have a very strong freshman class who had a great showing at the last tournament, and I am very proud of them,” coFounder and co-President Radhika Mehta (12) said.

Continued from page 3 However, students who choose to study away often face the challenge of navigating the college process while in a foreign country or apart from their families, tutors, and college counselors.

During Wertheimer’s time in France, she was able to Skype her college counselor and did not feel a loss in terms of one-onone meetings, but was not able to attend any of the school’s college nights, she said.

Hornstein also did not feel at a loss, since she had access to counselors at Horace Mann via FaceTime and counselors provided

by The Mountain School, she said.

For Henick, the most challenging aspect was visiting colleges, as her semester in Israel removed much of the time she would have used for tours, she said. As a result, she was forced to tour colleges over the summer, she said.

Kanter explained that she has prioritized absorbing her experience in France over worrying about the college process. “I am really focused on living in France and everything going on here, so I haven’t been focused on college as much.”

The process of standardized testing was one factor Wertheimer had to consider while in France,

she said. Since the SYA program provided little notice and preparation for the ACT and SAT exams, she opted to retake the test after returning to the United States, she said.

Henick also did not focus on standardized testing while abroad, she said. “I wanted to focus on a personal and emotional experience that would help me grow,” she said.

“I don’t think there’s any question that studying abroad makes students more worldly and more open to other possibilities and differences,” Oxelson said.

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Searchers complete solo hike Julia Zhu & Julia Goldberg Contributing Writer Over the weekend, the Searchers program embarked on its first solo expedition, in which the Searchers lived without any communication for 36 hours straight.

The trip took place within a ten-by-ten-meter area on Dorr property, and each Searcher was expected to pitch camp and spend two nights on their own, Brian Song (12) said. The Searchers were not allowed to bring electronic devices or books and used the time to reflect.

This solo activity was in preparation for the final expedition: a three-night, fourday self-directed and self-executed hiking trip, Song said. The recent excursion helped prepare him because it allowed him to be more confident and feel that he trusted himself, Song said.

“Planning and leading this trip - as well as the other activities throughout the trimester - is a great way for seniors to start thinking about the transition away from high school and into a more independent adult life,” Searchers facilitator Dr. Kalil Oldham said.

Whereas other expeditions offered a range of outdoor activities such as climbing, canoeing, or backpacking trips, in this expedition, “there was nothing to do but be,” Teddy Rashkover (12) said.

“There was no one telling me what to do, there were no preestablished schedules, it was just me and myself… It was good to be away from all the chatter, all the commitments, all the noise,” Song said.

Elizabeth Raab (12) said that on the trip, she was able to “think about and reflect on her high school experience and what she will miss about Horace Mann.”

In recent after school meetings, Raab has been preparing for the last expedition, but also has been reflecting on the Searchers program as a whole, she said.

Rashkover said he would recommend the Searchers program to upcoming seniors, as it was intense but also a great “opportunity for introspection.”

Song enjoyed the trip and said that he would also recommend the trip to upcoming seniors, but only those looking for a little seclusion.

“Solitude is only good when you yourself want it,” he said.

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HORACE MANN ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT MAY 18TH, 2018

SPOTLIGHT: ZOE VOGELSANG Vogelsang (12) specializes in portraiture

Nishtha Sharma Staff Writer

Viewing Zoe Vogelsang’s (12) paintings, it is easy to spot familiar faces from around the school.

For over a year, Vogelsang has painted portraits of her close friends and loved ones based off of photos she finds of them, some of which she takes herself, she said.

“The time I spend on each project really depends on the size of the portrait,” she said.

Vogelsang’s larger pieces take longer due to the amount of detail they require, she said.

In college, Vogelsang plans to major in physics, she said. “I really love math and science, and I also love painting. One day I hope that I’ll be able to intersect the two, but the aspects that I enjoy about each field seem so disparate,” she said.

Visual Arts Department Chair Kim Do thinks that Vogelsang’s interest in science is what makes her pieces so successful, he said.

“What really distinguishes Zoe’s portraits is that they’re carefully structured,” he said.

“It’s the art and science components that make them unique,” he said.

Vogelsang enjoys painting from observation, whether from life or photography, she said. Her most recent project was a self-portrait that she painted using a mirror. Vogelsang spent a little over a week on the painting, she said.

“I really wanted to paint something from observation because I had spent a lot of time painting photos,” Vogelsang said. “I though that the most convenient and fun way to do that was a self-portrait.”

It is hard to find people who will sit for extended periods of time, so working from photos is more practical, Vogelsang said.

In the age of social media, photos have become much more relevant to the lives of her friends, she said. “My friends take lots of photos, and there was something about it that I really liked,” she said.

Vogelsang tries to work with different

Courtesy of Zoe Vogelsang

FAMILIAR FACES Self-portrait of Vogelsang (12) (upper left); Drawing of Lily Mayo (12); Drawing of Sam Harris (12) (lower left); Painting of Natalie Raum (12) and Mayo (12) (lower right).

shapes and colors she finds in the photos that stand out to her, she said.

Recently, Vogelsang painted a picture of her friend in a hotel room and enjoyed the facial expression captured by the photo, she said. “It was a really funny photo, so I

decided to just go ahead and paint it,” she said.

Additionally, Vogelsang painted a picture of friend Natalie Raum (12) photographing her food while sitting in a diner with Lily Mayo (12), Raum said. “While I really didn’t

have a direct influence in the portrait itself, it was all about the context, and it was all about the right place at the right moment,” she said.

Vogelsang has always felt a sense of passion for art, she said. Even during her high school career, Vogelsang has noticed drastic improvements in her artistic abilities, she said.

Vogelsang can see her progress when looking back at old pieces she did not know how to fix at the time, she said.

“I’ve known Zoe since I was five, and even in lower school, she loved painting and drawing,” Raum said. “I can see that art is definitely a part of her identity, and it goes both ways: while art has influenced her, I also think that she’s found community through it.”

“I see that Zoe spends a lot of time in the art studio. You can tell how dedicated she is to her work and how she’s putting time and effort into each painting,” Sam Harris (12) said. During Vogelsang’s junior year, she drew Harris after he approached her with a picture of himself, he said.

Vogelsang has gone from blending colors in the beginning, to working with more discrete shapes and forms in her art, Do said. “Up close, each patch has its own particular borders and color, and it comes together as a very astounding illusion,” he said.

“I think it’s more interesting to piece things apart in terms of shaping color, rather than blending,” Vogelsang said.

“While art can be relaxing and fun, it certainly ends up being a challenge,” Vogelsang said. Despite the difficulties, Vogelsang uses art as an opportunity to decompress because it can still be enjoyable and cathartic, she said.

“It’s something that is very different from other school subjects I like, and the idea of getting into the ‘flow state’ while painting can be really calming,” she said.

UD Collage Concert showcases year’s progress

GLEEFUL Concert Glee rehearses for Collage Concert.

Simon Yang Staff Writer

Tonight, all Upper Division music ensembles will showcase their talents at the Collage Music Concert. The show will include all groups: including the Advanced Music Technology classes, three steel drum groups, Orchestra, String Sinfonietta, Glee Club, Concert Glee Club, Treble Choir, Wind Ensemble, and two jazz combos.

Music Teacher Michael Bomwell will conduct the Wind Ensemble, two jazz combos, and Chamber Winds. The Wind Ensemble will

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perform a modern piece called “Introit” by Fisher Tull, and the two jazz combos will each be performing “Red Clay” by Freddie Hubbard and “Haitian Fight Song”

by Charles Mingus, Bomwell said.

Wind Ensemble flutist Amiya Mehrotra (10) believes the biggest challenge for the band will be coordinating everyone’s parts, she said. A strength of the ensemble is creating a unified sound while not losing each section’s individuality, Mehrotra said.

“Over the year, the individual sections of the Wind Ensemble

have gotten stronger in terms of their sound production,” Bomwell said. In the past, some sections had a lot more presence than others, but with the song “Introit,” it is clear that all sections have found a balanced sound, he said.

Music Teacher Nathan Hetherington will conduct the Orchestra and the String Sinfonietta. The Orchestra will perform “St. Paul’s Suite” by Gustav Holst and Sinfonietta will perform “Romance” from “String Quartet No. 2” by Vaughan Williams.

“I like the Vaughan Williams piece because I feel that it is very nuanced,” violinist Ishaan Kannan (10) said. The “Romance” is very difficult because of the intricate technical flourishes, but is a beautiful piece when executed well, he said.

“With the piece we performed in the last concert being a difficult one, the players have definitely gained much more confidence,” Hetherington said. “The main challenge for this concert for both groups will be maintaining a high level of communication with each other and me,” he said.

In addition to the instrumental ensembles, Music Department Chair Timothy Ho will lead three

choir groups. The Concert Glee club will perform a medley of “I Love You” and “What a Wonderful World,” arranged by C.H. Johnson and “A City called Heaven,” arranged by J. Poelinitz, Ho said.

“I personally hope that as an ensemble, we can really bend and showcase our ability to sing any type of song,” Concert Glee member Allen Park (11) said. “A City Called Heaven is super powerful and strong while the ‘I Love You’ and ‘What A Wonderful World’ medley is soft, so I hope we can portray both pieces well,” he said.

The Treble Choir will be singing “Beautiful” originally performed

by Joydrop and “You Gotta Be,” by Des’ree, Ho said. The Glee Club will perform “Yo le Canto Todo El Día,”

by David L. Brunner and “Hawaiian Soul,” a piece written by Jon Osorio and Randy Borden in memory of a Hawaiian activist who died, Ho said.

“There were a lot of freshmen in the Glee Club this year, and I was especially impressed by how effortlessly they gelled together,” Ho said.

“The concert will celebrate everything the Upper Division Music Department has accomplished this year,” Hetherington said.

Don’t Miss Staged Readings of the Playwriting class’ One Act Plays in the Black Box Friday, May 18 C period Priyanka Voruganti Wednesday, May 23 3:20-4:45 pm Eliza Bender & Charlotte Pinney Friday, May 25 3:20-4:45 pm Damali O’Keefe & Angie Cortez Wednesday, May 30 C period Ben Rosenbaum

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THE RECORD MIDDLE DIVISION MAY 18TH, 2018

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ADORRABLE Eighth graders help with trail maintenance at annual Day of Service.

Eighth graders spruce up Dorr campus during annual Day of Service Laura Bae Contributing Writer

Yesterday, eighth graders participated in the annual Dorr Day of Service where they helped make improvements to the Connecticut campus.

“It brings the entire eighth grade community together at Dorr, which is so important. It’s a really beautiful place,” Mekhala Mantravadi (8) said.

“With any day of service, one hopes that both those being helped and those per-forming the service come away with a positive feeling.

Certainly we hope the Dorr campus looks better than when the eighth graders arrive, but we also hope the students feel a greater sense of ownership for their school campus.

Taking care of the Dorr campus is great, and hopefully they’ll be able to carry that sense of stewardship to the main campus in the Bronx,” Assistant Director at the John Dorr Nature Lab Nick DePreter said.

Members of the Class of 2023 have their own visions of why the day is important.

“I think it’s a good way to give back to Dorr and just have a day to relax and bond with our friends and classmates,” Justin Gurvitch (8) said.

“It really reminds someone how important core values are to a student,” Olivia Kagan (8) said. “[The day] was just as impactful as ever. We had nine groups of students who gave us a day of their lives. Students had tools in their

hands and dirt under their fingernails; but more importantly, they laughed, worked, and remembered how much fun eighth grade Dorr was over the winter,” DePreter said.

Eighth graders felt that the day had many interesting aspects.

“It was fun playing frisbee with a large group of kids including people I don’t generally hang out with,” Gurvitch said. “Even though there have been some bumps in the road throughout this year, overall we have come together and we’re a family of sorts.”

“The activities were pretty fun.

My group folded laundry and helped organize other things. I found that even though I’ve been with the people in my grade for a while, they never cease to surprise

me in different ways,” Olivia Kagan (8) said.

“We organized the equipment room,” Mantravadi said. “It was kind of emotional because it was our last experience as eighth graders at Dorr.”

In terms of preparation for this year’s Dorr Day of Service, DePreter said, “The Dorr Faculty and our maintenance men, Keith Schneider and Michael Johnson, plan out what areas of the campus need to be managed. This year we focused heavily on maintaining our extensive trail system, cleaning out the areas around Payne Lodge where younger students play, and sprucing up our main Lodge and equipment room. The extra helping hands of our administrative

assistant, Lorna Francis, and the participating members of the Middle Division Faculty helped to round out the planning and management of the students.

A big thanks to the MD faculty because they plan their classes around this day each year, and the-ir enthusiastic contributions while they are here at Dorr help the students stay focused on their tasks.”

Overall, they were happy that students had a chance to see themselves and each other in a different way - as contributing members to a community.

Highlights included joke-telling, acappella singing, a birthday celebration, and a dance-off, he said.

Seventh graders welcome Grand friends and Grandparents for third annual Visiting Day Jackson Feigin Contributing Writer The seventh grade participated in the third annual Grandparents and Grandfriends Visiting Day this past Wednesday. Seventh grade students could choose to bring elderly relatives and friends to get a closer look at their lives during a school day. The day began with the grandparents and grandfriends

a tour guide, and have a chance to describe the curriculum. In past years, it has sometimes been common for teachers to do something special for the day, Lax said.

“I want kids to feel how proud my sons were when they introduced their grandparents to their teachers and friends,” Lax said.

Mathematics teacher Susan

“I’ve never participated in anything like this, so it was very fun to see my grandchild during the day,” -Ruth Taylor, GP ‘ 23

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GRANDPARENTS, GRAND SMILES Students go about their normal schedules, in class and hanging out in the atrium, with grandparents in tow.

joining their grandkids for their B period class.

“MD Grandparents and Grandfriends day is a day when we welcome people who have animportant role outside the nuclear family, and show respect to the many people that help a student navigate through an education,” event organizer Kristin Lax P’22 said.

Students can play the role of

Garrison hasn’t participated in MD Grandparent and Grandfriend day since 2016 because she didn’t teach seventh grade last year, yet she was still excited for the occasion, she said.

She loves seeing students with their grandparents, she said. “Kids feel much more relaxed with their grandparents and it allows for a more fun day,” Garrison said. She

also thinks that Grandparents can learn about the students by seeing an actual class, she said.

“At this time of year we have to cover our normal material, and its important for adults to see what kids are really doing in school,” Garrison said.

“I’ve been to Horace Mann before but I’ve never really seen how the children interact. I love seeing the kids going over the homework, so the students can understand what they did wrong,” grandmother of Allison Markam (7) said.

“It’s great for the grandparents to watch their kids in school and see how they’re growing up outside of school. I’ve never participated in anything like this, so it was very fun to see my grandchild during the day” Ruth Taylor, grandmother of Phoebe Rice (7) said.

“I hope my grandparents had a great time seeing me during a normal school day,” Rice said.

Middle Division Grandparents day was a great experience for her and her grandparents, she said.

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HORACE MANN LIONS’ DEN MAY 18TH, 2018

Frisbee exceeds expectations at season close Will Han Staff Writer

The Ultimate Frisbee team finished up its season by winning three out of their last four games.

All three of those wins occurred in a tournament over the weekend, but the Lions lost their playoff game Monday against Packer, 10-12.

The tournament featured great highlight-worthy plays during the tournament, Orion Lehoczky-Escobar (11) said.

Nick Moreira (9) had an impressive play where he outjumped a taller competitor and knocked the frisbee out of the air, Faijul Rhyhan (11) said.

“All of us were shocked because the guy was really tall and athletic. It was just an amazing defensive play,” Rhyhan said.

Daniel Lee (10) had a phenomenal catch where he jumped, caught the frisbee out of bounds, and threw it to someone else for a point while he was still in the air, Lehoczky-Escobar said.

Henry Wildermuth (11) smacked the disc up into the air, while going for a catch, caught it, and scored, giving himself an assist, Rhyhan said.

Everyone played really hard, and it really showed in the results

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DISC JOCKEYS Ultimate Frisbee passes the disc up the field.

of the games, Head Coach Chris Nelson said.

The team was impacted by the AP Physics exam on Monday, which forced some players to miss the game, Rhyhan said.

Regardless of the outcome, the team played its heart out and put together a solid performance, Nelson said.

“I am really proud of everyone

even if they lost,” Nelson said.

Over the course of the season, the team came together as a cohesive unit, Lehoczky-Escobar said.

“In the beginning of the season, the team kind of felt divided between the upperclassmen and underclassmen because people didn’t know each other,” Rhyhan said.

Numerous seniors graduated last year, so this year’s team is younger, Lehoczky-Escobar said.

“We took a lot of new players from all grade ranges, and I initially wasn’t sure how they would grow and come together,” Nelson said.

However, as the season went on, the team became closer and closer, Rhyhan said.

“It was very inspiring to see them come so far as a team collectively and also to see everyone improve individually,” Nelson said.

“A lot of it was that as we were playing together, we got used to each other and started to develop chemistry,” Lehoczky-Escobar said, “We also made a lot of different adjustments throughout the course of the season.”

For instance, the team struggled to defend down the sideline during games. After working hard on that weakness during practices, the team improved defensively, LehoczkyEscobar said.

“The team exceeded my expectations, and the leaders Jake Beckman (12), Khakee and Jonah Newmark (12) especially led the way both on and off the field,” Nelson said.

“Everyone put their heart out during every practice and game.

The entire season was really a team effort, and over the course of the season, the team became greater than the sum of our parts,” Nelson said.

Who runs the Boys’ Track is ready for Ivys world? Girls’ Track Ben Wang Staff Writer

For the Girls’ Varsity Outdoor Track team, a year’s worth of hard work and training will culminate at the team’s final two meets this Sunday and Wednesday, captain Arianna Laufer (12) said. Sunday is the Ivy League Championship, where each school in the league selects its three top racers in each event to compete.

Following that, the team’s season will conclude with the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) competition.

“A lot of people have been qualifying for events for Ivy’s and NYSAIS,” Laufer said. “I’m hoping that our 4x100 team will be able to pull off a really great

time in those meets.”

Part of the team’s success this season is due to its supportive dynamic, Bolner said.

“Everyone works well to push each other during practice and cheer each other on at meets,” she said.

Going into the season, the team wanted to have plenty of Ivy and NYSAIS qualifications so team members were encouraged to try different events so as to have the maximum opportunity to gain a qualification.

Looking ahead to next season, the loss of strong senior runners will be tough on the team, but there is plenty of new, young talent to fill their shoes, Laufer said.

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PASS THE BATON Ava Merker competes in a relay.

Peri Brooks Staff Writer

The Boys’ Outdoor Track team has made considerable strides throughout the spring season, and is preparing for the Ivy Championship Meet this Sunday and NYASIS meet on Wednesday.

This season, the team has used practices efficiently and each member has worked on individual running strategies, team member Masa Shiiki (10) said. The team has had several developmen-tal meets this year and has “progressed through a lot of them,” he said.

“So far we have been improving every meet and each meet our boys’ times get faster,” Boys’ Outdoor Track Coach Meghan Marro said.

“We’ve had some new members this season and we’ve seen them take their times from high twelves to mid twelves, which is a lot,” Charles Simmons (10) said.

“I’ve seen them work on their off days and take all the necessary steps to improve their times,” he said.

Simmons expects that the team will have a good chance of winning going into Sunday because of the, “tremendous amounts of improvement from all the guys,” he said.

Throughout the season, some team members have remained consistently strong in their

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HOME SPRINT Underclassmen runners compete in long distance races.

events.

Melchior Lee (11) usually wins high jumps and Chidi Nwankpa (12) usually wins 100s, Lee said.

“We have a lot of people who are expected to finish top 5,” he said.

We have about 10 teammates going to NYASIS, which is an improvement on last yea’s four, Simmons said.

To attend NYASIS, team members had to have a fast enough qualification time, and only the top three per event qualify, Lee said. Lee, Nwankpa, Liam Futterman (9), and Paul Wang (10) are just a few of the lions who will be competing at NYSAIS, Lee said.

“I think we have a really good long distance squad, so I think

we’ll do well on the long distance events,” Simmons said, and, “on the backs of Chidi and Mel, I think we’re going to do really well on sprinting and short distance,” he said.

The team expects to run its fastest times at IVY’s this weekend, Marro said. “We have been training all season for the championship, and this is our time to really shine and show off all the hard work we put in throughout the season,” she said.

The team’s composition is balanced because “we all have our different strengths overall,” Shiiki said. “I think this will show in IVY’s and hopefully at NYSAIS.”

Lions’ Den Record Sports

MAY 18TH, 2018

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Athletic trainer interns learn basics of sports medicine Brody McGuinn Staff Writer In lieu traditional PE class or dance gym to fulfill the physical education requirement, the Athletics Department offers an “internship” in which interns learn about various aspects of sports medicine.

Associate Athletic Trainers Khiray Bautista and Michael Kunzmann teach the program every trimester.

By the end of the trimester, students, who are called sports medicine managers, will have learned “basic first aid, general anatomy, rehab stages and how to progress athletes through their return to competition, evaluation techniques, and taping skills” Bautista said.

The program was created to provide general knowledge about the Sports Medicine profession and to give students the opportunity to study Athletic Training, Bautista said.

“I was fortunate enough to have a similar program at my high school which provided us the opportunity to “shadow” our athletic trainers and see what everyday

life was like for them” Bautista said. He felt this knowledge gave him an advantage heading into college.

Managers meet in three hour sessions, twice a week after school for a total of six hours. In a session managers will choose a particular skill they would like to cover that day and “have it mastered by the end” Janvi Kukreja (11) said.

“For example we would learn about the ligaments/anatomy of the ankle and by the end of the session I would have learned how to wrap an ankle based on the injury,” Kukreja said.

In addition to the sessions, managers have to schedule and attend a minimum of three athletic competitions, “which provide an opportunity to see how the skills you’ve learned can be actually put to use,” Elizabeth Fortunato (11) said.

At these games managers will talk with the trainers about various game procedures and specific injuries that are more common in the particular sport they are watching, Kate Golub (11) said.

Most of the students who take the “internship” are student athletes themselves. Bautista said, “they would all

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agree that they are more aware of their bodies after only a trimester of learning with the AT staff.”

“The experience was actually very cool and rewarding - I’ve always been interested in Sports Med but never really had the opportunity to get first hand experience with it so I really enjoyed myself,” Kukreja said. “Overall we are trying to increase the student populations awareness of

Q&A with Michael Kunzmann from Sports Medicine

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Interview conducted by Staff Writer Natasha Stange Record: When did you start working at the school?

Kunzmann: “It was 2012, and I wanted to work at a high school as an athletic trainer. Horace Mann had an opening, and I applied.”

R: Can you give an estimate of how many students use Sports med in a given week?

MK: “It definitely varies. It all depends on the season, and who is getting injured; I mean obviously if someone injures an ankle they are going to be coming in multiple times a day, but it depends on the time of the season as well. At the beginning of the season, a lot of people are sore, so they are going to be coming in a lot, then they fade out. Sometimes someone just has a quick question; they stop in, and that’s the only time we see them.”

R: What are some reasons why an

athlete would visit sports med?

MK: “Any type of injury they have, any type of question they might have about their body or about how their body is responding to injury, to stress, to illness even. If they have to do rehab for a type of injury, if they want to get taped or braced, if they want to get ice or heat, or electric stimulation or ultrasound; anything like that they can come to me.”

see them go from being very angry and upset to happy and enthusiastic to get back to playing their sport.”

R: What motivated you to go into sports medicine?

MK: “I was a big athlete myself in high school, throughout my entire life, and I’ve also been getting injured my whole life. I’ve torn both my ACLs, fractured four of my vertebrae, broken my nose twice, and torn my meniscus.

I can’t even name all the injuries I’ve had. I’ve always been going to athletic trainers and physical therapists throughout my entire life, so I knew I didn’t want to have a desk job. I didn’t know what I wanted to do until I went to college, and I found that I really liked the anatomy and physiology, so I kind of just floated towards athletic training.”

R: What is the most common injury or problem that kids come in with? Does this “most common injury” change with the seasons?

MK: “Ankle injuries are the most common, but we see every injury. It definitely changes with the season. The fall season is definitely the most busy, winter is the longest but probably the least busy, and spring is on the short side, which means it is very compact, and it can sometimes get a little busy, R: Do you think more students but not as busy as the fall.” should take the sports med internship?

R: Do you form a relationship MK: “I think students that want to with the kids you treat? do things in the medical field should MK: “One hundred percent. I think definitely take a look at it and try it that’s half the fun of working at a high out. Unfortunately I don’t believe that school, that you are able to get that we have an anatomy class at Horace relationship with those kids, especially Mann, which I find baffling, so anyone the ones that are coming in every who wants to learn anatomy should day and doing rehab. It’s good to see definitely sign up for it, because we’ll them, you know, it always stinks to get teach you all the anatomy you want. injured, and you can see it. They get It’s very good. And even if you’re just very upset. People are always upset interested in it, it doesn’t necessarily they are going to miss their sport; have to be something you want to do they don’t like it, and neither do I. But in college or afterwards, but anyone it’s good to see them go through the who is interested in learning about the process, and then as they heal, and body and how it responds to injury, I’d especially once they get cleared, you definitely say to check it out.”

what Athletic Trainers do for the Horace Mann community as well as increasing the knowledge of our managers in the Field of Sports Medicine” Michael Kunzmann said.

The sports medicine internship is a successful program that fills a need here at the school, Kunzmann said.

WINS OF THE

WEEK

baseball vs. Loyola

13 - 3

tennis

4-1

tennis

5-0

jv tennis

4-1

vs. Riverdale

vs. Collegiate

vs. Trinity

jv lacrosse vs. Collegiate

12 - 3